Scrabo Tower

Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near in , Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: tower in County Down, Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Londonderry Memorial”, “Londonderry Monument”, and “Scrabo Tower (Londonderry Monument)”
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newtownards Airport and Regent House School.

Aerodrome
Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtownards Aerodrome is a local airfield in , County Down, Northern Ireland, 8.5 NM east of . It offers light aircraft flights, helicopter flights, microlight flights and flight simulator training.

School
is a co-educational, controlled grammar school in , , . The school comprises two parts: the grammar school and the preparatory department. is situated 1 mile northeast of Scrabo Tower.

Church
Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
in , , , is believed to have been one of 's and 's most important monasteries. Movilla should not be confused with Moville in County Donegal. is situated 2 miles northeast of Scrabo Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtownards and Comber.

Photo: Guliolopez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in , with a population in 2021 of 29,600. The counties of Northern Ireland are no longer units of governance so since 2015 the town has been part of Ards and North Down "super-district".

Town
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is a town in , Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles south of , at the northern end of . It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Scrabo Tower.

Suburb
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Housing Estate, is the second-biggest housing estate in . It is in the village of , on the outskirts of east . is situated 3 miles west of Scrabo Tower.

Scrabo Tower

Latitude
54.58028° or 54° 34′ 49″ north
Longitude
-5.71545° or 5° 42′ 56″ west
Height
135 feet (41 metres)
Operator
Department for Communities
Open location code
9C6PH7JM+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39262714
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1999730
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Satellite Map

Discover Scrabo Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Scrabo Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Scrabo-toring”
  • Basque: “Scrabo dorrea”
  • Chinese: “斯卡拉波塔”
  • Dutch: “Scrabo Tower”
  • French: “Scrabo Tower”
  • German: “Scrabo Tower”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Σκράμπο”
  • Irish: “Túr Scrabo”
  • Italian: “Scrabo Tower”
  • Japanese: “スクラボ・タワー”
  • Spanish: “Torre Scrabo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scrabo Hill and South Quarry.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Scrabo Golf Club Clubhouse and Scrabo Country Park.

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