Saint John the Baptist
Saint John the Baptist is a church in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland which is located on Fort Road. Saint John the Baptist is situated nearby to Grey Point Fort, as well as near the golf course Helen’s Bay Golf Club.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Address: Fort Road, Helen’s Bay
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Helen’s Bay railway station and Seahill railway station.
Helen’s Bay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Michael Parry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helen's Bay railway station serves Helen's Bay as well as the nearby village of Crawfordsburn in the townland of Ballygrot, County Down, Northern Ireland. Helen’s Bay railway station is situated 2,600 feet south of Saint John the Baptist.
Seahill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seahill railway station is located in the townland of Ballyrobert in the Seahill area of Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. The station was opened on 4 April 1966. Seahill railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Saint John the Baptist.
Carnalea railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnalea railway station is located in the townland of Carnalea in northwest Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was first opened by the B.C.D.R. on its present site at Station Walk on 1 June 1877 with only an up platform, and a brake van as an office. Carnalea railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Saint John the Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilcooley estate and Bangor.
Kilcooley estate
Suburb
Kilcooley estate is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong links with loyalism. Kilcooley estate is situated 2½ miles southeast of Saint John the Baptist.
Bangor
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.
Carrickfergus
Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carrickfergus is a town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in County Antrim, with a population in 2021 of 28,000. Its main attraction is the sturdy 12th-century Norman castle.
Saint John the Baptist
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.67295° or 54° 40′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.74394° or 5° 44′ 38″ westOperator
Church of IrelandOpen location code
9C6PM7F4+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 438776849OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglican
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