Rough Island
Rough Island is an islet in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Rough Island is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Island Hill, as well as near the island McCaigs Rocks.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Espie and Newtownards Airport.
Castle Espie
Nature reserve
Photo: SeamusSweeney, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Espie is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on the banks of Strangford Lough, three miles south of Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name.
Newtownards Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtownards Aerodrome is a local airfield in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, 8.5 NM east of Belfast. It offers light aircraft flights, helicopter flights, microlight flights and flight simulator training. Newtownards Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Rough Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comber and Newtownards.
Comber
Town
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Comber is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. Comber is situated 2 miles west of Rough Island.
Newtownards
Photo: Guliolopez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtownards is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in County Down, 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".
Whiterock
Village
Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy. Whiterock is situated 5 miles south of Rough Island.
Rough Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.54623° or 54° 32′ 46″ northLongitude
-5.68988° or 5° 41′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C6PG8W6+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 4556956OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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