Whitespots Station

Whitespots Station is a pumping station in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Whitespots Station is situated nearby to the ruins Bog Shaft Engine House, as well as near Small Pond.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newtownards Airport and Movilla Abbey.

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 2 miles south of Whitespots Station.

Movilla Abbey

Church

Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Movilla Abbey in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, is believed to have been one of Ulster's and Ireland's most important monasteries. Movilla should not be confused with Moville in County Donegal. Movilla Abbey is situated 1 mile southeast of Whitespots Station.

Scrabo Tower

Photo: Elkay62, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar. Scrabo Tower is situated 2 miles southwest of Whitespots Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtownards and Kilcooley estate.

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".

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 3 miles north of Whitespots Station.

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.

Whitespots Station

Type: Pumping station
Category: industry
Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.60788° or 54° 36′ 28″ north

Longitude

-5.69221° or 5° 41′ 32″ west

Operator

Northern Ireland Water

Open location code

9C6PJ855+54

OpenStreetMap ID

way 470160065

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pumping_station

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Highlights include Bog Shaft Engine House and Small Pond.

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