Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area

Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area is a picnic site in Newry, Northern Ireland. Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area is situated nearby to Inch Abbey railway station, as well as near the protected area Downpatrick ASAI.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inch Abbey railway station and Inch Abbey.

Inch Abbey railway station

Railway station

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Inch Abbey railway station is a station on the Downpatrick and County Down Railway, a heritage railway in Northern Ireland. It is the terminus of the railway's North Line and serves Inch Abbey, a ruined monastery and local tourist attraction of Downpatrick notable for its use as a filming location in the HBO show Game of Thrones. Inch Abbey railway station is situated 460 feet southwest of Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area.

Inch Abbey

Archaeological site

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Inch Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery on the outskirts of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was founded by John de Courcy in the 12th-century. It was dissolved in 1541. Inch Abbey is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area.

Down Cathedral

Church

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Down Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of Ireland cathedral located in the town of Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. Down Cathedral is situated 1 mile southeast of Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downpatrick and Saul.

Downpatrick

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Downpatrick is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's best known as the place where St Patrick supposedly returned to Ireland, and his burial place, and the area is dotted with prehistoric and early Christian sites.

Saul

Hamlet

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Saul is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, within the civil parish of Saul and Ballee. The village lies to the east of Downpatrick and has strong links with Saint Patrick. Saul is situated 2½ miles east of Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area.

Struell Wells

Locality

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Struell Wells are a set of four holy wells in the townland of Struell, 1.5 miles east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The wells date from before the time of Saint Patrick, and even today are used for people seeking cures. Struell Wells is situated 2½ miles southeast of Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area.

Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.33846° or 54° 20′ 19″ north

Longitude

-5.73465° or 5° 44′ 5″ west

Operator

Downpatrick & County Down Railway

Open location code

9C6P87Q8+94

OpenStreetMap ID

way 598123541

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Inch Abbey and Downpatrick ASAI.

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