Portaferry Castle

Portaferry Castle is a castle in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Portaferry Castle is situated near the public aquarium Exploris, as well as near Portaferry Methodist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Exploris and Audley’s Castle.

Exploris

Public aquarium

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Exploris is a public aquarium situated in Portaferry, Northern Ireland. The facility is the only public aquarium in Northern Ireland and it is located on the shores of the Marine Nature reserve of Strangford Lough, which is an important winter migration destination for many wading and sea birds.

Audley’s Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Audley's Castle is a 15th-century castle located 1 mile north-east of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, on a rocky height overlooking Strangford Lough. Audley’s Castle is situated 1 mile west of Portaferry Castle.

Castle Ward

Castle

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castle Ward is an 18th-century National Trust property located near the village of Strangford, in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portaferry and Strangford.

Portaferry

Village

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Portaferry is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough.

Strangford

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Strangford is a village historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's on the west bank of the narrow outlet of Strangford Lough, where the tides rip back and forth, hence to the Vikings it was Strangr-fjǫrðr, the strong fjord.

Kilclief

Hamlet

Kilclief is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Lecale Lower and Lecale Upper. It is also a townland of 623 acres. Kilclief is situated 3 miles south of Portaferry Castle.

Portaferry Castle

Type: Castle
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.38138° or 54° 22′ 53″ north

Longitude

-5.54897° or 5° 32′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C6P9FJ2+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 952606378

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Portaferry Methodist Church and Portaferry Post Office.

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Places to explore: Portaferry Lifeboat Station and Spar.

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