Castle Ward is an 18th-century mansion overlooking Strangford Lough, famed for its mixture of architectural styles.
Castle Ward is open to the public and includes 332 hectares (820 acres) of landscaped gardens, a fortified tower house, Victorian laundry, theatre, sawmill and a working corn mill.
Facilities also include a tearoom, gift shop and second-hand bookshop.
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The Spirit Merchant is a Wetherspoon pub in Newtownards, County Down. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm. Read more…
Cloughey has one of the best beaches in the Ards Peninsula boasting a wide sweep of sand with miles of sand dunes and a castle to explore! The bay faces South East with a long spit of stones providing protection from the Irish Sea swell. Cloughey Bay due to the size and protection is popular for windsurfing, water-skiing, kitesurfing and kite Read more…
Rossglass beach is a sandy beach with some rocks on the shores of Dundrum Bay. This is a stunning beach with the Mournes looming in the background. Rossglass Beach is home to breeding seals and wading birds such as oyster-catchers Read more…
Ballyhalbert beach is sandy in a small village with a harbour on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Ballywalter and Portavogie. Just past the harbour is mainland Irelands most easterly point – Burr Point. Ballywalter also has a nature reserve, an old castle mound and the ruins of an old church. Read more…
Tyrella Beach lies in Dundrum Bay and is a very wide sandy beach about 2 km long with miles of sand dunes and conservation area at its back. It’s a wonderful conservation area and the beach has won the numerous awards. Parking is not close as this is a car free zone but it’s well worth the visit as there is Read more…
Down Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is located on a site that has had a church since the 12th century. The cathedral today is mainly the original chancel from the 15th century with a vestibule and tower added, although incorporates parts of the 13th-century church of the Benedictine Abbey of Down (Black Monks) and includes Read more…
Strangford Lough is the biggest sea lough or lake in the United Kingdom. It flows into the Irish Sea at the Strangford Narrows but apart from that, is landlocked. There is over 15 000 acres of shore, islands, wetlands, marsh and woodlands here for wildlife to enjoy and it’s a lovely day out in the country if you’re a keen Read more…
