Newtownards
Also known as Newtown Ards
Newtownards () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. Newtownards is in the Ards and North Down Borough. The population was 29,677 in the 2021 Census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Newtownards
- UK place.irish_name
- Baile Nua na hArda
- UK place.scots_name
- Newton or Newtonairds
- UK place.static_image_name
- CIMG1481 ScraboViewNewtownardsTown.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View of Newtownards from Scrabo Tower
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 29,677
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTOWNARDS
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Irish settlement
- The Scottish town
- United Irishmen rebellion
- The Great Famine
- Victorian growth
- The Troubles
- Recent times
- Places of interest
- Scrabo Tower
- Movilla Abbey
- Somme Heritage Centre
- Mount Stewart
- Demography
- 2021 Census
- 2011 Census
- Sport
- Notable natives/residents
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Newtownards () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. Newtownards is in the Ards and North Down Borough. The population was 29,677 in the 2021 Census.
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