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Newtownards (/ ˌ n juː t ən ˈ ɑːr d z /; Irish: Baile Nua na hArda [1]) 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 .
English: Whitespots Country Park, Newtownards (1) Whitespots Country Park is the name given to what used to be known as the lead mines . The mines were located between Newtownards and Conlig. Lead was mined between 1827 and 1865.
Scotland Yard is an asymmetric board game, during which the detective players cooperatively solve a variant of the pursuit–evasion problem. The game is published by Ravensburger in most of Europe and Canada and by Milton Bradley in the United States. It received the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award in 1983, [1] the same year that it ...
This is a list of board games. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles. Board games are games with rules, a playing surface, and tokens that enable interaction between or among players as players look down at the playing surface and face each other. [ 1 ]
Location: Newtownards, County Down Northern Ireland: Other information; Status: Disused: History; Original company: Belfast and County Down Railway: Pre-grouping: Belfast and County Down Railway: Post-grouping: Belfast and County Down Railway: Key dates; 6 May 1858: Station opens: 3 June 1861: Station relocated: 24 April 1950: Station closes
In 1994 the decision was taken to play all first team games on the artificial turf pitch at Glenford Park, Newtownards. In 1999 the team returned to Comber and now play at Comber Leisure Centre. The Club still uses the synthetic pitch at Glenford Park and also at Nendrum College, Comber so that all home games are played on synthetic surfaces.
The site of the abbey was on the Ards Peninsula, 7 miles (11 km) from Newtownards, at the confluence of a small river and Strangford Lough. Architecturally it is important as the first fully gothic style building in Ulster; it is the first fully stone church in which every window arch and door was pointed rather than round headed. The abbey is ...
Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet (41 m) 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.