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k Ulster Folk and
Transport Museum
Road map E2. Cultra, near Holywood,
Co Down. Tel 028 9042 8428. £
@ Open Tue–Sun & bank hols on
Mon. Closed Christmas period.
& free for the disabled. 7 - =
∑ nmni.com/uftm
This museum was set up
following an act of parliament
in 1958, to show the life and
traditions of people in Northern
Ireland. Demonstrations of
traditional crafts, industries and
farming methods are given.
The A2 road splits the folk
museum from the transport
section. This is dominated by a
hangar that houses the Irish
Railway Collection. The small er
Transport Gallery exhibits mach­
inery made in Ulster, including a
saloon carriage from the tram
service that ran from Portrush to
Giant’s Causeway (see pp266–7).
Of particular note is a test model
of the unsuccess ful De Lorean Scrabo Tower, a prominent landmark of the Ards Peninsula
car, made in Northern Ireland in
the early 1980s with a huge departure of the last human P Ballycopeland Windmill
On B172 1.6 km (1 mile) W of Millisle.
gov ernment subsidy. There’s residents in the 1940s. The Tel 028 9181 1491. Open Jul–Aug:
also a popular exhibit on another Ballycopeland Windmill (1784) 10am–5pm daily. & 7 limited.
ill­fated construction – the Titanic. is Northern Ireland’s only working
It’s best to allow half a day to windmill and stands on the top P Scrabo Country Park
take in most of the attractions. of a small hill a little further Near Newtownards. Tel 028 918 1491.
south, near the town of Millisle. Open daily. Tower: Open Apr–May,
Just across the peninsula Oct & Mar: weekends; Jun–Sep: daily;
is Newtownards. On a hill Nov–Feb: Sun.
above the town is the R Grey Abbey
pleasant, shady Scrabo Greyabbey. Tel 028 9181 1491.
Country Park. In the Open varies, call ahead. 7
park stands the Scrabo O Exploris
Tower, built in 1857 as a Castle Street, Portaferry.
memorial to the third Tel 028 4272 8062. Open daily.
1883 tram carriage at the Ulster Folk and Marquess of Londonderry. Closed 24–26 Dec. & 7 -
Transport Museum Past the grounds of Mount ∑ exploris.org.uk
Stewart House (see pp286–7) is
the hamlet of Greyabbey, with
l Ards Peninsula its antique shops and Cis tercian
abbey ruins. Founded in 1193,
Road map E2. Co Down.
£ @ to Bangor. Grey Abbey was used as a parish
n Newtownards (028 9182 6846). church until the 17th century.
∑ ards-council.gov.uk Idylically set in lush meadows by
a stream, some of its features, in
The peninsula – and some of particular the finely carved west
Northern Ireland’s finest scenery doorway, are well preserved.
– begins east of Belfast at On the tip of the peninsula,
Bangor. This resort town has a Portaferry overlooks the
modern marina and some well­ Strangford Narrows across from
known yacht clubs. A little way the Lecale Peninsula (see p288).
south is Donaghadee, from Portaferry’s large aquarium,
where boats sail to the three Exploris, displays the diversity
Copeland Islands, inhabited of life in the Irish Sea and Ballycopeland Windmill, which dates
only by sea birds since the Strangford Lough. back to 1784
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp302–3 and pp323–5

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