Loughries
Ward in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.598, -5.598 |
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| Dialling code: | 02891 (Bangor) |
Loughries is an electoral ward and suburban area on the eastern edge of Newtownards, within the council area of Ards and North Down in Northern Ireland. It sits close to the western shore of Strangford Lough and the northern side of the Ards Peninsula, giving residents easy access to coastal walks and country lanes.
Primarily residential with pockets of local shops, schools and community groups, the ward has a mixed social profile of families and commuters who travel to Belfast and nearby towns. Historically linked to agriculture and estate land, the area now blends suburban development with reminders of its rural and maritime heritage and benefits from good road links and active local clubs and events.
Postcode districts covering Loughries
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Carrowdore Ward 2.3 miles
- Movilla Ward 3 miles
- Cronstown Ward 3 miles
- Ballygrainey Ward 3.2 miles
- Gregstown Ward 3.3 miles
- Donaghadee Ward 3.5 miles
- Ballymagee Ward 3.5 miles
- Warren Ward 3.7 miles
- Silverbirch Ward 3.9 miles
- Bloomfield Ward 3.9 miles
- Ballycrochan Ward 3.9 miles
- Conway Square Ward 4 miles
Example postcodes in Loughries
BT23 8RL, BT22 2FW, BT23 8SN, BT23 8QH, BT21 0LY, BT22 2DZ, BT23 8YJ, BT22 2XN, BT23 8GT … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 11.1 miles
- Belfast International Airport 25 miles
- Bangor Railway Station, Northern Ireland 5.1 miles
- Bangor West Railway Station 5.7 miles
Hotels near Loughries Ad
- Clandeboye Lodge Hotel 4 5.5 miles
- The Nines, Bangor Marina 5.4 miles
- The Old Inn Crawfordsburn 4 6.7 miles
- The Culloden Estate and Spa 5 8.9 miles
- Strangford Arms Hotel Newtownards 3 4.4 miles
- The Stormont Hotel 4 9.7 miles
- La Mon Hotel and Country Club 4 9.5 miles
Schools in Loughries
- Ballyvester Primary School Primary
- Loughries Integrated Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Woburn House Estate 3.2 miles
- Mount Stewart House Estate 3.3 miles
- Portavo House Estate 4.5 miles
- Clandeboye Estate 5.3 miles
- Bangor Marina Marina 5.4 miles
- Carnalea House Estate 5.4 miles
- Ballywalter Park Estate 6.4 miles
- Craigavad House Estate 7.6 miles
- Florida Manor Estate 10.3 miles
- Castlereagh House Estate 11 miles
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 11.3 miles
- Orlands Estate 11.5 miles