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 miles3.7 km
- Movilla Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Cronstown Ward 3 miles4.9 km
- Ballygrainey Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Gregstown Ward 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Donaghadee Ward 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Ballymagee Ward 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Warren Ward 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Silverbirch Ward 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Bloomfield Ward 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Ballycrochan Ward 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Conway Square Ward 4 miles6.5 km
Example postcodes in Loughries
BT22 2EF, BT21 0LT, BT22 2BS, BT22 2JU, BT23 8XA, BT23 7QA, BT21 0NB, BT22 2DA, BT23 8AJ … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Belfast International Airport 25 miles40.3 km
- Bangor Railway Station, Northern Ireland 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Bangor West Railway Station 5.7 miles9.1 km
Hotels near Loughries Ad
- Clandeboye Lodge Hotel 4 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The Old Inn Crawfordsburn 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
- The Nines, Bangor Marina 5.4 miles8.7 km
- The Culloden Estate and Spa 5 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Strangford Arms Hotel Newtownards 3 4.4 miles7.1 km
- The Stormont Hotel 4 9.7 miles15.6 km
- La Mon Hotel and Country Club 4 9.5 miles15.3 km
Schools in Loughries
- Ballyvester Primary School Primary
- Loughries Integrated Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Woburn House Estate 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Mount Stewart House Estate 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Portavo House Estate 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Clandeboye Estate 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Bangor Marina Marina 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Carnalea House Estate 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Ballywalter Park Estate 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Craigavad House Estate 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Florida Manor Estate 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Castlereagh House Estate 11 miles17.7 km
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Orlands Estate 11.5 miles18.5 km