Ardboe
Ward in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.611, -6.568 |
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| Dialling code: | 02886 (Cookstown) |
The ward centred on Ardboe sits in the Mid Ulster district of Northern Ireland, on the western shore of Lough Neagh in County Tyrone. The landscape is low drumlin country with surrounding boglands and shoreline habitats, giving the area a quiet, rural character and links to fishing and wetland wildlife.
The place name comes from the Irish Ard Buidhe, meaning "yellow height", and the locality preserves the ruins of an early medieval monastery and the striking Ardboe High Cross, a well-known historic landmark. Today the ward remains largely agricultural with a history of peat working and angling nearby, while community life is focused around parish activities, local pubs and a strong GAA tradition in the form of Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa.
Postcode districts covering Ardboe
Most populated places nearby
- Craigavon Centre 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Antrim Centre 15.4 miles24.8 km
- Banbridge East 23.7 miles38.2 km
- Banbridge South 22 miles35.5 km
- Banbridge West 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Cookstown East 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Cookstown South 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Cookstown West 8.2 miles13.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Coagh Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Stewartstown Ward 4.9 miles7.9 km
- The Loup Ward 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Washing Bay Ward 5.6 miles9 km
- Coalisland South Ward 7 miles11.3 km
- Coalisland North Ward 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Cookstown South Ward 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Cookstown East Ward 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Loughry Ward 8.1 miles13 km
- Cookstown West Ward 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Coolshinny Ward 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Killyman Ward 9 miles14.5 km
Example postcodes in Ardboe
BT80 0JQ, BT71 5NT, BT80 0HP, BT71 5AF, BT80 0JL, BT80 0BN, BT80 0HY, BT71 5AX, BT80 0HR … See all
Transport links
- Belfast International Airport 14.5 miles23.3 km
- George Best Belfast City Airport 27.8 miles44.8 km
- Trew and Moy Station 10 miles16 km
- Vernersbridge Station 10.3 miles16.6 km
Hotels near Ardboe Ad
- Glenavon House Hotel 3 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Greenvale Hotel 3 7.7 miles12.3 km
- Cohannon Inn 2 8.4 miles13.6 km
Schools in Ardboe
- St Patrick's Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Spring Hill Estate 6 miles9.6 km
- Loughry House Estate 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Rockdale House Estate 9.3 miles15 km
- Lissan Estate 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Drum Manor Estate 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Langford Lodge Estate 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Oxford Island Nature reserve 10.9 miles17.5 km
- The Argory Estate 11 miles17.7 km
- Clontylew House Estate 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Donaghmore House Estate 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Portmore Lough Nature reserve 11.7 miles18.9 km
- Moyola Park Estate 11.9 miles19.2 km