Mount Stewart, Newtownards

Name: Mount Stewart
Address: Newtownards, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Newtownards

Top attraction, Museum, History museum

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Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Irish seat of the Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry. Prominently associated with the 2nd Marguess, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Britain's Foreign Secretary at the Congress of Vienna and with the 7th Marquess, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the former Air Minister who at Mount Stewart attempted private diplomacy with Hitler's Germany, the house and its contents reflect the history of the family's leading role in social and political life in Britain and Ireland. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1820 (204 years ago)Coordinates: 54°33'18"N, 5°36'29"W

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Newtownards United Kingdom

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Mount Stewart – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nendrum Monastic Site, Scrabo Tower, Sketrick Castle, Grey Abbey.

4.2 miS
Ruins, History museum, View point
Nendrum Monastic Site, Comber
108 min walk • Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain.
4.6 miW
Landmark tower and memorial
Scrabo Tower, Newtownards
119 min walk • Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet 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.
4.9 miS
Forts and castles
Sketrick Castle
125 min walk • Sketrick Castle is a castle situated on Sketrick Island near Whiterock, County Down, Northern Ireland. The castle is estimated to date back to the 12th century.
2.4 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Historic walking areas, Monastery
Grey Abbey, Portaferry
61 min walk • Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in the village of Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland, currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
4.2 miNE
Museum
Ballycopeland Windmill
107 min walk • Ballycopeland Windmill is a functioning windmill located one mile west of Millisle, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities and is open to the public.
7 miNW
54°37'49"N • 5°43'32"W
The Blackwood, Bangor
179 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.1 miS
Archaeological site
Nendrum Monastery mill
105 min walk • The Nendrum Monastery mill was a tide mill on an Mahee Island in Strangford Lough now in Northern Ireland. It is the earliest excavated tide mill, dating from 787 AD.
5.1 miS
Marine reserve, Nature, Natural attraction
Strangford Lough
130 min walk • Strangford Lough is a large sea loch or inlet in County Down, in the east of Northern Ireland. It is the largest inlet in Ireland and the British Isles, covering 150 km².
4.7 miNW
Museum, Military museum
Somme Heritage Centre, Newtownards
121 min walk • The Somme Heritage Centre is a tourist attraction and education centre in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1994 the centre promotes Ireland's role in the First World War, and especially the role of both Protestant and Catholic, unionist and nationalist in the war.
4.5 miNW
54°35'43"N • 5°41'42"W
Web Theatre Ards, Newtownards
114 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.4 miNW
54°35'32"N • 5°41'48"W
The Precinct, Newtownards
112 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre