Newtownards
Newtownards serves as a big town, townland and civil parish within County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, to the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town inside the Borough of Ards. According to the 2001 Census, it comes with a populace of 27,821 people within 11,502 homes, positioning it in the "large town" class. About 86 percent of the populace is from a Protestant historical past and nine percent from a Catholic background. It is recognised colloquially by locals as "Ards".
