Newtownards
Newtownards is seen as a big town, townland and civil parish within County Down, Northern Ireland. It is at the most northern part of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, around the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the most significant town in the Borough of Ards. As reported by the 2001 Census, it comes with a populace of 27,821 people within 11,502 homes, placing it within the "large town" class. Roughly 86 percent of the population is from a Protestant history and nine percent from a Catholic background. It is identified colloquially by residents as "Ards".