Newtownards
Newtownards is actually a major town, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated at the most northern place of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, to the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town inside the Borough of Ards. Based on the 2001 Census, it comes with a populace of 27,821 individuals in 11,502 households, positioning it in the "large town" class. Roughly 86 percent of the population is from a Protestant background and nine percent from a Catholic background. It is known colloquially by local people as "Ards".