Newtownards
Newtownards is definitely a large town, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, to the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. Based on the 2001 Census, it has a populace of 27,821 individuals within 11,502 homes, placing it within the "large town" class. About 86 percent of the populace is from a Protestant history and nine percent from a Catholic background. It is identified colloquially by local people as "Ards".