The town of Newtownards is overlooked by the 100 foot high Scrabo Tower which sits atop a 534 foot volcanic plug.  The views from the hill and the summit of the tower are breathtaking, across Strangford Lough, scattered with its many islands, to the Mourne Mountains and the Scottish coast.

A few miles outside Newtownards stands Mount Stewart, an 18th century house and garden.  The ninety-eight acre garden at Mount Stewart is widely regarded as one of the greatest in the British Isles and earned it a World Heritage Site nomination.

For more information visit www.newtownards.org