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Portaferry is located
at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows
at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It is well-known
for the annual Galway Hookers Regatta. It hosts its own
small Marina, the Portaferry Marina. A passenger/car ferry
service operates daily at 15 minute intervals (8am to 11pm)
between the villages of Portaferry and Strangford, less than
a mile apart, conveying about 500,000 passengers per annum.
There are fine Georgian
buildings in the town square, including a Market House, now
used as a community centre. Portaferry is also the home
of the Northern Ireland Aquarium, Exploris.
More information on Portaferry can be found at
www.portaferry.info |
