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Holywood, Ards and North Down

Northern Ireland

Holywood sits on Belfast Lough's shore, 10 kilometres east of Belfast via the scenic A2 coastal road. The A20 and A21 provide connections to Newtownards and Bangor respectively, whilst George Best Belfast City Airport is just 8 kilometres away. Popular local routes include trips to the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra and Crawfordsburn Country Park. The town's May Day maypole tradition, dating back three centuries, remains one of Ireland's few surviving celebrations of its kind.

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The closest airport to Holywood, Ards and North Down is George Best Belfast City Airport, 10 km (about 14 min by car). Other airports nearby: Belfast International Airport.

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Holywood, Ards and North Down is in Northern Ireland, at 54.639, -5.825 - about 8 km north-east of Ballymacarret.