Ards Arts Centre
Ards Arts Centre is an art museum. Head into Newtownards’ settlement to find it. It is run by Ards and North Down Borough Council.
Museum in Newtownards
Inside Newtownards
Ards Arts Centre is inside Newtownards’ settlement, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
In Newtownards the warm season is June to September, with highs of 17–19°C.
Ards Arts Centre
Our list has 40 more places within 15 km; first among them is Stormont Castle, at 8.7 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Ards and North Down Borough Council
- Town
- in Newtownards
- Official site
- andculture.org.uk/visit-us/ards-arts-centre
Ards Arts Centre at a glance
Orange marks Ards Arts Centre, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Newtownards’ settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015
Where to base yourself
Of the 4, Bangor is the largest, at 64,596 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Newtownards
Bangor
Comber
Metropolitan Castlereagh
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Ards Arts Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtownards | It’s in town | 29,677 | 10 |
| Bangor | 3.7 km north of it | 64,596 | 14 |
| Comber | 4.6 km southwest of it | 9,529 | 4 |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 4.9 km west of it | 58,763 | 39 |
Places to add to Ards Arts Centre
There are 40 within 15 km, 2 historic houses, 2 historic ships and 2 abbeys or priories among them.
Historic houseStormont Castle8.7 km away2
Historic shipSS Nomadic14 km away3Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustMount Stewart7.7 km away4
Abbey or prioryBangor Abbey7.1 km away5
Historic shipHMS Caroline13 km away6
CastleBangor Castle7.2 km away7
Abbey or prioryPriory of Saint Columba400 m away8
MuseumUlster Folk and Transport Museum8.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Ards Arts Centre
Where is Ards Arts Centre?
Ards Arts Centre is in Newtownards, Ards and North Down, inside the town’s settlement.
What is Ards Arts Centre?
Museum: art.
Who runs Ards Arts Centre?
Ards and North Down Borough Council.
When is the best time to visit Ards Arts Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Newtownards, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Ards Arts Centre?
Within 15 km: Stormont Castle (8.7 km), SS Nomadic (14 km), Mount Stewart (7.7 km) and Bangor Abbey (7.1 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Abbey: Andrew Muir from Bangor, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Castle: MartinRobinson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Priory of Saint Columba: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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