Bangor Castle
You will find Bangor Castle in Bangor. Close by, within 5 km, are 5 more places to see. Nearby, Bangor Abbey (400 m) leads the list.
Castle in Bangor
Inside Bangor
Bangor Castle is inside Bangor’s settlement, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
The warmest stretch in Bangor is June to September, at 17–19°C in the afternoon.
Bangor Castle
Articles on it exist in 7 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Bangor
Bangor Castle at a glance
Bangor Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bangor’s settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015
Towns that count Bangor Castle
Belfast tops the 7 for size, at 293,298 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Bangor
Newtownards
Donaghadee
Whitehead
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Bangor Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor | It’s in town | 64,596 | 14 |
| Newtownards | 4.9 km south of it | 29,677 | 10 |
| Donaghadee | 8.4 km east of it | 7,325 | 4 |
| Whitehead | 12 km north of it | 3,537 | 3 |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 15 km southwest of it | 58,763 | 39 |
| Metropolitan Newtownabbey | 18 km west of it | 67,599 | 20 |
| Belfast | 19 km west of it | 293,298 | 51 |
Next door to Bangor Castle
Among the 32 within 15 km are 3 museums, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory.
Abbey or prioryBangor Abbey400 m away2
CastleCarrickfergus Castle11 km away3
Historic houseStormont Castle12 km away4Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustMount Stewart12 km away5
MuseumUlster Folk and Transport Museum8.1 km away6
FortGrey Point Fort5.1 km away7MuseumMuseumNorth Down Museum100 m away8MuseumMuseumSomme Heritage Centre4.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Bangor Castle
Where is Bangor Castle?
Bangor Castle is in Bangor, Ards and North Down, inside the town’s settlement.
What is Bangor Castle?
Castle in the United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Bangor Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Bangor, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bangor Castle?
Within 15 km: Bangor Abbey (400 m), Carrickfergus Castle (11 km), Stormont Castle (12 km) and Mount Stewart (12 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 (6)
- Bangor Castle: MartinRobinson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Abbey: Andrew Muir from Bangor, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grey Point Fort: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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