Grey Point Fort
Grey Point Fort is an artillery battery. It is 2.1 km northwest of Bangor. Within 15 km there are 54 more places to visit, starting with Carrickfergus Castle (5.9 km).
Fort near Bangor
Just outside Bangor
Grey Point Fort is 2.1 km northwest of Bangor. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Warm weather in Bangor runs June to September, with highs of 17–19°C.
Grey Point Fort
Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Fort
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 2.1 km northwest of Bangor
Where Grey Point Fort is
Use the numbers to match each place near Grey Point Fort with the list.
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Towns that list Grey Point Fort
Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Also near Grey Point Fort
The 54 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 historic ships.
CastleCarrickfergus Castle5.9 km away2
Historic houseStormont Castle10 km away3
Historic shipSS Nomadic13 km away4
Historic houseBelfast Castle13 km away5
Abbey or prioryBangor Abbey4.8 km away6
CastleBangor Castle5.1 km away7
CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast15 km away8
Historic shipHMS Caroline12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Grey Point Fort
Where is Grey Point Fort?
Grey Point Fort is 2.1 km northwest of Bangor, Ards and North Down.
What is Grey Point Fort?
Artillery battery in Helen's Bay, County Down.
When is the best time to visit Grey Point Fort?
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 Grey Point Fort?
Within 15 km: Carrickfergus Castle (5.9 km), Stormont Castle (10 km), SS Nomadic (13 km) and Belfast Castle (13 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 (9)
- Grey Point Fort: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Abbey: Andrew Muir from Bangor, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Castle: MartinRobinson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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