Mount Stewart
Mount Stewart is a historic house museum and garden in Co. Down. Its location is 7.4 km southeast of Newtownards. The site is kept up by the National Trust.
Historic house near Newtownards
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓
Near Newtownards
Mount Stewart is 7.4 km southeast of Newtownards. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by the National Trust
One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
Warmest in Newtownards are June to September, at 17–19°C.
Mount Stewart
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 9 languages. Add Mahee Castle, 6.4 km away, to a visit; it leads 16 places within 15 km.
- Type
- Historic house
- Run by
- National Trust
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 9 languages
- Town
- 7.4 km southeast of Newtownards
- Official site
- nationaltrust.org.uk/mount-stewart
Getting to Mount Stewart
Mount Stewart sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NISRA settlement development limit 2015
Which town is nearest
Bangor, with 64,596 people, is the largest of the 8. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Newtownards
Comber
Donaghadee
Bangor
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Mount Stewart is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtownards | 7.4 km northwest of it | 29,677 | 10 |
| Comber | 9.2 km west of it | 9,529 | 4 |
| Donaghadee | 10 km north of it | 7,325 | 4 |
| Bangor | 12 km north of it | 64,596 | 14 |
| Ballygowan | 13 km southwest of it | 3,138 | 0 |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 17 km west of it | 58,763 | 39 |
| Killyleagh | 17 km south of it | 2,787 | 6 |
| Holywood | 18 km northwest of it | 10,757 | 18 |
What else is near Mount Stewart
16 more lie within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and 2 museums among them.
Abbey or prioryBangor Abbey13 km away3
CastleBangor Castle12 km away4AttractionAttraction · National TrustRed Squirrel Hide700 m away5MuseumMuseumSomme Heritage Centre8.7 km away6
Abbey or prioryPriory of Saint Columba7.3 km away7MuseumMuseumNorth Down Museum12 km away8Theme parkTheme parkDrumawhey Junction Railway6.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Mount Stewart
Where is Mount Stewart?
Mount Stewart is 7.4 km southeast of Newtownards, Ards and North Down.
What is Mount Stewart?
Historic house museum and garden in Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Who runs Mount Stewart?
National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Mount Stewart?
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 Mount Stewart?
Within 15 km: Mahee Castle (6.4 km), Bangor Abbey (13 km), Bangor Castle (12 km) and Red Squirrel Hide (700 m).
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 (3)
- 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
- Priory of Saint Columba: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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