33 Ballyholme Esplanade, Bangor, Co Down BT20 5NH
23 February 2012
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Spacious Victorian seaside house fronting onto Ballyholme Bay with views to the Mull of Kintyre on a clear day. Period features throughout. Sleeps 5.
Has Northern Ireland Tourist Board certification with a four star classification. Lounge with sea view and open fire, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, double bedroom, bunk bedroom, single bedroom, bathroom, separate w.c. Oil fired central heating throughout. Private enclosed lawned rear garden, front garden with sea view. Two minutes or less to the beach; shops, banks, post office, pub with restaurant,cafes,churches all within easy - five minutes - walking distance. The kitchen is equipped with an electric cooker, microwave, fridge, dishwasher and a washing machine and guests can use the tumble-drier which is in the garage. There are children's toys and games, TV and video. The house can only be let to non-smoking guests and no pets are permitted. Ballyholme is a seaside suburb of Bangor. It has parks with swings and play areas, tennis, putting and pitch and putt at Kingsland as well as Ballyholme Yacht Club and the historic Royal Ulster Yacht Club from where Thomas Lipton mounted his America's Cup challenges. There is a pleasant walk to Groomsport from the house along the beach and then through Ballymacormick Point, a piece of National Trust land which brings you out at Groomsport's picturesque harbour where there is a good children's play area, a row of 17th century cottages restored to their original state one of which houses a Tourist Office and a pub which has good Guinness. Bangor is a sizeable town offering excellent shopping facilities, multi-screen cinema, swimming pool, golf club, Ward Park with children's play area, small bird garden and lake, Pickie Park play area with swan pedalos and miniature railway, Bangor Heritage Centre exhibition, shop and café in the Town Hall (formerly Bangor Castle). At holiday times there is often a funfair on the sea front and in summer there are boat trips round the bays with the possibility of seeing seals. The Tourist Information Centre in the Tower House on the sea front has information on current events as well as leaflets on attractions in the surrounding area and activities such as golf, fishing (sea and fly), riding, boat trips and many others. DIRECTIONS TO THE HOUSE From Bangor Town Centre go down Main Street, follow signs for Groomsport/Donaghadee - along the seafront, past the yacht club, park,tennis courts, yacht club, another park and at the end of the road turn left onto Ballyholme Road. This becomes Ballyholme Esplanade. You will pass the Esplanade Bars and the house is in the next block away from Bangor with a green gate and front door. NEARBY ATTRACTONS FOR CHILDREN INCLUDE The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra - 20mins - play on old buses and trains or see the Titanic exhibition in the transport halls, miniature railway rides, walk round Ballycultra and see a Victorian primary school, a Georgian rectory, Edwardian shops, old farms and smithy, workers' terraced houses, pony and trap rides. Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust - 40 mins - duck and bird lakes and walks, children's quizzes, feed the birds, café and shop National Trust - Rowallane Gardens - 30 mins; Castleward - 30 mins via 5min car ferry over the tip of Strangford Lough from Portaferry to Strangford- kids love it - ferries go all day: Mount Stewart House and Gardens - 20mins - all have cafés The Odyssey - 25 mins - has W5 - new children's interactive centre - learn about science, biology, energy etc by doing hand-on experiments. This also has cinemas, and cafés and your W5 ticket is valid all day to pass in and out of W5. St Patrick - brought Christianity to Ireland - visit Downpatrick - cathedral and St Patrick's Centre, and the tiny church of Saul - 30 mins. There is also a Railway Museum in Downpatrick with steam engines Somme Heritage Centre - 15mins - The Ulster Division fought at the Somme and suffered heavy casualties - as well as an exhibition there are reconstructed trenches Dundonald Ice Bowl, Streamvale Urban Farm, The Ark Open Farm, Donaghadee lighthouse (Keats drank in Grace Neill's bar here), Ballycopeland Windmill, Crawfordsburn Country Park are all within a 15 - 20 min drive The Giant's Causeway - a World heritage Site - and Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge - the only bridge across the Atlantic, Dunluce Castle, Bushmills Distillery, Mussenden Temple are about two hours away on the majestic Co Antrim coast - a good day trip. The Ulster-American Folk Park near Omagh , Emain Macha- ancient Celtic experience and the Armagh Planetarium are further afield but very good as well as many other National Trust and other attractions. Many golf courses nearby - Bangor, Blackwood, Carnalea, Clandeboye, Donaghadee, Mahee Island, Ardglass, Holywood and the Belfast Courses. Royal Portrush and Royal County Down, the jewels of N.I's golf scene, are both about two hours away. (H1) |
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