Northern Ireland · 18th century
Castle Ward is an 18th-century National Trust property located near the village of Strangford, in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name. It overlooks Strangford Lough and is 7 miles from Downpatrick and 1.5 miles from Strangford.
Castle Ward is open to the public and includes 332 hectares (820 acres) of landscaped gardens, a fortified tower house, Victorian laundry, theatre, restaurant, shop, saw mill and a working corn mill. It has a shore on Strangford Lough. From 1985 to 2010 it has also hosted Castleward Opera, an annual summer opera festival.
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Castle Ward ranks #1,509 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 39 mapped in Northern Ireland. Founded c. 1760, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,356 times in the last 60 days, more than 80% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Belfast, 34 km away. See how Northern Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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