Scrabo Tower
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Scrabo Tower is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Scrabo Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet (41 m) high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar. It was built as a memorial to Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and was originally known as the Londonderry Monument. Its architectural style is Scottish Baronial Revival.
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Wikidata Q1999730, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 41 m
- Material
- stone
What to expect
- Operated by
- Department for Communities
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scrabo Hill: 0.0 mi
- Lieutenant Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cairngaver: 2.8 mi
- Stewart Hill: 4.3 mi
- Dalzell's Hill: 4.4 mi
- Big Rock: 1.0 mi
- Reconciliation Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- The Gleaner: 5.1 mi
- Fluctus Angelorum (Wave of Angels): 5.5 mi
- Bobbio: 5.5 mi
- Red Squirrel Hide: 4.7 mi
- Senate Chamber: 4.9 mi
- Assembly Chamber: 5.0 mi
- Temple of the Winds: 5.4 mi
- Brompton Pier: 6.2 mi
- Killynether Wood: 0.4 mi
- Glenford Park: 1.2 mi
- Londonderry Park: 1.3 mi
- Bully's Acre: 1.4 mi
- Branch Out Community Group: 1.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 1.2 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Lisvannon Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Grey Abbey House: 7.2 mi
- Scrabo Railway Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Miles Aircraft Factory: 0.9 mi
- WW2 Rifle Firing Butts: 0.9 mi
- Column of BCDR Railway Bridge: 1.1 mi
- BCDR Railway Bridge: 1.2 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 1.2 mi
- War Years Remembered: 1.4 mi
- Somme Heritage Centre: 2.7 mi
- Ulster Folk Museum: 5.5 mi
- North Down Museum: 5.5 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 1.1 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 3.2 mi
- Castle Espie Wetland Centre: 3.5 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 4.3 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 7.3 mi
- Cuan Beach: 13.2 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 6.2 mi
- Brompton Bay: 6.2 mi
- Seapark Beach: 6.5 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 9.3 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 18.2 mi
- Spa Well: 6.2 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 10.1 mi
- Sunday Well: 12.2 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 12.8 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 13.0 mi
- Cave Hill: 10.4 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 10.7 mi
- Spinkanee: 22.1 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 22.7 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 7.1 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Stepping Stones: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Scrabo Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SSW 212° | 534 m | 19.6 mi |
| Divis | W 280° | 478 m | 12.3 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NNW 335° | 474 m | 20.4 mi |
| Slievenisky | SSW 210° | 446 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cratlieve | SW 215° | 429 m | 20.7 mi |
| Slievegarran | SSW 210° | 391 m | 21.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 279° | 389 m | 11.5 mi |
| Squires Hill | WNW 292° | 374 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:48 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 21:03 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 14:47 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/39262714
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