Somme Heritage Centre
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Somme Heritage Centre is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Stump, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
The Somme Heritage Centre is a tourist attraction and education centre in Conlig, County Down, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1994 the centre promotes Ireland's role in the First World War, and especially the role of both Protestant and Catholic, unionist and nationalist in the war. It focuses on three of the volunteer divisions in Ireland;
10th (Irish) Division 16th (Irish) Division 36th (Ulster) Division
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1994.
Wikidata Q7560442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Windmill Stump: 0.3 mi
- South Shaft Chimney: 0.4 mi
- BCDR Railway Bridge: 0.4 mi
- North Shaft Chimney: 0.5 mi
- Bog Shaft Engine House: 0.5 mi
- Jacob's Field: 1.3 mi
- Branch Out Community Group: 1.3 mi
- Glenford Park: 1.5 mi
- Bully's Acre: 1.6 mi
- Londonderry Park: 1.8 mi
- Lieutenant Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cairngaver: 2.7 mi
- Scrabo Hill: 2.7 mi
- Irish Hill: 4.5 mi
- Stewart Hill: 4.6 mi
- Big Rock: 1.7 mi
- Fluctus Angelorum (Wave of Angels): 2.9 mi
- Bobbio: 2.9 mi
- Milano: 2.9 mi
- Voyage: 3.0 mi
- Brompton Pier: 3.7 mi
- Grey Point Fort: 4.9 mi
- Red Squirrel Hide: 5.0 mi
- Temple of the Winds: 5.9 mi
- Senate Chamber: 6.0 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 1.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.3 mi
- Millisle Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- War Years Remembered: 1.4 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 1.5 mi
- North Down Museum: 2.9 mi
- Ulster Folk Museum: 4.9 mi
- Miller's House: 5.1 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 0.5 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Castle Espie Wetland Centre: 5.8 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 7.8 mi
- Spa Well: 5.1 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 10.6 mi
- Sunday Well: 14.6 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 15.0 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 15.6 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 3.6 mi
- Brompton Bay: 3.7 mi
- Seapark Beach: 6.2 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 9.3 mi
- Browns bay walk: 16.8 mi
- Cuan Beach: 15.3 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
- Cave Hill: 10.9 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 11.0 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 11.3 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 20.7 mi
- Spinkanee: 24.8 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Stepping Stones: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Somme Heritage Centre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SSW 212° | 534 m | 22.3 mi |
| Divis | W 269° | 478 m | 13.5 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NNW 328° | 474 m | 18.9 mi |
| Slievenisky | SSW 210° | 446 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cratlieve | SW 214° | 429 m | 23.4 mi |
| Douglas Top | NW 318° | 402 m | 22.7 mi |
| Slievegarran | SSW 210° | 391 m | 24.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 267° | 389 m | 12.7 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 | 14:46 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/255451311
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