The Floodgates car park, Newtownards

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The photograph on this page of The Floodgates car park, Newtownards by Albert Bridge as part of the Geograph project.

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The Floodgates car park, Newtownards

Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 7 Feb 2012

This small car park, on the Portaferry Road, is provided for users of the path along the seawall Image, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. What makes it a bit different is that, despite its size, it has three litter bins and one doggy bin. The tern “floodgates” is explained in Image

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Image Location

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54.583416
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-5.678776