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Plantation Road, BANGOR, BT19 6AG

Small wooded area between Plantation Road and Kenbrooke Crescent in Bangor. This area appears to have been preserved as a small woodland walk when the area was developed in the late 1960s / early 1970s. I doubt if this would happen today.

Residential street running from Dixon Road to Ballymacormick Road in north-eastern Bangor. Developed from the late 1960s during the expansion of Bangor it was, like many roads in the area, initially only partially developed. The first dwellings were constructed around c1969 at the northern end of the road and this section remained undeveloped until further houses were built around c1983.

See Image (March 2008). Two thatched cottages, at 34-36 Ballymacormick Road, now offered for sale. The agents’ description includes “We are delighted to offer to the market this unique opportunity to acquire this thatched semi detached cottage with outbuildings and gardens to rear, lending itself to potential for redevelopment, subject to relevant approvals. The existing property and outbuildings are in need of extensive modernisation and updating should the discerning buyer wish to refurbish them. Situated in a popular and convenient location a short distance from Ballyholme beach, schools, yacht clubs and near to walks to Groomsport.” Image shows the site after demolition. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the sale.

The thatched cottages on the right are named Duquesne and Avoca and were built around 1800. I can still remember when the rest of this road was largely composed of small single storey brick and wooden cottages; today these are the only remarkable houses in an otherwise bland suburban road on the edge of Bangor. Currently only the southern side of Ballymacormick Road has been developed; with the exception of Ballymacormick House the northern side is still green belt, though under constant threat of development.

See Image Now demolished.

Cut bench mark on the far right-hand side of a row of shops on the Ballymaconnell Road, Bangor, at the junction with Churchill Park. The mark is 20.30 metres above MSL. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=11037856 for many other examples I have found.

Elizabeth II postbox on the Ballymaconnell Road at the junction with Churchill Park (BT20 310).