IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
De Wind Drive, NEWTOWNARDS, BT23 5BN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to De Wind Drive, BT23 5BN by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (95 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
2
Telephone box, Comber
A telephone box, among the shrubs at Bridge Street and Lower Crescent. It can also be seen in the background in Image
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 15 May 2012
0.06 miles
3
Bridge Street, Comber (2)
Although built mainly on the flat ground close to the shore of Strangford Lough there are some higher places in Comber. This view shows Bridge Street from the relative heights of De Wind Drive.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 15 May 2012
0.06 miles
4
Rooftops, Comber
One of the side effects of Comber’s position among the drumlins of north Down is the chance to see the rooftops without recourse to a “cherry picker”. This view is from De Wind Drive, across the Newtownards Road, towards Scrabo Tower http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/7476.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 23 Oct 2013
0.08 miles
5
Lower Crescent, Comber (2)
The north eastern end of the street, greatly enhanced by the mature trees and possibly one of the most attractive examples of public-sector housing in NI.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 23 Oct 2013
0.08 miles
6
Lower Crescent, Comber
A street to the north of Bridge Street and the Newtownards Road. Sheltered from both by a line of trees (left).
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 11 Sep 2010
0.08 miles
7
Upper Crescent, Comber
Part of a recent development at Upper Crescent – a street on the south eastern side of the Newtownards Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 23 Oct 2013
0.09 miles
8
Garden building site, Comber
A garden, near the corner of Crescent Grove and Lower Crescent, described on the agents’ sign as a “building site” and “agreed”. This photograph appears as a matter of geographical and historical record only. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the sale.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 23 Oct 2013
0.10 miles
9
Brown field development site on the eastern banks of the Comber River
This is the site of the demolished Airstep Factory. In the 19thC it was the site of a distillery.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Apr 2017
0.10 miles
10
Andrews family vault, Comber
The Andrews family rose to prominence in Comber during the 18th and 19th centuries. The family might have come from Scotland in the 17th century. The descendants had interests in a number of trades including milling, distilling and linen. This is the family vault at St Mary's parish church Image As an aside, one of the Andrews family (Thomas) designed the “Titanic”.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 26 Feb 2007
0.11 miles