IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rocks Road, DOWNPATRICK, BT30 7PJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Rocks Road, BT30 7PJ 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 (66 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
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Ex-RAF Billets converted into holiday cottages
This was one of the dispersed residential units of the nearby RAF Bishop's Castle also known as RAF Ringawaddy, a WWII airfield.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jul 2013
0.01 miles
2
Cottage and former farm building in Rocks Road
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Sep 2011
0.02 miles
3
Traditional cottage in Rocks Road
This cottage backs on to a former RAF domestic site. The cream coloured buildings behind belong to the Scout Movement.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Sep 2011
0.02 miles
4
A former RAF Domestic Site in the village of Ballyhornan
These former billets have now been converted into residences.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Sep 2011
0.03 miles
5
Houses (and a dog) on Rocks Road, Ballyhornan
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 20 Aug 2009
0.04 miles
6
Former military accommodation at Ballyhornan
These temporary accommodation units were put up for personnel stationed at RAF Bishopscourt. When the troops left many were left vacant. Thankfully some have seen reuse as holiday chalets.
Image: © Dean Molyneaux
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
7
General Stores, Ballyhornan
Ballyhornan is fortunate in having been able to retain its store and its pub. Many other villages in Northern Ireland have lost these facilities.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jul 2013
0.05 miles
8
Cable Bar, Ballyhornan
Ballyhornan was the terminus of an undersea cable beneath the Irish Sea which provided communications with mainland Britain and, via the Rugby Wireless Station, with North America. The ruins of the old cable repeater station stands opposite the bar.
http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1929IrelandIOM/index.htm
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Sep 2011
0.06 miles
9
"The Square" at Ballyhornan
This area which has on one side the general store, on the other the pub and the bus stop, and on the third the disused cable station. The bus stop is named the Cable Station.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jul 2013
0.07 miles
10
The beach at Ballyhornan
The spit at the northern end of Guns Island can be seen across the sound.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Sep 2011
0.07 miles