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  1. Columban Way Heritage Trail
    Experience the area's rich and diverse history as you journey on the Columban Way Heritage Trail, a heritage trail between Comber and Bangor covering 20 miles (32 km).
  2. The Ards and North Down Christian Heritage Trail
    The Ards and North Down Christian Heritage Trail incorporates a number of key sites across the Borough that played an important role in the spread of Christianity not only locally and in Ireland but throughout Europe too.
  3. The Great Wars Trail
    Across Ards and North Down Borough there are many historic sites from WW1 and WW2. In the global world wars, Ards and North Down played no small part, from preparations for the D-Day landing and POW camps to Air Force airstrips.
  1. Tracey baking in her country kitchen
    Tracey Jeffery of NI Food Tours will take you by coach along 115 miles of stunning coastline of Strangford Lough. You will visit award winning Producers, hear their stories, and sample many local food and drink products.
    1. A tour group posing for the photo in the woods
      'Plantsman's Garden Tours' offer incredible access to the gardens of historic stately homes and the privately owned masterpieces of Co. Down and Northern Ireland together with those of the Republic of Ireland.
      1. Different styles of crosses made by Brigid Watson
        Slow down, connect with nature, Irish culture and local people on a guided, coastal walk or coach tour with local, specialist tour guide, Brigid Watson. You will journey to areas off the beaten track to places which most tourists never see and spend time in places where there are few people.
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