

New Year's Eve in Newtownards in 2013/ 2013 - or where artists feel at home

Located 16 km east of Belfast, on the Ards peninsula, Newtownards is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. With a population of almost 28,000 people, it is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. A history dating back almost two thousand years, but also its reputation for good shopping are only two of the reasons why the New Year's Eve in Newtownards in 2012/ 2013 is an experience not to be missed. 

Numerous places of interest are scattered across the place, allowing tourists the excitement of discovering Scrabo Tower, for example, a 30-meter tall structure housing a historical and local environment exhibition, the Somme Heritage Centre, a unique visitor attraction of international significance showing the reality of the Great War, or Mount Stewart - an 18-century house and garden, home of the Londonderry family, with a yet unrivalled collection of rare and unusual plants.  The New Year's Eve in Newtownards in 2012/ 2013 will also mean visiting the home of more crafts people and artists than anywhere else in Northern Ireland, whose work is exhibited in shops like Ards Crafts.