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Bangor Days Out Attractions And Sightseeing

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Bangor, in Irish Beannchor, is a seaside resort town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies to the South of Belfast Lough. The origin of the name of Bangor town is much debated. As sea travel was of great importance to the area, the name Bangor may have come from the Irish for Bangor Bay’s headlands being “pointed like horns�. One of Bangor’s landmarks is Bangor Old Custom House. Previously, the Annals of Ulster tell us that the monastery of Bangor was situated roughly where Bangor Abbey Church of Ireland currently stands at the head of the town. The abbey was founded by Saint Comgall in 555 or 559, and became one of Ireland’s most revered monasteries and centres for learning. In the 8th and 9th centuries however, it suffered greatly at the hands of Viking raiders. Celts, pre-Celtic peoples, Vikings, Normans, English, Scots have all passed through, settled in, worshipped in or fought over Bangor. Bangor town was an important source of customs revenue for the crown. The 18th century, the harbour was developed and the cotton industries highly promoted, allowing Bangor to prosper and flourish. However, by the mid 19th century, the cotton mills were finished and the new Town Commissioners kick started further growth in Bangor. Water, drainage and lighting were improved, and in 1865 the new railway made Bangor a desirable seaside resort and home to the Victorian wealthy. Many of the houses built during that period overlooking Bangor Bay are now unfortunately having to make way for flats. From the 1960s Bangor saw a decline in its popularity as a seaside holiday town. With cheaper holidays abroad and general cheaper travel, Bangor had to grow in different ways. It has since seen the construction of a Ring Road, Marina and many new retail and light industrial developments.

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Buckingham Palace

Tel: 020 77992331 - London, SW1A 1AA
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

Caesars World

Tel: 020 84711939 - 387 Barking Road, London, E6 2JT
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

Corporation of London Open Spaces

Tel: 020 84446129 - Muswell Hill Rd, London North-west, NW10 1XX
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

Dulwich Upper Wood (TRU)

Tel: 020 87616230 - Wardens Hut Farquhar Rd, London, SE19 1SS
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

Enfield London Borough of Leisure Services Parks

Tel: 020 88051266 - London, N9 7NY
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

Group Line

Tel: 020 75806793 - 22 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HJ
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

Royal Horticultural Society

Tel: 01805 624067 - Bideford, EX38 7EG
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

West End Amusement Limited

Tel: 020 72873611 - Trocadero Shaftesbury Av, London, W1D 7EA
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

Esporta Health Club & Spa (Repton Park)

Tel: 020 85066300 - Manor Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5PF
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

Runnymede Borough Council Parks & Recreation Grounds

Tel: 01932 560183 - Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9BW
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

East Hull Community Farm

Tel: 01482 783990 - Barham Road, Hull, North Humberside, HU9 4EE
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

Shaws Pastimes Ltd

Tel: 01482 715617 - 3 Ings Centre, Savoy Road, Hull, North Humberside, HU8 0TX
Days out attractions and sightseeing Bangor

Thomas Showboat

Tel: 01485 532377 - 16-18 Le Strange Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 5AJ
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

Clacton Pavilion

Tel: 01255 421003 - Pavillion Marine Pde Wst, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1LS
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

J.B Masterson

Tel: 01255 821253 - Sailor Boy Amusements Hutleys Caravan Pk, St. Osyth, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO16 8TB
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

Wells & Walsingham Light Railway,The

Tel: 01328 711630 - Signal Box Stiffkey Rd, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1QB
Days out attractions and sightseeing in Bangor

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