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Newtownabbey

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Newtownabbey

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Belfast Castle

    Mansion in Cavehill country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    2.9 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Solitude

    Soccer stadium in Belfast

    5.1 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cavehill

    Hill overlooking the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland

    3.1 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Seaview

    Football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland

    4 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Belfast Zoo

    Zoo in Northern Ireland

    2.2 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Belfast Hebrew Congregation

    Synagogue and community in Belfast

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Victoria Park, Belfast

    Park in Belfast

    6 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Oldpark Avenue

    Sports ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland

    5.4 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Alexandra Park, Belfast

    Park in United Kingdom

    4.9 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Catalyst Inc

    Science park in Northern Ireland

    5.8 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Newtownabbey

Airports
Belfast (BFS), 20 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 105 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 126 km
Stations
George Best Belfast City Airport, 5.5 km · Port of Belfast, 3.6 km · Mossley West railway station, 5 km · Sydenham railway station, 6 km · Holywood railway station, 4.9 km
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Newtownabbey
    125 km · quickest by road, 14h 29m · £70–95
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  • Glasgow → Newtownabbey
    170 km · quickest by road, 14h 4m · £70–95
    GuideToday
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Newtownabbey
    215 km · quickest by road, 14h 23m · £75–95
    GuideToday
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Newtownabbey

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Newtownabbey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBelfast ferry terminal is 3 miles south of Newtownabbey on A2 / M2.

From Wikivoyage: Newtownabbey, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    113 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    138 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    146 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    222 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    257 km

If you know how people move in Newtownabbey – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey is 7 km from Belfast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Holywoodtown in the metropolitan area of Belfast, Northern Ireland5.2 km
  • Ardoynedistrict in Belfast, Northern Ireland5.9 km
  • Whiteabbeysettlement in Northern Ireland1.4 km
  • Belfast Royal Academyoldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland5.3 km
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