Portaferry
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Portaferry from the grounds of Castle Ward, on the opposite bank of Strangford Lough
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Portaferry
- UK place.irish_name
- Port an Pheire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Portaferry 1c.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Portaferry from the pier towards the north
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down Borough
- UK place.population
- 2,372
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- J594509
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTOWNARDS
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT22
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Down
- Population
- +2514
- Body of water
- Strangford Lough
- Image
- Portaferry 1a.JPG
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- P7959
- County Down
- P8168
- Västerbotten
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right|thumb|Portaferry from the grounds of Castle Ward, on the opposite bank of Strangford Lough
Portaferry () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It is home to the Exploris aquarium and is well known for the annual Gala Week Float Parade. It hosts its own small Marina, the Portaferry Marina. The Portaferry–Strangford ferry service operates daily at 30-minute intervals (7.45 am to 10.45 pm) between the villages of Portaferry and Strangford, less than 1500 metres apart, conveying about 500,000 passengers per annum. It had a population of 2,514 people in the 2011 Census. The village is located within the Barony of Ards Upper.