Highway to Health, Newtownards
These two routes are measured from Ards Leisure Centre in an anti-clockwise direction. Walk 1 goes around the town of Newtownards and is 3.31km. Walk 2 includes a walk around Kiltonga Nature Reserve/Dam Bottoms and is 2.87km long.
These walks are part of the Highway to Health Scheme – a simple and innovative scheme which aims to encourage people of all ages to walk for leisure and good health. It uses pole signs at one kilometre intervals on an established route.

County Down
Distance 2.06 miles
OS Map Sheet 15
Terrain Tarmac/paving
Nearest Town Newtownards
Route Shape Circular
Grid Reference J48970 74115
Route Type Highway to Health
Please see the Newtownards Highway to Health leaflet, available for download on this page.
The Priory, Market Cross, The Arts Centre
Translink – journeyplanner.translink.co.uk
Translink – journeyplanner.translink.co.uk
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Highway to Health, Newtownards