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Another view of the Schomberg Memorial in Groomsport. The monument commemorates... (more)

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Two yachts moored off Groomsport. Perhaps more interesting is the oil rig... (more)

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The harbour at Groomsport on a very pleasant April afternoon.

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Old masonry on the beach at Groomsport, almost certainly the remains of a WW2... (more)

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An old cast iron outflow pipe at Briggs Rocks between Groomsport and Orlock.... (more)

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Harbour Road in the village of Groomsport. The new build on the left replaces... (more)

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Yachts at Groomsport harbour, looking back towards the village.

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Yachts at Groomsport harbour, looking back towards the village.

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The beach at Groomsport during the Covid-19 crisis. Quiet, but not deserted,... (more)

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A tattered Union Flag attached to a telegraph pole at the end of Groomsport Harbour.

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Yachts moored at Groomsport beside Cocklle Island. Taken at dusk on a warm May evening.

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Groomsport harbour on a warm August afternoon as showers were blowing in from the west.

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Groomsport War Memorial... (more)

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Fishing boat 'Sea-Breeze' at Groomsport harbour. The lifebuoys have... (more)

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Manhole cover located close to Groomsport harbour. It is marked "Bell and... (more)

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The beach and shoreline at Groomsport, close to midnight. There is a faint... (more)

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2021 Mercedes ice cream van doing a good trade on a fine April afternoon at... (more)

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1962 MG MGA parked at Groomsport harbour on a fine April afternoon.

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An old mooring ring at Groomsport harbour on a very pleasant April afternoon.... (more)

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Mooring rings and ropes at Groomsport harbour on a very pleasant April afternoon.

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A young herring gull at Groomsport Harbour.

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Black Guillemot on the seaward side of Groomsport harbour pier. One of several... (more)

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Sunset over Groomsport harbour after a scorching July day. Taken at 9:24pm,... (more)

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Shelduck, one of a pair, feeding at low tide in the shoreline between Groomsport... (more)

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A small rockpool on the rocky shore to the east of Groomsport. Sadly, the only... (more)

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Scurvygrass (I think) growing out of the remains of an old iron post at... (more)

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A selection of small boats and yachts at Groomsport harbour J5383 : Groomsport Harbour [6]. In the... (more)

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Cattle grazing in a field between Bangor and Groomsport.

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The motorboat 'Ulster Dream' and, behind on a house, a flag... (more)

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A stranded Lion's Mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata... (more)

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Steps at the harbour in Groosmport which lead down to the water - or exposed... (more)

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See J5482 : Direction sign (abbreviated destination name), Groomsport (July 2015). A direction sign, at the same road junction, where another... (more)

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Manhole cover located close to Groomsport harbour. It was cast by the... (more)

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Detail of the Bell & Co. cover seen in J5383 : Manhole cover, Groomsport located close to... (more)

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The rocky shore, at the old road J5682 : Old Donaghadee road near Orlock and the National Trust path. The... (more)

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A brick circle in the lay-by J5682 : Old road line, Orlock, Groomsport/Donaghadee (July 2018). It has the appearance of a WWII... (more)

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See J5682 : Old Donaghadee road near Orlock. The same stretch of abandoned road, twelve years later.

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A sign, at the entrance to the path to Orlock, close to here J5682 : The shore at Orlock, Groomsport/Donaghadee (July 2018),... (more)

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The exposed shore, at the start of the path to Orlock, about 50 minutes before... (more)

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The Irish Sea occupies a large part of this square. The rocky coast (standard... (more)

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Until re-building in the 60’s this was part of the Bangor-Groomsport-Donaghadee... (more)

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A Dudley’s Coaches Link Van Hool-bodied Volvo (GO... (more)

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A new post-mounted EIIR pressed-steel postbox (BT19 100) beside the Donaghadee Road.

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A direction sign, at the corner of the Springwell and Lower Balloo Roads, where... (more)

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