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Ballydorn Bay & Lightship LV Petrel

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Ballydorn Bay & Lightship LV Petrel

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Ballydorn Bay & Lightship LV Petrel

Name: Ballydorn Bay & Lightship LV Petrel
Rating: 2

Recommended by 3 cyclists

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Strangford & Lecale AONB

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Location: Ballydorn, Ards, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Top cycling routes to Ballydorn Bay & Lightship LV Petrel

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1. Strangford Lough Cycle Trail loop from Scrabo — Strangford & Lecale

136km

08:23

890m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Ballygowan to Ballydorn loop — Strangford & Lecale

25.5km

01:31

170m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Whiterock to Ringhaddy Sound loop — Strangford & Lecale

15.5km

00:59

160m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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sm milligan

August 14, 2023

If you get caught in a rain shower, there is decent shelter to be had, just opposite the moorings around the same position as this Highlight. The view will keep you settled.

sm milligan

August 29, 2023

Ballydorn, or 'The Dorn' as it is locally known, is a beautiful and popular mooring ground with a short-stay pontoon attached to a permanently moored lightship called The LV Petrel that is now the Down Cruising Club headquarters.

The LV Petrel was commissioned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights in 1913, and built by the Dublin Drydocks Company. This Lightship spent most of its previous working life at Blackwater Bank on the River Blackwater, Wexford. It was then sold in 1968 to Hammond Lane foundries in Dublin, before being saved to use as the cruise club HQ. The boat is registered as a national historic ship in the UK.

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Location: Ballydorn, Ards, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Ballydorn Bay & Lightship LV Petrel

1. Strangford Lough Cycle Trail loop from Scrabo — Strangford & Lecale

2. Ballygowan to Ballydorn loop — Strangford & Lecale

3. Whiterock to Ringhaddy Sound loop — Strangford & Lecale

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