Links

 To visit their websites just click on the links below for more information on these.

• Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division: www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/historic-environment 
• The National Trust: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/days-out/northern-ireland 
• Strangford and Lecale Partnership: www.strangfordlough.org/ 

Historical societies and heritage groups

Many societies are the gateway to learn more about local heritage and most of them hold monthly talks from September to April each year. Please check out the following links if you’d like to find out more:

• Ards Historical Society: www.ardshistoricalsociety.com    
• Bangor Historical Society: www.bangorhistoricalsocietyni.org   
• Comber Historical Society: www.comberhistory.com   
• Donaghadee Heritage Preservation Co: www.donaghadeeheritage.com/ 
• Helen’s Bay and Crawfordsburn: www.bayburn.com   
• Holywood U3A: www.holywoodu3a.org/ 
• North Down & Ards U3A: www.northdownandardsu3a.org.uk/ 
• Portaferry & Strangford Trust: www.portaferryandstrangfordtrust.org/  
• Portavogie Heritage Society: www.portavogiecultureandheritagesociety.com/   

Many of these groups also have their own Facebook pages. These include: