Venues

Ards Arts Centre is the home of the arts service of Ards and North Down Borough Council. Providing an extensive programme of arts events, creative classes and workshops, exhibitions and performances...

Discover all Ards and North Down has to offer. Packed with local and national tourist information, as well as an extensive range of gifts and souvenirs. The Discovery Hub within is an exhibition area...

Boom Studios is a creative hub, a social enterprise that provides 26 vibrant workspaces for local creatives, a year round creative programme and a range of artistic outreach services for the local...

WWT Castle Espie is an extraordinary day out for the whole family. Escape the everyday, reconnect with nature, and experience the wonder of wetlands on the picturesque shores of Strangford Lough.

Gallery and studio space

Loaf Pottery events and classes have something for everyone to enjoy – try your hand on the pottery wheel, get creative in a workshop or relax with friends over pizza. Loaf Pottery are a social...

North Down Museum is the home of the Heritage Service of Ards and North Down Borough Council. The museum tells the history of the area from the Bronze Age to the present day. You can find us at the...

Seacourt Print Workshop are an open access printmaking studio with fantastic resources, courses, workshops. Their printmaking family includes master printmakers, multidisciplinary artists, amateurs...

Nestled between rolling hills and countryside, The Battletown Gallery is set within a dramatically restored coach-house on prime farmland.

The Court House is an independent venue, owned and operated by local music and arts charity Open House

This exciting retail space showcases the work of over 50 Northern Irish artists, craftspeople and designers many of whom live and work in the Ards and North Down Borough.