The old windmill at Whitespots Whitespots, a North Down Country park famed for Game Of Thrones is to receive £8.5M redevelopment funding from Stormont . The Minister at the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has formally confirmed £8.
5 million of funding for Ards and North Down Borough Council to redevelop Whitespots Country Park. The Bangor Road beauty spot outside Newtownards became a public park in 1995, at the site of 18th and 19th century lead mines, and its historic windmill more recently became an important stop on the Game of Thrones trail, as a memorable location from the programme's season three. READ MORE: Ards and North Down residents asked to shape borough's leisure plans READ MORE: Ards and North Down Council denies reports seven out of nine recycling centres to close A portion of the park is designated as an Area of Special Scientific Interest in recognition of the site’s mineralogy.
It has a pivotal role in Ireland’s mining heritage. The park is already popular with local walkers, providing beautiful views towards Scrabo and the Peninsula. In August the council will be holding two "bio-blitz" events allowing the community to join ecologists at the park and learn more about the native species on site and how to identify them.
A bat night walk will be held in September. During a visit to the redevelopment site at Whitespots, Minister Muir said: “This investment of over £8.5 million to redevelop this parkland will not o.