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

Tags: top:Coastal   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Memorial   Schomberg   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: place:Belfast Lough   Belfast Lough   Blackford Dolphin   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   top:Industry   Oil Rig   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Yachts  

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

Tags: top:Air, Sky, Weather   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Harbour   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: Boat   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Fishing Boat   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Sea-Breeze   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Manhole   Manhole Cover   Sewer Manhole   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Waste, Waste Management   top:Water Resources  

One of several old Glenfield and Kennedy water fountains at Andrews Shorefield... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   Disused Water Fountain   subject:Fountain   Glenfield and Kennedy   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Old Fountain   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Water Fountain   Water Fountain (Disused)   top:Water Resources  

Mooring buoy at the harbour in Groomsport on a glorious afternoon.

Tags: Buoy   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   subject:Harbour   Heatwave   weather:Heatwave 2026   Mooring Buoy   Moorings  

The harbour at Groomsport on a glorious afternoon.

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Harbour   subject:Harbour   Heatwave   weather:Heatwave 2026   top:People, Events   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

The harbour at Groomsport on a glorious afternoon.

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Harbour   subject:Harbour   Heatwave   weather:Heatwave 2026   top:People, Events   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

A derelict house at Andrews Shorefield in Groomsport. A wooden construction,... (more)

Tags: subject:Derelict House   Derelict Houses   top:Derelict, Disused   Felt Roof House   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   subject:House   House (Derelict)   Houses (Derelict)   top:Housing, Dwellings   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Wooden Construction  

A derelict house at Andrews Shorefield in Groomsport. A wooden construction,... (more)

Tags: subject:Derelict House   Derelict Houses   top:Derelict, Disused   Felt Roof House   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   subject:House   House (Derelict)   Houses (Derelict)   top:Housing, Dwellings   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Wooden Construction  

One of several surviving Glenfield & Kennedy water fountains at Andrews... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   Disused Water Fountain   subject:Fountain   Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Old Fountain   Water Fountain   Water Fountain (Disused)   top:Water Resources  

An old tiled porch at a business on Main Street in Groomsport. Now a hairdresser... (more)

Tags: top:Business, Retail, Services   type:Close Look   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Main Street   on:Main Street   Old Tiles   subject:Shop   Tiled Floor   Tiled Sign  

Built as Groomsport Lifeboat Station (opened 1858, closed 1920) but now home to... (more)

Tags: Boat Club   subject:Club   Clubhouse   top:Coastal   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Harbour   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   former:Lifeboat Station   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: top:Air, Sky, Weather   Aurora   Aurora Borealis   top:Coastal   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   at:Night   taken:Night   time:Night   Night Photography   Night Picture   Night Scene   Night Sky   Night Time   Night Time Photography   Night View   subject:Sea   Sea   Shore   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Harbour   Ice Cream   Ice Cream Van   Ice Cream Vendor   Ice-Cream Van   top:Roads, Road Transport   subject:Van   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: 1962   date:1962   subject:Car   Car Park   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   MG   MG Cars   car:MGA   Parked Car   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: Afternoon   April   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Harbour   subject:Harbour   subject:Mooring   Mooring Ring   Moorings   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: type:Close Look   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Harbour   subject:Harbour   subject:Mooring   Mooring Ring   Mooring Rope   Mooring Ropes   Moorings   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

The harbour at Groomsport on a very pleasant April afternoon.

Tags: Afternoon   April   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   subject:Harbour   Harbour   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: building material:Brick   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Old Brick   subject:Shore   top:Waste, Waste Management   WW2  

A young herring gull at Groomsport Harbour.

Tags: subject:Bird   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Gull   Harbour   subject:Harbour   Herring Gull   bird:Herring Gull   Herring Gull Juvenile   Larus Argentatus   bird:Larus Argentatus   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

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

Tags: subject:Bird   bird:Black Guillemot   Black Guillemot   Cepphus Grylle   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Harbour Pier   Harbour Wall   Seabird   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

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

Tags: top:Air, Sky, Weather   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Extra   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   subject:Harbour   Harbour   month:July   bucket:People   subject:People   People   Sea   subject:Sea   weather:Sunset   subject:Sunset   Sunset   time:Sunset   Sunset Over the Sea   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: subject:Bird   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   bird:Duck   top:Estuary, Marine   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Shelduck   Shelducks   Shoreline   Tadorna Tadorna   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

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

Tags: #Humansaredirty   2020   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Coronavirus   Coronavirus - Covid 19   Coronavirus Pandemic   Covid   COVID-19   Covidlitter   top:Estuary, Marine   Face Mask   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Human Waste   Mask   Plastic   Plastic Rubbish   subject:Pool   Rockpool  

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

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Estuary, Marine   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Outfall Pipe   Outflow Pipe   subject:Pipe   Pipe   Water Outflow  

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

Tags: top:Coastal   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   top:Roads, Road Transport   subject:Village   Village   Village Road   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

Yachts at Groomsport harbour, looking back towards the village.

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Harbour   subject:Harbour   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Yacht   Yachts  

Yachts at Groomsport harbour, looking back towards the village.

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Harbour   subject:Harbour   Village   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Yachts  

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

Tags: type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Coastal Plant   plant:Common Scurvygrass   Common Scurvygrass Cochlearia Officinalis   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Plant   subject:Plant   Scurvygrass   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

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

Tags: subject:Beach   Beach   Beach at Low Tide   Beach Scene   top:Coastal   Coronavirus   COVID-19   type:Cross Grid   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Flag   Fleg   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   Union Flag   Union Jack   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: Boats   Borgny Dolphin   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Drilling Rig   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Habrour   subject:Harbour   Offshore Drilling Rigs   Oil Rig   Rig   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Dusk   type:Geograph   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   top:Village, Rural Settlement   Yacht   subject:Yacht   Yacht Moorings   Yachts  

Groomsport War Memorial... (more)

Tags: top:Coastal   place:Groomsport   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Memorial   top:People, Events   top:Village, Rural Settlement   War Memorial   War Memorial WW1 and WW2   World War One Memorial  

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

Tags: Boat   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   subject:Flag   Flag   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   place:Northern Ireland   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

Cattle grazing in a field between Bangor and Groomsport.

Tags: Bangor   place:Bangor   Bangor (Co Down)   Cattle   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Fields   place:Groomsport   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

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

Tags: subject:Beach   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Coastal Area   place:Groomsport   Groomsport   Jellyfish   subject:Jellyfish   Marine Creature - Jellyfish  

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

Tags: type:Close Look   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Flight of Steps   Groomsport   place:Groomsport   subject:Harbour   Harbour   Steps   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

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

Tags: place:Groomsport   Road Junction   Road Sign   Roads   top:Roads, Road Transport  

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

Tags: Grahamston Iron Company   place:Groomsport   Manhole   Manhole Cover   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Waste, Waste Management   top:Water Resources  

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

Tags: Bell and Co   place:Groomsport   Manhole   Manhole Cover   Sewer Manhole   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Waste, Waste Management   top:Water Resources  

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

Tags: top:Coastal   place:Donaghadee   Ferry   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   place:Orlock   shore:Rocky   Ship   subject:Shore   Shore   Stena   Stena Line   Stena Precision  

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

Tags: type:Close Look   top:Derelict, Disused   place:Donaghadee   place:Groomsport   Wartime Relic   World War II Relic  

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

Tags: Abandoned Road   top:Derelict, Disused   place:Donaghadee   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Lay-by   subject:Road   Road (Old Alignment)   top:Roads, Road Transport  

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

Tags: type:Close Look   place:Donaghadee   place:Groomsport   Hemlock   plant:Hemlock Water Dropwort   Poison Parsnip   Safety Notice   subject:Sign   Sign   Warning Sign   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

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

Tags: top:Coastal   place:Donaghadee   type:Geograph   place:Groomsport   Shore   subject:Shore   Shoreline  

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

Tags: Coast   top:Coastal   place:Donaghadee   place:Groomsport   Harland & Wolff   Irish Sea   Oil Rig   shore:Rocky  

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

Tags: Abandoned Road   place:Donaghadee   place:Groomsport   Lay-by   subject:Road   Road (Old Alignment)