Bangor Marina

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2017}} [[File:Bangor Marina - geograph.org.uk - 1744368.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Bangor Marina as seen from a footpath above Pickie]] [[File:BangorMarina1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Bangor Marina on a cloudy day]]

'''Bangor Marina''' is the largest [[marina]] in Northern Ireland. It opened in 1989 on the southern shores of [[Belfast Lough]], close to the [[Irish Sea]] cruising routes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sailingtoday.co.uk/cruising/gulls-eye/bangor-marina-northern-ireland/|title=Bangor Marina, Northern Ireland|date=2016-04-29|work=Sailing Today|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref> The marina has become well known for providing a berth in the centre of [[Bangor, Ireland|Bangor]]. It has also been awarded Five Anchors by the [[Yachting Harbour Association]].

Also based at the Marina are the Marine Court Hotel, [[HM Coast Guard]]'s Marine Rescue Sub Centre and the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]'s [[Atlantic 85-class lifeboat]] ''Jessie Hillyard''.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:'The pastie Supper' sculpture, Bangor - geograph.org.uk - 639466.jpg|''The pastie Supper'', sculpture of a man eating a pastie is sited at Bangor Marina. File:'The pastie Supper' sculpture, Bangor - geograph.org.uk - 639473.jpg|''The pastie Supper'' reverse of the sculpture shows an old map of Bangor </gallery>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120312173108/http://www.quaymarinas.com/Marinas/BangorMarina/Default.aspx Bangor Marina]

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[[Category:Marinas in Northern Ireland]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in County Down]] [[Category:Sport in Bangor, County Down]]