Bangor
Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. Wikivoyage
Population 61,011 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 7 h 50 of daylight
- February: 9 h 44 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 14 h 04 of daylight
- May: 16 h 04 of daylight
- June: 17 h 15 of daylight
- July: 16 h 46 of daylight
- August: 14 h 59 of daylight
- September: 12 h 46 of daylight
- October: 10 h 35 of daylight
- November: 8 h 29 of daylight
- December: 7 h 17 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Bangor
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Bangor's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
2 to 3 hours· 2
3 to 5 hours· 5
From Bangor's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
2 to 3 hours· 2
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Bangor Castle Castle · 480 m
- Bangor Town Museum Museum · 440 m
- Ward Park Aviary Zoo · 580 m
- Bangor Cenotaph Monument · 590 m
- The War Memorial Memorial · 600 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.