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Saintfield residents – would you like to know more about the history and heritage of Saintfield? As part of European Heritage Open Day, join a guided walking tour of Saintfield and learn about who founded Saintfield, its early history and famous people, the 1798 rebellion and the Battle of Saintfield. See the Memorial Garden and many of Saintfield’s listed buildings. The tour starts in Saintfield Memorial Garden at 3:00pm on Sunday 13th September and last about 90 minutes. For more information phone Martyn Todd on 07850165856.

The new season of talks given by Saintfield Heritage Society opens on 10th September. The details of all the talks can be seen HERE.

Join Saintfield Development Association for its 3rd

Pedal The Peninsula

cycle ride on Sunday 20th September.

The 53-mile route round beautiful Strangford Lough starts and ends in Saintfield, and is fully marshalled and sign posted.

Refreshments will be provided and EVERY finisher receives a medal.

Registration is from 8:30 am in Downpatrick Street car park, with the ride commencing at 9:00 am.

Only £15 on the day, or book
online and get a 20% discount!

Come along and enjoy the day!

Issue 8 of Saintfield Development Association’s Saintfield News is available for download HERE. This issue also contains a Saintfield In Bloom supplement.

The Saintfield in Bloom committee regrets that Property One (The Mill on Lisburn Rd) was omitted from the ‘Thank You’ flyer inserted into the current issue of Saintfield News.
Property One is a staunch supporter of the Saintfield in Bloom initiative and we therefore take this opportunity to thank them most sincerely for their past support and look forward to it continuing in the future.

This is a selection of photographs of the beautiful floral displays on view in Saintfield.

Prof. Brian Williams has been leading an archaeological excavation of an abandoned settlement at Creevyloughgare to the SW of Saintfield. The settlement was on very poor land but had to support 50 families. The landowner has restored a couple of the buildings, but most can only be imagined from what little of the walls still remain visible. Digging inside one of the houses has unearthed a bag of copper sulphate which was introduced about 1800 to spray potato plants to protect them from blight. The remains of a horse mill have been found beside one building which would have housed the grinding stones.

The judging took place today for the Saintfield Development Association’s Saintfield in Bloom competition. The judges were Averil Milligan, Head Gardener at the National Trust’s Rowallane Garden, and D J Morgan, Parks Officer at Newry, Mourne and Down Council.  The judges spent the afternoon visiting and closely inspecting the floral displays in the Large Premises and Small Premises categories. Afterwards they retired to the comfortable surroundings of Norr & Brown to decide the winners.

The winner in the Small Premises category was Massey’s of Saintfield. Pictured are SDA Saintfield in Bloom representative Denis Conn, judge Averil Milligan, Owen Lowry (Massey’s of Saintfield), and judge DJ Morgan.

The winner in the Large Premises category was Rowallane Community Hub. Pictured are judge Averil Milligan, judge DJ Morgan, Rowallane Community Hub Director Ian Mack, and SDA Saintfield in Bloom representative Vivien Lovell.