Scenic Place in Northern Ireland
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The Silent Valley in the Mourne Mountains of County Down is a large reservoir complex in the heart of the granite mountain range, a landscape of considerable drama and beauty…
Lough Erne Fermanagh BT74 5DZLough Erne in County Fermanagh is one of the finest lake landscapes in Ireland, a great two-part system of Upper and Lower Lough Erne connected by the River Erne whose combined…
Glenariff Forest Park Antrim County Londonderry • BT44 0QXGlenariff Forest Park in County Antrim is the largest and most spectacular of the Antrim Glens, a deeply incised river valley descending from the Antrim Plateau to the sea at…
Mussenden Temple County Londonderry • BT51 4RPMussenden Temple is one of the most dramatic and photographed buildings in Ireland, a small circular classical temple perched right at the very edge of a 120-foot cliff along the…
Binevenagh Londonderry BT49 0JTBinevenagh is a dramatic basalt escarpment in County Londonderry rising abruptly from the coastal plain north of Limavady to form one of the most impressive natural viewpoints in…
Murlough Bay Antrim County Londonderry • BT54 6RXMurlough Bay is one of the most remote and most beautiful bays on the Antrim coast, a sheltered crescent of beach and grassland enclosed between the Fair Head basalt headland and…
Strangford Lough Ards and North Down District Council • BT30 7LSStrangford Lough in County Down is the largest sea lough in the British Isles, a complex inlet of approximately 150 square kilometres connected to the Irish Sea through the…
Sperrins Mountains Tyrone BT79 7SLThe Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone are the largest upland area in Northern Ireland, a broad plateau of rounded moorland summits covering over 400 square kilometres between the…
Downpatrick Down BT30 6LZDownpatrick is the county town of County Down and the site of Down Cathedral, which contains what is believed to be the grave of St Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, making it one…
Fair Head Antrim BT54 6SAFair Head on the northeast Antrim coast is the most dramatic headland in Northern Ireland, a great cliff of basalt columns approximately 180 metres high above the North Channel…
Rathlin Island Antrim County Londonderry • BT54 6RTRathlin Island is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland, a L-shaped basalt island approximately eight kilometres long lying six miles off the Antrim coast near…
Cavehill Belfast County Antrim • BT15 5GJCave Hill above north Belfast is the most distinctive landmark in the Belfast skyline, a basalt escarpment rising to 368 metres at McArt's Fort that overlooks the city and Belfast…
Scrabo Tower Newtownards County Down • BT23 4SJScrabo Tower is a conspicuous Victorian monument on Scrabo Hill above Newtownards in County Down, a 41-metre castellated tower built in 1857 as a memorial to the third Marquess of…
Bushmills Village County Londonderry • BT57 8QHBushmills is a small village in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, famous throughout the world as the home of the Old Bushmills Distillery, the oldest licensed…
Dark Hedges County Londonderry • BT53 8TPThe Dark Hedges near Stranocum in County Antrim is one of the most photographed natural features in Ireland, a beech avenue of approximately 150 years old whose intertwining…