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World Heritage Site
Giant's Causeway
About 40,000 interlocking basalt columns on the north coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
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The Causeway Coast: things to do
Places worth your time in The Causeway Coast
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Things to do in The Causeway Coast
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Rope bridge
Carrick-a-Rede
Rope bridge, about 20 metres long and 30 metres above the rocks, linking the mainland to Carrickarede Island.
Castle ruin
Dunluce Castle
Ruined medieval castle, seat of Clan MacQuillan, on a basalt outcrop reached by a bridge from the mainland.
Distillery
Old Bushmills Distillery
Irish whiskey distillery in Bushmills; the company that built it was formed in 1784.
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Tree avenue
The Dark Hedges
Avenue of beech trees on Bregagh Road, planted around 1775, which meet overhead to form a tunnel.
Harbour
Ballintoy Harbour
Small fishing harbour at the end of a steep road down from Ballintoy village, near the Carrick-a-Rede turn-off.
Beach
White Park Bay
Three-mile beach on the north Antrim coast, in the care of the National Trust.
Castle ruin
Kinbane Castle
Largely ruined castle on a limestone headland, whose name means white head, between Ballycastle and Ballintoy.
Castle ruin
Dunseverick Castle
Basalt castle remains on a peninsula near the Giant's Causeway, passed by the Causeway Cliff Path.
Estate and temple
Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne
Small circular temple on clifftops near Castlerock, part of a National Trust estate with a ruined mansion.
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Beach
Portstewart Strand
Two-mile stretch of golden sand and dunes on the north coast, cared for by the National Trust.
Island
Rathlin Island
Island off the Antrim coast, Northern Ireland's northernmost point, with 141 residents at the 2021 census.
Seaside town
Ballycastle
Seaside town on the north-eastern tip of Antrim, at the mid-point of the Causeway Coastal Route and the ferry port for Rathlin Island.
Sea cliff
Fair Head
Five-kilometre dolerite sea cliff, about 200 metres high, at the north-eastern corner of County Antrim.
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- The Causeway Coast (area photo): Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, source
- Giant's Causeway: Quichot (uploader), Public domain, source
- Carrick-a-Rede: Stuart Yeates, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunluce Castle: Aph-ch (uploader), Public domain, source
- Old Bushmills Distillery: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Dark Hedges: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ballintoy Harbour: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- White Park Bay: Tony Webster, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kinbane Castle: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunseverick Castle: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne: D LN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Portstewart Strand: Carroll Pierce, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Rathlin Island: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo, source
- Ballycastle: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fair Head: Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY 4.0, source
- Derry~Londonderry: Mario Falcetti, CC BY 4.0, source
- The Mournes & Newcastle: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fermanagh Lakelands: Joli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Belfast city centre & Cathedral Quarter: Bryn Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Titanic Quarter & East Belfast: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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