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Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway, renowned for its polygonal columns of layered basalt, is the only World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland. Resulting from a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago, this is the focal point of a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has attracted visitors for centuries. It harbours a wealth of local and natural history.
• Northern Ireland's only World Heritage Site
• Icon of Northern Ireland
• Amphitheatres of stone columns with fanciful names such as the wishing chair, harp and organ
• Geology, flora and fauna of international importance
• Beautiful coastal path extends 11 miles to the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge
• Wonderful views and coastal scenery
• Guided tours by arrangement for groups of 15+ people
In 2007 the Giant’s Causeway visitor centre received a National Award of Excellence for ‘Best Tour Visit’ by CIE Tours International, for the 5th consecutive year and TripAdvisor announced on 23 June 2008 its inclusion in their Top 10 free attractions in Europe listing. |
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Visitor facilities –
Coast: Shop: Refreshments: Guided tours: Suitable for picnics: Country walk: Programme of events: Access for visitors with disability: Facilities for families: Learning: Dogs welcome on leads: Available for functions.Opening times:
Stones & North Antrim Coastal Path open all year.
Trust Shop & Tea Room
Open all year except 25 & 26 December
For opening times please contact property directly.Prices:
Car park: Moyle Council charge (including members).
Minibus to stones: Ulsterbus charge (free for members).
Specialist Guided Tours for Groups 15+. Booking Essential: Adult: £3.50 Child: £2.25 Outside of hours: £4.50Contact Details 44 Causeway Road Bushmills
County Antrim
BT57 8SU
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Tel: (028) 2073 1855
Alt: (028) 2073 1582
Location and directions
Train: Services from Belfast or Londonderry to Coleraine.
Bus: Causeway Rambler (Ulsterbus No. 376) between Bushmills and Carrick-a-Rede runs in the summer; or Ulsterbus No. 252 is a circular route via the Antrim Glens from Belfast. Both stop at the Causeway.
Cycle: NCN route 93 runs past Causeway.
Car: On B146, 2 miles from Bushmills.
Drive time: Belfast 1.15 hours
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Bushmills was
the last stop for
carriages from Belfast before the final
push to the Causeway. Passengers
got out to revive themselves here at
the world’s oldest legal whiskey
distillery, in business since 1608.
Tours and tastings, café, shops. |
The Causeway proper is a mass of
40,000 stone columns that form steps
leading from the cliff foot and
disappearing under the sea. Most of
the columns are 6-sided and some are
40 ft tall. From the visitor centre a twomile
circular walk takes you down to
the Grand Causeway, on past majestic
stone galleries and weird formation |
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The name means the rock in the road
(or casting). For centuries salmon
fishermen threw a rope bridge across
the scary gap each spring to give
access to their fishery on the island.
Now they do it with helicopters.
There’s always a steady stream of
visitors keen to cross over the
bridge. The trick is: don’t look down...... |
Teetering on the cliff edge, this
romantic ruin was the 16th-century
stronghold of the MacDonnells, a
Scottish clan. They had a secret
entrance through a sea cave. After a
Spanish Armada treasure ship was
wrecked in 1588 Sorley Boy
MacDonnell got money to modernise
the castle. |
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