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Short Clip from a day trip to Portstewart Strand, one of Northern Ireland’s National Trust protected properties.
Places to see in ( Portstewart - UK )
Places to see in ( Portstewart - UK )
Portstewart is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort neighbouring Portrush. Portstewart harbour and scenic coastal paths form an Atlantic promenade leading to 2 miles of golden strand (Portstewart Strand). Portstewart is probably best known for this sandy beach, popular with surfers.
Portstewart was a popular holiday destination for Victorian middle-class families. Its long, crescent-shaped seafront promenade is sheltered by rocky headlands. Portstewart is a reasonably prosperous town. Most of the town is contained in the Strand electoral ward and this is one of the most affluent areas in Northern Ireland. In a deprivation index of electoral wards in Northern Ireland the Strand Ward in the town was ranked 570th out of the 582 wards.
Portstewart is one of the most integrated towns in Northern Ireland with the religious demographics similar to the population of Northern Ireland as a whole. Community relations are generally good within the town. Dominican College, a Catholic grammar school, has a significant proportion of Protestant students and staff.
Portstewart has a Dominican convent (an imposing Gothic mansion) with the attached Dominican College sitting on the edge of a cliff which dominates the western end of the Promenade. The site, formally known as O'Hara's Castle was built in 1834 and purchased by members of the Dominican order in 1917 for the purpose of being a centre of education in the north west of Ireland.
Just west of the town stretches Portstewart Strand, a clean two-mile long blue flag beach, protected by the National Trust. Portstewart Strand has been the most popular attraction of Portstewart to holiday-makers for generations. Beneath the convent is a cliff path which stretches along the coast from the Promenade to Portstewart Strand. From here it is a popular walk to the Barmouth, where the Bann flows out into the Atlantic Ocean.
In one of the caves beneath the cliff path there was reputed to be a secret passage leading to O'Hara's Castle, now the Dominican Convent. No evidence of the existence of this passage has been recorded. To the east of Portstewart is a popular walking/cycling path along the coast to Portrush, leading to the Giants Causeway (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and the Old Bushmills Distillery (the oldest licensed distillery in the world). The North Antrim Coast Path which forms part of the Ulster Way starts at Portstewart Strand and continues for 40 miles along the coast to Murlough Bay.
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PORTSTEWART STRAND Northern Ireland
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Portstewart Strand - Northern Ireland
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Celebrating 10 years of Trust New Art with the National Trust
Since 2009, Trust New Art has been connecting people to National Trust places through contemporary arts. Many of our places were built with art at their heart and that's why we’re continuing this important creative legacy. So far we’ve worked with over 200 artists to create new work inspired by our places. You can see some of the highlights in this video.
Delivered in partnership with Arts Council England and the Arts Council of Wales. Credits in order of appearance: Mouthful,The Fellowship of Hill, and Wind, and Sunshine, Lake District (2018) © National Trust. Holly Corfield Carr ‘Little Elevations’ poetry residency Tyntesfield, Bristol (2018). Film © National Trust/Reuben Gaines and image © National Trust/Jennifer Smith. Mark Wallinger in collaboration with Studio Octopi, Writ in Water, Runnymede, Surrey (2018, permanent installation), commissioned in association with Situations. Film by Jared Schiller © National Trust. Antony Gormley Field for the British Isles, Barrington Court, Somerset (made 1993, exhibited 2012) Terracotta, approx. 40,000 elements, each 8–26 cm tall (1993). Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. © Antony Gormley. Acquired in 1995 with the assistance of the Art Fund and The Henry Moore Foundation. Image and film by Allan King. Charles Holland, Polly, part of ‘folly!’, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Yorkshire (2018) © National Trust. Heather and Ivan Morison, Look! Look! Look! Berrington Hall, Herefordshire (2017–19) © Ivan Morison. Danny Boyle, Pages of the Sea, Porthcurno Beach, Cornwall (2018) commissioned by 14–18 NOW in partnership with the National Trust © National Trust Images/Shaun Boyns. Susie MacMurray, Promenade, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (2010) © Julian Hughes. Studio Roosegaarde, WATERLICHT (created 2015), presented as part of Abandon Normal Devices Festival (2017), Winnats Pass, Derbyshire © Chris Foster. Neville and Joan Gabie, The Edge of Things, Blickling Hall, Norfolk (2019) © National Trust. Les Enfants Terribles, Word Defiant!, Blickling Hall, Norfolk (2018) © National Trust. Bob and Roberta Smith, Paint Freedom, part of the People’s Landscapes programme, Tolpuddle, Dorchester (2019) © National Trust/Jason Lock BE KINDER by Jarvis Cocker, Jeremy Deller and other artists, part of the People’s Landscapes programme, Kinder Scout, Peak District (2019). Film © National Trust/Jason Lock image © National Trust/Rod Kirkpatrick. Grace Surman and Gary Winters and their children, Hope and Merrick Glorious Phantoms Dunham Massey and Quarry Bank, Cheshire (2019) © National Trust/Jason Lock. The Decorators, The Denney Edition: Celebrating an Icon of 20th Century Style, Rainham Hall, Essex (2019-21) © National Trust/Carlos Jimenez. Katie Paterson, First there is a Mountain, Portstewart Strand, County Londonderry (2019) © National Trust/Jude Sharvin. Serena Korda, The Bell Tree, Speke Hall, Liverpool (2018-19) © National Trust/Chris Egon Searle. NEON, Scene: a new way of looking, Wimpole, Cambridgeshrie © National Trust/Agnese Sanvito Lizzie Sykes, part of ‘A Place for Art’, Mottisfont, Hampshire (2014–15) © Lizzie Sykes Lubaina Himid, Collars and Cuffs, part of ‘A Woman’s Place at Knole’, Knole, Kent (2018). Curated by Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman / A Woman’s Place Project CIC © National Trust/Ciaran McCrickard. Hilary Jack, Gathering, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire (2019) © National Trust/Hilary Jack Luke Jerram, Harrison’s Garden, Nostell Priory, Wakefield (2015) © National Trust/Luke Jerram Mat Collishaw, Fountains Relief, part of ‘folly!’, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Yorkshire (2016) © National Trust/Matt Collishaw Liz West, Autumn Lights, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire (2016) © National Trust/Felix Mooneeram Anya Gallaccio, dreamed about the flowers that hide from the light, Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland (2018) © National Trust/Paul Kingston. Luke Jerram, Withdrawn, Leigh Woods, Bristol (2015) © Paul Blakemore. Walker & Bromwich, Llechi A Llafur // Slate or State, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor (2017) © National Trust/Mark Pinder Gary McCann, Scavenger, part of ‘folly!’, Banqueting House, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens, Yorkshire (2015) © National Trust/Kippa Matthews. Kevin Killen, Artificial Sunshine, The Argory, Country Armagh (2018–19) © National Trust. Filament, To Stop Her Mouth, Lyme, Cheshire (2018) © National Trust Hew Locke, The Jurors, Runnymede (2015, long term installation) © National Trust Red Earth, CHALK, South Downs (2011) © Paul Winter Scanner, Ghosts, Cliveden, Buckinghamshire (2016) © National Trust Images/John Millar. WildWorks,Wolf’s Child, Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate, Norfolk (2015) © WildWorks/Steve Tanner. David McAlmont, girl.boy.child, performance extract from Plas Newydd, Anglesey. Delivered in partnership with the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries at the University of Leicester © Soup Co. Owen Sheers at Paviland Cave, part of ‘One and All’ (2015) © Benjamin Wigley.
My Last Night at Portstewart ????
This is sadly the last full
day at Portstewart and the best!!!
Places to see in ( Coleraine - UK )
Places to see in ( Coleraine - UK )
Coleraine is a large town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Coleraine is 55 miles northwest of Belfast and 30 miles east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections. Coleraine is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district.
The North Coast (Coleraine and Limavady) area has the highest property prices in Northern Ireland, higher even than those of affluent South Belfast. Golf courses, countryside and leisure facilities and attractions are to be found. It has an attractive town centre, and a marina. Coleraine during the day is a busy town, however at night the town is relatively quiet, with much of the nightlife in the area located in the nearby seaside towns of Portrush and Portstewart. Coleraine is also home to the one of the largest Polish communities in Northern Ireland.
Coleraine is situated at the lowest bridgeable point of the River Bann, where the river is 90 metres wide. The town square is called 'The Diamond' and is the location of the Town Hall. St. Patrick's Church of Ireland is situated nearby. The University of Ulster campus was built in the 1960s and has brought a theatrical space to the town in the form of the Riverside Theatre.
Coleraine has a large catchment area. The town also has the advantage of being near some of the most extraordinary landscape in the whole of Europe. In 2002, Coleraine won the Best Kept Town and Ulster in Bloom awards. In 2003, it was selected to represent Northern Ireland in the prestigious Britain in Bloom competition. In the 2010 SuperValu Best Kept Awards, Coleraine was named the Best Kept Large Town in Northern Ireland
Coleraine is the main town of the world famous Causeway Coast, which attracts over three million visitors per year, spending in excess of £47 million. The world famous Giant's Causeway is a twenty–five-minute bus ride away. The distillery village of Bushmills is well-served by buses from the town and there is a narrow-gauge steam train running in the summer from Bushmills to the Giant's Causeway. The train journey takes approximately fifteen minutes from the town to the Causeway. Also north of Coleraine is the scenic coastal town of Portstewart, with fine sandy beach and coastal walks. Portrush is part of the Borough.
North-west of Coleraine lies the small village of Castlerock, with a beach which is essentially a continuation of the beach at Portstewart, separated by the River Bann. Also nearby is the huge beach at Benone Strand and Mussenden Temple, built by Frederick Augustus Hervey, an 18th-century Anglican bishop atop a precipitate cliff and overlooking County Donegal in one direction and Scotland in another. The National Trust managed Downhill forest was part of the Bishop's Palace, and although the Palace itself is now a ruin the gardens are a wonderful place full of strange hidden lakes and gloriously tended flower gardens.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Coleraine (Nothern Ireland, UK)
UNITED KINGDOM: Coleraine (Nothern Ireland, UK)
Coleraine is a large town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is 55 miles (88.5 km) northwest of Belfast and 30 miles (48.3 km) east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections. It is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district.
Coleraine had a population of 24,634 people in the 2011 Census. The North Coast (Coleraine and Limavady) area has the highest property prices in Northern Ireland, higher even than those of affluent South Belfast. Golf courses, countryside and leisure facilities and attractions are to be found. It has an attractive town centre, and a marina. Coleraine during the day is a busy town, however at night the town is relatively quiet, with much of the nightlife in the area located in the nearby seaside towns of Portrush and Portstewart. Coleraine is also home to the one of the largest Polish communities in Northern Ireland.
Coleraine is situated at the lowest bridgeable point of the River Bann, where the river is 90 metres wide. The town square is called 'The Diamond' and is the location of the Town Hall. St. Patrick's Church of Ireland is situated nearby. The University of Ulster campus was built in the 1960s and has brought a theatrical space to the town in the form of the Riverside Theatre.
Coleraine has been designated as a major growth area in the Northern Ireland Development Strategy. Although the population of the town is only 25,000, Coleraine has a large catchment area. The town also has the advantage of being near some of the most extraordinary landscape in the whole of Europe. In 2002, Coleraine won the Best Kept Town and Ulster in Bloom awards. In 2003, it was selected to represent Northern Ireland in the prestigious Britain in Bloom competition.
Колре́йн (англ. Coleraine, ирл. Cúil Raithin) — большой город района Колрейн, столица района, находящийся в графстве Лондондерри Северной Ирландии в устье реки Банн.
Filmed in August 2018
The National Trust Northern Ireland
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1 MILL LANE - PORTSTEWART/PORTRUSH LUXURY HOLIDAY LET
1 MILL LANE- Portstewart/Portrush, Co.Antrim Northern Ireland.
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Downhill Dreams
Filmed at the Downhill Demesne a National Trust park outside of Castlerock Northern Ireland. Was a truly beautiful day to be there.
Filmed with a GH3, Olympus 4/3 14-42mm Lens.
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Music by Kevin MacLeod Passing Time
Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, Rebuilding Of Old Salmon Fishery Derrick
The sheer power of the Atlantic sea told a tale on the old Salmon fishery Derrick. A small team of National Trust Rangers then embarked on the task of restoring this important feature of maritime heritage on the North Coast of Northern Ireland.
Walking in Portstewart- Northern Ireland
Two Minutes in Helens Bay, Northern Ireland
This one is personal, guys! We are taking you home! We live in beautiful Helen's Bay, County Down in Northern Ireland. Today, we're taking you out for a tour to show you what our little community has to offer. We might even get the big guns out to convince you to stop by ...
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Katie Paterson: First There is a Mountain
'First There is a Mountain' is a touring participatory artwork by Katie Paterson over British Summer Time 2019. It invites the public to sculpt beaches into mountains of sand to form micro-geologies, using specially created 'buckets and spades' sets which are scale models of world famous mountains: Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Shasta (USA), Mount Fuji (Asia), Stromboli (Europe) and Uluru (Oceania). The sets are made from fully compostable bio- plastic. At the end of the tour the sand pails will be composted, and in this process disappear completely.
The artwork will tour to 25 high-profile venues and their local sandy beaches for a series of one-off events, creating a time-based topographical map orchestrated against a backdrop of tidal times.
Four National Trust beaches are participating. They are: Portstewart Strand (9th June 2019) Seahouses Beach (4th August 2019) Studland Bay (15th Sept 2019) Formby Beach (6th October 2019).
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Video courtesy of Katie Paterson.
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and Arts Council England. Film by MIND THE FILM. Texts by Richard Hamblyn and Patrick Barkham.
Castlerock to Mussenden Temple Coastal Walk
We are at Castlerock Co Antrim up on Northern Ireland's north Atlantic coast. Our family group walk is from the excellent Haye's caravan park, to the magnificent Mussendon Temple perched on the clifftop.
This was not a long walk but you dropped down into a valley and then climbed a series of steps back up the other side. I found this a bit challenging because of my bad hip. Holding a video camera in one hand as I tried to keep my balance did not help! The reward was reaching Mussendon Temple, ( actually the Bishop of Londonderry's library ) and the spectacular views and wonderful bird life to be seen along the way.
Mussenden Temple is located in the beautiful surroundings of Downhill Demesne near Castlerock in County Londonderry. It perches dramatically on a 120 ft cliff top, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland, offering spectacular views westwards over Downhill Strand towards Magilligan Point and County Donegal and to the east Castlerock beach towards Portstewart, Portrush and Fair Head.
History of Mussenden Temple
The temple was built in 1785 and forms part of the estate of Frederick Augustus Hervey, Bishop of Derry and Earl of Bristol (or the Earl Bishop). The temple was built as a summer library and its architecture was inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, near Rome. It is dedicated to the memory of Hervey's cousin Frideswide Mussenden.
Both the Temple and the surrounding views are among the most photographed scenes in Ireland. Over the years the Temple itself was under danger of being lost to the sea due to the erosion of the cliff which brought Mussenden Temple ever closer to the edge. In 1997 the National Trust then carried out cliff stabilisation work to prevent the loss of this lovely building.
Great British Walk 2015 top coastal walk - Northern Ireland
This is the National Trust's Great British Walk 2015 Top Coastal Walk - Northern Ireland
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Downhill Beach County Londonderry Northern Ireland
A look around on the beach and a small walk into the forest on a warm day.