The Best Attractions In Castlewellan

10 places to see while hiking Ireland's northern coast

Most people only ever experience the Giant’s Causeway as a day trip from Belfast, yet there's plenty more to see in this overlooked region.

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10 Earth's Most Spectacular Places - Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.

The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. ( source Wikipedia )

Ireland's best destinations | County + Mounrnes's family in county Down

Ireland's best destinations | County + Mounrnes's family in county Down northern ireland.
Star of the County Down is an Irish ballad set near Banbridge in County Down, in Northern Ireland. The words are by Cathal McGarvey (1866–1927) from Ramelton, County Donegal. You want mud you got it! Tough conditions brought out the best riders at Castlewellan to decide the 2017 winners. Catch all the action right here.(DJI Spark) castlewellan,beautiful castle view with gopro quik. Castlewellan Castle - Northern Ireland (October 2016)Shot using a DJI Spark 3, Advanced. Captured at 2.7k but rendered the quality to 1080p. Enjoy :).Short drone video from Castlewellan and the Mourne Mountain area of Northern Ireland. Damdin soath by DJI Spark .The Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA) is the governing body of the sport of Mountain Running in Ireland. This Video features parts of my race up to Irelands highest Mountain - Carrauntoohil in County Kerry. The Day was perfect for it and I met lots of nice people and saw one of the most scenic places in the country.Carrauntoohil - Irelands highest Mountain.The standard tourist route to Irelands highest mountain. There are now footbridges crossing the rivers contained in this video. Route is easier/safer now.A magnificent and very rugged traverse of Corrán Tuatháil mountain with and ascent up through the Heavenly gates and descent from the summit down O'Shea's Gully to the Hag's Glen.castlewellan 2017, northern ireland Castlewellan, gac , castlewellan (city/town/village), slieve donard palce to see. chain reaction cycles, klunkerz.Slieve Gullion Forest Park offers the unmissable opportunity to experience tranquil woodland trails, stunning views across the Ring of Gullion, Mourne Mountains, Cooley Peninsula and Armagh Drumlins and top class facilities for walkers and families. The park is open seven days a week;1st April to the last weekend in October – 8am until 9pm (or dusk depending on the time of year)Last weekend in October to 31st March – 8am until 5pm (or dusk depending on the time of year)Visit RingOfGullion.org for all the magical details about Ireland's most mystical Mountain - Slieve Gullion.Let us know what you think of our video in the comments below.Slieve Gullion Forest Park. A Birds eye view of Slieve Gullion Mountain, The mountain is in the heart of the Ring of Gullion. It has an Elevation height of 1880 feet and at the summit you can find a small lake and two ancient burial cairns, one of which is the highest surviving passage grave in Ireland. klunker, raleigh, vs, demo day, carbon, vrx, vitus sommet, lapierre zesty, nukeproof mega 275, mountain biking (interest), enduro (sport), mountain, none, helicopter, sky, flying, caa, aerial footage, aerial cinematography, uav, drone, 650b, full suspension, mourne mountains (mountain range), mourne mountain sunset, gt bikes, mtb with mike, the great escarpe,mountainbike, castlewellan mtb trails, hero 5 session, gopro, mccrickardbelfast, ireland, travel, giant's causeway, game of thrones, northern ireland visit northern ireland, discover northern ireland, derry, peter hannan, top best places to visit in northern ireland, top best things to do in northern ireland, best places in northern ireland, travel to northern ireland, interesting places in derry, top best places to visit in derry, where to go in derry, top best things to do in derry, best places in derry, what to see in derry, visit derry, travel to derry, great britain, united kingdom, travel around the world, loveuk, food guide, dry aged beef, bestbelfast, northern ireland, belfast (city/town/village), ireland, belfast ireland, cartin, football, bulldog skateboard, good stuff, belfast fun, funny video, learn spanish, learn brazilian, learn italian, learn english, english video, bise fun, belfast expressions, derry northern ireland, northern ireland travel guide, rick steves ireland, northern ireland travel, rick steves europe full episode, rick steves northern ireland, ulster ireland, irish whiskey (distilled spirit type), portrush (city/town/village), antrim g, dog training, riding skateboard, bulldog on a skateboard. vlog, london, england, travel, dance, food, blogger, vlogger, liverpool, adventure, uk, moving, university, travel vlog, สตีเฟ่นโอปป้า, ลอนดอน, พาเที่ยว, นักเรียนแลกเปลี่ยน, อังกฤษ, visiting london, amg, 507, c63, mercedes, ferrari, lamborghini, video blog (website category), เรียนที่อังกฤษ, แลกเปลี่ยนที่อังกฤษ, นักเรียนในอังกฤษ, student daily vlog, u.k. student daily vlog, daily vlog, pub london, drone london, london drone, red bus, kensington, rosa reezy, reezy vlogdublin, live, top, red, hot, chili, peppers, rock, on, get, lyrics, travel, vagabond, alex, ireland, ed sheeran, marko, vagabrothers, vlog, ayling, daily, brothers, viajar, viagem, viaje, californication, 1999, music, trip, alternative, 04, 3 arena, 2017, chili peppers world, 2004, japan, '04, ring, am, airport

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Mazes from Cyclonic's The Maze Collection
in Google Earth Community


1) Dole Plantation Maze -- Oahu, Hawaii
21°31'29.97N, 158° 2'14.68W


2) Spider Web - Layton, Utah
41° 4'5.76N, 111°59'8.61W
The Maize at HeeHaws Fun Farm

Looks like the Spider Web has now been plowed.

3) McCall's Pumpkin Patch - New Mexico
35° 1'11.31N, 106° 4'43.34W


4) HELP Maze
39°37'40.95N, 104°55'14.84W
Greenwood Village, Colorado

5) Fritzler Maze - LaSalle, Colorado
40°17'56.63N, 104°45'32.54W
2004 - Freedom Reigns -- Iwo Jima
2006 - The Colorado Quarter


6) Land of Lincoln Corn Maze -- Illinois
40°56'39.47N, 88°46'46.74W

7) Peace Maze - Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
54°15'30.06N, 5°57'11.92W


8) Hazlehead Park -- Aberdeen, Scotland
57° 8'21.84N, 2°10'51.44W


9) Thoresby Mega Maze -- Nottinghamshire
53°14'19.51N, 1° 2'11.09W
Thoresby Home Farm, Perlethorpe, England


10) Wonderland Pleasure Park Hedge Maze
53° 6'32.86N, 1° 3'52.58W
Nottinghamshire, England


11) Hatfield House Maze
51°45'37.49N, 0°12'25.12W
Hertfordshire, England




12) Somerleyton Hall Maze
52°31'23.18N, 1°40'24.54E
Suffolk, England


13) de Uithof, Den Haag, The Netherlands
52° 2'1.49N, 4°14'54.76E

14) Amstelpark, Amsterdam
52°19'59.34N, 4°53'30.16E

15) Labyrinth & Tree of Life
52° 3'34.36N, 0°43'28.27W
Milton Keynes, UK


16) Capel Manor College - Enfield, England
51°40'50.88N, 0° 3'28.71W


17) Alice in Wonderland Park
50°46'32.49N, 1°50'41.53W
Christchurch, Dorset


18) Barton Manor - Isle of Wight
50°44'46.42N, 1°15'53.24W


19) Amazing Cornish Maize Maze
50°26'45.42N, 4°16'1.83W
Smeaton Farm, Pillaton, Saltash, Cornwall


20) Longleat House
51°11'16.77N, 2°16'40.04W
51°11'9.37N, 2°16'24.95W
Warminster, Wiltshire, England


21) Foot Maze - Wiltshire, England
51°17'38.82N, 1°32'5.34W
Conholt House, Tangley

22) Crystal Palace Park Hedge Maze
51°25'22.37N, 0° 4'6.16W
Bromley, South London, England


23) Hampton Court Maze
51°24'22.29N, 0°20'15.70W
London, England
Made around the year 1690


24) Ruurlo, Netherlands
52° 4'41.86N, 6°26'1.03E
Copied from Hampton Court around 1890

Virtual hedge maze you can walk through:


25) Maze Tree - Emsbüren, Germany
52°22'22.50N, 7°20'4.75E

26) Herrenhäuser Gärten
52°23'24.80N, 9°41'42.97E
Hanover, Germany


27) Guyancourt, le quartier des Saules
48°46'50.80N, 2° 2'51.91E
Paris, France


28) Lempdes, Puy-de-Dôme, France
45°46'43.81N, 3°10'56.00E

29) Labyrinthe de Bouguenais - France
47°10'9.43N, 1°39'18.16W

Binevenagh Mountain and Lake near Limavady N.Ireland 26/3/18

Video of our visit to Binevenagh Mountain and Lake, near Limavady, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland. It wasn't easy to find and the road up to it isn't great but for the views it was well worth it. We got a great viewing day and visibility was excellent.
One fisherman we talked to caught 4 lovely trout that morning.

Around The Place - Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland (part 1)

Newcastle at the foot of the Mourne mountains. This is a very popular holiday resort and also the base for hill walkers venturing into the Mournes. (sorry about the brief stop in Tesco!)

Glenariff Forest Park Waterfall Walk County Antrim Northern Ireland

A walk around Glenarrif Forest Park in the hills of County Antrim. Entrance fee is £5 per car but is totally worth the walk and there is more than the 1 trail to follow and all have spectacular scenery.

Mountainbiking in Northern Ireland - Belfast - Northern Ireland Tourism

Reporter Bert did some mountainbiking in Northern-Ireland with Northern Ireland Tourism. It was a beautiful trip, they also visited Belfast.

Reporter Bert ging mountainbiken in Noord-Ierland met Noord-Ierland Toerisme. Het was een mooie reis, met een bezoek aan Belfast.

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This we dog had been Spotted roaming Castlewellan forest park co.down if you come across this we dog please bring to safty and contact admin on lost/found pets south down group..

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Have an Easter egg hunt with a difference this year. Grab your Easter basket and saddle up, the Easter bunny will be coming to Mount Pleasant. Take your family on a Easter egg hunt on horseback through the scenic Castlewellan forest park.
On arrival,children will be given an Easter bag to attach to their saddle which will be filled with Easter eggs spotted around the trails . Great Fun day. Bouncy Castle provided. Call 02843778651 £19 per child ,we take from 4 years old .Limited Spaces.Castlewellan Forest Park and Peace Maze-one of the world's largest permanent hedge mazes, 2.7 miles of walking trails, 27km of Mountain Bike Trails, large lake, castle, camping and more...not bad for a day out in Northern Ireland? #discoverni #northernireland #castlewellan #countydown #ireland.Can we make it to 3000 by tomorrow? Come on guys, only 120 more, she the council and forestry that we are not going away quietly, we are growing in strength and in numbers. This effects more than just Equestrians who ride in the forest, it effects the local economy, tourists come to the area because they can ride there, and spend money in local shops, support local businesses and that means local jobs. It has a knock on effect. Look at what happened to Portaferry when Explores closed, it be came a virtual ghost town. #KeepCastlewellanForestParkOpenForHorses.
Castlewellan Forest Park 8.15am, a little bit nippy but the colour of the trees is beautiful.A great couple of days in our favourite Castlewellan Forest Park.'Jurassic Park' like forest...
Loved Giant Dublin Off-Road Team's final blog on the mountain bike trails at Castlewellan.It was a very busy weekend biking, taking in Rostrevor Mountain bike trails on the Saturday, the Davagh Mountain bike trails on Sunday morning so what better way to finish things of by a blast around Castlewellan Again this was a spot I had never been to but heard lots about due to one of the Vitus Enduro races on up there each year. We grabbed a quick bite to eat on the road as we made are way from Davagh over to Castlewellan which took us about 90min.The weather was not great as we set off but the trails are well sheltered as we headed off to ride the red trail which is 19kms, they also have a nice handy green & blue trail around the lake of 4/4.5kms.Castlewellan Forest Park is located in Castlewellan, Northern Ireland. It contains the national Arboretum of Northern Ireland, started in 1740, which contains trees from Asia, North and South America, and Australasia. Giant sequoia were planted in the 1850s. They are used by treecreepers, who burrow into its bark and make nests. The gardens were reopened in 2013 after undergoing maintenance.

Mount Stewart County Down - 19th Century House and Gardens-The National Trust Northern Ireland

Mount Stewart House and Gardens is a National Trust property based in County Down, Northern Ireland. Mount Stewart house is a home that was owned by the 7th Marchioness Edith, Lady Londonderry and her family and it has been beautifully restored to its spender from that era (

Mount Stewart Gardens overlook Strangford Lough and has been voted as one of the top 10 gardens in the world! Mount Stewart is listed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage tentative list.
The garden areas consist of - The Sunk Garden, Shamrock Garden, The Italian Garden, The Spanish Garden and the Mairi Garden.

Old houses, castles, and buildings in general are our number one interest when it comes to visiting the historical locations and attractions of a city we are heading to. Newtownards is not a town that we are visiting for the first time - we are locals :-) - but we love to come and cherish the beauty of this building which is being taken care of by the National Trust.

This 19th-century house and garden reflect the history of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family through the contents it still carries - for those who don't know, this family played a great leading role in the British and Irish social and political life; it was the Marquesses of Londonderry.

Back in time, when the house was first bought by Alexander Stewart in 1744, it was known as Mount Pleasant and it is also believed that the money that this family had to buy the house came from the sales of linen at that time.

Through the history related to this house and the different members of the family who took over taking care of the house, there were some changes done to it all, such as the temporary wing that the son of Alexander added in 1800 when he became the first Marquess of Londonderry. Actually, what brought this house all the wealth it has gone through and gave it the chance to keep growing and changing to the better was the third Marquess, Charles, who married two times and who his second wife was mainly the reason since she was the greatest heiress of her time.

Mount Stewart is not just about the house, but it is also about the gardens which started small and then were enlarged by the help of the Marchioness who was responsible for the different gardens which were added as well as the fountain pool and the walks, she was also the one who decided to give the gardens to the National Trust in 1957.

The National Trust took over the gardens to take care of and it received the remaining of the place in 1977 and it now operates the property under the name of Mount Stewart House, Gardens and Temple of the Winds.

We have walked through the whole place and we have to say that it always takes our breath away for the gardens that are there as well as seeing this old building - even if we didn't get the chance to enter it and see the interiors. What also attracted our attention to this place were the beautiful sculptures which are made in the shape of animals and which we believe are done in a different kind of way.

In addition to the place as a whole and the perfection of it, it is also situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough and this brings a beautiful view with those ducks swimming around - it could be a combination of a touristic visit and also getting some peace of mind by this magnificent view.

This is one of the most visited places which we will recommend when it comes to the town of Newtownards, but there are several other places which one could pass by and enjoy visiting and which include Kiltonga Wildlife Reserve which we have also been to before and which we definitely loved ( there is also the Grey Abbey ( another place is the Scrabo Tower in Newtownards which was built back in 1857 (

It is always interesting to get to know more about the place which you are heading to especially if it carries a great history behind that one should be well aware of, just like the case of the Mount Stewart which passed through different owners until it finally reached the point where the National Trust became the one responsible for it all and for taking care of it as well.

Mount Stewart in Newtownards, County Down, is very close to the Greyabbey (or Grey Abbey) so you could always choose to visit both locations during the same day and get the chance to see what they tend to bring to you from information and history.

Never been there? Go visit now! If you have already been to Mount Stewart before then we are waiting for your comments to tell us more about your experience and what you loved most about the place as a whole - we could not lie, but we loved it all; the building along with the beautiful garden that is part of it all.
Mount Stewart County Down - 19th Century House and Gardens-The National Trust Northern Ireland