Great Outdoors

A walker's paradise, whether you like an easygoing dander in a forest park or a ramble through the hills. Northern Ireland, with its well-marked "Ways", offering a range of distances and difficulties, is becoming a prime destination for walking groups. Northern Ireland is also acknowledged to have some of the very finest gardens in the British Isles. For the men, we've got fantastic golf courses and the best fishing in Europe.

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Slieve Gullion summit cairns and lake / Co. Armagh / Northern Ireland Slieve Gullion Forest Park, Killeavy, Newry

10km drive up and round this thickly wooded park. Mountain top trail (1,880 ft) to megalithic cairns and lake, with views of the Ring of Gullion, Mourne Mountains and Cooley Mountains. Walled garden. Coffee shop in Courtyard. Wheelchair access.
Tollymore1 Tollymore Forest Park, Newcastle

Tolymore Forest Park has numerous stone follies and bridges, and a magnificent Cork Oak in the arboretum.
Fishing, walks in the Mournes.

Crawfordsburn Country Pk02 Crawfordsburn Country Park, Helens Bay, Bangor

Beaches, woodland & meadows, coastal and riverside walks. Restored gun site at Grey Point Fort (access from Fort Rd, Helen’s Bay).
Visitor centre, café.
Wheelchair access.
mourne activity breaks Mourne Activity Breaks, Kilkeel, Newry

Choose from a range of special interest tours, festival breaks, craft and traditional skills courses. Enjoy the stunning outdoors with family multi-activity breaks, such as walking, cycling, horse riding, golf, falconry, fishing.
Image courtesy of NIEA 1 Castle Caldwell Forest, Leggs, Enniskillen

The Forest offers shore walks, ruins of an old castle, Fiddlers Stone, varied woodland, lough shore habitat and picnic sites.

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