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Route:
Make sure to have provisions before you start as there are no shops for 11 miles.
• From Larne Leisure Centre follow the promenade path with the sea on your right for almost 1 mile until you get to the road.
• At the road turn right and continue northwards. This is the Antrim Coast Road.
• Pass Carnfunnock Country Park on your left after about 4 miles, then pass through Ballygally, Glenarm (keep to the right and go over the Glenarm river bridge) Carnlough and onto Waterfoot.
• From Waterfoot turn right along the A2 Coastal Route and continue to the Village of Cushendall.
• After you cross the bridge over the River Dall turn left keeping on the A2 Coastal Route and follow the Coastal Route signs to Ballycastle passing the National Trust Village of Cushendun over the spectacular Glendun Viaduct past Ballypatrick Forest through Ballyvoy until you cross the River Margy Bridge and turn right into Ballycastle. This route will take you across moorland and mountains.
Public roads: On Public Road
Getting to the start:
Larne Leisure Centre is on Tower Road, Larne. From the south on the A8, follow the signs for the Causeway Coast Route. At the crossroads and traffic lights turn right down Curran Road and after a few hundred metres take the road on the left signed for the Leisure Centre where it is only a few hundred metres along on your left. Coming from the north on the A2, keep on the Coast Road until you get to the crossroads and traffic lights. Here turn left onto Curran Road and after a few hundred metres turn left onto Tower Road.
Bus routes are numbers 162, 252.
Traffic:
Usually quiet, Sundays can be popular with motorcyclists.
(The route between Garron Point and Ballycastle is very busy with traffic all year round)
Start Point:
D412030
Finish Point:
D121412
Distance:
70
Terrain:
A flat tarmac rural road, generally with good surface.
Points of interest:
Carnfunnock Country Park, Historic Glenarm Village, Waterfoot, Cushendall, Ballycastle Town
Facilities:
There are several toilet facilities all along the Coast Road. Larne Leisure Centre, Drains Bay, Carnfunnock Country Park, Ballygally, Glenarm, Carnlough and Waterfoot. There are spaces for disabled parking at all locations. The Leisure Centre has a cafe open all year round. Carnfunnock has a cafe open in summer, Glenarm, Carnlough and Waterfoot have shops.
Nearest town:
Larne
OS map:
5 & 9
Accessible toilet facilities:
Yes
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- Free (parking charges may apply)
