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  1. A church on an island on Lough Beg
    Church Island on Lough Beg
    A church on an island on Lough Beg
    Church Island on Lough Beg

    Bellaghy

    Address

    Ballydermot Road, Bellaghy, County Londonderry, BT45 8LF

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9082 3207

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Churches & Sacred Sites

    Church Island is a small island on Lough Beg - 1.5 miles from Bellaghy. On a visit to the island you will discover the ruins of an old church with no spire.

    Price

    Free

    Facilities

    Provider Preferences

    • Free (parking charges may apply)

    Parking & Transport

    • Parking (free)
  2. Seamus Heaney HomePlace - Exhibition
    Seamus Heaney HomePlace - Creative Zone
    Open Ground - The Strand at Lough Beg
    Open Ground - The Strand at Lough Beg. 
Church Island.
    Seamus Heaney HomePlace - Exhibition
    Seamus Heaney HomePlace - Creative Zone
    Open Ground - The Strand at Lough Beg
    Open Ground - The Strand at Lough Beg. 
Church Island.

    Bellaghy

    Address

    45 Main Street, Bellaghy, County Londonderry, BT45 8HT

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 7938 7444

    Price

    Price £12.00 to £29.00 Activity

    Type

    Type:

    Visitor Centres & Museums

    Seamus Heaney HomePlace takes you on an inspiring journey through the life and work of one of Ireland’s greatest writers. Situated between his two childhood homes at Mossbawn and The Wood, and only a few hundred yards from St Mary’s Church,…

    Price

    Price £12.00 to £29.00 Activity

    Facilities

    Catering

    • Licensed

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • Car parking
    • On site parking
    • Parking (free)

    Facilities

    Catering

    • Restaurant on Premises

    Facilities

    Establishment Features

    • Wifi
    • Wi-fi available
  3. Image of white buildings lining a stone laneway

    Bellaghy

    Address

    Castle Street, Bellaghy, County Londonderry, BT45 8LA

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9082 3207

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings

    Built around 1619 by Sir Baptist Jones, Bellaghy Bawn is a fortified house and bawn (the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house).

    Price

    Free

    Facilities

    Provider Preferences

    • Free (parking charges may apply)

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking

less than 5 miles

  1. Image inside the visitor centre at Lough Neagh Fishery

    Toomebridge

    Address

    4 Bannside, Toomebridge, County Antrim, BT41 3SB

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 7965 0618

    Type

    Type:

    Visitor Centres & Museums

    Providing tourists with in-depth and informative insight into the fishing industry on the Lough and the various fish species found there, including the epic 6,000 km migration of eels to and from the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean.

    Facilities

    Provider Preferences

    • Free (parking charges may apply)

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  2. A blacksmith at the fire with a couple looking on

    Castledawson

    Address

    176 Hillhead Road, Castledawson, County Londonderry, BT45 8BN

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 7946 8310

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings

    This Blacksmith’s Cottage, still in its original state, dates back to the late 18th or early 19th Century. One half of the building comprises the dwelling area; the other half is where the Blacksmith plied his trade.

more than 5 miles

  1. Girls pictured with a woman in period dress outside an old thatched cottage with a red door
    Image of a white cottage
    Image of the inside of a cottage with wooden table and chairs, old kettles and an old clock
    Dresser with different china, a wooden bench seat and an old picture
    Girls pictured with a woman in period dress outside an old thatched cottage with a red door
    Image of a white cottage
    Image of the inside of a cottage with wooden table and chairs, old kettles and an old clock
    Dresser with different china, a wooden bench seat and an old picture

    Ballygawley

    Address

    45 Dergenagh Road, Ballygawley, County Tyrone, BT70 1TW

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 8555 7133

    Price

    Free

    Gradings

    • Three Star Quality Assurance
    Three Star Quality Assurance

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings

    Explore the cottage of the Simpson family with close ties to Ulysses Simpson Grant, the Commander of the victorious Union troops in the American Civil War. U.S. Grant served two terms as U.S. President and visited the homeland.

    Price

    Free

    Facilities

    Provider Preferences

    • Free (parking charges may apply)

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  2. Man dressed in costume leading a group
    Two couples exploring Hill of the O'Neill
    Image of a brass cow
    A couple looking out through a window across Dungannon
    A man looking in the display cases
    Image of Hill of the O'Neill from above
    Man dressed in costume leading a group
    Two couples exploring Hill of the O'Neill
    Image of a brass cow
    A couple looking out through a window across Dungannon
    A man looking in the display cases
    Image of Hill of the O'Neill from above

    Dungannon

    Address

    26 Market Square, Dungannon, County Tyrone, BT70 1AB

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 8772 8600

    Price

    Price £3.50 to £9.50 Activity

    Gradings

    • Three Star Quality Assurance
    Three Star Quality Assurance

    Type

    Type:

    Visitor Centres & Museums

    Ranfurly House is an impressive Victorian building located in Dungannon and gateway to the ancient site of Hill of The O’Neill.  Hill of The O’Neill is one of the most important heritage sites in Ireland with breath taking panoramic views over seven…

    Price

    Price £3.50 to £9.50 Activity

    Facilities

    Catering

    • Licensed

    Facilities

    Provider Preferences

    • Free (parking charges may apply)

    Facilities

    Establishment Features

    • Wifi
    • Wi-fi available
  3. Three girls walking through the doors of Killymoon Castle
    Three girls walking through the doors of Killymoon Castle

    Cookstown

    Address

    11 Castle Road, Cookstown, County Tyrone, BT80 8JY

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 8676 4173

    Type

    Type:

    Castle / Fort

    Killymoon castle sits in picturesque surroundings overlooking the Ballinderry River on the outskirts of Cookstown just 50 miles from Belfast by car. The castle is a grade A listed building designed by the famous architect John Nash.

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  4. Group of people listening to a man in costume in front of Benburb castle

    Benburb

    Address

    Main Street, Benburb, County Tyrone, BT71 7JZ

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9082 3214

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Castle / Fort

    Benburb Castle is dramatically sited on the cliff edge above the River Blackwater in the grounds of Benburb Servite Priory. It was built by Sir Richard Wingfield in around 1615, on or near the site of a stronghold of Shane O’Neill.

    Price

    Free

    Facilities

    Provider Preferences

    • Free (parking charges may apply)
  5. A family walking through the forest.
    Family walking on a path in the forest
    Family walking on a path with castle ruins in the background
    Family in a play park
    Family having a picnic
    Family with bikes at a pond
    Children on bikes with parents walking behind
    A family walking through the forest.
    Family walking on a path in the forest
    Family walking on a path with castle ruins in the background
    Family in a play park
    Family having a picnic
    Family with bikes at a pond
    Children on bikes with parents walking behind

    Cookstown

    Address

    Drum Road, Cookstown, County Tyrone, BT80 8UN

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 6634 3165

    Type

    Type:

    Forest Parks

    The attractive eighteenth-century demesne is now a forest park. Colourful in spring and autumn with a shrub, butterfly and Japanese garden, arboretum, ponds and mixed woodlands.

  6. Errigal Kerrogue

    Dungannon

    Address

    54 Errigal Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone, BT702DE

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Site

    This site was originally a pre-Norman monastic site associated with St Ciaran (Dachiarag). It is referred to in the Annals in 810 & 838.

  7. image of a long two story building
    A large group of people at at sit down dinner with sport showing on a big screen
    image of three musicians
    Two ladies, both painting a wooden chairs
    a group of people smiling with crafts in there hands
    image of a long two story building
    A large group of people at at sit down dinner with sport showing on a big screen
    image of three musicians
    Two ladies, both painting a wooden chairs
    a group of people smiling with crafts in there hands

    Maghera

    Address

    132B Tirkane Road, Tirkane, Maghera, County Derry, BT46 5NH

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 7954 9978

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    An Coire Arts Centre provides the perfect setting for the delivery of a wide range of rural bilingual arts including youth, dance, visual, spoken & written and environmental arts plus music/cultural events. Activities are delivered through Irish &…

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking

    Facilities

    Establishment Features

    • Wifi
  8. A woman walking along a path in Davagh Forest.
    Family Walking through a forest
    A river running through Davagh Forest
    A woman walking along a path in Davagh Forest.
    Family Walking through a forest
    A river running through Davagh Forest

    Cookstown

    Address

    Davagh Road, Cookstown, County Tyrone, BT79 8JH

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 3000 132 132

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Forest Parks

    The true definition of a hidden gem, Davagh Forest is an International Dark Sky Park and lies approximately 6 miles north west of Cookstown in an untouched rural landscape of rolling hills and sweeping forests.

    Price

    Free

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • Car parking
  9. A couple looking up at a telescope at the OM Dark Sky Observatory
    A tour guide talking to a family of four
    Two kids trying on VR headsets while there parents watch
    A couple sitting outside with headphones watching the projection on OM building
    A mother and sun looking up at a blue sky
    A couple looking up at a telescope at the OM Dark Sky Observatory
    A tour guide talking to a family of four
    Two kids trying on VR headsets while there parents watch
    A couple sitting outside with headphones watching the projection on OM building
    A mother and sun looking up at a blue sky

    Davagh Forest

    Address

    155 Davagh Road, Davagh Forest, County Tyrone, BT79 8JQ

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 8676 0681

    Price

    Price £6.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Observatory / Planetarium

    Take a journey through time and space with a visitor experience that’s out of this world. Book your visit to Northern Ireland’s only International Dark Sky Park.

    Price

    Price £6.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • Car parking
    • On site parking

    Facilities

    Establishment Features

    • Wifi
    • Wi-fi available
  10. Image of Knockmany Passage Tomb

    Augher

    Address

    Knockmany Forest, Knockmany Road, Augher, County Tyrone, BT76 0DL

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9082 3207

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Site

    On top of a steep hill, the tomb has a modern cairn over the top to protect prehistoric stones carved with zigzags, spirals and circles. Views across the Clogher Valley.

    Price

    Free
  11. Midsummer view of St Macartans
    The stained glass window at Mcartans Chapel
    A mature couple looking at the Carleton trail sign with St Macartans (Forth) Chapel in the background
    Midsummer view of St Macartans
    The stained glass window at Mcartans Chapel
    A mature couple looking at the Carleton trail sign with St Macartans (Forth) Chapel in the background

    Augher

    Address

    Springtown Road, Augher, County Tyrone, BT77 0EA

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 7818 186 979

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Churches & Sacred Sites

    St Macartan's, The Forth Chapel was constructed from 1838-1846 and is located on the Carleton Trail and Ulster Way, set in the heart of the lovely Clogher Valley, County Tyrone.

    Price

    Free

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • Car parking
    • On site parking
    • Parking (free)
  12. Gorta, Swatragh’s Famine Story Dr Mooney's famine pot
    Gorta Swatragh's Famine Story Visitor Centre
    Gorta, Swatragh’s Famine Story Dr Mooney's famine pot
    Gorta, Swatragh’s Famine Story Dr Mooney's famine pot
    Gorta Swatragh's Famine Story Visitor Centre
    Gorta, Swatragh’s Famine Story Dr Mooney's famine pot

    Swatragh

    Address

    2-4 Kilrea Road, Swatragh, County Londonderry, BT46 5QF

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 7940 1206

    Type

    Type:

    Family Fun

    Great storytelling, beautiful design and 21st century technology, our new visitor experience features the incredible legacy of Dr. Mooney. His surgery and soup kitchen provided aid to the local community during An Gorta Mór.

  13. A large wooden structure that looks like a castle but doubles up as a childrens play structure in the middle of the forest
    A large wooden structure of the last unicorn standing on its 2 hind legs.  An information board with images and text and QR codes is to the right and
    Large wooden sculpture of a giant sitting on the ground leaning against a tree holding a big stick.
    A wooden structed of the witch from Hansel and Gretel standing in front of a small white hut with images of sweets painted on it.  in the background i
    Image of the new visitor centre at Pomeroy Forest.  Exterior wooden cladding with large square windows to the ground and a mixture of flat and slanted
    A green map of Pomeroy Forest showing yellow, blue and red routes through the Forest with a map key and numbers indicating the attractions along the r
    A large wooden structure that looks like a castle but doubles up as a childrens play structure in the middle of the forest
    A large wooden structure of the last unicorn standing on its 2 hind legs.  An information board with images and text and QR codes is to the right and
    Large wooden sculpture of a giant sitting on the ground leaning against a tree holding a big stick.
    A wooden structed of the witch from Hansel and Gretel standing in front of a small white hut with images of sweets painted on it.  in the background i
    Image of the new visitor centre at Pomeroy Forest.  Exterior wooden cladding with large square windows to the ground and a mixture of flat and slanted
    A green map of Pomeroy Forest showing yellow, blue and red routes through the Forest with a map key and numbers indicating the attractions along the r

    Pomeroy

    Address

    56 Tanderagee Road, Pomeroy, County Tyrone, BT70 3DS

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 3000 132 132

    Type

    Type:

    Forest Parks

    Journey through nature and spark your imagination all year round. A diverse 176 hectare woodland offering gentle trails and an unparalleled experience for both young and old on the outskirts of Pomeroy.

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • Car parking - Free parking is available on site within the Courtyard and in front of the new Pomeroy Forest. Disabled access parking for cars, coaches and minibuses is available.
  14. A mature couple and their dog walk through grass away from an Irish thatched cottage.
    A mature couple walking towards an Irish thatched white cottage with red door.
    A mature couple and their dog walk through grass away from an Irish thatched cottage.
    A mature couple walking towards an Irish thatched white cottage with red door.

    Augher

    Address

    Springtown Road, Augher, County Tyrone, BT77 0EA

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 8772 8600

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings

    Visit the childhood home of the much-loved Victorian novelist William Carleton, well versed in Irish folklore and described by Yeats as ‘the greatest novelist of Ireland’.

    Price

    Free
  15. St Lurachs Old Church and graveyard again a blue sunny sky

    Maghera

    Address

    Main Street, Maghera, County Londonderry, BT465EA

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9082 3207

    Type

    Type:

    Historic Site

    The town of Maghera is a site of religious significance from ancient times.

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