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Portrush, Co. Antrim

This popular seaside town enjoys a beautiful location on Ramore Head peninsula, which juts out into the Atlantic, and offers visitors sandy beaches running east and west. The town is a centre for surfing and other water based activities.

The Portrush Countryside centre (0044 28 70 823 600) provides visitors with the opportunity to dabble in a rock pool or to get close to the local marine life in a touch tank.

Royal Portrush golf club (0044 28 70 822 311) is treat for golfers as it is one of the most demanding links courses in Ireland and beyond.

For those who are looking for something a bit different families will enjoy the Dunluce centre (0044 28 70 824 444) which offers a host of entertainment facilities whilst Micro flight Ireland (0044 28 70 823 793) offers training in the most advanced modern training aircraft available with full expert tuition.

Gardens

Benvarden

Ballymoney, Co. Antrim

Two of the more colourful associations with Benvarden concern a previous owner known as ‘Half Hanged McNaughton’ and the lions roaring from the far side of the River Bush. None of this disturbs the serenity of the two acre walled ...

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Golf

Portstewart Golf Club

Portstewart, Co. Londonderry
Course Type: Links

Portstewart is located on Antrim's beautiful causeway coast and celebrated its centenary in 1994. It proudly offers some of the finest golf to be found in Ireland or indeed anywhere else. It is the second club in Ireland (after Killarney) to have ...

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Self Catering

Maddybenny Mews

Portrush, Co. Antrim

Just two miles from Portrush, the White family's Plantation Period farmhouse was built before 1650. Since extended, and now modernised, the six self catering mews style cottages make a very comfortable place to stay, with a family-run equestrian ...

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What's On

Origin Farmers Market Ballymoney - Co Antrim - Last Saturday Each Month

Origin Farmers Market Ballymoney - Castlecroft, Main Street

Last Saturday of month 11-2pm

Contact: Joanne McLaughlin, Ballymoney Town Centre Mgt - 00 44 (0)28 2766 0238

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Tourist Attractions

Giants Causeway

Bushmills, Co. Antrim

Volcanic activity 60 million years ago led to the formation of the 38,000 basalt columns that make up the Giant's Causeway. Hexagonal in shape, the stones stretch far out into sea and some stand as tall as 36ft (12m). The site has attracted i ...

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Wedding Venues

Radisson Blu Roe Park Resort

Limavady, Co. Londonderry

Built on rising ground in lovely rolling countryside, this imposing hotel dates back to the eighteenth century when a Captain Richard Babington built the original house from which today’s extensive hotel and wedding venues grown. There is a ...

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