Nearby Villages & Glens

Armoy

A small village with one of Ireland's shortest round towers, built on a monastic site founded around 460 AD by St. Olcan, a disciple of St. Patrick.

Ballypatrick Forest

An upland forest plantation on the Causeway Coastal Route, with a waymarked circular walk, car park, and picnic site near Ballycastle.

Cushendall

The 'Capital of the Glens,' known for Francis Turnly's Curfew Tower, nearby Ossian's Grave, and the Neolithic axe factory at Tievebulliagh.

Cushendun

A National Trust village of Cornish-style cottages, designed by Clough Williams-Ellis in 1912 to please a homesick Cornish bride.

Glenarm

Antrim's oldest town, built around Glenarm Castle, the MacDonnell family seat since 1636, with a walled garden dating to the 1820s.

Knocklayde Mountain

A 514m mountain towering over Ballycastle, climbable via the Glenshesk side — a steep but rewarding walk with views over the whole town.

Portrush

A seaside resort town on three sides of the sea, with three beaches and a championship golf course — a short drive west of Ballycastle.

The Glens of Antrim

Five of the Nine Glens of Antrim closest to Ballycastle — Glenariff, Glencloy, Glendun, Glenshesk, and Glentaisie.

Torr Head

A dramatic headland and former signal station where Marconi made contact with Rathlin Island by radio in 1898 — the closest point in Ireland to Scotland.