The Glens of Antrim: Nine Valleys to the Sea
Antrim, Ireland
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The Glens of Antrim: Nine Valleys to the Sea
250 XP
Nine glens run off the Antrim Plateau down to the coast, each one a separate valley with its own name and its own character, and together they make an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Glenariff is the one people call the queen of them, a deep wooded gorge with a waterfall walk through it. The coast road links the mouths of the glens, and the mountain roads over the tops between them are empty and far better.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Drive or walk into Glenariff and follow the waterfall trail through the gorge
2
of 5
Name as many of the nine glens as you can as you work along the coast
3
of 5
Take one of the mountain roads over the tops between two glens instead of the coast road
4
of 5
Look across to the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland from the high ground on a clear day
5
of 5
Take the road out to Torr Head, Northern Ireland's closest point to Scotland, where Lloyd's put up a signal station in 1822
Drive or walk into Glenariff and follow the waterfall trail through the gorge
Name as many of the nine glens as you can as you work along the coast
Take one of the mountain roads over the tops between two glens instead of the coast road
Look across to the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland from the high ground on a clear day
Take the road out to Torr Head, Northern Ireland's closest point to Scotland, where Lloyd's put up a signal station in 1822
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