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Coast and countryside car parks in Northern Ireland

The basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway and distant cliffs at sunset
The Giant's Causeway in Antrim, Northern Ireland | © National Trust Images/Joe Cornish

Discover some of the National Trust's smaller coast and countryside car parks, off the beaten track in Northern Ireland.

Belfast 

  • Glenoe
    BT40 3LG

East Down 

  • Ballyquintin Farm
    BT22 1RG 
  • Kearney
    BT22 1QF 
  • Strangford Lough (Greyabbey)
    BT22 2RU 

Mid Ulster 

  • Ballymoyer
    BT60 2LA 

North Coast 

  • Dunseverick Castle
    BT57 8SY
  • Fair Head and Murlough Bay
    BT54 6RG 

South Down 

  • Widows Row (Dundrum Coastal Path)
    BT33 0NG 
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Coast and countryside car parks 

Head off the beaten track from some of the Trust’s smaller and more secluded car parks, listed here by region or country and complete with postcodes.

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