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Derry City Walls
The only completely intact walled city in Ireland, a 1.5km 17th-century rampart circling historic Derry.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · Europe
Eglinton works well as a base: 10 minutes from Culmore, 32km from Mamore Gap.
Eglinton is a town located in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. With a population of 3,818, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Eglinton sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Eglinton to your route.
Woodvale Road is a cricket ground in Eglinton, Northern Ireland. The home team of the ground is Eglinton Cricket Club who were founded in 1936. It has a capacity of 2,000.
The ground has staged two first-class matches and three List A matches, a further two were abandoned without a ball bowled. It also staged a singleRead more
match between Canada and the Netherlands at the 2005 ICC Trophy. The ground also hosted Ireland's opening match of the Intercontinental Cup against Kenya in 2009.
North West Cricket Union wants to make it a fully international ground as it is one of Ireland's most famous cricket venues. It has hosted a Twenty20 match, Ireland against Bangladesh A. It has also hosted North West cup finals and has seen the Australian national team take to the field.
Patrick Hughes played his last match for the Ireland cricket team here in June 1978, facing off against the MCC.
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Eglinton is located in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.0167 latitude, -7.1833 longitude.
Eglinton has a population of approximately 3,818 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Full driving guide for United Kingdom8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
The only completely intact walled city in Ireland, a 1.5km 17th-century rampart circling historic Derry.
9 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A basalt escarpment above Limavady with a small lake on top, used as the Dothraki grasslands in Game of Thrones.
20 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A viewpoint on Binevenagh above the Bishop's Road with a sculpture of the sea god Manannán Mac Lir looking out to Donegal.
24 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
Domed 1785 rotunda perched on a 36m cliff edge above the seven-mile strand of Downhill, built by the eccentric Earl-Bishop as a library. Part of the Downhill Demesne ruins; trains pass through the cliff directly beneath it.
29 km · about 35 min drive
film location
The seven-mile beach below Mussenden Temple is where Melisandre burns the statues of the Seven at Dragonstone.
29 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
Steep, narrow pass climbing to 260m through the Urris Hills of Inishowen, with a holy well and grotto at the summit and a plunging descent to the Atlantic at Urris. Part of the Inishowen 100 drive; low gears essential.
32 km · about 35 min drive
restaurant
Driftwood-styled National Trust beach hut turned serious seafood restaurant on the sand of Portstewart Strand, plating fish from local boats yards from the surf. Open year-round; you can park on the beach itself.
34 km · about 40 min drive
beach
A wild Inishowen beach backed by some of Europe's highest dunes, named for the finger-like rocks offshore.
35 km · about 40 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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