national park
Tollymore Forest Park
Northern Ireland's first state forest park at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, with Gothic arches, ancient trees and Game of Thrones filming locations.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · Europe
Newry is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Warrenpoint, 27km from Tollymore Forest Park.
Newry is a town located in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. With a population of 27,757, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Newry 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 Newry to your route.
Newry (; from Irish An Iúraigh) is a city in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye River in counties Armagh and Down. It is near the border with the Republic of Ireland, on the main routes between Belfast (34 miles/55 km away) and Dublin (67 miles/108 km away). The population was 27,913 in 2021.
Newry was foundedRead more
in 1144 as a settlement around a Cistercian abbey. In the 16th century the English dissolved the abbey and built Bagenal's Castle on the site. Newry grew as a market town and a garrison, and became a port in 1742 when the Newry Canal was opened, the first summit-level canal in Ireland. A cathedral city, it is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore. In 2002, as part of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Newry was granted city status along with Lisburn.
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Newry is located in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 54.1784 latitude, -6.3374 longitude.
Newry has a population of approximately 27,757 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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national park
Northern Ireland's first state forest park at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, with Gothic arches, ancient trees and Game of Thrones filming locations.
27 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Granite mountain range that inspired C.S. Lewis's Narnia, with the Mourne Wall traversing 15 peaks and sweeping views to the Irish Sea.
27 km · about 30 min drive
historic highway
A 11.9km loop of Northern Irish country lanes still used for the Ulster Grand Prix motorcycle races, with jumps, stone walls and hedges inches from the racing line. Open public roads the rest of the year.
48 km · about 55 min drive
museum
World-leading visitor attraction in a striking angular building on the exact spot where RMS Titanic was designed, built and launched in 1912.
55 km · about 65 min drive
ancient ruins
A 5,200-year-old passage tomb in Ireland's Boyne Valley, older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, famous for its winter solstice illumination of the inner chamber.
55 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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