Coleraine Attractions

Bar Mouth is a National Trust estuary with significant populations of nesting and wintering birds. Facilities for visitors with disabilities.

Downhill Castle is a landscaped estate established in the 18th C. by the Earl Bishop, Frederick Hervey. It includes the Mussenden Temple (perched on a spectacular cliff top), the ruins of the Bishop's house, various family memorials, gardens, a fish pond, woodlands and cliff top walks offering panoramic views of Northern Ireland's coast.

Hezlett House offers a glimpse of life during the 17th century.

In memorial to the famous daffodil breeder, Guy Wilson, the Wilson garden in Coleraine contains rare collections of Irish-bred daffodils and narcissi.

Hezlett House was built in the 17th C as a rectory. It has an impressive cruck/truss roof. The farm museum contains a variety of equipment such as churns and a grindstone. The maids' room used to sleep between 10 and 12 girls.

Kilrea is a fishing resort located southeast of Coleraine on the Bann River.

This week-long festival takes place in late July to early August.

Martello Tower was built during the Napoleonic Wars and has walls over nine feet thick.

One mile southeast of Coleraine is Mount Sandel Fort, a large oval mound dominating over the Bann River. Beside it is the site of Ireland's oldest house, built 9,000 years ago.