The Antrim Coast and Glens

inancial Times

Twenty years after he reported on the Troubles, Martin Fletcher returns to Northern Ireland to enjoy country lanes, cliffs and castles on a 200-mile cycle along the Antrim coast

Roads to recovery

The short B-road looping round the north-easternmost point of Northern Ireland looked innocuous on the map. On bikes it was anything but.

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The Antrim coast road nearGlenarm

Breakers on Antrim Coast near Ballycastle, Ireland, with cliffs of Fair Head. Scotland appears in the distance on clear days.

The Antrim Coast and Glens is an area of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, designated as anArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1988.^[1]

The designation takes in the coastline from Ballycastle in the north to Larne in the south ofCounty Antrim, and includes Rathlin Island. The inland area encompasses the Glens of Antrimand the Antrim Plateau which reaches its highest point at Trostan, 550 m above sea level and comprises 706 square kilometres.

The Antrim coast road nearGlenarm

Breakers on Antrim Coast near Ballycastle, Ireland, with cliffs of Fair Head. Scotland appears in the distance on clear days.