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Belfast Castle Estate Trail

Local route3.5 km · 2.2 miBest May–Oct

Next nearby hike: Cave Hill Trail 0.6 mi · 0.9 kmExplore Belfast →

Belfast, United KingdomBelfastCave Hill Trail · BelfastCity of Merchants Trail · BelfastConnswater Community Greenway · BelfastNewtownabbeyNewtownabbey Way · NewtownabbeyNewtownabbeyStart / end5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)

  1. J6°2°109
  2. F6°2°80
  3. M8°3°91
  4. A9°4°83
  5. M12°6°84
  6. J14°9°87
  7. J16°11°94
  8. A16°11°107
  9. S14°10°105
  10. O11°7°123
  11. N8°5°120
  12. D6°3°110

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Mapped length
3.5 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
3.0 km SW of Newtownabbey (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland) · GeoNames
Best months
May–Oct
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Belfast
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
Route centre
54.6427, -5.9438
Route start
54.6416, -5.9433
OpenStreetMap
relation 3862365
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Cave Hill Trail

0.6 mi · 0.9 km · Belfast

City of Merchants Trail

3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Belfast

Newtownabbey Way

3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Newtownabbey

Connswater Community Greenway

4.4 mi · 7.0 km · Belfast

Lagan Towpath

6 mi · 10 km · Belfast

Comber Greenway

6 mi · 10 km · Castlereagh

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