Carrick-a-Rede Coastal Walk, Carrick-a-Rede
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)
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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.
About this trail
Trace the coastline over windswept grasslands & winding rocky paths to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. For those brave enough to cross the bridge, there's a birds-eye view of clear green water & ancient caverns below. Gravel & uneven tracks, unfenced cliffs.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 1.6 km · 1.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 2.6 km · 1.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.5 km E of Ballintoy Harbour (Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Larrybane Quarry Car Park, Carrick-a-Rede, 119a Whitepark Road, Ballintoy, County Antrim, BT54 6LS → Larrybane Quarry Car Park, Carrick-a-Rede, 119a Whitepark Road, Ballintoy, County Antrim, BT54 6LS
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 55.2395, -6.3394
- Route start
- 55.2391, -6.3473
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19622562
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/carr
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.