Why this ride
Repeated coastal bends, headlands and frequent viewpoint stops. It also links naturally to Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Causeway Coastal Route
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 151 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 00
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check weather, local closures, speed enforcement and single-track etiquette. Specific flag: wind; seasonal traffic.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Belfast
Belfast is a Victorian industrial city that has spent the last few decades reinventing itself, and it is worth giving yourself a morning here before you head out. The Lagan river runs through the middle toward Belfast Lough, and on its banks stand the two enormous yellow cranes of the Harland and Wolff shipyard, known as Samson and Goliath, where the Titanic was built and launched in 1911. The area around them is now the Titanic Quarter, with a big museum shaped like the prow of a ship. The city's other great landmark is the hills; Cave Hill, whose cliff face is said to have inspired Swift's idea of a sleeping giant, rises right behind the north of the city.
Read the complete Belfast write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Belfast sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Portrush.
2. Portrush
Planning note
Portrush comes up 65 km in. Next is Derry.
3. Derry
Derry, or Londonderry depending on who you ask, is the only city in Ireland that still has its complete medieval-style walls. They were built between 1613 and 1618 by London guilds as part of the Plantation of Ulster, and they run for about a mile around the old town, wide enough to walk along and studded with cannon. During the Siege of 1688 and 1689, thirteen apprentice boys shut the gates against a Catholic army, and the city held out for 105 days, which is a story still told with strong feeling on both sides.
Read the complete Derry write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
151 km in you reach Derry.
Recorded source links
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