Why this ride
Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Antrim Glens.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Glens of Antrim Inland Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 64 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 02
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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: weather.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Scenic road chapters
Causeway Coastal Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 3 km this is Causeway Coastal Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 3 km
- Named road
- Causeway Coastal Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ballymena
Ballymena sits in the middle of County Antrim on the River Braid, a brisk market town of nearly thirty thousand people that most riders meet as a roundabout on the way to somewhere prettier. That undersells it a little. The town grew rich on linen in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the Scots-Irish settlers who came here left a dialect and a stubborn Presbyterian streak that you can still hear in the shops. Buses are the modern trade: the big coachbuilder on the edge of town ships its vehicles round the world.
Read the complete Ballymena write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ballymena sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Cushendall.
2. Cushendall
Planning note
Cushendall comes up 19 km in. Next is Glenariff.
3. Glenariff
Planning note
37 km in you reach Glenariff. Next is Ballymena.
4. Ballymena
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ballymena write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ballymena, late in the day.
Recorded source links
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