From high wild mountain passes to curving sandy beaches, Newcastle has them all. Whether you have packed the kids’ bucket and spade or a pair of stout hiking boots, Newcastle will bring you the holiday of a lifetime. Natural environment and stunning scenery are not the only features of Newcastle. The town has recently been redeveloped and refurbished. It has so much to offer its visitors, whether for specialist activity or for all round family holidays.
Nearby Points of Interest
- Tollymore Forest Park (6 mi)
- Tollymore is a rare treat. A walk along the Shimna river is marked by many curiosities, natural and artificial - rocky outcrops, bridges, grottos and caves. Elsewhere in the park the tree lover can examine experimental forest plots - some of exotic trees such as monkey puzzle and eucalyptus - or admire the tall giant redwoods and Monterey pines. A magnificent avenue of Deodar cedars is a striking feature of the entrance to this romantic forest park in the foothills of the Mourne mountains.
- Mourne Mountains (3 mi)
- The Mourne Mountains are the most picturesque mountain district in Ireland. The twelve peaks include Slieve Donard, which at 850m is Northern Ireland's highest mountain.The Mourne Mountains provide the every outdoor activity - hill walking, cycling, climbing, golf, horse riding, fishing - the perfect holiday location.
Famed in song and close to the heart of everyone in Ireland are the Mourne Mountains.
Where the Mountains - o' Mourne sweep down to the sea' - Percy French
- Castlewellan Forest Park (6 mi)
- Located in a dramatic setting of mountains and sea, this is one of the most oustanding tree and shrub collections in Europe. The beauty, vigour and perfect shape of the trees in the National Aboretum attract tree enthusiasts from around the world. However, Castlewellan has numerous features that draw wider attention. The garden is a mixture of informal and formal design with terraces, fountains, ornamental gates and flower borders. Walk around the forest park's mile-long lake.
Nearby Activities
- Royal County Down Golf Club (1.8 mi)
- Royal County Down was originally laid out in 1889 by ‘Old’ Tom Morris from St. Andrews. However, if you reflect on the marvellous collection of green sites, you appreciate that Mother Nature was the principal architect at Newcastle.The course enjoys a magnificent stage-like setting as it stretches out along the shores of Dundrum Bay. It is also one of the most challenging, with great swathes of heather and gorse lining fairways that tumble beneath vast sand hills.
Belfast
(29.7mi, 47.8km)
Head east on A1/Donegall Sq N toward Donegall Pl
1st right onto A1, Slight rgt to stay on A1
Right at A1/Donegall Square S, Take 2nd left onto A1/Bedford St 0.2mi
Slight left at Ormeau Ave, Turn right at A24/Ormeau Rd
Cont to follow A24, Go through 2 r-abouts 14.0mi Turn left A24/High St
Cont to follow A24, Go through 1 r-about 8.6mi, At Clough R-about take 2nd Exit onto A25/Main St, Cont to follow Main St 0.3mi, Cont onto A2/Dundrum Rd, Cont to follow A2 6.2mi,
Right Railway St, cont