Motorcycle ride in Northern Ireland

Giant’s Causeway coast (Northern Ireland)

20 miles (33 km), 40 min, beginner

The Causeway Coastal Route follows the Antrim coast, facing Scotland. From Ballycastle, it passes near the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge at Ballintoy, then reaches the Giant’s Causeway and its basalt columns, the Bushmills distillery and the ruins of Dunluce Castle before Portrush. A short, easy ride.

Giant’s Causeway coast. Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized

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Stops along the way

SStart: Ballycastle
1Ballintoy, after 6 miles (9 km)
2Chaussée des Géants, after 13 miles (20 km)
3Bushmills, after 15 miles (24 km)
4Château de Dunluce, after 17 miles (27 km)
FFinish: Portrush, after 20 miles (33 km)

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Photos along the route

Château de Dunluce. Photo: Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY 4.0, resized

Chaussée des Géants. Photo: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, resized

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Roads change: passes close in winter, roadworks, rockfalls, local restrictions. Check the road before you set off. MotoLert does not replace road signs or the Highway Code.

Route planned by MotoLert with Valhalla on © OpenStreetMap contributors data (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the author and licence under each image.

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