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Things to do not far from Snooze Apartments Snooze is close to all amenities such as the Granite trail, Donard Park, a variety of mountain walks, Tollymore and Castlewellan forest parks, the Royal County Down Golf club, the award winning promenade, contemporary coffee houses, bars and boutique shops.For more details about the area see below. Things to do for the whole family in Newcastle Why not try visiting Murlough National Nature Reserve. Murlough is a fragile 6000 year old sand dune system owned by the National Trust and managed as Ireland’s first Nature Reserve since 1967. It is an excellent area for walking and bird watching due to its spectacular location at the edge of Dundrum Bay and the Mourne Mountains. For more information Tel: (028) 4375 1467. You can entertain the children in Newcastle Parks. Newcastle’s Parks consist of outdoor facilities at Castle Park, Islands Park and Downs Road. They include bowls, putting, crazy golf, boating, pitch and putt, tennis and the Downs Road Adventure Playground. For more information Tel: (028) 4372 5034. The historic Newcastle Harbour is on your doorstep here. In the 1820’s Lord Annesley created a new pier here primarily to function as a loading point for the famous Mourne granite, which was extracted from the overlooking hills. Blocks of this granite were used to build docks in Belfast and Liverpool, as well as help construct the Albert memorial in London. If your feeling energetic you could visit Donard Park. This is often used by ramblers as their starting point for treks to the Mourne peaks. The park itself boasts an extensive car park and picnic facilities, but its main attraction is the various pitches where soccer and hockey matches are played, but also where many families play during the summer, whilst working off the effects of a day at the seaside and an ice cream too many. Also beside the park is a golf driving range where visitors are made most welcome. Glen River runs along one side of the park, and this is used as a walkway to many sign-posted treks, including the most famous trek of all, to Slieve Donard itself, king of the Mourne peaks. Newcastle is home to Northern Irelands only indoor Skate Park. This is located on the main street of the town in a newly renovated 17th Century Chapel. 56skate (Skateboarding & Skating), as it’s called is well worth a visit. It’s located on 56 Main Street, Newcastle, Co. Down, BT33 0AE. Tel: 028 4372 5556. To help you get started with planning your visit we have listed a few more places with contact details for your convenience. Mourne Trail Riding Centre: 96 Castlewellan Road, Newcastle,BT33 0JP. Tel: 028 4372 4351 Website: www.mournetrailridingcentre.com, E-mail: mgtnewsam@aol.com Royal County Down Golf Club: 36 Golf Links Road, Newcastle. Tel: +44 (0) 28 4372 3314 Website: www.royalcountydown.org/ Coco's Adventure Playground: 27a Central Promenade, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0AA. Tel: 44-28-4372-6226 Tourist Information Centre: Newcastle Centre, 10-14 Central Promenade, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0AA. Tel: 028-43722222. Website: www.downdc.gov.uk, Email: newcastle.tic@downdc.gov.uk For those adrenaline junkies out there you could try visiting www.surfindirt.co.uk where you can arrange to mountain board on the Mournes amoung other things. Alternatively you can click here to visit this site. For a range of different individual or group activities you could give the following websites a try:
For a guided walking, cycling or driving tour you could try visiting www.outdoorireland.co.uk or click here to go to the site. If you fancy trying some relaxing yoga sessions whilst visiting the area you could try visiting www.yogalisa.co.uk or click here to go to the site. If you want to plan another trip here or elsewhere why not try reading unbiased opinions about hotels and holidays at TripAdvisor. |