Causeway Coast

The Causeway Coast is a general term given to the north coasts of County Antrim and County Londonderry and their hinterlands. It is a name was invented for the purpose of tourism and has gained broad popularity.

The name of the Causeway Coast borrowed from the greatest attraction on this coast: the Giant's Causeway, but the coastline is rich in wonders, natural and manmade. It is a coast of variety too: in the east the Antrim coastland is rugged and unforgiving, its towering sea cliffs splitting into cruel rocks and shoals offshore, partaking much of the nature of the Hebrides which are clearly visible from Fair Head. West of the Causeway itself the coast becomes more gentle, with sandy beaches interrupting and then supplanting the cliffline, and wide dune systems as far as the mouth of the River Bann.

The coast of County Londonderry, east and west of the Bann is characterised by broad, sandy beaches as far as the mouth of Lough Foyle.

The North Antrim Coast Path follows the Casueway Coast from the Giant's Causeway to Fair Head, taking in many of the finest sights of the coast. It is maintained by the National Trust, which owns much of the coast.