Carnlough River

The Cranny Falls on the Carnlough River

The Carnlough River is a small river in the east of County Antrim, running from the Antrim Hills down to the village of Carnlough, and entering the sea in the village's harbour.

The river rises as a series of burns, the main one of which is the Cranny Water, rising on the shallow slopes below Collin Top. It also swallows such streams as the Mully Burn from the south, the Pollan Burn and some from the loughan-spattered landscape of Big Trosk and Little Trosk.

A couple of miles' walk above Carnlough, the river plunges down a vertical, verdant gorge to form the Cranny Falls. A path leads up to the spot from the village, following the track of the old mineral railway that ran from a quarry above the falls down to the harbour.

Though small, the river is valued by anglers.