Granite Trail, walking route in County Down

What is recorded here

Map note: Granite Trail, a walking route, is mapped in County Down, Ireland. Explore the line on the map, then check the path before you go.

Granite Trail is recorded as a walking route in County Down.

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Explorer Tom Donard Forest refuses to fall down because it’s terrified of looking messy in the photographs people take from…

Explorer Tom Donard Bridge at Ballaghbeg would handle a nosey neighbour by simply not moving. Built in the 1820s, it has all the…

Explorer Tom Bath Lane is pulling a fast one on you; I swear it was built on a bargain where someone traded their left shoe for…

Explorer Tom The Bogie Line is covered in stone sleepers that locals swear will give you bad luck if you step on them wrong. It’s…

Explorer Tom SS Great Britain has a hidden tunnel to the nearest pub, allegedly dug by Brunel himself for emergencies. It’s just a…

Explorer Tom Rock Pool in Ballaghbeg is a public bath that refuses to fall down out of sheer stubbornness. Built in the 1920s, it…

Explorer Tom Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering is a cliff that has been renamed so many times it doesn't even know who it is anymore. It…

Explorer Tom WWII Pillbox DHP no.3 in Ballaghbeg is still guarding against invaders who left in the forties. It thinks the birds are…

Explorer Tom Donard Park has a mountain behind it, the sea ahead, and the Glen River doing its best to steal the show between them.…

Explorer Tom The River has a legend about a giant who sneezed so hard he made the water flow backward for a week. I made that up…

Explorer Tom Black Stairs is hiding a treasure chest that’s definitely just an empty biscuit tin with a very convincing label on the…

Explorer Tom Kent Amusements in County Down is secretly proud of one specific potato it keeps under the counter. It believes this…