Castlerock

Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry.

Understand

Get in

• 🌍 Castlerock railway station. On the Belfast-Derry between Coleraine and Bellarena  
• Bus services from Limavady and Coleraine

Get around

See

• Downhill forest. The National Trust managed, was part of the Bishop's Palace, and although the Palace itself is now a ruin the gardens are a wonderful place full of strange hidden lakes and gloriously tended flower gardens.  
• 🌍 Mussenden Temple. bizarre , built by an 18th century Anglican bishop (and slave trader) atop a precipitate cliff and overlooking Donegal in one direction and Scotland in another.  
• 🌍 Hezlett House, Mussenden Road, BT51 4RP, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 17th-century thatched cottage (updated Jan 2017)

Do

• 🌍 Castlerock Golf Club, 65 Circular Rd, ☎ [phone]. (updated Jan 2017)

Buy

Eat

• 🌍 Bertha's Bar & Grill, 6 Sea Rd, ☎ [phone]. (updated Jan 2017)

Drink

• 🌍 Crusoes Coffee Shop, 29 Sea Rd, ☎ [phone]. (updated Jan 2017)

Sleep

• 🌍 Downhill Beachhouse, Mussenden Rd, ☎ [phone]. hostel handily situated near Castlerock railway station on the Coleraine / Derry line and in a dramatic setting at the foot of the cliffs which Mussenden Temple sits atop. 
• 🌍 Carneety House, 120 Mussenden Rd, ☎ [phone]. B&B (updated Jan 2017)

Connect

Go next

• Coleraine
• Limavady
• Portstewart