Northern Ireland has a little-known but rich resource waiting to be developed – over 600 miles of former railway lines lying dormant. Northern Ireland Greenways highlights the potential to create a vast network of walking and cycling paths across Northern Ireland. Linking communities, providing access to the countryside, encouraging healthier lifestyles and kick-starting a new tourism market, Northern Ireland can regenerate a proud part of its industrial and engineering heritage. Read more about the Northern Ireland Greenways vision…
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Belfast to Bangor Greenway: the final link
Innovative proposal to link Hollywood and Belfast with a new greenway – starting from the Connswater Community Greenway at Victoria Park, running through Sydenham, George Best Belfast City Airport, IKEA and Hollywood Exchange..
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Each of the potential greenway walking and cycling paths in Northern Ireland will get a blog post dedicated to it. Below is a list of each greenway route, showing those which have been published so far. Keep following the blog if your nearest greenway hasn’t been posted yet!
Down and Mournes Greenways – cycle and walking paths in County Down
- Comber to Ballynahinch Greenway (mapped! 26th April 2012)
- Downpatrick & Ardglass Greenways (mapped! 29th April 2012)
- Downpatrick to Newcastle Greenway (mapped! 29th April 2012)
- Newcastle to Banbridge Greenway
- Banbridge to Hillsborough Greenway
- Lisburn to Hillsborough Greenway
- Banbridge to Scarva Greenway
- Ballynahinch to Hillsborough Cycleway
- Newry to Warrenpoint Greenway
- Newcastle to Warrenpoint Cycleway
Lough Neagh Greenways – a traffic-free orbital walking and cycling route around Lough Neagh
- Randalstown to Toome Greenway (mapped! 8th May 2012)
- Toome to Magherafelt Greenway (mapped! 10th May 2012)
- Antrim to Randalstown Cycleway (existing path, added to Randalstown to Toome Greenway map)
- Lagan Canal to Antrim Greenway
- Portadown to Dungannon Greenway
- Cookstown to Dungannon Greenway (mapped! 6th June 2012)
- Cookstown to Magherafelt Greenway (mapped! 25th May 2012)
- Lurgan to Portadown Greenway
Glens and Causeway Greenways – touring cycle routes and rambling paths
- Ballyclare to Antrim Greenway
- Antrim to Ballymena Greenway
- Magherafelt to Garvagh Greenways (mapped! 21st May 2012)
- Garvagh to Ballymoney Greenway
- Ballymena to Larne Greenway
- Ballymena to Cushendall Greenway
- Ballymena to Ballymoney Greenway
- Ballymoney to Ballycastle Greenway
- Ballymoney to Coleraine Greenway
- Larne to Newtownabbey Greenway
- Causeway Coast Greenway
Lakeland Greenways – walking and cycling paths across Fermanagh and cross border
- Enniskillen to Clones Greenway
- Enniskillen to Sligo Greenway
- Enniskillen to Bundoran Greenway
- Omagh to Enniskillen Greenway
- Clogher Valley Greenway
Orchard Greenways – Armagh area cycle paths and walking routes
- Newry to Armagh Greenway
- Portadown to Newry Canalway
- Portadown to Armagh Greenway
- Armagh to Castleblayney Greenway
- Armagh to Clones Greenway
Sperrins Greenways – traffic-free access to the Sperrins for walkers and cycle touring
- Magherafelt to Draperstown Greenway (mapped! 16th May 2012)
- Coleraine to Derry Greenway
- Derry City to Letterkenny Greenway
- Derry City to Sixmilecross Greenway
- Strabane to Omagh Greenway
- Omagh to Dungannon Greenway
- Dungiven to Derry City Greenway
- Drumsurn to Garvagh Sperrinway
- Dungiven to Draperstown Sperrinway
Belfast Metropolitan Greenways – commuter cycling and leisure walking routes around Belfast
- Laganside
- Titanic Quarter Cycleways
- Comber Greenway (existing path, external link)
- Connswater Community Greenway (project phase, external link)
- Lagan Towpath (Stranmillis to Lisburn)
- Lough Shore Coastal Path (Belfast to Whiteabbey)
- Newtownabbey Greenway
- Holywood to Bangor Coastal Path (mapped! 21 April 2013)
- Sydenham Community Greenway (mapped! 23 April 2013)
- Bangor to Donaghadee Greenway
- Newtownards to Donaghadee Greenway
- Newtownards to Bangor Greenway
Fantastic idea to encourage tourism. I visited dungannon and was very disappointed about the lack of cycling routes to cookstown and armagh. Cookstown dungannon Greenway would certainly attract cycling tourists. We really enjoyed the Portadown Newry bikepath along the canal.
Visitor from Canada.
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May be start a petition section to show support.
Also have list of relevant politicians and government officials
Loved the website
Great idea, best of luck with the project,
Tralee to Fenit Greenway
http://traleetofenitcycleway.wordpress.com
what a briliant idea,lots of hard work but anything is possible.
this is the way foward,fit and healthy
Very pleased to find this site. I live between Dromore and Hillsborough and walk/cycle the roads there. I keep crossing the line to Banbridge and seeing the wooded cutting from Google Earth made me wonder if something couldn’t be done to open it up for use. And here you are… count me in as a supporter!
This is Galway Cycling Campaign’s press release about the Clifden greenway planning decision.
http://www.galwaycycling.org/cycling-campaign-welcomes-changes-to-clifden-greenway-proposals-at-oral-hearing/