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Here you will find maps and other information
on where we are located and how you can get to us. For photos and information
about the local attractions, please go to our Local
Attractions Page. For travel resources, please go to our Transport
Page. Click the maps for a larger / interactive version.
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We are located on the North Coast of Ireland, about 2 hours from Belfast
and 45 minutes north of L'Derry. Both trains and busses service the area
surrounding the Downhill Hostel, making travel planning easy and convenient
for our guests. Clicking this map will take you to an interactive map
provided by MapQuest. Click 'Back' in your browser to return to this page.
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If
your travel plans have you coming from the East (Belfast Side) then you
will follow the signs to Coleraine, then turn onto the A2, with signs
to Castlerock. As you near Castlerock you will notice the signs change
to include Downhill destinations. The hostel will be on your right as
you come to the ocean front. As your plans would bring you to the Downhill
Hostel from the South, or the Republic of Ireland (through L'Derry) you
will follow the signs towards Limavady. After Ballykelly as you approach
Limavady there will be a set of traffic lights at a staggered crossroads.
Take the left on the B69 towards Downhill. This road will link back into
the A2, where you should take a left and continue about 10km.
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There is now a ferry that now runs between Greencastle on the Inishowen
Peninsula and Magilligan Point at the Western End of the Benone Strand.
This ferry is the most direct way to access the Downhill Hostel if you
are coming from the peninsula, as it alleviates the former need to drive
down through L'Derry and back up. As you are driving away from the ferry
on the Magilligan side, turn Left at the A2, following the signs for the
Benone Strand and Downhill. We are approximately 8km from that junction
on your left. Clicking on this map will also open a Mapquest interactive
map.
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Several
tourist sites are within easy access of the Downhill Hostel. Our front
garden borders the 10km Benone sand beach stretching away to the West,
and the Binevenagh heights tower to our SouthWest. The Old Downhill House
ruins along with the Mussenden Temple and Black Glenn Gardens, all maintained
by the National Trust, are atop the cliff that borders the back of the
Downhill Hostel property. The Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Wishing
Arch, and Bushmills Distillery are all within 30 minutes to our East,
putting the Downhill Hostel in a very central location.
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