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King's Coronation Garden

King's Coronation Garden from directly overhead

King's Coronation Garden is a garden, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Turret, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates54.66426, -5.90369

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Hazelbank Park: 0.2 mi
  • Gideon's Green: 0.5 mi
  • Glen Park: 1.0 mi
  • V36: 1.0 mi
  • V36: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Carnmoney Hill: 1.6 mi
  • McArt's Fort: 2.1 mi
  • Cavehill: 2.2 mi
  • Collinward: 2.3 mi
  • Squires Hill: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 57
Museums: 38
Nature reserves: 15
Springs: 8
Beaches: 5
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Seapark Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Brompton Bay: 8.7 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Browns bay walk: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 1.7 mi
  • Cave Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Limestone Quarry: 2.8 mi
  • Ballygalley Head: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 6.8 mi
  • Glenoe Waterfall: 9.8 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 19.9 mi
  • Cranny Falls: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of King's Coronation Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve CroobS 187°534 m22.6 mi
DivisSW 231°478 m5.9 mi
Agnew's HillN 354°474 m12.6 mi
SlemishNNW 333°437.9 m16.9 mi
Soarns HillNNW 338°403 m22.0 mi
Douglas TopNNW 335°402 m14.8 mi
Black MountainSW 223°389 m5.6 mi
Black HillN 357°381 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:4918:37
June solstice04:4721:0422:05
September equinox07:0918:3819:25
December solstice08:4514:4715:59

Local time (Europe/London).

  • European Green Crab47 obs
  • Common Atlantic Slippersnail47 obs
  • Common Sea Star45 obs
  • Sea Lemon40 obs
  • Green Sea Urchin36 obs
  • Atlantic Beadlet Anemone31 obs
  • Hairy Porcelain Crab27 obs
  • Rock Gunnel24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/572080734

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