Historic site
Scrabo Railway Bridge
Scrabo Railway Bridge is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. Causeway Coastal Route passes 9.2 miles off.
The public path ends at the western face of the bridge, beyond that is privaete property ( incuding the bridge itself ).
How to reach it
Coordinates54.58589, -5.72051
- 9.2 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Scrabo Railway Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Scrabo Tower: 0.4 mi
- Column of BCDR Railway Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Killysuggan Graveyard: 1.0 mi
- Paupers' Graveyard: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Scrabo Hill: 0.4 mi
- Lieutenant Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cairngaver: 2.4 mi
- Stewart Hill: 4.7 mi
- Dalzell's Hill: 4.7 mi
Parks
- Killynether Wood: 0.6 mi
- Glenford Park: 1.0 mi
- Bully's Acre: 1.0 mi
- Branch Out Community Group: 1.2 mi
- Jacob's Field: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Walled Garden: 0.8 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 0.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 5.8 mi
Artworks
- Big Rock: 0.8 mi
- Reconciliation Sculpture: 4.8 mi
- sculpture: 4.8 mi
- The Gleaner: 4.8 mi
- Fluctus Angelorum (Wave of Angels): 5.2 mi
Attractions
- Senate Chamber: 4.6 mi
- Assembly Chamber: 4.7 mi
- Red Squirrel Hide: 5.0 mi
- Temple of the Winds: 5.8 mi
- Brompton Pier: 5.9 mi
Museums: 35
- War Years Remembered: 1.1 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 1.1 mi
- Somme Heritage Centre: 2.5 mi
- Ulster Folk Museum: 5.1 mi
- North Down Museum: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 0.7 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 3.0 mi
- Castle Espie Wetland Centre: 4.0 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 4.1 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 13
- Cuan Beach: 13.6 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 19.0 mi
Springs: 11
- Spa Well: 6.4 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 9.8 mi
- Sunday Well: 12.6 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 13.2 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 10
- Brompton Bay: 5.8 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 5.8 mi
- Seapark Beach: 6.1 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 8.9 mi
- Browns bay walk: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Cave Hill: 10.1 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 10.3 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 10.4 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 22.2 mi
- Spinkanee: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Stepping Stones: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Scrabo Railway Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SSW 211° | 534 m | 19.8 mi |
| Divis | W 278° | 478 m | 12.1 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NNW 335° | 474 m | 19.9 mi |
| Slievenisky | SSW 209° | 446 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cratlieve | SSW 214° | 429 m | 20.9 mi |
| Slievegarran | SSW 209° | 391 m | 21.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 277° | 389 m | 11.2 mi |
| Squires Hill | WNW 290° | 374 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:48 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 21:03 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 14:47 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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