Castle Espie Wetland Centre
Castle Espie Wetland Centre is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Former Pump House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Former Pump House: 0.1 mi
- BCDR Railway Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Mahee Castle: 2.7 mi
- WW2 Rifle Firing Butts: 3.2 mi
- Sketrick Castle (ruin): 3.5 mi
- Comber Park: 2.2 mi
- Killynether Wood: 3.4 mi
- Londonderry Park: 4.0 mi
- Glenford Park: 4.6 mi
- Branch Out Community Group: 4.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 4.7 mi
- Grey Abbey House: 5.7 mi
- Millisle Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Scrabo Hill: 3.5 mi
- Dalzell's Hill: 3.9 mi
- Stewart Hill: 4.0 mi
- Drumero: 4.9 mi
- Galloway Hill: 5.1 mi
- Red Squirrel Hide: 4.0 mi
- Temple of the Winds: 4.2 mi
- Senate Chamber: 7.5 mi
- Assembly Chamber: 7.6 mi
- The Echlinville Distillery: 8.5 mi
- Big Rock: 4.4 mi
- The Fields of Saintfield: 7.1 mi
- sculpture: 7.5 mi
- Reconciliation Sculpture: 7.6 mi
- The Gleaner: 7.6 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 4.3 mi
- War Years Remembered: 4.8 mi
- Somme Heritage Centre: 5.8 mi
- Store House: 7.6 mi
- Kiln House: 7.7 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 4.6 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 6.3 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Inishargy Bog: 7.8 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 10.0 mi
- Cuan Beach: 9.6 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
- Spa Well: 6.8 mi
- Sunday Well: 8.8 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 9.3 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 9.8 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 12.8 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 9.4 mi
- Brompton Bay: 9.5 mi
- Seapark Beach: 9.7 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 12.3 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 14.8 mi
- Cave Hill: 13.0 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 13.1 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 13.5 mi
- Spinkanee: 19.5 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 24.0 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 8.3 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Stepping Stones: 19.8 mi
- Black Stairs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Castle Espie Wetland Centre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SW 221° | 534 m | 17.3 mi |
| Divis | WNW 293° | 478 m | 14.2 mi |
| Slievenisky | SW 218° | 446 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cratlieve | SW 223° | 429 m | 18.6 mi |
| Slievegarran | SW 217° | 391 m | 18.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 293° | 389 m | 13.3 mi |
| Squires Hill | WNW 304° | 374 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cavehill | NW 308° | 368 m | 13.1 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 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 14:47 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
- European Robin50 obs
- Little Egret44 obs
- Common Shelduck31 obs
- Common Moorhen27 obs
- Eurasian Oystercatcher23 obs
- Black-tailed Godwit21 obs
- Mallard21 obs
- Common Redshank20 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1020356239
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