Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey Buildings

Marvellous Newtownabbey

Just a short distance from Belfast city on the shores of Belfast Lough, Newtownabbey is a tourist gateway to the Glens of Antrim and the Causeway Coastal Route. It boasts the best panoramic views in the Greater Belfast area from locations such as Belfast Castle and Cavehill.

Patterson's Spade Mill

In Newtownabbey you’ll find a host of historic attractions including Patterson’s Spade Mill. Step back in time and watch the last working water-driven spade mill in daily use in the British Isles. The mill vividly captures life during the Industrial Revolution.

Sentry Hill

Take a living history tour of Sentry Hill, a fascinating 19th century farmhouse whose contents provide a rare insight into life in rural Ulster during this time. Remarkably, the contents of the house have survived almost intact. Newtownabbey encompasses all the benefits of town and country, from nature reserves to beaches.

Bookmark and Share
 

Crown Liquor Saloon Exterior

City Breaks

Arrange a short trip to Belfast 'a city on the rise'.

Find out more »

City Breaks are the travel choice of the ‘noughties’ and Belfast is rated as one of the top city break destinations in Europe. Click here and find out why everyone is saying Belfast is buzzing.

 

Did you know?

Mary McAleese President of Ireland is not the only state president to have been born in Belfast – Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel from 1983 to 1993 was born at Clifton Park Avenue the son of a Belfast Rabbi.