Portstewart Strand Holiday Home

13/08/2024

Cliff walk aurora last night

28/07/2024

Strand Road sunsets - epic 🌞

22/07/2024

Hard to beat a Strand Road sunset

11/07/2024

Only a short walk from our door. A fantastic course with great facilities

Our new ranking of the world's best courses celebrates the virtues of sand and sea

15/03/2024

Portstewart ranked "Best place to live in Northern Ireland" in the Times. Hard to disagree!

Portstewart is the best place to live in the north, according to a Sunday Times guide.The newspaper publishes its Best Places to Live guide each year, with Portstewart on the north coast topping the list for Northern Ireland.Also featured in the list are Donaghadee in Co Down and the Ormeau area of....

23/02/2024

Great news - Raft Race is back on - and we still have availability for that weekend 🤿🚣‍♀️🚣🚣‍♂️🏄

Portrush Raft Race will go ahead in 2024 thanks to Portrush Yacht Club and the RNLI.

18/02/2024

We've updated the photos as we refreshed the outside of the house and added a new larger shower for 2024. Get booking!

Portstewart Strand Holiday Home

28/12/2023

Red Bull Cliff diving heading for the North Coast. Epic!

A CROWD of over 20,000 is expected to attend a spectacular cliff diving event on the North Coast this summer, councillors have heard. As reported in last week’s Chronicle, energy drinks company and extreme sports sponsor, Red Bull are planning to bring the Cliff Diving World Series to Ballycas...

27/12/2023

This is the Barmouth at the end of Portstewart Strand, the two piers provide a safer passage for ships heading up the river to Coleraine. Before the piers were built the access was hampered by a sand bar that formed at the entrance and needed constant dredging to keep it low enough for ships to pass over.

The original piers were built by the Coleraine Harbour Commission formed under an Act of Parliament in 1879. The Honourable Irish Society made a free grant of £30,000 towards the overall cost of £66,000 for the construction. The piers greatly helped access but still needed dredging, they were subsequently extended between 1934–41 which is what we see today.

The number of ships entering now are few and far between, in the 60/70s it was several times a week, the pilot boat was kept in Portstewart harbour, it would head out when the tide was right with the pilot who would take the ship up to Coleraine.

It is a great walk from Portstewart to the Barmouth, on the other side is Caslterock Beach, a stones throw away. The ancient dune systems provide a great location for golfing on both sides.

Thank you for your visit

18/11/2023

One way to warm up after an Atlantic dip

The Finnish-style Hotbox is making waves on Benone Strand but Ireland has its own tradition of therapeutic ‘sweathouses’. Plus six more stylish beach saunas, from Shetland to Sussex

02/11/2023

Always nice to see a rainbow 🌈 after the storm !
📸 Ranger Christie

01/10/2023

https://www.cntraveller.com/article/ultimate-road-trip-along-the-rugged-coast-of-northern-ireland

Great spot to stop on a road trip of the North Coast

Via Portaferry and Portrush, finding basalt columns, world-class seafood and pretty seaside towns in a purring Ferrari Roma

25/09/2023

NW200 2024 is go and dates have been announced!

2024 NORTH WEST 200 IS GO WITH AN EXTRA SUPERBIKE RACE ADDED TO THIS YEAR’S PROGRAMME! September 22, 2023North West 200 News The organisers of the North West 200 road races are delighted to announce the 2024 race week will take place on May 6-11, with the principal race day on Saturday, May 11. Fo...

20/09/2023

We have now opened up bookings for Summer 2024 - hope its a good one 🌞🏄‍♀️🚴‍♂️🏌️!

Go to www.airbnb.com/h/portstewart to check availability, prices and book.

Portstewart Strand Holiday Home

02/09/2023

Last night was beautiful, and looks like a good week ahead

28/05/2023

Great wee spot and on our doorstep :) 🐟 🍴

For truly sensational fresh seafood head for a refurbished yacht club at Coleraine, writes Jay Rayner

28/04/2023

Well done Portstewart - you are the first to us!

With a big castle and even bigger beach, Bamburgh tops the annual Which? poll, followed by Dartmouth and Portstewart, while old favourites prop up the table

18/04/2023

2 of the best waterside restaurants, and only a short way away!

Can't argue with stunning views and delicious food!

16/03/2023

Great news.. its on!

09/03/2023

Fingers crossed they can get a good outcome soon 🤞🏍

Organisers of the North West 200 say there is a "pressing need" for a decision on the running of this year's event as clubs consider a new insurance quote for the 2023 season.

13/12/2022

NW200 2023 dates now released https://www.northwest200.org/practice-race-schedule/ and Portstewart Strand Holiday Home https://airbnb.com/h/portstewart is now available for the weeks booking

Entire home in Portstewart, United Kingdom. This renovated house has 4 bedrooms, a living room (seats 6) and separate dining room (seats 6), a fully equipped kitchen, main bathroom (equipped ...

27/10/2022

No dates yet, but a great teaser

This is "NW 200 - The Real Road Race_Trailer" by Screenbound Entertainment Group on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/10/2022

Magheracross Viewpoint is deserving and worth a visit

Magheracross Scenic Viewpoint and Trailhead was among the winners at the recent Construction Employers Federation Excellence Awards. It was named General Construction Project of the Year (below £1 million), with the award presented to Charles Brand Ltd, the main contractor for the project. The majo...

08/10/2022

Weird but nice to come across our place on TikTok . Great wee video

07/10/2022

Only right - especially the further away from the cities you wander!

The most welcoming places on earth, as voted for by you in this year's Readers' Choice Awards

20/09/2022

A worthwhile wee diversion

Taking a wee break from the coast for a journey along the Bann Valley Scenic Route, this is one of nine scenic routes that loop off the Causeway Coastal Route between Belfast and Derry.

The Bann Valley Scenic Route starts at the Strand Road roundabout near Riverside Regional Shopping Centre on the Coleraine bypass. The route is clearly signposted coming in from Derry before you reach the roundabout but coming from the opposite direction the signpost is on the roundabout, just take the first left after crossing the Bann River bridge.

The drive is approximately 16 miles and follows the river valley/plain down to the Agivey Bann bridge where it crosses and then follows the Glenstall, Loughan and Mountsandal Road back to rejoin the Causeway Coastal Route at the Lodge Roundabout.

If you want to visit the town of Ballymoney (why it is not officially on the Bann Valley Scenic Route is a big tourism oversight), the town developed as a rural market town and has a great history, museum and lots of small shops and eateries. I will come back to Ballymoney in a later post, taking a detour will only extend the drive to 20 miles.

The photo shows the start of the drive, across the river is the Riverside Shopping area, and in the foreground is the ancient site of Mountsandal which will feature in a future post., you can see the Bann River bridge in the distance and Coleraine beyond.

Thank you for your visits, comments, shares and follows, they all help against the dreaded FB algorithm which choke sites like mine that cannot afford to pay for ads.

More information about the Bann Valley can be found on my website: www.causewaycoastalroute.com

24/08/2022

Well done Native Seafood & Scran

24/08/2022

Singing the praises of the beautiful north coast

The neighbouring village and town offer the contrast of coastal buzz and upmarket tranquillity, with miles of golden sand and access to the drama of the Causeway Coast

25/07/2022

Was an unpredictable weather day yesterday but made for some great photos

17/04/2022

Late raft race this year. Always a good weekend. Get booking if you want to stay!

The organising committee of the Portrush Raft Race have announced that this year’s event will be held on 3rd and 4th September and not in May as it usually was prior to the Coronavirus pandemic. The decision was necessary because of some logistical issues but reaction to it has