Murlough Nature Reserve
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Newcastle, County Down
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Closed — opens 8am
🌳 Outdoor🆓 Free entry🐐 Animals🛝 Playground🏖 Beach🌲 WoodlandEducational
What’s there
- Paid parking
- Buggy friendly
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Pay and display in effect all year round. Our machines are now cashless and accept card payments only. You can pay by using Just Park app but a space can not be reserved. Free for National Trust Members, Blue Badge Holders, and Bicycles.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Murlough Nature Reserve is a stunning 697-acre dune heathland on the coast of County Down, near Newcastle. Managed by the National Trust since 1967, it was Ireland's first nature reserve. The reserve features a 6,000-year-old sand dune system with a network of paths and boardwalks through the dunes, offering spectacular views of Slieve Donard and the Mourne Mountains. Murlough Beach, a Blue Flag shingle beach stretching four miles along Dundrum Bay, lies on the reserve's edge. Wildlife includes grey and common seals, meadow pipits, skylarks, stonechats, and rare butterflies such as the marsh fritillary.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Travel sickness bands
- I-spy book
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Reusable cutlery
- Magnifying glass
- Lunch boxes
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