Downhill Beach

Downhill Beach

La Downhill beach - © Lukassek

Visiter Downhill Beach.

Downhill Beach is a sumptuous 11km stretch of fine sand, located in Northern Ireland near the village of Castlerock. It’s also home to the no less famous Mussenden Temple!

Visit Downhill Beach

A surf and hiking spot with typical Northern Irish charm!

Mussenden Temple and Downhill Beach - Rafolas - cc

Mussenden Temple and Downhill Beach – Rafolascc

Access to the Temple of Mussenden provides an exceptional view of the Downhill beach below.

Particularly long and made up of white sand, it’s the perfect place to spend time with the family, have a picnic with your feet in the water, go for a walk, swim or surf! It has to be said that the beach is not only magnificent, but also boasts officially protected flora and fauna! You’ll marvel at the superb sand dunes and the incredible number of seabirds!

For the record, this is the beach on which many scenes from the Iron Throne series were filmed. Downhill Beach was used to symbolize “Dragonstone”, the place where the 7 idols of Westeros were burned.


Downhill Beach
Practical information

Adresse Adresse :
north of Castlerock near Mussenden Temple, Castlerock, (County Derry) - Northern Ireland

Coordonnées GPSGPS :
55.167102, -6.837369

Durée de la visite Tour duration :
1 heure
Horaires d'ouvertureOpening hours :
  • every day


Downhill Beach on a map



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