Location: Larne
Top Things to do in Larne
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Larne, Northern Ireland
Larne (from Irish: Latharna, the name of a Gaelic territory) is a seaport and industrial market town, as well as a civil parish, on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,323 people in the 2008 Estimate. The Larne Local Government District had a population of 32,180 in 2011. It has been used as a seaport for over 1,000 years, and is today a major passenger and freight roll-on roll-off port. Larne is twinned with Clover, South Carolina which has named one of its schools, Larne Elementary School, after Larne. Larne is administered by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Together with the neighbouring district of Carrickfergus and part of Newtownabbey, it forms the East Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. The civil parish is situated in the historic barony of Glenarm Upper.
Restaurants in Larne
1. Coast Road
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5.0 based on 210 reviews
Reviewed By 816johna - Belfast, United Kingdom
The Antrim Coast Road drive is a must do activity for anyone visiting Northern Ireland. Start at Larne and drive northwards towards Ballycastle for the best views...they just keep getting better and better. Stop off at any of the small villages and towns along the way to relax and take in the sights. It's a lovely way to spend a day.
2. The Friends' Goodwill Memorial
3. Blackcave Tunnel and Devils Churn
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By 816johna - Belfast, United Kingdom
I love a drive along the spectacular Antrim Coast Road up towards the Glens of Antrim. This is the best way to go because the scenery gets more interesting as you proceed northwards. The construction of the road is a masterpiece as it skirts high cliffs and, at the tunnel, there is a seemingly impassable outcrop of hard rock that runs down to the sea, so the only answer was to tunnel through it, creating the iconic Black Arch.
