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Local Scenic & Historic Attractions
Half hour to Newry city, shopping, clubs, Restaurants, Omniplex Cinema, Bagenal Castle Museum, The Cathedral.
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Historic Rostrevor
Charming architecture with 7 pubs, 5 restaurants and music 3 nights a week, all sheltered snug under Slieve Martin the first summit of the Mournes with the Ancient Oak forest sweeping down to the Lough, providing a mild sheltered micro climate for all, once the home and estates of The Ross family the Great Granite Obelisk of General Robert Ross of Bladensburg standing proud on the shoreline and where the Queen Mother once stayed on holiday at The Lodge in the Great Meadow with her daughter Queen Elizabeth. Explore the Historic village with the Heritage trail, walk the beautiful Fairy Glen, The Tree Trail and Narnia Trail among the Great Meadows Ancient trees and all the other Wonderful scenic walking trails. Enjoy the Ancient Oak Forest on the trail to Cloughmore and see the Panoramic views over Carlingford Lough and beyond, all Inspiring C S Lewis to write The Chronicles of Narnia on his visits here. Writing of Rostrevor, the Forest & the lough, the famous English writer William Makepeace Thackeray wrote, Were such a bay lying upon English shores it would be a world wonder or if on the Mediterranean or Baltic, English travelers would flock to it. Images Rostrevor Area
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