Oxford IslandNot an island at all but a peninsula reaching into Lough Neagh near Lurgan, a national nature reserve of woodland and meadows with the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre.
Canal
Newry Canal at Moneypenny's Lock
Portadown, County Armagh
The Newry Canal opened in 1742, and its towpath, now a walking and cycling route, passes the lock and lock-keeper's house at Moneypenny's Lock outside Portadown.
- Where
- Portadown, County Armagh
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Oxford IslandNot an island at all but a peninsula reaching into Lough Neagh near Lurgan, a national nature reserve of woodland and meadows with the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre.
Gosford Forest ParkThe old demesne of the Earls of Gosford outside Markethill, now a forest park of woodland and parkland around the castle, with an arboretum and a walled garden.
Ardress HouseA 17th century farmhouse remodelled in Georgian times at Annaghmore, with a cobbled farmyard and apple orchards around it.
Armagh Observatory and PlanetariumArchbishop Richard Robinson founded the observatory in 1790, and the planetarium on the same grounds opened in 1968 and is the oldest still running in Ireland and Britain.
Armagh County MuseumThe oldest county museum in Ireland, opened in 1937 in a building with a columned front on the edge of The Mall in Armagh.
Peatlands ParkLowland raised bog kept as a country park, where boardwalks cross a bog garden and the walks run on through woodland and old orchards.More in Armagh
Navan FortPrehistoric site · ArmaghA circular hilltop enclosure with a mound inside it, west of Armagh city, known in the old tales as Emain Macha, the seat of the kings of Ulster.
St Patrick's Church of Ireland CathedralCathedral · ArmaghThe Church of Ireland cathedral stands on the hill that gave Armagh its name, on the site of the great stone church that tradition gives to Patrick.
St Patrick's Catholic CathedralCathedral · ArmaghThe Catholic cathedral stands on the neighbouring hill, its twin spires above a long flight of steps, built in stages between 1840 and 1904.
Slieve GullionMountain · MeighThe highest point in the county, with a forest drive up its side and a passage tomb on the summit, at the centre of the Ring of Gullion.
The ArgoryHouse and gardens · CharlemontAn Irish gentry house finished in 1824, on a wooded estate above the River Blackwater, off the Derrycaw Road near Moy.
Armagh Robinson LibraryMuseum · ArmaghArchbishop Richard Robinson opened his own collection to the public here in 1771, and a copy of Gulliver's Travels with handwritten notes is on display.
Ballykeel DolmenPrehistoric site · MullaghbawnA portal tomb at the western foot of Slieve Gullion, its granite capstone balanced on three stones at the end of a long cairn.
Killevy ChurchesChurch · MeighTwo ruined churches in a graveyard at the foot of Slieve Gullion, on the site of the nunnery that St Moninne founded at Killevy.