Derry City WallsThe Honourable The Irish Society built the walls between 1613 and 1618 and they are still complete. You can walk the whole circuit on top, past seven gates and 24 restored cannon.
Cathedral
St Columb's Cathedral
Derry, County Derry
Built inside the walls between 1628 and 1633, it was the first Protestant cathedral put up in Britain and Ireland after the Reformation. It keeps relics of the 1688 to 1689 siege.
- Where
- Derry, County Derry
- Official site
- stcolumbscathedral.org
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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Derry City WallsThe Honourable The Irish Society built the walls between 1613 and 1618 and they are still complete. You can walk the whole circuit on top, past seven gates and 24 restored cannon.
Tower MuseumThe council's museum is in a stone tower just inside the city walls, and its open air viewing platform looks out over the city and the Foyle.
GuildhallThe council chamber has been in the Guildhall since 1890. Local guides take you round, past the stained glass windows and into the main hall with its organ.
Peace BridgeA curving foot and cycle bridge over the Foyle, opened in 2011, that joins the old army barracks at Ebrington to the city centre across the river.
Grianan of AileachThe drystone ringfort sits 250 metres up in Inishowen and looks down on both Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle.
Ness Country ParkMixed woodland and open parkland on both banks of the Burntollet River, with riverside walks that take you to a waterfall.What’s on nearby
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Benone StrandBeach · LimavadyFirm sand with no rocks or seaweed on it, running along under the Binevenagh cliffs with Donegal across the water. It has won the Blue Flag many times.
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