Derry to Bellacorick

Walk Information

START DERRY
FINISH BELLACORICK
DISTANCE 8 KILOMETRES
HEIGHT GAINED 20 METRES
DURATION 1 – 2 HOURS

O/S map 1:50000 numbers 23

Directions

Emerging from the forestry the Western Way follows a bog road until it reaches the R312, a regional road, and then the N59 to Bellacorick.

Features

There are many bog pools and small lakes dotting the open bogland beyond the forestry. Bog Bean often grows around the edges. Teal, Ireland’s smallest breeding duck, can be seen on the quieter pools. Like many of the places that the Western Way traverses this is a Special Area of Conservation. In 1947, the year of the great snow, two men lost their lives in this area when they became isolated and lost in snowdrifts.