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The East Antrim Rambling Club, founded in 1979, organises a programme of walks every Sunday throughout the year, Summer and Winter. Wednesday morning walks also take place two or three times each month with some additional walks in the summer months.

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	Sunday Walks – February – March 2025 This is a summary of the walks in the next few weeks. The full Sunday programme with contact details is available here
	DATE		WALK	IMP (interim meeting point)	WALK MEETING POINT (ordnance survey grid ref, OS sheet number)	DESCRIPTION (distance, elevation if over 200 metres, nature of terrain, useful information)
	16^th February		Quoile, Inch Abbey and Mound of Down:	Cairnshill Park & Ride Car Park. Open from the Saintfield Road on a Sunday. Free parking Leaving at 9.45am	First car park on left Quoile Pondage,off Downpatrick to Strangford Road J495473	8 Miles Riverside and woodland walk taking in the mount of Down. Boots and poles are recommended as sometimes floods and parts are boggy
	2^nd March		Downhill/Castlerock	No IMP	The beach (public toilets) Castlerock. Meeting 11am, later start time to facilitate use of the train. Belfast Lanyon place 9.20am. Mossley West 9.33am arriving at Castlerock 10.51am C773363 Sheet 4	8 Miles Road, forest, grassy tracks in Bishops Palace Demesne and Black Glen. Some steep steps, poles might be useful. Trainers/walking shoes should be fine unless the weather is wet. National Trust Members should bring membership card although of late this has been just needed for car park.
	9^th March		Derry / Londonderry Bridges	No IMP	Belfast/Londonderry train from Belfast Lanyon place 9.20am. Mossley West 9.33am Meeting at Waterside train station at 11.22 for those travelling by car.	9 Miles Circular walk, taking in old and new bridges. Return train from Waterside Station at 3.38pm or 5.38pm.
	16^th March		St. Patricks Weekend
	23^rd March		TBC
30^th March		Mothers Day

Wednesday walks January - February 2025 The full Wednesday programme with contact details is available here. Walks begin at the designated meeting point at 10:30am. Anyone with a query about the start point should contact the walk leader.
Date	Details of Walk
15^th Jan	Stormont Estate. Meet at Lanyon Station entrance at 10:30, then travel by Glider to Summerhill Avenue and access estate via Mo Mowlam Car Park entrance. Train from Whitehead 09.45, Carrickfergus 09.54, Jordanstown 10.06, Whiteabbey 10.10 arriving in Lanyon at 10.22.
29^th Jan	Purdysburn Ravine Nature Trail (In the grounds of Knockbracken Health Care Park) Meet at Cairnshill Park & Ride, 299 Saintfield Road, BT8 7SH Park & ride bus (Service 652 destination Ballynahinch) serves Cairnshill Park & Ride on Saintfield Road. Picks up from Adelaide Street at 10.05 arriving Park &Ride 10.25. Return XX.25 Alternatively return by 7A bus from Cairnshill Road every 20 minutes 4/24/44 minutes past hour Kind invitation from Margaret for coffee and biscuits at her house following the walk.
5^th Feb	Maine River Walk and Gracehill Village. Train from Mossley West 9.33. arrives Ballymena 10.00. Bus 127 for Galgorm Village leaves Ballymena station at 10.30. Return bus at 20 mins past the hour to train station, Train leaves Ballymena on the hour for Mossley. Lunch can be at Galgorm Garden Centre.
19^th Feb	Mallusk – Hydepark. Meet at City of Belfast playing fields car park,(Park Road).