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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 – October – November 2024 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)
6^th October	Cave Hill	No IMP	Meet Belfast Castle Car Park J328793 Sheet 15	250 Metres - 6 Miles Stone paths, gorse, grassy tracks, stiles. Full mountain gear recommended
20^th October	Crawfordsburn country park, waterfalls. Cancelled due to anticipated adverse weather conditions. This walk will now take place on Sunday 3rd Nov 24. (See below).
3^rd November	Crawfordsburn country park, waterfalls.	No IMP	Car Park Helens Bay Turn off the A2 Belfast/Bangor road for Helen's Bay onto the Craigdarragh road about 1.5 mile turn left onto the Coastguard Avenue drive along the lane to a large car park. BT19 1JY	7 Miles Coastal paths, beach, forest trails to Waterfall. Can be done in trainers/walking shoes. Poles recommended for parts.
10^th November	Newtownabbey Way	No IMP	Meet Hazelbank (roundabout at end of M5) J352814 Sheet 15	10 Miles. Linear walk, coastal and wooded area paths, lunch at WW1 trench replica.
17^th November	Lead mines, Helens Tower, Mountain road and back into Clandeboye Estate	No IMP	Somme Centre car park, off Bangor/Newtownards carriageway. BT23 7HP J499769 Sheet 19	8 Miles Circular walk mostly paths and trails with some road walking. Can be muddy underfoot if there has been a lot of rain. Boots and poles recommended
24th November	Castlewellan Forest Park	Cairnshill Park & Ride Car Park. Open from the Saintfield Road on a Sunday. Free parking Leaving at 9.45am	The Square, Castlewellan J342363 Sheet 29	8 Miles 272 Metres Forest paths, uphill with some climbing. Boots and walking poles recommended.

Wednesday walks November - December 2024 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
6^th Nov	Lagan Towpath to Ormeau Park Meet at the front entrance of Lanyon Station at 10.30. Train from Whitehead 09.45, Carrickfergus 09.54, Jordanstown 10.06, Whiteabbey 10.09 arriving in Lanyon at 10.22.
20^th Nov	Castlewellan Lake - Annesley Gardens. Cancelled due to cold weather forecast. Replacement Walk; meet at Hazelbank (exit off roundabout at end of M5) for a walk in the Newtownabbey area.
4^th Dec	Antrim Area: Meet at Mossley Station for the 09.33 Train to Antrim (09:10 from GCS, 09:20 from Lanyon, 09:24 from Yorkgate). Arrives Antrim at 09:47. Return @ :14 minutes past every hour.
18^th Dec	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 mince pies and mulled wine (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) following the walk, at her house.