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On a beach…welcome to manonabeach.com, where I’ll regularly add video of my beach visits, so you can enjoy a flavour of the beach, even when you’re not there.

Ballycastle

Season: autumn

Ballycastle has a beach that is popular with locals and visitors alike. It comprises part of the Causeway Coast Route of Antrim. The well resourced town can be used as a base from which to visit nearby attractions like The Giant’s Causeway and the Glens of Antrim. Ballycastle has a seventy four berth marina at one end and the River Margy runs to the sea over the beach. Surfing is popular and swimming is safe, with clean bathing water. The beach is also regularly cleaned in the summer months.

What the beach means to Heather.

Beside the beach at Ballycastle.

Cushendun

Season: autumn

This attractive, arcing, sandy National Trust beach sits at the foot of Glendun, where the River Dun meets the sea. At the southern end of the beach there is a small car park near the harbour. The village is a historical throwback and appears somewhat stylised nowadays, as in Cornwall. Visitors come here today to see the Red Caves in Cushendun, used as a location for Game of Thrones. Altogether this village and beach have a faraway, escapist feel, a real tonic in busy times.

Denis takes us back.

Beside the beach at Cushendun.

Cushendall

Season: autumn

With a river running into the beach at the southern end, Cushendall is a gentle, sandy beach. It sits just north of Waterfoot and is part of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is ample parking at the northern end of the beach and the backdrop is grassy, with Cushendall Golf Course behind. The historic town of Cushendall is a few hundred yards from the beach, offering all the visitor facilities you would expect.

With Eric and Linda in front of the RNLI station at Cushendall.

By the harbour wall at Cushendall.