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Gosford Forest Park

3.73 miles (6 km)

Open Streetmap Follow the waymarked trails through this large park near the village of Markethill in County Armagh. It's a great place for walking with miles of woodland trails, streams, waterfalls, ponds, grassland and a lovely arboretum to visit.
Features of the park include an area of open parkland with deer and rare breeds. There is also a lovely Arboretum with attractive conifer and broadleaf trees with a pretty walled garden.
There are several colour coded walking trails to try and also a cycling trail. These are of varying lengths and difficulty and take you to the impressive 19th century Gosford Castle, the Drumlack River and Draper's Hill. See the maps below for details of the trails.

Postcode

BT60 1PN - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

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Further Information and Other Local Ideas

To continue your walking around County Armagh you could head to Slieve Gullion, the highest point in the county. There are wonderful far reaching views to enjoy from this elevated spot in the Ring of Gullion AONB. There's also Peatlands Park where there's several colour coded walks taking you around the 680 acre site. The park consists of peatlands, orchards, woodland, boardwalks and two nature reserves.
For more walking ideas in the area see the Northern Ireland Walks page.

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

Entrance to Gosford Forest Park, Markethill. - geograph.org.uk - 535009

Entrance to Gosford Forest Park, Markethill. This Forest Park includes Caravan and Camping sites together with walks, a reindeer compound and other animals; birds, both exotic and domestic.

Gosford Forest Park, Markethill - geograph.org.uk - 1952045

Grassy path

Gosford Forest Park, Markethill - geograph.org.uk - 1952020

Picnic area

Northern Ireland - Castleward House Castleward Strangford Downpatrick Co.down - 20200903134330

Castleward House, Castleward Strangford

Gosford sheep - geograph.org.uk - 4489764

Gosford sheep

Farmland at Tannaghmore Road, Markethill - geograph.org.uk - 729547

Farmland at Tannaghmore Road, Markethill

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Gosford Forest Park.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Gosford Forest Park.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)