Days Out in Annalong

Free climbing crags — Annalong Buttress, Binnian Tors, Lower Cove — make it a proper base for a mountain day, with the Mountains of Mourne Activity Centre for more structured adventures. The old Annalong Cornmill gives the village its own heritage anchor.

Newcastle is minutes up the coast — beach, a proper indoor pool at Tropicana, and the Mourne Coastal Route for cycling or walking the shore. Most of what's around here is free.