Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge sits nearby, and the coastal walk connecting them is one of the best stretches on the Causeway Coast.
White Park Bay is a wide, free beach a short drive away. Kinbane Castle and Dunseverick Castle are both clifftop ruins you can explore for nothing. Broughgammon Farm is a good add-on if you've got smaller kids.
The best days out near Ballintoy
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Ballintoy Boat Tours
Boat trips
in town
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Causeway Activities Sea Kayaking
Kayaking & canoeing
in town
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Larrybane Headland (GoT — Renly's Camp)
Film & TV
Free · in town
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Causeway Coast Way: Ballintoy to Carrick-a-Rede
Coastal walks
Free · in town
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Ballintoy Harbour
Film & TV
Free · 1 mi
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Ballintoy Harbour snorkel site
Diving & snorkelling
Free · 1 mi
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Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
Adventure & trails
1 mi
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White Park Bay
Beaches
Free · 2 mi
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Broughgammon Farm
Farm shops
Free · 3 mi
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Kinbane Head & Castle
Ruins
Free · 3 mi
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Dunseverick Castle Headland
Coastal walks
Free · 4 mi
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Dunseverick Castle
Ruins
Free · 4 mi
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Moyle Way
Greenways & cycle trails
Free · 5 mi
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Ballycastle Museum
Museums
Free · 5 mi
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Kintra Boat Tours
Boat trips
5 mi
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Rathlin Island Ferry
Boat trips
5 mi
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Causeway Coast Boat Tours
Boat trips
5 mi
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Ballycastle Beach
Beaches
Free · 5 mi
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Causeway Coast Way: Giant's Causeway to Dunseverick
Coastal walks
Free · 5 mi
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Ballycastle Seafront Playpark
Play parks
Free · 5 mi
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The Salt Spa at The Salthouse
Spas & wellness
5 mi
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Bonamargy Friary
Ruins
Free · 6 mi
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Niche Coastal Sauna
Spas & wellness
6 mi
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Pans Rocks Snorkel (Ballycastle North Beach)
Diving & snorkelling
Free · 6 mi
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Giant's Causeway
Heritage sites
6 mi
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Runkerry Strand
Beaches
Free · 6 mi
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Knocklayd Summit Walk
Adventure & trails
Free · 6 mi
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Dundarave House
Castles & Estates
6 mi
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Giant's Causeway & Bushmills Railway
Adventure & trails
6 mi
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Old Bushmills Distillery
Distilleries
7 mi
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Bushmills Inn Estate
Castles & Estates
Free · 7 mi
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The Dark Hedges
Film & TV
Free · 7 mi
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Gracehill House (The Dark Hedges Estate)
Castles & Estates
7 mi
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Surf Sup NI
Surfing & SUP
7 mi
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Portballintrae Beach (Bushfoot Strand)
Beaches
Free · 7 mi
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Magheracross Viewpoint Walk
Coastal walks
Free · 8 mi
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Play at Creative Gardens
Soft play
Free · 8 mi
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Fair Head
Coastal walks
Free · 8 mi
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Fair Head Cliffs Stargazing
Stargazing & observatories
Free · 8 mi
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Fair Head crag
Climbing walls
Free · 8 mi
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Murlough Bay to Fair Head Clifftop Walk
Coastal walks
Free · 8 mi
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Fair Head Cliffs (GoT — Dragonstone Cliffs)
Film & TV
Free · 8 mi
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Altnahinch Reservoir (PAE)
Fishing & angling
8 mi
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Dunfin Farm
Animals & farms
8 mi
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Torr Head
Coastal walks
Free · 9 mi
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Dunluce Castle
Ruins
9 mi
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Sheans Horse Farm
Horse riding
9 mi
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Murlough Bay
Film & TV
Free · 9 mi
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