About this trail
The Newtownabbey Greenway follows the Three Mile Water river valley and forms the central section of the Newtownabbey Way, a roughly 14.5km route managed by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and signed as National Cycle Network Route 93. The full route runs from Global Point at Corr's Corner down to the shore of Belfast Lough, linking Mossley, Monkstown and Whiteabbey.
Along the way you pass Mossley Mill, the council's restored civic centre, and the woodland of Three Mile Water Conservation Park, with Monkstown Wood cared for by the Woodland Trust. The standout landmark is the Bleach Green viaducts, a tall railway crossing that the path ducks beneath as the valley opens toward the sea.
At its lower end the greenway joins the Loughshore path and the developing Belfast to Newtownabbey Greenway, a traffic-free coastal route running between the Lough shore and the M2 and M5 toward Belfast, so the ride can be extended well beyond Newtownabbey itself.