Downhill is a small

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and

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near

Castlerock Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is five miles west of Coleraine, and part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is very popular with summer tourists, with numerous apartment blocks and two caravan ...

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

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. It is situated within

Causeway Coast and Glens Ulster Scots: ''Causey Coast an Glens'' , settlement_type = Borough , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_shield = , shield_size ...

district. It was visited by the Lewis brothers (Warren and

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) in their childhood, when, in July 1901, their nurse took them for a visit while on a holiday in Castlerock. Downhill Strand runs along the coast between

Benone Strand Benone is a popular tourist destination in the Causeway Coast and Glens district, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Benone has several caravan sites, such as Golden Sands, Deighans' and a leisure complex with excellent facilities, includi ...

and the cliffs immediately beneath

Mussenden Temple Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Londonderry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland. History Perched on the cliffs overlooking Downhill Stran ...

. Downhill

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flows from the hills above Downhill, flowing through the village of Downhill and crossing under the main road and under the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

, flowing on across Downhill Strand and emptying directly into the

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. Sometimes, all of Benone Strand is referred to as Downhill Strand.

History

The area where Downhill is located was formerly called Dunbo, derived from the

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''Dún Bó'', meaning "fort of the cows".

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Hervey (pronounced 'Harvey') succeeded as The 4th Earl of Bristol in December 1779, becoming popularly known thereafter as 'the Earl Bishop'.

Transport

*Downhill railway station was opened on 18 July 1853, closed for passenger services on 3 September 1973, and finally closed altogether on 18 October 1976.

References

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Discover Northern IrelandNational Trust

History

Transport

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