Five of the fourteen stand within a short walk of each other in Derry city. Free Derry Corner is a free-standing gable wall in the Bogside, painted in January 1969 and now the anchor of the People’s Gallery murals, with the Museum of Free Derry nearby. The Guildhall is free to enter, with stained glass gifted by London trade guilds and a clock tower modelled on Big Ben. Two bridges cross the Foyle: the Peace Bridge, a 235-metre curve opened in 2011, and Craigavon Bridge, the only double-deck road bridge in Ireland.
The rest are scattered and most need a drive. Ballygroll, on a peat ridge near Claudy, packs a court tomb, two stone circles, wedge tombs and a barrow into eleven acres, though heather has swallowed most of it and there is little to guide you past the gate. Mount Sandel above the Bann at Coleraine is the oldest known settlement in Ireland with almost nothing showing above ground, so take it as a woodland walk. Hezlett House at Castlerock is a thatched cruck-framed cottage of about 1691, in National Trust care.
Dungiven, Maghera and Swatragh run along the southern edge below the Sperrins, and each pairs better with a day in the hills than a stop on its own. The trainer dome at RAF Limavady is closed while it is restored, due to open in autumn 2026.
A single painted gable wall left standing in the Bogside since January 1969, and the anchor point for the People's Gallery murals around it.
Free to enter, with stained glass gifted by London trade guilds, a 3,132-pipe organ and a clock tower modelled on Big Ben.
Two overlapping curves meeting mid-river in a structural handshake, linking the Waterside with the city side, free and open around the clock.
Eleven acres of peat ridge near Claudy holding a Neolithic court tomb, two stone circles, wedge tombs, cairns and a Bronze Age barrow.
The only two-deck road bridge in Ireland, 1930s steel across the Foyle with a lower level originally built for trains.
14 of 14 shown — tap a pin for the place.
Derry/Londonderry, londonderry
A single free-standing gable wall in Derry's Bogside, painted in January 1969 with the words 'You are now entering Free Derry', marks the self-declared nationalist area that held out until 1972. It anchors the People's Gallery murals and stands a short walk from the Museum of Free Derry.
Derry, londonderry
Built in 1890 and rebuilt with its Big Ben-modelled clock tower in 1912, the Guildhall holds a collection of stained-glass windows gifted by London trade guilds and a 3,132-pipe organ by Sir Walter Parratt. Entry is free; guided tours are £3. The square outside hosts Derry Halloween, the jazz festival and the Spring Carnival.
Queens Quay, londonderry
Opened in 2011, the Peace Bridge curves 235 metres across the River Foyle as two overlapping halves that meet in a 'structural handshake', linking the mostly-unionist Waterside with the largely-nationalist city side. Funded by the EU's PEACE III programme, it's free, open around the clock, and has carried more than three million people across.
Ballygroll, londonderry
Ballygroll is an 11-acre State Care site on a peat ridge near Claudy in County Londonderry, packing a Neolithic court tomb, two stone circles, several wedge tombs and cairns, and a Late Bronze Age barrow into one place. The catch is that most of it is swallowed by heather and hard to make out, with little to guide you past the gate. Come for the archaeology and the Sperrin views, bring walking poles, and keep your expectations in check.
Derry, londonderry
The only road bridge in Ireland with two decks, Craigavon Bridge crosses the River Foyle in Derry on 1930s steel – the lower level built for trains, not cars. Railway murals at each end and the Hands Across the Divide sculpture nearby mark its past, and it links the Cityside and Waterside on foot, by bike and by car.
Glenullin, londonderry
A quiet glen in the hills between Garvagh, Swatragh and Dungiven, known locally as 'The Glen'. It holds a restored raised bog, the ruins of 7th-century Errigal Old Church and an ancient chieftains' inauguration stone, but for many it is defined by its GAA club, John Mitchel's.
Coleraine, londonderry
Around 7,900 BC, hunter-gatherers built circular huts on a bluff above the River Bann here – the oldest known settlement in Ireland. Little shows above ground now; what you get is a quiet woodland walk near Coleraine, an Iron Age fort on the same rise, and free, year-round access.
Derry~Londonderry, londonderry
Built inside Derry's walls in 1633, St Columb's was the first cathedral raised in Britain or Ireland after the Reformation. Its siege relics – the original keys of the city and a hollow mortar shell lobbed in during the 1688–89 siege – make it the place to understand what happened here.
Swatragh, londonderry
During the Great Hunger, Dr John Mooney turned his Swatragh surgery into a soup kitchen at his own expense. His cast-iron pot, found in Friel's beer garden, and a serving window uncovered in 2020 became Gorta – Swatragh's Famine Story, opened in 2024. Neolithic court tombs and the Knockoneil River's trout fishing sit close by.
Banagher, londonderry
Dungiven, londonderry
Castlerock, londonderry
londonderry
Limavady, londonderry
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