Discover Co. Antrim

Ballylinny enjoys a breathtaking coastal location with views of the Giant’s Causeway, Portballintrae and the surrounding countryside. The site is less than a mile away from the world-famous Giant’s Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ballylinny Cottages is also close to the village of Bushmills, home to the world’s oldest licensed whisky distillery with other nearby attractions of The Dark Hedges, Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge and Dunluce Castle. The location is about as bucolic as it gets with a dramatic coastline, rolling hills, green pastures and small fields bordered by ancient hedgerows.

 But nowhere is far away; Derry/Londonderry is 40 miles to the west, Belfast an hour due south, the golf courses of Portrush and Portstewart are a (long) stone’s throw away, and the world-famous Giant’s Causeway is on your very doorstep.

Ballylinny will open its doors welcoming the first Bondholders to stay in December 2024.

On Site Amenities

 

  • Clubhouse, with reception area, tourist information, games room with pool table, table tennis and a selection of games
  • Tennis court
  • Bike store
  • Communal laundry
  • Boot room
  • Games room
  • EV charging facility
  • Seasonal organised activities

 

 

Shops and restaurants

There are a good array of local shops in the surrounding towns of Armoy, Bushmills, Coleraine and Portrush. Two excellent nearby restaraunts are Grays & the Bushmills Inn.

Initially, Ballylinny will offer 10 properties: four 2-bed properties and six 3-bed properties. There will also be a reception/sitting area and indoor games room.

The site was purchased with extant planning permission for a further six properties. HPB Management are in the process of submitting a revised planning application with some amendments to the properties previously approved, including an increased number of 1-bedroom properties as well as assessing the feasibility of adding a small indoor swimming pool. We are hopeful of having revised planning approval by summer 2025. For this reason, the existing properties are only being offered to Bondholders until middle of June 2025, which will allow for the possibility of Phase 2 development to start during winter 2025/26.

Location

HPB Ballylinny
7 Causeway Road
Bushmills
Co. Antrim,
Northern Ireland
BT57 8SU

Tel: +44 800 230 0391
Email: details@hpb.co.uk

Best for National Trust

Though it does not own absolutely everything in these parts, the National Trust looms large in Co. Antrim. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Giant’s Causeway, the nearby Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge 100 feet above the Atlantic Ocean and most of the Clough Williams Ellis-designed Cushendun village, 24 miles to the east – and more. But the Trust doesn’t quite have a monopoly, and there are other sites well worth visiting; particularly the Dark Hedges, an eerily beautiful half-mile avenue of beech trees along the Bregagh Road, which featured in Game of Thrones.

Best for Coastline

The Causeway Coast has over ten beautiful and unspoilt golden sand beaches – all are Blue Flag designated or Seaside Award (dogs allowed) beaches, and all have an Excellent water quality rating in 2024. You can easily choose a different beach each day: Whitepark Bay beach, with its resident herd of cattle, Whiterocks beach just outside Portrush, or further west, the eight-mile-long glorious strand from Downhill, through Benone and on to Magilligan.

Best for a stunning scene drive

Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coastal Route, notionally starting in Londonderry and ending in Belfast, is a 120-mile stretch of road hugging the spectacular Antrim coast. As you drive east and then south, on your left beach gives way to rocky outcrop gives way to craggy cliff gives way to beach, interspersed with atmospheric ruined castles and pretty villages, all the while with the mighty Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop. On your right, verdant hills and deep glens provide a different kind of sensory overload. All in all, it’s quite something.

Must visit Titanic Belfast

Belfast’s fortunes were founded on linen and, especially, shipbuilding. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the city was in effect the largest shipyard in the world; and the biggest player, by far, was Harland & Wolff – whose enduring fame rests on one particular vessel: the RMS Titanic. A purposely designed museum dedicated to the ship (and, to a lesser extent, the company that built her), the Titanic Experience is exciting, fascinating and – when you see the list of lives lost – profoundly affecting. Highly recommended.

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