Cookstown is a remarkable planned town — its main street, at over a mile long, is the straightest and longest in Ireland — and it sits at the centre of Ulster with the Sperrins rising to the north and the prehistoric landscape of Beaghmore, one of Ireland’s most important Bronze Age sites, just a short drive away.

A practical central Ulster town with good services, Cookstown makes a useful base for the Sperrins, the prehistoric Tyrone landscape and Lough Neagh’s western shore — all within easy reach for day walks.