Bangor is County Down’s main seaside resort — a large, lively sailing town on the southern shore of Belfast Lough with a marina, a promenade and the start of the North Down Coastal Path, which heads east through a sequence of wooded bays and headlands to Donaghadee and beyond. It is easily reached from Belfast by train.

A well-connected seaside town with good accommodation and the North Down Coastal Path on the doorstep, Bangor is the most accessible coastal walking base in Northern Ireland — just 14 miles from Belfast by train.