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Geological feature · Causeway Coast and Glens, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway

Clochán an Aifir

The Giant's Causeway is a rock formation of basalt columns on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, recorded as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the National Trust runs the Giant's Causeway Visitor Experience.

Why go

The Giant's Causeway is a rock formation of columnar basalt on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, recorded in Wikidata as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The National Trust's visit-planning page says visitors can walk to the Causeway stones free of charge by the public right of way, which does not include on-site parking, while its Visitor Experience ticket includes reserved on-site parking, guided tours that run every hour from the Visitor Centre, hand-held audio guides and access to the Visitor Centre exhibition. The same page strongly recommends pre-booking the Visitor Experience and says groups arriving in coaches and minibuses can only be pre-booked through the Giant's Causeway Bookings Office by email, not online. This record is the rock formation, not the Visitor Centre, the Causeway Coast AONB or the World Heritage property.

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