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Locations Maps
Enniskillen
• Riverside Walk
• Castle Coole
West Fermanagh Uplands
• Lough Navar Forest
• Magho Cliffs Walk
• Lough Navar Lakes Walk
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Welcome
Explore Fermanagh’s rich
biodiversity through this
informative guide which
will bring you through
some of the most beautiful
trails in Ireland. Whether
walking, cycling or driving
you’ll find something for
everyone while marvelling
at the variety of wildlife
and species that are
in abundance here.
Explore the mountains,
limestone pavements and
cliffs, wooded river valleys,
sandstone scarps as well
as unspoilt hay meadows,
hundreds of small lakes,
and not forgetting the
large expanses of Upper
and Lower Lough Erne,
with their numerous
bays and islands.
The abundance of wildlife
including wild flowers, birds,
butterflies and mammals
can be attributed to its
geology and the relatively
undisturbed landscape that
Fermanagh is famous for.
Orchid-covered roadside
verges, hedges white with
the blossoms of hawthorn,
damp fields pink with
ragged robin are just a few
of the things you may see.
Skylarks and cuckoos call
in the uplands while coots
and great-crested grebes
build their nests in reedy
bays. In winter, Fermanagh
has other attractions
with hundreds of migrant
wild-fowl flying in to escape
the Arctic cold. Whooper
swans, wigeon, and teal
occur in large numbers.
• Correl Glen Nature Reserve
Species List
Upper Lough Erne
• Crom Estate National Trust
Lower Lough Erne
• Ely Lodge Forest
• Castle Caldwell Forest
• Castle Archdale Country Park
Marlbank Scenic Loop
• Killykeeghan & Crossmurrin
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Nature Reserve
• Cladagh Glen Nature Reserve
• Cuilcagh Mountain Park
Further Information & Resources
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We would like to acknowledge the following for their input
into the production of this guide: Fermanagh District
Council, Robert & Hannah Northridge, RSPB, Northern
Ireland Forest Service, National Trust and Northern
Ireland Environment Agency. All pictures are copyright
and may not be reproduced for any other purpose.
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to Londonderry/
Castlederg
Drumskinny
Stone Circle
Fermanagh Map
B4
Lack
to Omagh
Tullyhommon/Pettigo
to Donegal
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A47
A35
Kesh
Muckross
Bay
B4
Each area is marked on the
Co. Fermanagh and Enniskillen
Town Maps below
B72
Ederney
B
A4
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Castle
Caldwell
Boa Island
Janus
Caldragh
Cemetery Figure
Lusty
Beg Island
Lower Lough Erne
B72
Aghinver
A3
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Belleek
to Ballyshannon/
Donegal/Sligo
Roscor
B52
White
Island
Castle
Archdale
Lisnarick
Irvinestown
Necarne
Castle
to Dromore/Omagh
Lough Navar
A4
Tully Castle
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B8
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Church
Hill
Inishmacsaint
Killadeas
Whitehill
Enniskillen
Airport
B46
to Kilskeery/Omagh
B8
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B107
Blaney
Ely
Lodge
Lough
Melvin
Garrison
Derrygonnelly
Carrickreagh
Ballinamallard
A32
Topped
Mountain
Clabby
to Belfast
Monea
Castle
to
Manorhamilton
Devenish
Island
Tempo
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B80
Fivemiletown
A4
ENNISKILLEN
B5
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Boho
B14
Springeld
Lough
Coolyermer
Letterbreen
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The UlsterWay - Quality Section
The UlsterWay - Non-Quality Section
Kingsher Cycle Trail/North West Trail
Horse Riding
Youth Hostel
Historic Place
Viewpoint
Golf Course
Caravan Park
Cruiser Base Hire
Tourist Information
Upper Lough
Macnean
Belcoo
Lower Lough
Macnean
Marlbank
A34
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B8
B140
Tamlaght
A4
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A4
Brookeborough
B5
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Lisbellaw
Carrybridge
Maguiresbridge
Lisnaskea Forest
Carnmore
Bellanaleck
Florencecourt House
& Forest Park
Belle Isle
Estate
Lisnaskea
B36
Upper
Lough
Erne
Roslea
to Sligo
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Marble Arch Caves
Global Geopark
Kinawley
Derrylin
A5
Doon
Donagh
Share Discovery
Village
B36
A32
Benaughlin
Enniskillen
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Riverside Walk
Castle Coole
Lough Navar Forest
The Magho Cliffs Walk
Lough Navar Lakes Walk
Correl Glen Nature Reserve
Crom Estate National Trust
Ely Lodge Forest
Castle Caldwell Forest
Castle Archdale Country Park
Killykeeghan & Crossmurrin
Nature Reserves
Cladagh Glen Nature Reserve
Cuilcagh Mountain Park
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p20
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p22
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p25-26
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B1
A3
Inis Rath
Island
Magheraveely
B1
to Monaghan
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Newtownbutler
A34
to Clones
Gortaloughany
Teemore
Crom Estate
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West Fermanagh Uplands
to Cavan/
Dublin
Start of
Lough Erne
Canoe Trail
& Shannon-Erne
Waterway
to Cavan/
Dublin
Upper Lough Erne
Lower Lough Erne
Enniskillen Town
Marlbank Scenic Loop
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Enniskillen
Enniskillen, an island town
surrounded by the River
Erne, has a wide variety of
wildlife and is the perfect
place to explore from your
door! Even otters have been
sighted around the island.
There are several easily
accessible sites for viewing
wildlife; no car is necessary;
all you have to do is just
walk, look, listen and smell.
Riverside Walk, Cornagrade, Enniskillen
Starting from the Queen
Elizabeth Bridge, follow the
riverside path northwards.
In springtime this track is
bordered by banks of the
white-flowered greater
stitchwort, stands of pink
hairy willowherb and the
umbellifer cow parsley.
Common and black-headed
gulls winter here and they
are occasionally joined by
Iceland and Mediterranean
gulls. Large numbers of
mallard and mute swans
gather, expecting to be
fed at the Round ‘O’ Park.
Kingfishers can sometimes
be seen skimming past
while great crested and little
grebes dive for food. The
Back Lough has a wintering
flock of tufted duck while
in late spring a churring
sound from the reed beds
announces the return of the
sedge warbler, a migrant
which has wintered in Africa.
The Devenish Local Nature
Reserve at the western end
of Back Lough has wet sedge
and rush-rich meadows
where common spotted
orchids abound and reed
buntings can be seen.
Enniskillen Town
How to get there
This walk is situated adjacent to the
Cornagrade housing estate. It is easily
accessed from Enniskillen town centre
on the A32 across Johnston Bridge;
once you cross this bridge take the
first left where the path begins. This
is a beautiful linear walk, the footpath
which runs along the Lough Shore
is 800m/0.5 miles long. Once you
reach the playground, you may turn
and return back to the town centre or
alternatively a further 400m along
the path lies a nature reserve.
Walk Information,
Facilities & Access
800m/0.5 miles Linear
Walk, even surface.
Best accessed on
foot or by bicycle.
Parking available
in various town
centre car parks.
Wheelchair accessible.
Play areas.
Orchids
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Castle Coole with Wild Flowers
Castle Coole National Trust
On the outskirts of
Enniskillen, the National
Trust estate at Castle Coole
offers mature woodland
carpeted with snowdrops,
then bluebells, and patches
of spring flowers, such as
primroses, violets, early
purple orchids, wood sorrel
and wood anemones.
The grasslands along the
drives are species-rich
with numerous grasses,
common spotted orchids,
and the occasional cowslip,
greater butterfly and bird’s
nest orchids. Buzzards,
and long-eared owls are
resident on the estate, while
in winter whooper swans
and tufted ducks can be
seen from the walk around
Lough Coole. Spring brings
sand martins and house
martins, and summer,
migrant willow warblers,
chiff chaffs and blackcaps.
This site is also rich in
dragonflies and butterflies:
keep a look-out for the large
brown hawker dragonfly,
peacock and tortoiseshell
butterflies. On summer
evenings, bats swoop low
feeding on insects along
the tracks near the lake.
Small
Tortoiseshell
Butterfly
How to get there
By road on A4 Enniskillen – Belfast road, approximately
1 mile/1.6km from town centre on left.
By cycle NCN91.
Walk Information, Facilities & Access
A number of looped walks: Lake walk 1 mile/1.6km,
Beech Wood Walk 0.5 miles/0.8km, Gortgonnel
Walk 2.5 miles/4km. All walks with even surface.
Steps provide access to some of the walks.
Car park with separate mobility
parking and drop-off point.
Children’s play area.
Front-carrying baby slings for loan.
Baby back-carriers admitted.
Baby-changing facilities and accessible toilet.
Tallow tea-room and gift shop.
Enniskillen, BT74 6JY
Tel: 028 6632 2690
Email: castlecoole@nationaltrust.org.uk
OS Grid Ref: H245431
For house opening times and prices
check website or call to confirm.
Grounds 10am to 7pm during spring/summer.
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