River Bann
The River Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km. The total length of the River Bann, including its path through the 30 km long Lough Neagh is 159 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: the longest river in Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Bann” and “Lower Bann”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castlerock railway station and Portstewart Strand.
Castlerock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.
Portstewart Strand
Beach
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portstewart Strand is a sandy, two-mile long beach in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on the northern Atlantic Ocean coast of the island of Ireland.
Hezlett House
Photo: D LN, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hezlett House is a 17th-century thatched cottage located in Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Built around 1691, it is one of the oldest buildings still in use anywhere in Ulster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlerock and Articlave.
Castlerock
Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, with a population of 1287 in 2011. It's best known for Mussenden Temple perched on its cliffs.
Articlave
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Articlave is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A2 coastal road, 7 kilometres west of Coleraine. Castlerock railway station is 1 mile to the north.
Downhill
Hamlet
Photo: Jean Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downhill is a small village and townland near Castlerock in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated within Causeway Coast and Glens district. Downhill is situated 2 miles west of River Bann.
River Bann
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Bann” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Bann”
- Basque: “Bann ibaia”
- Catalan: “riu Bann”
- Catalan: “Riu Bann”
- Cebuano: “River Bann”
- Chinese: “班恩河”
- Chuvash: “Банн”
- Czech: “Bann”
- Dutch: “Bann”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بان”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Bann”
- Estonian: “Banni jõgi”
- Finnish: “Bann”
- French: “Bann”
- French: “rivière Bann”
- Galician: “Río Bann”
- Georgian: “ბანი”
- German: “Bann”
- Greek: “Αργίτας”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Μπαν”
- Hebrew: “באן”
- Irish: “An Bhanna”
- Italian: “Bann”
- Japanese: “バン川”
- Korean: “반강”
- Latin: “Bannus (flumen)”
- Latin: “Bannus”
- Latvian: “Banna”
- Lithuanian: “Banas”
- Mingrelian: “ბანი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ბანი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bann”
- Norwegian: “Bann”
- Persian: “رود بان”
- Polish: “Bann”
- Russian: “Банн”
- Serbian: “Бан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bann”
- Slovenian: “Bann”
- Spanish: “Bann”
- Spanish: “Río Bann”
- Swahili: “Mto Bann”
- Swedish: “Bann”
- Turkish: “Bann Nehri”
- Venetian: “Fiume Bann”
- Welsh: “Afon Bann”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballyaghran Point and Portstewart Bay.
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