Gordon’s Leap

Gordon’s Leap is a bay in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackhead Lighthouse and Ballycarry railway station.

Lighthouse
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a listed lighthouse built at the turn of the 20th century, near in , Northern Ireland. It marks the very northern end of where it opens out into the that separates Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Railway stop
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves and in , , the station was opened on 1 October 1862. Today there is just a single platform, there is a stationmaster's old cottage on a disused platform, this is now privately owned.

Railway stop
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves in , Northern Ireland. The station was opened on 1 October 1862. Originally it was the site for the loading of aggregate trains, with the last one running in the 1970s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Larne and Mullaghboy.

Photo: diego cue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a port in in Northern Ireland, with a population in 2021 of 19,000. Most visitors are just passing through on the ferry from Scotland, and all they will see is drab industrial docklands, yet the town has a surprising collection of sights right on its doorstep.

Village
is a small and townland on in , . It is situated in the civil parish of and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.

Locality
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in , . It is about 5 miles south of on the shores of . It had a population of 228 people in the 2021 census.

Gordon’s Leap

Latitude
54.8081° or 54° 48′ 29″ north
Longitude
-5.6915° or 5° 41′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C6PR855+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13052188233
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
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Satellite Map

Discover Gordon’s Leap from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gransha and Islandmagee.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Seven Caves and Otter Cave.

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