There are not a lot of shops, cafes or restaurants near to this location. It is best to get sandwiches, food and drinks from Limavady or Castlerock before you start.

The walk starts at St. Aidan's Church (678315) off the A2 coast road between Limavady and Castlerock.. After the left turn in the A2 just past Artikelly, travel almost 6 km. There is a right turn towards Gort and Lower Ballyleighery. Just over 1 km along this road, opposite there is a signpost to the right to the church and carpark. St. Aidan reputedly founded a monastery here in the 6th Century and later established the great priory on the island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland. A massive mortuary house, shaped like an ark, is called St. Aidan's tomb, but archaeologists give the structure a 12th Century date. The waters in the well here are reputedly therapeutic.
The legendary "last of the bards", harpist Denis Hempson (or O'Hempsey), who died at the age of 112 is said to be buried in the old graveyard here.
The walk finishes at the viewpoint, near to the carpark at Binevenagh Lake. (690310). If you do not want to return back along the route you have walked, you should ensure you have transport waiting for you at this carpark.

Although the paths through the woods initially are fairly well defined, broad and solid, they are not waymarked and can be boggy and muddy in wet weather. The next stage, up to the base of the cliffs is mainly grass with occasional tracks which are not well defined. Again, this terrain can be slippery in wet weather. The walk along the base undulates and is littered with various sizes of boulders and rocks which can also be slippery. There is a risk of twisting ankles and also the possibility of some more falling from the cliffs at anytime!
Coming down from the base, the next stage is along fairly level grass terrain, over walls, fences and stiles, before another steep climb through another forest where the paths are not waymarked and can be very muddy, even in good weather. The final walk along the ridge has a path which is well defined but can be muddy in wet weather. It is also very close to the edge in parts and the winds can be very strong and very cold.

From St. Aidan's Church and well, follow the signs leading to the forest. The steps leading up to the gate past the graveyard are very slippery and there are warning signs about this.
Follow the path through what is mainly a pine forest. As already stated, there are no way-markings but it is a fairly general path route upwards. You will finally cross over a stile, travel another short distance past the forest on your right and then cross another stile. Keeping the forest to your right you will eventually see the cliffs of Binevenagh to your left across open fields. You can then make your own choice of crossing these fields although some paths can be seen.
After a steady incline, you will come to a mixture of small and large, blunt and sharp hummocks in front of the main cliff face. Far to the right is a distinctive tooth of rock just beneath the main precipice.
You can walk up and around any of these hummocks, and in the gap between them and the base of the cliffs, but as mentioned previously, this gap is littered with rocks and boulders which have broken off the main cliff face through time and may still do so at any time.
If you choose not to explore these hummocks or once you have finished doing that, coming back down to more level ground, the route then moves northwards over a fairly well defined path which crosses several walls and fences over stiles and a gully beneath a . Eventually the path tracks close to the forest on your left. After roughly 500m you pass through a gate. Along a gravel path and after approx another 500m there is a vague path to the right which tracks upwards through the forest. It is not way-marked, is very steep and is very muddy in parts, even in dry weather. Follow a general direction upwards and to the right and eventually you will come out of the forest on to the clear ridge, with Magilligan Strand and plains and Benone Beach far beneath you to your right.
Follow this track, which as mentioned before, is very close to the edge in parts, heading south to the viewpoint of Binevenagh roughly a kilometre away.

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Ulster Federation of Rambling Clubs

Northern Ireland Tourist Board

National Trust

Environment and Heritage Service

Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland

Apart from the magnificence of the cliffs from their base, the views from the ridge and viewpoint are stunning. To the North is Magilligan Strand, Benone Beach and the hills of Donegal in the distance. To the West and South West is Lough Foyle and the Roe River and Burnfoot River estuaries.