Cycling
Ballymena town and borough is well equipped with cycle trails and routes for the keen cyclist. Routes are marked and visitors to the borough can hire bicycles from the Bicycle Shack in Portglenone Tel 028 2582 2070 or visit www.bicycleshack.eu.
Listed below are routes available or you can go to www.cycleni.com for further information.
Ecos Cycle Trail / Ballymena to Glenarm. Distance: 17 miles (2 hours)
Get on your bike and take a cycle along the ecos trail, Route 97 of the National Cycling Network (NCN 97). This 17 mile route takes cyclists past an array of beautiful scenery including the ecos country park and Slemish and will take you to the picturesque village of Glenarm.
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Portglenone to Drumoolish and Bellaghy Loop Cycle Route. Distance 18.48 miles. Starts/End Location: Main Street (A42) Portglenone.
This is a road route that, except for a short ride on A roads at the start and finish, is mainly on country roads. The route is also mostly on flat ground, with not many hills.
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Portglenone loop around Aughnacleagh Cycle Route. Distance 13 miles. Start/End Location: Townhill Road, Portglenone.
This is an enjoyable road route on the B96 and country roads, which is mostly flat but has some uphill and downhill. The route is quite rural with not much traffic.
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Toome to Portglenone. Overall Distance 15 miles. (Toome to Newferry 6.5 miles; Newferry to Portglenone 8.5 miles).
This 15 mile northerly spur links Toome to Portglenone via the eastern side of Loughbeg. Coming close to the River Bann at Newferry at the site of a former crossing point, the route continues to rise slowly to Limnaharry with its views over the lough and on in to Portglenone. This section is part of the proposed NCN route alongside the River Bann which will link to Coleraine. The route on the western side of Lough Beg is unsigned and passes from Portglenone to Toome via Bellaghy.
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