If you’ve ever visited the Giant’s Causeway, or even just seen photographs of its extraordinary basalt columns, you’ll know what a magical place it is.
People come from all over the world to the Giant’s Causeway to marvel at the landscape and soak up the atmosphere of a natural wonder that is both humbling and inspiring.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire and protect Runkerry Head, immediately to the west of the World Heritage Site. Runkerry Head features two miles of spectacular coastline with views across to Donegal and the Hebrides, plus 82 acres of agricultural land of very high bio-diversity value. In addition, the headland is an integral part of the visitor experience at the Giant’s Causeway. It is highly visible on the main road to the Causeway and can be seen clearly when looking west from the Giant’s Causeway itself.
There is a history of development and planning applications in the immediate area. By supporting the Neptune Campaign and by supporting our acquisition of Runkerrry Head, your support will help ensure that this superb headland is protected.
Why do we want to buy Runkerry Head?
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A glorious addition to the Causeway Coast Way, by buying Runkerry Head we are not only safeguarding the wider Giant’s Causeway environment, we are also securing access to this most spectacular and evocative of places. |
Runkerry Head itself offers a fabulous circular two-mile walk. This will give an alternative but thrilling cliff-top route to people unable to complete the full 33 miles of the Causeway Coast Way.
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How fauna and flora will benefit
| In caring for Runkerry Head, the National Trust believes we will provide a huge boost for the biodiversity of the area. By farming the land appropriately we hope to provide a suitable habitat for birds such as lapwing and twite, and possibly chough, which was once a common sight along this stretch of coast. |
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Visitors should also look out for gorgeous coastal wild flowers such as the delicate pale blue spring squill, and on the cliff edge, sea pink.
How much has it cost?
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Runkerry Head is costing over £1 million. With your help we know we can meet that cost. It’s an enormous amount of money, but that’s exactly the kind of challenge the Neptune Coastline Campaign was set up to meet when it was launched in 1965. |
We now know that nothing is impossible, and thanks to Neptune supporters the National Trust today owns 710 miles of coastline.
In securing this site, we know that Runkerry Head will add to that total with some of the most stunning coastline anywhere in the world.
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Help us
The Giant’s Causeway is Northern Ireland’s only World Heritage Site, we simply cannot let this opportunity to safeguard such an awe-inspiring stretch of our coastal heritage pass us by.
If you feel strongly that our glorious coastline, including our recent acquisition of Runkerry Head, should be protected for the good of everyone, please support this crucial Neptune Coastline Campaign appeal.
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