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Article: You couldn't beat Drum Manor for a forest walk
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- June 13, 2009
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Drum Manor Forest is the most centrallylocated forest park in
Northern Ireland, lying immediately south of the Sperrin Mountains
and west of Lough Neagh. This small yet varied and attractive forest
estate was acquired from Mr Archibald Close by the Forest Service in
1964 and opened to the public as a Forest Park in 1970.
Visitors can enjoy the spring and autumn colour of the Shrub,
Butterfly and Japanese gardens, arboretum, ponds and mixed
woodlands.
These energetic trails around Drum Manor Forest Park incorporate
walks through the open parkland and down around the pond, offering
both glimpses of the manor house and open countryside through the
trees. The trail then winds into contrasting, ...