the dark hedges

Never seen Game of Thrones! Still found these ancient trees a fascinating place to visit. Planted in the 18th century, the trees are magnificent any time of the day or year. They won't last forever and it will take many years to replace them. I'm not sure any one photo does them justice. Not to be missed. Incredibly but eerily beautiful.

Yes, it's the King's Road... Worth a detour! It can be hard to find, but follow the signs for Gracehill Golf Club.

This road was used as 'the King's Road' on Game of Thrones and as such has become even more popular than before. We travelled inland from Bushmills about 10 miles on country roads and found the Dark Hedges without too much difficulty. There is a hotel at the end of the road, so an infrastructure is developing. At the moment all there is to do for the visitor is drive up and down, marvelling at the beautiful beech trees planted by the Stuart family over 200 years ago. I am glad I have been to see them. This unusual drive adds to the wide range of natural beauty in the area.

Opportunity to take some wonderful photos. Strangely beautiful and will look completely different at different times of the year.

The Dark Hedges were very cool and are absolutely worth a visit. They are on the way to plenty of other attractions on the North Coast and only take 10 minutes of your time. I walked down the road and took it all in - luckily there weren't many cars passing through so you could walk in the middle and enjoy the cave-like feeling. And the photos you can get are spectacular.

beautiful, mysterious and enchanting, a must see, especially on a moonlit night, take plenty of pictures!

yes this place is wellworth the trip any time of the year, these trees are over 200 years old and planted by the Stuart family to impress vistors coming to their house, which was Gracehill, well after all this time their still making a huge impression. Then pop into the restaurant down the road for a spot of lunch, lovely

The 'dark hedges' are well worth a visit if in Northern Ireland. Our GPS was totally baffled by the location so we were able to visit much of the nearby countryside (beautiful by itself) before finding this spectacular, but short, country road lined with giant trees. Very cool.

Beautiful, enchanting and worth visiting. My partner wanted to see them due to Game of Thrones. I loved them stunning. Able to drive along road

This is a must see.. after viewing just across the road is a lovely hotel/restaurant the hedges.. enjoy..

For non Game of Thrones fans ( and possibly including some fans), this is simply a road with interesting trees. I'm a massive GoT fan so I was happy we just happened to be staying nearby. I think even if you aren't a fan of the show it's still a visually amazing spot to see - perfectly creepy in winter fog & I'd imagine perfectly beautiful in full bloom. My visiting American in-laws thought it pretty cool too.

Even if you are not a fan of the TV series "Game of Thrones", this wonderful alley is worth a visit. The name is a bit misleading because the hedges are actually an alley of really huge trees.I only knew about it from some GoT-online forums that said a scene of the show was filmed here and I got curious. I must admit it was a bit painstaking to find the alley, but it was really worth the drive.The roads that lead there are really winding and you drive along huge trees and dense alleys most of the times. I would have loved to ask for directions, but there was nobody on the street and the GPS also lost me several times.Anyhow, we found it by driving a couple of circles that went around the direction we figured it must be and alas, we found it.Try to park at the beginning of the alley to get a really good view or, if it's already busy there, drive thru till the end (it's not that long) and there is a tiny parking spot around the corner where a couple of cars can squeeze. That way, you can walk down the alley and back to your car again and have both views. The one from the entrance is clearly the better one though.If you are lucky, the light should either be late afternoon or, as we had it, right after a rain shower, it was magic. These trees are huge and awe-inspiring and the long alley has its own light shade that makes it a true magical site. There are no facilities or anything around, just in case you wonder. The next tiny village would be Stranocum or Armoy, but there is no pub or anything there.To get there, I would recommend to set your GPS to the village of Stranocum. You get there from driving the Kirk road from Ballymoney.Kirk road then turns into Ballinlea Road after passing Stranocum. Go for another 2 km or so until you see the Bregagh Road to the right. That would be the beginning of the Dark Hedges.

We went to see this on our recent trip, of course a must do for any GoT fan, but a very strange but beautiful place.

I was envisioning this being a longer area. It was very different than anything I have ever seen. Unique - great for photographers!

I must say I wasn't really bothered about going to see the dark hedges, but when we got there and I saw the sun shining through the branches I was amazed!! Truly beautiful!! It isn't well signposted, but can be found on google maps under bregagh road