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Geopark Heritage Trail Cli s of Moher Coastal Walk USE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Looped Walk Trail Head GEOPARK GEOLOGY Bus Service Burren Way Train Station Limestone Mid Clare Way Shale Ferry
Sandstone and Shale CHECK THESE OUT Electric Car Charging Point
Geosite GET ON YOUR BIKE Visitor/Education Centre Cycling Route Trail Head Monument Bike Hire/Repair Viewing Point TALK A WALK
Geopark Heritage Trail Ballinderreen Cli s of Moher Coastal Walk N18 GEOPARK GEOLOGY ROAD NETWORK Looped Walk Trail Head Burren Way National Road Flaggy Shore Limestone N67 Mid Clare Way Regional Road Shale Black Head Ardrahan Link Road Sandstone and Shale CHECK THESE OUT New Quay Murrooghtoohy Dunguaire R347 Castle Geosite Visitor/Education Centre Gleninagh Castle N67 Burrenbeo Trust Kinvarra CMonument Burren Nature ah Corcomroe Viewinger Point Sanctuary Fanore Beach V Bell Harbour Abbey a l Oughtmama USE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT le Caher Valley Loop y Ballyvaughan Churches Bus Service Black Head Loop Fanore to Ballyvaughan Trek Wood Loop Train Station Fanore Burren Outdoor R477 Baliny Coole Park Ferry ROAD NETWORK Education Centre An Rath Visitor Centre Electric Car Charging Point National Road Cahermore Regional Road GET ON YOUR BIKE N67 Ballyallaban Link Road Gragan Cycling Route Trail Head Slieve Carran N66 Bike Hire/Repair Nature Reserve Kilmacduagh Gort Monastic Site Poulnabrone Burren TALK A WALK Carran Loop Perfumery Doolin Cave Cahermacnaghten Templecronan Loop Templecronan Geopark Heritage Trail Craggycorradane Carran Turlough Loop Church Carran Cli s of Moher Coastal Walk R477 Caherconnell Fort Carran R460 Lisdoonvarna Boston GEOPARK GEOLOGY Looped Walk Trail Head e Burren Turlough R479 Smokehouse The Burren Cycleway Carran Burren Way Church Lough Limestone Doolin Pier Dolmen Cycleway R476 Mid Clare Way Doolin Cahercommaun Bunny R480 Shale Cycle Hub Doolin Michael Sandstone and Shale CHECK THESE OUT Cusack Burren Centre National Park Geosite R478 N67 Kilfenora Tubber Cathedral Lough Avalla Burren National Visitor/Education Centre e Burren Centre Leamaneh Farm Loop Park Trails R462 Castle R460 Kilfenora Monument Cliffs of Moher Kilshanny
Viewing Point Visitor Experience R476 R481 N18 Killinaboy Church
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R478 Genealogy Centre Burren National Park Ballinruan Heritage Centre ROAD NETWORKBelfast Visitor Centre Moher Liscannor Corro n National Road Town Trail Burren and Lehinch N85
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Learn More Play Your Part Whatever your interest - Shaped by Assist us to create a truly sustainable A Local geology, archaeology, destination by following this code: Nature Way of Life botany, folklore, culture, our visitor 1. Plan Ahead and Prepare to reduce the For your ultimate holiday, check and education centres can provide you risk of causing impacts or getting into with plenty of information and difficulty. out the Burren Ecotourism Nine geosites, with on-site 2. Be Considerate of Others for example, park sensibly Network, an expanding collective of local activities. Contact details and opening to avoid causing obstruction. interpretive panels, will help you 3. sustainable tourism businesses, supported by times of each centre can be found on Respect Farm Animals and Wildlife, landowners and explore the unique geological features their property. the Geopark. They supply accommodation, the Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark 4. Travel and Camp on Durable Ground and always ask food, entertainment and a range of activities. of the Geopark (locations on the map permission for access on private land. App, in the Burren Explorer booklet, 5. www.burrenecotourism.com overleaf). Leave What You Find especially the limestone Pick up the on our website www.burregeopark.ie pavement*, natural habitats and wildflowers. Take Burren Explorer booklet at visitor centres, Further detail is provided in the care not to damage monuments, walls and buildings. and on the visitor and education for contact and directional information. booklet ‘Stone, Water and Ice’ 6. Dispose of Waste Properly bring all rubbish home - centres own websites. even your biodegradable waste - “Pack it in, pack it available in book shops and visitor out”. The Burren Hostel Hop provides an centres or download from 7. Minimise the Effect of Fire If cooking food, use a affordable, family friendly way to explore stove as campfires can damage the ground and can www.burrengeopark.ie cause wildfires. the Geopark by foot or bike. Check out *Limestone Pavement is listed as a ‘Priority Habitat’ in the www.burrenecotourism.com and European Habitats Directive, 1992, and is protected by law. pick up the Hostel Hop map guide in visitor centres.
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