GREAT WESTERN GREENWAY

Newport Town Loops

Newport Church Loop

Newport Town Loops

Waymarking – Brown Arrows

Distance

1.5 km

Difficulty

Easy

Ascent

20m

Trailhead

Newport – 53.8834951, -9.5458853

Terrain

Minor roads, Town

Duration

20 minutes

Minimum Gear

Trekking shoes, raingear, fluid & mobile phone

Services

Newport

Newport Church Loop

Newport Town Loops
1.5 km - easy

This walk brings the visitor up Main Street and Barrack Hill to the Roman Catholic Church. The church was built in the second decade of the twentieth century and houses a magnificent Resurrection window by Harry Clarke the renowned stained glass artist. The walker can return across the viaduct that once carried the rail line on to Achill. 

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