Larne (Irish: Latharna) is a town and port in County Antrim.

Get in

By ferry

P & O ferries normally sail from Cairnryan near Stranraer in Scotland, taking two hours to Larne. These are suspended in 2020, sail via Belfast.

By road

The A8 road connects Larne to Belfast. A more scenic alternative is the A2 Antrim Coast Road.

By rail

Larne has 2 railway stations, 1 Larne Town and 2 Larne Harbour, both of which are on the same line from Belfast.

See

• 1 Chaine Memorial. cylindrical stone tower lighthouse with a conical roof, a memorial to James Chaine, a former Member of Parliament for Antrim, who died in 1885. (updated Dec 2016)
• 2 Carnfunnock Country Park. Walled garden, adventure playground, golf driving range and the Northern Ireland Maze (updated Jan 2017)
• 3 Olderfleet Castle. remains of 16th century tower house (updated Jan 2017)
• 4 Larne Museum and Arts Centre, 2 Victoria Rd, BT40 1RN, ☏ +44 28 2826 2443. M-F: 10AM-4:30PM, Sa-Su: Closed. (updated Nov 2018)

Do

• Watch soccer at Larne FC, who play in the NIFL (Danske Bank) Premiership, the top tier in Northern Ireland. Their home ground is Inver Park, capacity 2500, along the main road half a mile from the harbour.

Eat

• 1 Carriages Bistro, 105 Main St, ☏ +44 28 2827 5132. (updated Jan 2017)
• 2 Chilitos Mexican Kitchen, Redlands Rd (Port of Larne Business Park), ☏ +44 28 2826 7967. (updated Jan 2017)

Sleep

• 1 Derrin Guest House, 2 Princes Gardens, ☏ +44 28 2827 3269. (updated Dec 2016)
• 2 Ballygally Castle Hotel, Coast Rd, Ballygally, ☏ +44 28 2858 1066. the only 17th century building still used as a residence in Northern Ireland, and is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in all of Ulster (updated Dec 2016)

Go next

• Carrickfergus
• Antrim
• Cushendall

Routes through Larne

END ←	W  E	→ Cairnryan
END ←	N  S	→ Newtownabbey → Belfast