Sporting Activities
If you are into Tennis, there are courts in Rostrevor at Kilbroney Park, Warrenpoint and in Newry. These courts are open to the public all year round.
If golf is your chosen hobby then County Down has it’s fair share of Golf courses. Local courses include Warrenpoint, Kilkeel and Ashfield.
Killowen is a small sailing village near Rostrevor. It also has a thriving sailing club - Carlingford Lough Yacht Club.
There are also a variety of equestrian centre's in the area for the horse enthusiast.
Cycling is another activity with spectacular circular cycle routes beneath the high Mournes, with beautiful views across countryside with patchwork fields and stonewalls leading to the Irish Sea. Newry & Mourne is linked to the Sustrans Cycle Network via the Newry Canal Cycle Route.
Walking
Our entire district is a walkers paradise! Newry and Mourne is a superb walking destination, offering a wide range of walks that cater for a broad range of fitness, ability and experience, from flat easy coastal routes to testing slopes and mountains.
Bird Watching
Newry and Mourne is blessed with a diversity of habitat that leaves the entire area a mecca for bird watchers. The slopes and summits of the Mournes and Slieve Gullion, the oak woods of Rostrevor, the shoreline and its clean beaches and rich mudflat's, the freshwater streams and lakes scattered across the landscape, all are host to a wide range of bird life, both resident and migrant.
Fishing
Newry and Mourne's many rivers and lakes have some of the country's best waters for game and coarse angling. There is something to suit all levels of angler, be it novice or experienced. Angling is available in the following waters:
Coarse Fishing in the Newry Canal, Camlough Lake and Derrylecka Lake.
Game Fishing in the Clanrye River, Newry; Fane River, Crossmaglen; Creggan River, Crossmaglen; Bann River, Rathfriland; and the Spelga and Fofanny Reservoirs.
