Lecale Coast AONB

Date of designation: 1967 Area: 3108 ha

The coastal area between Strangford Lough and the Mournes has a low, sometimes sandy, rocky or grassy shoreline. Its southern tip lies along an extensive sand and dune system at Dundrum Bay. Stretching from Dundrum Bay to Strangford village, the coastline is a place of delightful coves, dramatic headlands and secluded sandy beaches. Nature Reserves such as Killard Point and Cloghy Rocks offer the opportunity to quietly observe nature and the Lecale coast is famed for its colonies of seals.