Dark Hedges
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| Address | Bregagh Rd, Stranocum, Ballymoney BT53 8PX, UK |
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| Hours | Open 24 hours |
| Provinces | Ulster |
| Phone | +44 28 2766 0230 |
| Did you know | Parking is available nearby at The Hedges Hotel at the Dark Hedges Estate – for paying customers of the hotel only. |
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| ID | 838437 |
About Dark Hedges
The Dark Hedges is an avenue of beech trees along Bregagh Road between Armoy and Stranocum in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Game of Thrones: Safety team on site to cut down six Dark Hedges trees
...By Eimear FlanaganBBC News NICrews have arrived on site to cut down six trees which form part of the Dark Hedges, due to fears some of the ageing trees pose a safety risk to road users...
Game of Thrones: Number of Dark Hedges trees may face the axe
... The Dark Hedges, a tunnel of beech trees near Armoy, County Antrim, became a popular tourist attraction after featuring in the series...
Storm Arwen: Dark Hedges trees brought down by strong winds
... The Dark Hedges, a tunnel of beech trees on the Bregagh Road near Armoy, became a popular tourist attraction after featuring in the series...
Storm Arwen: Tributes after Francis Lagan killed by falling tree
... An image shared on social media showed damage to trees at the Dark Hedges near Armoy in County Antrim...
Game of Thrones: Dark Hedges tree falls in high winds
...The Dark Hedges are estimated to date back to about 1775 A tree made famous by the TV fantasy drama Game of Thrones has fallen in strong winds...
Game of Thrones: Dark Hedges tree falls in high winds
The Dark Hedges are estimated to date back to about 1775
A tree made famous by the TV fantasy drama Game of Thrones has fallen in strong winds.
Gale Force winds of up to 60 mph hit Northern Ireland overnight on Saturday.
The Dark Hedges are a tunnel of beech trees on the Bregagh Road near Armoy that have become an an international Tourist Attraction since featuring in The Hit Series .
The intertwined beech branches and gnarled trunks make the Dark Hedges an iconic sightThe trees were originally planted by the Stuart family along the entrance to their Gracehill House mansion.
Over the decades, the branches grew over The Road and became entangled and intertwined, creating a covered passageway with something of an ethereal feel.
Originally, there were about 150 trees, but time has taken its toll and now only about 90 remain.
Paddy Cregg, from the Woodland Trust, told Bbc News NI that the trees date back to 1775 and by beech tree standards, they were "old aged pensioners".
He added: "They are coming to the end of their life, normally beech trees survive around 250 years, they are probably now 240 years old.
"It's sad to see that one by one they are actually Falling ".
environment, game of thrones, severe weather, conservation, armoy
Source of news: bbc.com
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