The Sperrins – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – are Northern Ireland’s most extensive mountain range and can be explored via a series of scenic road routes. The wider Sperrins area stretches from the Donegal border in the west, to Lough Neagh in the east and to the Atlantic shores in the north. This natural asset of mountain range mixed with the unspoilt landscape of winding rivers, valleys and scenic lakes all translate into a region recognised as one of the most idyllic geographical areas of rural Ireland.
Ten (2024) ride routes are described below. Plus a new one for 2025!
NSWE 24 May 2025 Saturday Ride
North, South-West & East Saturday Ride 2025. An option for Saturday is a decently big ride up by Binevenagh mountain to the north coast then south-west to Strabane on the border then east. back to base through the Sperrins.
Routes 1 – 4: The North, Central, East and South Sperrins regions.
Four scenic routes have been signposted by the Sperrins Partnership’s ‘Explore Omagh and the Sperrins Region’: North, Central, East and South. “Each route represents an opportunity to become immersed in an environment millions of years in the making and steeped in myth and legend.”
North Sperrins
Central Sperrins
East Sperrins
South Sperrins
Route 5: Minor roads around Sawel Mountain and Barnes Gap
One of the Saturday rides in 2024 covered these roads plus a few other minor adventures! A great day trip, there are a few photos in the Gallery section.
Route 6: A main roads route – A29, B47, B46, B48
Tobermore, Draperstown, Six Towns, Plumbridge, Feeny
Route 7: A 174km route takes in Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden, The Dark Hedges, Ballycastle seafront, Ballintoy Harbour, Giants Causeway, Bushmills Distillery, Portrush-Whiterocks Beach, Portstewart.
Click here for more information and pictures on the Shepherds Rest website
Route 8: Donegal trip: Strabane, Letterkenny, Glenveagh National Park, Bloody Foreland, Bunbeg, Dungloe, Portnoy, Dawross Bay, Ardara, Glencolumbkille, Slieve League cliffs, Donegal Town, Castlefinn, Newtownstewart, Greencastle.
A long route, could be done a day before or after the Rally weekend. Click here for more info on the Shepherds Rest website.
Route 9: The Giants and heritage sites. Goles Stone Row, a mystical site of Bronze Age stones; Nowanois – The Storyteller Giant of the Sperrins; Dart and Sawel Peaks; Barnes Gap; Gortin Glen Lakes and forest; Aghascrebagh Ogham Stone; Beaghmore Stone Circles; Ceoldán: The Stargazer Giant, Davagh forest
Click here for more information and pictures on the Shepherds Rest website
Ride 10: The NorthWest 200 circuit
MOTO GUZZIs NI 