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Northern Ireland

Helen's Tower – Woodland Gravel Path loop from Somme Heritage Centre

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Northern Ireland

Helen's Tower – Woodland Gravel Path loop from Somme Heritage Centre

Hard

22

runners

Helen's Tower – Woodland Gravel Path loop from Somme Heritage Centre

01:58

16.8km

330m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

1.68 km

Helen's Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

Helen's Tower is a 19th-century folly and lookout tower near Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was built by the 5th Baron of Dufferin and Claneboye and named for his mother, Helen. He intended it as a shrine for poems, first of all a poem by his mother and then other poems that he solicited from famous poets over the years. Tennyson's Helen's Tower is the best known of them. The tower is a fine example of Scottish Baronial architecture. Helen's Tower inspired the design of the Ulster Tower, a war memorial at Thiepval, France. (Howley 1993) (Nicolson 1937). [from Wikipedia]

Tip by

2.75 km

Tower Lake

Lake

3

4.00 km

Woodland Gravel Path

Highlight • Forest

Nice woodland with gravel path shared with pedestrians, dogs etc

Tip by

8.56 km

Cairn Wood

Forest

B

16.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.17 km

4.62 km

2.22 km

790 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.05 km

6.83 km

953 m

533 m

301 m

192 m

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Thursday 2 July

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13°C

58 %

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