Newport – Beautiful views loop from Westport

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Mayo

Newport – Beautiful views loop from Westport

Hard

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Newport – Beautiful views loop from Westport

06:55

100km

1,030m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Wild Nephin National Park

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Start point

Train Station

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9.24 km

The Great Western Greenway

Highlight • Cycleway

The Great Western Greenway follows the route of the railway from Westport to Achill, which reached Achill in 1895 and closed in 1937. The Greenway opened in 2011.

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10.4 km

Great Western Greenway

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13.8 km

Newport

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(Heritage Town & Greenway Hub) This picturesque town, also known as Ballyveaghan, forms the geographical heart of the Great Western Greenway and is the ancestral home of Princess Grace of …

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28.1 km

Remote riverside path

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Fantastic quiet path on good quality compacted gravel. the path follows the gentle meandering Greenbridge river into the ever increasingly remote-feeling wilderness.

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30.0 km

Beautiful views

Highlight • Viewpoint

Take in the spectacular views of the surrounding green hills from here including Glennamong East Top and Glennamong.

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50.3 km

Wild Nephin National Park from the Corcullin side

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The Wild Nephin National Park is a rough, wild and uninhabited area in northwest Mayo. The highland is the Nephin Beg mountain range, to the west of the mountains is …

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57.9 km

Wild Nephin National Park

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An uninhabited and unspoilt wilderness, that offers some of Ireland's best remote riding experience, under the shadow of the Nephin Beg mountain range.

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