🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Greysteel: Village on the Derry–Limavady Road

📍 Derry🚶 5 stops🚶️ 3.03km⌛ ~55 min

A short walk through Greysteel's origins as two small Foyle-side townlands — Gresteel Beg and Gresteel More — that grew into a farming and linen village strung along the old Derry–Limavady road. Stops range from a possible early-medieval church site to Plantation-era settlement and Victorian farmhouses and cottages, tracing four centuries of rural life in the parish of Faughanvale. Looking for things to do in Greysteel? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Gresteel House
  2. Sheskin Road Cottage
  3. Gresteel More Settlement Site
  4. Clooney Road — The Village Street
  5. Faughanvale Old Church

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