Walk the length of Banbridge's unique sunken main street, cut through solid rock in 1834 to spare coach horses the town's brutal hill, then climb on to Church Square where a Gothic monument and the family home it faces still honour Captain Francis Crozier — the Banbridge-born Arctic and Antarctic explorer lost with Franklin's expedition in 1848. Along the way, the old market house clock and the River Bann crossing that gave the town its name trace Banbridge's rise as the heart of Ireland's linen country. Looking for things to do in Banbridge? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.
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Stops on This Trail
The Cut (Downshire Bridge)
Old Town Hall (Former Market House)
Bann Bridge
Crozier House (Avonmore House)
Crozier Monument
Seapatrick Parish Church (Holy Trinity)
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