Lough Boora – Farmlands Loop

• Lough Boora Parklands, Boora, Co. Offaly
• loughboora.com
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• Listed in Loop Walks, Other Walks, Lough Boora

• Distance: 7km / 1hr 30m
• Services: Kilcormac (6km)
• Trail Grade: Easy
• To suit: All levels of fitness
• Terrain: Farmland road & bog road
• Min. gear: Walking shoes, fluid

Trail Directions

• A-B Start from the Car Park opposite the birdhide on Cycle Path Road. The trailhead is marked by a mapboard. Walk along the tarred road in the direction of Kilcormac - there is a galvanised shed in the distance. Continue for 400m to reach a crossroads with a barrier on the roadway to the left. Turn left here onto a farmland roadway.
• B-C Continue along the roadway for 1Km - through farmland with cattle and sheep, and passing a number of sheds, until you reach metal containers (on your right) which are the base for the Model Aeroplane Club. Approximately 50m past the containers turn right onto a sandy bog road.
• C-D Follow the bog road past Tumduff Mor Wetlands to reach a wooden birdhide on your left.
• D-E Continue on the bog road for a further 200m, veering to the left at a Y-junction. After 500m you reach a crossroads with large boulders on the roadside. Turn left here in the direction of a cattle shed 200m away.
• E-F Follow the tarred roadway past the cattle shed and reach a T-junction - turn right here. After 1 km you reach another T-junction in the midst of a plantation of coniferous trees. Turn left onto cycle path road.
• F-A After 200m pass Loch and Doches on your right - the trailhead is only 200m ahead!