6 Best Sightseeing Attractions In County Down

Mostly ours, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. County Down's other family attractions are filed under different headings on this site, and this one heading has caught only six of them. So read the page as a starting point and go on to the county's other categories before concluding there is nothing to do. A directory count tells you about the directory at least as much as it tells you about the place.

Game of Thrones Studio Tour is built around a programme made for adults, and while the tour itself is about costumes, sets and craft rather than the plots, the subject matter carries a certain amount with it. Older children who know the series will be thrilled. Younger ones will see props they do not recognise from a story nobody has told them. Nothing in our data speaks to the ages it is built for, so read what the operator says before booking for anyone small.

Almost certainly not on the same trip. Drumawhey Junction and Downpatrick and County Down Railway are both heritage lines and both rated well by visitors, and a second ride in a week will feel like the first one repeated to most children. Take whichever sits closer to the rest of that day's plans. That leaves the other in reserve for a future visit, which is a better use of a short list than exhausting it in one weekend.

Unusually for a coastal county, this list leans indoors: five of the six carry an indoor flag against three with outdoor space. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and Airtastic Entertainment Centre Lisburn are both covered, and the studio tour is inside by its nature. Castle Ward holds both flags, so rain shortens it rather than ending it. For once the forecast is not the thing that decides your day here.