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Quay Lane, CARRICKFERGUS, BT38 9SS

There are some houses close to the railway between the cliffs and the shore. There seems to be a right of way from them to the lineside path Image This sign is at the gap in the safety fence – a sort of GOMR. It is inaccurate since the down line is no longer in use. The view is towards Whitehead with Belfast Lough on the right.

See Image There is a similar sign inside the fence - beside the disused down line.

See Image The path narrows to the SW of the previous photo. It disappears completely just behind me.

The Quay Lane originally served a few houses and the old White Harbour. It was re-built as the access to Cloghan Jetty Image and has ceased to be a lane. This is the view towards the Carrickfergus-Larne road.

White Harbour, so-called because it is constructed mainly of white limestone blocks, was constructed around 1850. In recent decades it lay derelict, but was purchased in 1988 by a local businessman, who has encouraged local pleasure boat owners to moor their craft in the sheltered harbour. However, a silted entrance and dangerous gaps in the quay edge have forced substantial improvements. Currently (August 2014) all craft have been temporarily removed, the entrance is being dredged and workmen are repairing the limestone blocks that form the quay wall and steps.

Sheep grazing in a field, on the higher ground overlooking Belfast Lough, on the Whitehead side of Quay Lane Image Hawthorn blossom and whins mark the Belfast Road (shown as Princess Park (!) on the Google map).

A small harbour, facing Belfast Lough, to the south west of Whitehead built for the export of locally-quarried limestone Image The Belfast – Larne Harbour railway is on the right.

The A2 road between Whitehead and Carrickfergus.

The railway follows the shore of Belfast Lough for most of the journey between Downshire Image and Whitehead Image stations. In this case the 11.19 Belfast Gt Victoria Street – Larne Harbour (Saturday timetable for the Bank Holiday) is approaching the old White Harbour Image (bottom left) after passing the Kilroot power station oil tanks landward of Cloghan jetty Image (top). The line, now single, was once double track.

Road signs showing the gradient are now all in metric Image This imperial survival (1in6 – 16%) is at the main road end of Quay Lane Image). Quay Lane leads down to Cloghan jetty and the White Harbour (sea level) – both of which can be seen in Image