Game of Thrones Filming Locations (South)

Game of Thrones Filming Locations (South)

See the World of Game Of Thrones on our Village and Countryside Tours of Northern Ireland.
Heading south from Belfast, you’ll witness the majesty of popular attractions such as Castle Ward and Inch Abbey, which cover a variety of the series’ most breathtaking vistas, our tour puts you right in the world of Westeros. Get in touch with Scenic Tours NI in Belfast today for further details.
This will be a private tour, in a top of the range vehicle, car, minibus (numbers dependent) were you are not constrained by particular times, schedules etc, only realistically your own limits apply.
You have the option to stop at unexpected points if you wish for photo stops etc as and when requested.
This tour can be tailored to clients requests, to visit, somewhere not mentioned. (dependent on time and geographical limits)

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Portaferry, Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland

The ‘Fiddlers Green’ restaurant in Portaferry, has ONE of the 10 doors created from trees on the Dark Hedges, which blew over in Storm Gertrude.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Portaferry, Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland

The ferry across from Portaferry, is an interesting and much shorter way to get to the village of Strangford at the mouth of Strangford Lough.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Strangford, Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland

The ‘Cuan’ restaurant in Strangford has ONE of the 10 doors created from trees on the Dark Hedges, which blew over in Storm Gertrude.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Castle Ward, Castleward House Castleward Estate Strangford, Downpatrick BT30 7LS Northern Ireland

Castle Ward was one of the main filming locations for the HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’.
Set deep in the N.Irish countryside this beautiful estate was the main location for ‘Winterfell’, see the tower where ‘Bran Stark’ was pushed from, were ‘Ned Stark’ greeted ‘King Robert’ on his arrival from ‘Kings Landing’.
These are only some of the locations within Castle Ward estate to be seen and enjoyed, there are many more.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Inch Abbey, Downpatrick BT30 6LZ Northern Ireland

Inch Abbey is another filming location used and the first main scene shot here was of Rob Stark’s camp which was located here in season one. It is where after the Battle of Whispering Wood that he was proclaimed the King of the North.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Newcastle, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland

‘Percy French’ restaurant in Newcastle has ONE of the 10 doors created from trees on the Dark Hedges, which blew over in Storm Gertrude.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tollymore Forest Park, Bryansford Road, Newcastle BT33 0PW Northern Ireland

The Barbican Gate was used in the Game of Thrones series.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Scrabo Tower, 203A Scrabo Road, Newtownards BT23 4SJ Northern Ireland

Although it wasn’t used in the Game of Thrones, it was in the 2014 movie ‘Dracula Untold’, and apart from that, the view out over Strangford Lough towards Newcastle, the Mourne Mountains, even the Isle of Man on a clear day is simply stunning and not to be missed.

Duration: 30 minutes