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Derry City Walls

Derry City Walls

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Derry City Walls

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Location: Londonderry, Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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1. Guildhall Derry–Londonderry – Derry City Walls loop from Clooney

5.98km

01:37

80m

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2. Guildhall Derry–Londonderry – Derry City Walls loop from Rosemount

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01:47

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3. Guildhall Derry–Londonderry – Derry City Walls loop from Derry/Londonderry

5.06km

01:20

50m

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Christine 🚶‍♀️ 📷 🌏

September 28, 2022

The walls were built between 1613 and 1618, mainly from the ruins of medieval monastic buildings, to designs by the engineer Peter Benson of London and the architect Sir Edward Doddington of Dungiven. The construction was financed with funds from the Irish Society and individual London businessmen, in accordance with the royal charter of King James I, who in return received large tracts of land in the Derry area. The walls were intended to protect residents (mainly immigrants from England and Scotland) from attacks by local Irish rebels. Despite sieges in 1641, 1649 and 1689, Derry's city walls were never destroyed, testifying to their careful planning and quality.
The walls, equipped with powerful defenses and square artillery bastions, are around 1.5 km long. A pedestrian path for tourists is laid along the walls.

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Dennis C.

August 18, 2024

It's worth taking a walk here, a relaxing evening stroll along the city wall!

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Wolf Beyenburg

December 28, 2024

The city wall can be walked all the way around the city and offers interesting views. You can see the churches, down to the Bogside, the main street with the bunkered court, and the beautiful Guildhall. You can also see the curbs of the different districts, which are colored according to their affiliation. While the scenery seemed a bit threatening on our first visit in the 1990s, this seems to have given way to a peaceful openness, the architectural expression of which has become the beautiful, curved, connecting Peace Bridge.

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Location: Londonderry, Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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1. Guildhall Derry–Londonderry – Derry City Walls loop from Clooney

2. Guildhall Derry–Londonderry – Derry City Walls loop from Rosemount

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