Three Mile Water Walk

Date : 28th April 2023
Walk Leader – Ron Cole
Meeting Time/ Place – 10.45 Mossley Mill

Public Transport
Trains: to Mossley West as shown below or an hour later
Whitehead: 9.45
Downshire: 9.51
Carrickfergus: 9.54
Clippertown: 9.56
Troopers lane: 10.00
Greenisland: 10.03
Jordanstown: 10 06
Whiteabbey: 10.10
Yorkgate: 10.16
Cross to other platform
Yorkgate: 10.24
Mossley West 10.33

Return Trains
Mossley West 12.26 and then each hour
Arr. Yorkgate 12.35 and then each hour
Dept. Yorkgate 12.59 and then every half hour

Car:
There is parking at Mossley West or at Mossley Mill (as long as there is no event on at the Civic Centre).

The Walk: Distance 3.33 miles
1. From the station cross the road to the Mossley Mill and walk down through the Civic Centre to the start of the Newtownabbey Way.
2. Join the Newtownabbey Way through the wooded area alongside the river until you reach the road.
3. Cross the road and then go down the walkway and along the river under the bridge and into the woods.
4. Follow the path over the next bridge to the fist junction and turn to the right (just before the next bridge) and continue along a path that starts to go up hill.
5. Continue along the path which goes up and down and at the next junction keep left.
6. The path zig-zags to the next junction, at this junction keep left.
7. Follow the path past the next junction and follow the path round to join the tarmac path, turn left.
8. Follow the path which will join up with the path used on the outward route back to the Mill.
9. Lunch at the Café at the Mill