Rockingham Remembered Tour and Tree Canopy Walk
About
This is the paid heritage trail at Lough Key and the part of the park that tells you what Rockingham was. It is a self-guided audio tour that starts underground, in two of the nineteenth-century servant tunnels that kept the staff out of sight of the house, climbs the Moylurg Tower, the concrete viewing tower put up in 1973 on the site of Rockingham House after the fire of 1957, and finishes on the Tree Canopy Walk, a 300-metre timber and steel walkway that rises nine metres above the woodland floor. The park describes it as the first canopy walk of its kind in Ireland. There is no time limit once you are in, so you can take it slowly. The walk and tunnels are wheelchair and buggy accessible, but the lift in the Moylurg Tower was out of service at the time of writing, so the viewing deck was stairs only. Dogs are not allowed on the tour.
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Highlights
- ✓Two nineteenth-century servant tunnels
- ✓The Moylurg Tower on the site of Rockingham House
- ✓A 300-metre canopy walk nine metres above the woods
- ✓Views over the lake and its islands
Tips
- →Last entry is an hour before the visitor centre closes
- →Guided versions are available for groups of ten or more
- →Check whether the Moylurg Tower lift is working if you need it
