{"id":17448,"date":"2019-06-12T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T11:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17448"},"modified":"2019-06-12T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T11:06:37","slug":"come-and-explore-randalstowns-unique-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/come-and-explore-randalstowns-unique-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Come and Explore Randalstown\u2019s Unique History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>Join us on Saturday 22 June at 11am for a tour around the award winning Randalstown by our qualified Blue Badge Guide. Explore and discover a town steeped in rich history and heritage with some tasty treats along the way. The trail will take you round some of the most historic sites of an award winning town.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/press-2-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17449\" width=\"512\" height=\"372\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover a unique bridge from the glory days of steam and take in the many reminders of the areas industrial heritage and links to the linen and iron industries. The influence of the Old Bleach Linen Company and the O\u2019Neill Estate will be explained and the links to the historic traditions of fairs and markets. One of the highlights of the walk will be crossing Charles Lanyon\u2019s magnificent viaduct which affords wonderful views over the town and into the Shanes Castle demesne. <br> <br> A project supported by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council through Randalstown town team will see tours in the town take place on the fourth Saturday of each month at 11am or by appointment at any other time. Tours last for up to two and half hours and will cost \u00a35 per person. Already visitors from Northern and Southern Ireland as well as England, Scotland&nbsp;and Australia have been delighted to be taken through the ages with stories of Old Randalstown as well as being personally welcomed and offered hospitality by business owners.<br> <br> For further information or to book a tour contact Randalstown Local Information Office (situated in Kearney\u2019s supermarket Main Street) T. 028 9447 9800 or E. <a href=\"mailto:kearneysrandalstown@gmail.com\">kearneysrandalstown@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Saturday 22 June at 11am for a tour around the award winning Randalstown by our qualified Blue Badge Guide. Explore and discover a town steeped in rich history and heritage with some tasty treats along the way. The trail will take you round some of the most historic sites of an award &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/come-and-explore-randalstowns-unique-history\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17451,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions\/17451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}