New Giant's Causeway centre opens

Published Tuesday, 03 July 2012
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The new Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre has opened its doors to the public.

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Work started on the £18.5m building last January, around 11 years after the previous one was destroyed in a fire.

The long-awaited replacement takes the form of an underground complex with a sloping grass roof hiding it from view.

It features a range of exhibitions which explain how the world-famous coastal attraction's basaltic columns formed. It also tells the legend of Finn McCool.

Over 600,000 visitors come to see the Unesco World Heritage Site in Co Antrim every year and designers hope the new National Trust centre will enhance their experience.

Project Director, Graham Thompson said: "This reflects our commitment to the tourism industry and Northern Ireland confidently moving on.

"This is a significant milestone for the National Trust in Northern Ireland and is the culmination of years of working in partnership with stakeholders in the community, the business sector, and government and political arenas."

The new centre has been carefully planned to integrate into the local environment - even the grass seed from the area was combed to provide a compatible variety for the roof.

Visitors can go on top to enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the North Coast landscape.

Meanwhile over 100 members of staff and volunteers will be on hand at the state of the art centre to talk about the geological phenomenon of the causeway.

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Gerry Gribben in Belfast wrote (317 days ago):
It is very miskeading to not let vistors know that they can access The Giant's Causeway by simply walking down to the site. Visitors DO NOT have to enter the Visitors' Centre and so ALL buses and adverts should carry the message that going into the Visitors' Centre is OPTIONAL. The way it is ambigiously advertised makes the visitors think that they MUST go into the Centre to access the actual site . THEY DO NOT .
doire abu in doire wrote (352 days ago):
wee marty and robopete look very happy - do they go on holidays together every year?
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