Island 290 - Reagh Island, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

Reagh Island is a long thin island located about 3 miles to the east of the village of Lisbane on the western side of Strangford Lough.  It can be accessed by car via a causeway at all states of the tide.  The only public access to the island, apart from the public road, is a thin strip of land on the south east side of the island, which belongs to the National Trust - there is a small car park and a footpath running down the eastern side of the island for about 400 metres through the trees, although the southern part was very overgrown when I visited in early September 2015 in search of a geocache. 

Reagh Island is about a mile and a half long but only 600 metres wide at its widest point.  There are a few well scattered houses on the island, which is farmed. There is a causeway off the north eastern side of the island leading to the smaller Cross Island but there is a large notice saying that this island is private.

Causeway to Reagh Island from Mahee Island

The other side of the causeway that links Reagh Island to Mahee Island

 Looking south east towards Mahee Island

 Thankfully the National Trust own some land on Reagh Island, which means there is somewhere other than the road where you can walk freely.

 Beach adjacent to the National Trust car park

Cross Island doesn't welcome visitors

 Causeway to the mainland from Reagh Island

Lovely house - the first house on Reagh Island after you have crossed the causeway.