Top 10 Things to do in Glenarm, Northern Ireland

Located in the centre of the historic village of Glenarm, Blackthorn & Willow has a unique selection of beautiful and functional items made by local craftspeople as well as books and original artwork and prints. It is also a hub for locally produced artisan foods including (on Saturdays) sourdough and yeasted loaves freshly baked on the premises. Tea, coffee toast and cake served all day.

The Steensons have been hand crafting their distinctive jewellery designs in the picturesque village of Glenarm for over forty years. This family run business, now in its second generation, are regarded as Northern Ireland's leading contemporary jewellery makers. Combining precious metals with contrasting textures, traditional techniques with modern technologies their designs are innovative, elegant and unique. Steensons Economusee workshop and showroom offers a rare opportunity to watch highly skilled craftspeople at work. The goldsmiths can be observed using a variety of techniques to cut, shape and manipulate the metals, before detailing with textured finishes and stones. Browsing the jewellery collections you may just find the perfect gift or memento to your causeway coast adventure.

Glenarm Visitor Centre provides Local & National Literature, Accommodation Booking, Ancestry Tracing, and Local Arts & Crafts for sale, free Wi-Fi & car and coach parking with fully accessible washrooms. Bespoke packages are available on request for full or half day experiences to suit all budgets and time scales. We are champion of the beautiful Village of Glenarm and we look forward to welcoming you to our Village & showing you what the first of the nine Glens of Antrim has to offer. The Visitor Centre is community run and home of Glenarm Tourism & Glenarm Walkers, we have been operating for over ten years. In June 2015 our parent company Glenarm Building preservation Trust refurbished the Old Seaview School at a prominent location along the Causeway Coastal Route on the entrance to Glenarm Village. We shares the building with The Steensons designer jewellers, an Economusee, where visitors have the opportunity to view and interact with silversmiths at work.