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Florencecourt Forest Park covers an area of 1,200 hectares and this old estate forest and moorland is currently managed by the National Trust.
The Florencecourt Forest Trail is one of the walks on offer within Cuilcagh Mountain Park and is Section Five of the Cuilcagh Way, a waymarked route that stretches for 20.5 miles / 33.5km through a breath-taking patchwork of habitats in west Fermanagh. The route provides stunning views, fascinating geology, mystifying wildlife, captivating archaeology, and natural history and can be walked in sections. The trail is also surrounded by corridors of lofty trees, dynamic rivers, rambling stone field walls, a rich treasury of wildflowers and a unique density of rustic farmsteads.
Facilities: car parking, interpretation, picnic area, playpark, shop, tea rooms, toilets, Florencecourt House and a number of walking trails.
Distance: 4.5 miles / 7km
Time: 3 hours round trip
Grade: Difficult
Terrain: Forest road, public road, open bog, and grassland
Route: Linear
Wheelchair accessible: No
Map: Discoverer Series OSNI Sheet 26
Dogs: Dogs are not permitted
When starting your walk from the Florencecourt House carpark follow the waymarked red trail, which takes you along narrow tracks that twist and turn and undulating course past mixed deciduous woodland crossing the Larganess River in several places. As you reach the edge of the forest you will pick up the trail sign for the Cuilcagh Way (Florencecourt Forest Trail). It weaves its way through forests alive with a wide variety of wildlife, birds, and plants before sauntering around the foothills of the Marlbank karst region, an area of limestone with characteristic weathering both above and below ground.
There are no significant climbs but along the western section of the trek there are some splendid views of Cuilcagh Mountain and the surrounding Marlbank hills. Attractions along the way include Gortmaconnell Rock, a knoll-shaped hill rising out of the green meadows with its craggy white slopes stark in the sunlight.
