City to city
Two hours on the M1, or the Antrim Coast Road and the Mourne Mountains stretched across two days.
Direct route
105.6 mi
Scenic route
236.1 mi
Days to enjoy it
2 days
Great roads on route
4
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Distances are planning estimates. The road list is drawn from the scored Atlas library inside this corridor. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 3 May 2026
The detour
The fast way
Motorway and trunk road for most of it, one fuel stop, nothing you will remember. Useful when the drive is a means to an end.
The good way
About 3 hr 26 min of that is spent on the great roads themselves, which is where the whole difference lies.
On the way
01 · Ireland
Empty moorland tarmac over the Sally Gap, minutes from Dublin but utterly wild.
28 mi · Rating 9.1 / 10
02 · United Kingdom
One of the world's great coast roads, hugging cliffs beneath nine dramatic glens.
29.8 mi · Rating 9.1 / 10
03 · Ireland
A lonely blanket bog crossing through the wildest heart of the Wicklow Mountains.
12.4 mi · Rating 8.7 / 10
04 · United Kingdom
Northern Ireland's highest main road crossing sweeps over bleak Sperrin moorland.
11.2 mi · Rating 7.9 / 10
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