Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
Strategic Plan Framework: Seaports and Airports

Warrenpoint Port is located in the southern part of the Plan Area, 10km south of Newry, at the head of Carlingford Lough. The port has daily scheduled freight ferry sailings to Heysham in NW England and a diverse range of further services to continental Europe with a twice weekly container service to Rotterdam, a weekly container and general cargo service to Norway, Sweden and Denmark and regular sailings to the Baltic. Trade includes the importation of timber, steel, animal feed, block stone and paper.

The Eastern Seaboard KTC provides direct access from the Plan Area to other major ports on the East Coast of Ireland at Larne, Belfast, Dublin and Rosslare. These ports provide many passenger, car and freight services to Great Britain, Continental Europe and beyond.

There are no airports located within the Plan Area. Belfast International Airport is 50km north of Banbridge; George Best Belfast City Airport is 50km north east of Banbridge and Dublin Airport is 100km south of Newry. These airports provide a range of domestic, European and long haul destinations.