Getting to the Hostel
We’re in the heart of the town so easy enough to find. Just beside the Slieve Donard Hotel and Percy French Bar. Check out the directions below for more details.
Arrive by Bus
If you get to Newcastle by bus, stand at the front of the bus station facing the ‘Top of the Town’ chip shop. Turn to your left and walk past Lidl, keeping it on your left. You will see some shops (Smyths, Thumbelina) on your right. Keep walking in this direction until you reach a mini roundabout (big blob of white paint in the road) and you will see an Indian Restaurant called Sinnamon Club. Cross the road towards the Indian Restaurant and walk along Downs Road for apporximately 200yards and we are on the corner of Donard Place.
Arrive by Car
You’ve arrived in Newcastle by car from Belfast on the A2 from Dundrum or A50 from Castlewellan
At the main roundabout (with the big metal windmills/flowers), follow the A2 Dundrum Road onto Railway Street and past the Ulsterbus Station, at the petrol station take a left staying on Railway Street (past Lidl). Take the 3rd exit at the mini roundabout on the Downs Road, drive on this road for approximately 200 yards. You will see the hostel on the right, at the corner of Donard Place. There are free parking facilities in the Downs Road car park across from the hostel.
You’ve arrived in Newcastle by car from Dundrum on the A50 from Newry/Castlewellan
At the main roundabout (with the big metal windmills/flowers), follow the A2 Dundrum Road onto Railway Street and past the Ulsterbus Station, at the petrol station take a left staying on Railway Street (past Lidl). Take the 3rd exit at the mini roundabout on the Downs Road, drive on this road for approximately 200 yards. You will see the hostel on the right, at the corner of Donard Place. There are free parking facilities in the Downs Road car park across from the hostel.
You’ve arrived in Newcastle by car from Dundrum on the A2 from Kilkeel direction
From the junction at the Bryansford Road you pass the Anchor Bar on your right, stay in the right lane, following the road around to the right, and then follow the road to the left (do not take the turn off for Causeway Road). Follow the A2 Shimna Road, pass through the traffic lights, continuing forward. Follow the road around to the left (passing Xtra-vision on your right). Stay in the right lane and follow the signs for Kilkeel A2. Stay in the left lane and continue forward onto Railway Street and past the Ulsterbus Station, at the petrol station take a left staying on Railway Street (past Lidl). Take the 3rd exit at the mini roundabout on the Downs Road, drive on this road for approximately 200 yards. You will see the hostel on the right, at the corner of Donard Place. There are free parking facilities in the Downs Road car park across from the hostel.
