Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre

There are two hiking trails (red and green). Only part of the green trail is accessible for wheelchairs but the views are totally worth it. I would advise booking tickets online, if you’re driving there, because you get guaranteed parking, access to the visitor center and the option of a guided tour. You can get carer tickets online, they didn’t require any evidence either. We did get told off by staff twice. Firstly because I was driving on the road instead of the path and there were vehicles driving slowly up and down the road every 45 minutes or so. Secondly, because my carer was flying a drone, bear in mind that there were no signs anywhere saying that you couldn’t, she obviously put it away once she was told by a staff member.

When we recently visited the Giant's Causeway, an alarm in the visitors' centre accessible toilet had been activated. A member of staff carefully knocked on the door, then let himself in. The room was vacant, so he deactivated the alarm, and then tied the emergency cord neatly out of the way so it wouldn't be accidentally pulled again. The facilities appear to be good, but they can't be used properly if staff don't know how to maintain them.

We didn't realise that we'd need to book a ticket with the National Trust in advance of arriving at the Giant's Causeway, but were relieved to find some helpful staff members in the car park advising of a few last minute slots available and helping us book online using our phones. After that, everything was plain sailing. There's one of those modern eco visitor centres with good loos, an exhibition, a shop and a cafe, which all had level access. From there, it's about 1km down a tarmac road to a place where you can get up close to the hexagonal columns of the Giant's Causeway itself, and my small scooter had no trouble with the journey, although it was puffing and wheezing a bit on the slope back up to the visitor centre. I was also able to enjoy the free guided tour where a local man working for the NT pointed out geological features on the road down, told us about the history of the place as a visitor attraction (now no longer crammed with souvenir stalls as it was in the past, apparently) and regaled us with Irish myths and legends. When we got down to the rocks, I was a bit sad I couldn't climb on them like everyone else, but was pleasantly surprised how close I could get on my scooter. We were also lucky that the rain mostly held off while we were outside, and we enjoyed sheltering in the visitor centre cafe when a big downpour did arrive.