Dark Hedges

The Dark Hedges is an avenue of beech trees along Bregagh Road between Armoy and Stranocum in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

[2][5][6] The Dark Hedges was used as a filming location for the "King's Road" in the television series Game of Thrones.

[13] The Woodland Trust has stated that high traffic levels might cause the trees, which are surface rooting, to last less than twenty years.

[14] In 2017 the Department of Infrastructure announced plans to close the road to traffic, due to visitor numbers causing possible damage and degradation to the site.

[16][17] In 2023, a survey found that 11 of the remaining 86 trees were in a poor condition and could pose a danger to the public, and 6 of them were to be felled.