Straid Hill

About Straid Hill

Rising to just over 300 metres in the northern Sperrins, this modest Hump overlooks the village of Park. It offers a straightforward ascent through typical upland grazing, providing clear, uncrowded views across the Faughan Valley toward the more prominent peaks of Sawel and Meenard to the south.

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• •The name is derived from the Irish An tSráid, meaning ‘the street’, which likely refers to an ancient track or mountain pass that historically skirted the base of the hill.
• •From the summit, the view is dominated by the massive profiles of Sawel and Meenard, the two highest peaks in the Sperrin range, which sit directly to the south.
• •Its position on the northern fringes of the Sperrin Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty makes it an excellent vantage point for surveying the transition from the high moorland to the fertile fields of the Faughan Valley.
• •At 303 metres, it maintains its status as a Hump by a margin of only three metres, making it one of the lower-ranking summits in the region to hold the classification.