Druminnis Presbyterian Church

The whitewashed walls of Druminnis Presbyterian Church stand quietly on the outskirts of Markethill, a proper working place of worship rather than a museum piece. It's a modest 19th-century structure with that understated elegance you find in rural Northern Irish churches - the kind of building that tells you more about the community that built it than any heritage plaque ever could.

What draws people here is partly the church itself, partly the graveyard. If you're into genealogy or just enjoy reading old headstones - and there's something oddly moving about it - you'll find generations of local families recorded in stone. The church sits in good countryside too, so it works well as a stop on a longer walk rather than a destination in itself.

It's free to visit, though it's worth checking if there's a service on before you turn up unannounced. You'll need maybe twenty minutes unless you're the type to spend an hour parsing gravestones. This isn't somewhere for kids who need entertainment - it's quiet, contemplative, the sort of place that appeals to anyone with a taste for local history or church architecture.

If you're staying at Tepee Valley Campsite just down the road, it's a pleasant short drive to stretch your legs. Markethill itself is a functional market town rather than a tourist draw, but the church gives you a genuine sense of how these small towns tick.