Mullaghbane

The walk up Mullaghbane rewards you with proper views across Mid Ulster - on a clear day you can see right across to the Sperrins. It's not the highest peak in the range, but the approach from Cookstown side is straightforward enough, and you won't fight crowds like you might elsewhere.

This is walkers' terrain, really. The summit itself is moorland - windswept, treeless, utterly honest. You get the landscape without frills. The walk takes a couple of hours up and back depending on your pace and which route you pick, and it's the sort of place where people actually know what they're doing with their boots on. Families with younger kids might find it a slog; teenagers and proper hikers will get on with it fine.

There's no visitor centre, no shop at the top, no nonsense. That's rather the point. Free to walk whenever you fancy - dawn's particularly good if you can manage the early start.

If you're staying at Sperrinview Glamping five miles away, Mullaghbane makes a solid morning's work before breakfast back at the site. It slots naturally into a walking holiday around the Sperrins - you get the hill fitness without the technical climbing. The moorland changes colour through the seasons too, which keeps repeat visits interesting. Worth the effort if you like real hills done straightforwardly.