Woodvale Park is home to Woodvale Park Playing Fields. The park has been refurbished as part of our Investment Programme and new facilities include soccer pitches, a 7-a-side soccer area, a bowling pavilion, a children’s playground with toddlers play area, an outdoor exercise area, a community garden and a number of allotment plots.
The park is also a popular spot for walkers and offers several varied routes. The park is also home to the Peace Tree, Northern Ireland's Tree of the Year 2015.
Woodvale Park was sold to Belfast Corporation (now the Belfast City Council) by Reverend Glover in 1888. He lived in Woodvale House, towards the south of the park, near Woodvale Avenue.
The site was originally due to be called Shankill Park, but the name was changed to Woodvale at the last minute.
An opening ceremony was scheduled for 3pm on Saturday 18 August 1888. However, by 3.35pm, the dignitaries had not turned up so a park ranger took the key and opened the gates to the large crowd!
Woodvale Park originally included a large pond, which was used by local people in winter for ice-skating. The pond was filled in after World War II and a children's playground built in its place.