HomeDrumglass Park
Address: Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6JFEntrance to the park is via Lisburn Road or Cranmore Park. Take Metro no.9A-C from Belfast city centre and get off directly outside the park.
Drumglass Park, located between the Lisburn and Malone Roads in south Belfast, is popular with families and young children and hosts music events in the summer. Also known as Cranmore or Marlborough Park, it has public gardens and a children's playground.
Opening hours
All our parks open at 7.30am daily. Closing times vary according to the time of year - check full opening hours for parksEvents
The park hosts regular events, including band performances and family fun days. Details of these are listed in our park events section.Contact details
For more information about the park, call 07850 316024 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm only) or email smythpatrick@belfastcity.gov.ukDrumglass Park has also been assessed by Disabled Go to check how accessible it is to people with disabilities.
History
Drumglass Park is named after Henry Musgrave, the owner of nearby Drumglass House. The name Drumglass means the 'green ridge' or 'green hill'.Henry Musgrave was a well-known landowner who was elected an Honorary Burgess of the City of Belfast in 1917. He lived in Drumglass House, one of the most prestigious houses in the Malone Road area.
Musgrave died on 2 January 1922, leaving six acres of his property to the city to be used as a public park or children's playground.
The park was initially named Drumglass Playcentre and it was opened to the public on 9 September 1924 by the Lady Mayoress of Belfast, Lady Turner. The house and site's remaining grounds now form part of Victoria College Girls' School.
Drumglass Park contains a private gate lodge, located near the Lisburn Road entrance to the park. It served as the original lodge for Musgrave's estate and was built in the Queen Anne revival style around 1882. You can still see the Musgrave family monogram above one of the doorways and on the sandstone tops of the gate pillars.
