Glenbank Park


View larger map Address: Ligoniel Road, Belfast, BT14 8BY

Entrance to the park is via Ligoniel Road. If you are travelling by bus from Belfast city centre, take Metro no.11A.


Park features include flower displays, a community garden, a children's playground and walking routes.

Opening hours

All our parks open at 7.30am daily. Closing times vary according to the time of year - check full opening hours for parks

Contact details

For more information about the park, call 028 9031 9629 or 07860 461955 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm only) or email largeym@belfastcity.gov.uk

History

Glenbank Park originally belonged to the Sinclair family, who also owned the land which was used to create Falls Park and Belfast City Cemetery

By the middle of the 19th century, the estate had become the property of the Ewart family, a group of linen manufacturers who owned a large mill on the Crumlin Road and a bleach green next to the site. Keen to contribute to their neighbourhood, the Ewarts offered Belfast Corporation (now the council) seven and a half acres of their land to use as a public park for the Ligoniel area.

Approval was granted in January 1921 and, later that year, another three-quarters of an acre was added to the estate to 'square off' the shape of the park. The site was then landscaped by 53 unemployed men at a cost of £3,000. The Ewarts also contributed money to set up a children's corner with playground equipment.