Belfast Castle Estate

Belfast Castle Estate overview

The park is home to Cave Hill Adventurous Playground, archaeological sites, visitor information area in Belfast Castle, ecotrails, walking and orienteering routes.

Getting to Belfast Castle Estate

You can enter the park through Cave Hill Adventurous Playground at Gray's Lane or Innisfayle Park. Take Metro A to H from Belfast city centre (Monday to Saturday) or Cto E or H (Sundays), or plan your journey with Translink (link opens in new window).

Other attractions

The estate contains landscaped gardens, mature mixed woodland, a forest trail, an outdoor classroom and the Millennium Maze. It offers superb views of the city from a variety of vantage points. It is home to many different species of wildlife, including long-eared owls, sparrowhawks and Belfast's rarest plant; the town hall clock.

Cave Hill playground

The Cave Hill Adventurous Playground is open.

Park events

To find out what events and activities are on in our parks, go to Park events.

Disposable barbecues

You cannot use a disposable barbecue in our parks.

Park opening hours

Our parks open at 7.30am every day. Closing times change as daylight lengthens or shortens. Ballysillan Park and Glenbank Park close 30 minutes before our other parks.

Date	Closing time
2025
23 November to 31 December	4.30pm
2026
1 to 10 January	4.30pm
11 January to 31 January	5pm
1 February to 7 February	5.30pm
8 February to 14 February	6pm
15 February to 21 March	6.30pm
22 March to 4 April	7.30pm
5 April to 11 April	8pm
12 April to 25 April	8.30pm
26 April to 9 May	9pm
10 May to 23 May	9.30pm
24 May to 18 July	10pm
19 July to 1 August	9.30pm
2 August to 22 August	9pm
23 August to 29 August	8.30pm
30 August to 12 September	8pm
13 September to 26 September	7.30pm
27 September to 17 October	6.30pm
18 October to 24 October	6pm
25 October to 7 November	5.30pm
8 November to 21 November	5pm
22 November to 31 December	4.30pm
2027
1 to 11 January	4.30pm

Belfast Castle Estate