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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 | |
| 11 May to 24 May | 9.30pm (9pm for Botanic Gardens) |
| 25 May to 19 July | 10pm (9pm for Botanic Gardens) |
| 20 July to 2 August | 9.30pm (9pm for Botanic Gardens) |
| 3 August to 23 August | 9pm |
| 24 August to 30 August | 8.30pm |
| 31 August to 13 September | 8pm |
| 14 September to 27 September | 7.30pm |
| 28 September to 18 October | 6.30pm |
| 19 October to 25 October | 6pm |
| 26 October to 8 November | 5.30pm |
| 9 November to 22 November | 5pm |
| 23 November to 31 December | 4.30pm |
| 2026 | |
| 1 to 10 January | 4.30pm |