Ormeau Park
This route explores an historic parkland overlooking the River Lagan.
County Antrim
Distance 1.2 miles
OS Map Sheet 15 + Belfast Street Finder
Terrain Tarmac paths, gradual hills
Nearest Town Ormeau, Belfast
Route Shape Circular
Grid Reference J350734
Route Type Parkland & Grassland, Urban
Beginning at the car park beside Ormeau Recreation Centre, take the tree-lined path to the right of the recreation centre, past the all weather pitches.
Keep right at the next two junctions. Continue along this path past mature trees and woodland copses. You will reach a crossroads. Go straight on. You will pass the former Superintendent’s House within a garden on your left.
Continue on until you pass a small shelter. Ahead will be two roads, take the second one on the right. This leads to the outside of the former walled garden.
Turn left, keeping the wall on your right, and then left again on to the main path leading from the entrance to the service yard. Follow this path. You will see the bandstand on your right. Follow the path to the right which leads past a second shelter, some flower beds and mature conifer trees. Just beyond these on your right is a small wildflower meadow.
Continue past a triangular rose bed on your left, but veer left at the next triangular flower bed, in which there stands a bell on a post.
Take the next right and then left to return to the car park.
This walk is also suitable for people with limited mobility, please see link below for Disabled Ramblers NI in Ormeau Park.
Trees, ecotrail, flower beds, bandstand
Car park at Ozone recreation centre – entrance off Ormeau Embankment.
Translink – journeyplanner.translink.co.uk
Toilets at Ormeau Embankment and Recreation Centre. Refreshments available locally. The following facilities are available for users with limited mobility: – Disabled toilets – Disabled parking
Grade 3
- The path may not be hard and firm in all weathers with loose stones (not bigger than 5cm) with occasional tree roots and pot holes and will be at least 1m wide for its entire length.
- The path will not be steeper than 6° or have a cross slope of greater than 6°.
- There will not be any obstacles such as steps or stiles and surface breaks will be between 12mm and 75mm in width.
- There will be a clear head height of greater than 2.10m for the entire length of the route.
- There will be passing places at least every 150m and rest areas at least every 1km.
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Ormeau Park
Lovely walk through a beautiful park. Watch out for traffic though as cars drive through the park.