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Parks, pitches and open spaces
Falls Park has many fine mature trees, beautiful flowers, horticultural displays and grassland areas. We have installed public access defibrillators for park users at Falls Park.
The park has:
Work is also underway on a new 3G pitch, changing pavilion and open space improvements in Falls Park.
Enter the park at Falls Road. If you are travelling by public transport, take Glider route G1 in the direction of McKinstry Road from Belfast city centre. Get off opposite the park, beside Milltown C
Falls Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award every year from 2011 to 2021. This award recognises the best open spaces in the UK.
In June 1866, Belfast Corporation bought 101 acres of land on Falls Road from the Sinclair family. Some of the land was set aside for the building of Belfast City Cemetery, but the rest was earmarked for a new park.
As the land initially fell outside the Belfast city boundary, the area was not considered a public park until the Public Parks (Ireland) Act was passed in 1869.
The area, now known as Falls Park, was established in 1873.
In 1924, an outdoor swimming pool, known locally as ‘the Cooler’, was added to the park. It cost £3,000 to build and was fed by the Ballymurphy Stream, which still flows through the area today. The pool closed in 1979 for public health reasons.
To find out what events and activities are on in our parks, go to Park events.
Falls Park hosts a 5km parkrun every Saturday at 9.30am.
Sports pitches
More information could be provided here.
For example
To book this bowling green, visit our bowling greens for more information.
Basketball / netball court
Defibrillator?
Belfast Wifi
Walking trail?
Read aloud
