Ormeau Park

A nice park with trees, basketball court, seating area, ample space for dog training and play. The back gate requires an optimized user interface (UI) as it always looks ‘closed’ even when open and requires some dismounting and wiggling if you’re on a bicycle.

Great park, well sized. Lovely vibes and plenty of dog walkers about the place. Loads of benches scattered around so you can take a seat anywhere. Paths are smoother in some places than others, but still good for wheelchairs and prams. There's also a lovely coffee stand near the ormeau road entrance.

I recently visited this park and had a wonderful experience. The park is peaceful and quiet, and it feels like you are connected to nature. I took a leisurely stroll around the park and admired the beauty of the trees and the grass. There were people jogging, walking their dogs, and playing fetch with their dogs. I found a nice bench to sit on and read my book in the peaceful atmosphere. The park was well-maintained and clean and I felt safe and relaxed. I definitely recommend visiting this park if you're looking for some peace and quiet, and a break from the city. I'm sure you'll have a great experience just like I did!

Lovely park for walks with friends and dogs. Great for park runs on a Saturday morning. Sunbathing in summer, meeting with friends and going cycling. There's a park for kids. I think there is a basketball court or else it's for tennis. Toilets too.

simple but excellent venue for outdoor concerts. went to Snow Patrol within the Belsonic festival and it was fab, really good view points and the sound was perfect

A beautiful sight for great pictures and picnic with family and friends. We laughed, danced and took long walks while basking under the sun and hiding under the trees. Pet friendly too and it has got bicycles you can rent to drive round the park. I am visiting soon again.

An incredibly serene place, I love going for danders frequently enough. Kids, nieces, and nephews each love it for there Belsonic gigs and whatnot. Was taken there last year for some crazy club-type music, but was a blast nonetheless!!! Hoping to visit again next year to see Pitbull live. Cannot wait!!

A great place to walk with a friend. Lovely and quiet in the mornings with people out walking their dogs and heading to work. Park needs more bins and better rubbish clean up. Lovely walking paths both paved and wooded.

This knocks the socks off Botanic Gardens any day. It's massive, wilder, nowhere near as crowded and just lovely. I used to take my spaniel Tiko here every day and he loved it - OK, dogs love anywhere they can run about, but he really did share my love of this park, as there's loads of undergrowth he could and did snuffle into and lots of space to run around. (And if the poor girl whose lunchtime Subway sandwich he scarfed is reading this, I can only apologise yet again.) I haven't been back to Ormeau Park since he died, because, well, I just don't want to at the mo, but some of my happiest memories of him are at this park and it''s probably my favourite outdoor spot in all of Belfast. I love walking past the house in the middle of it and dreaming someday of living there. I'd even give up my Melbourne yearning for that... This is a stellar spot for walking, cycling or skating, and I even saw a mini orchestra happily playing near the bandstand once as well. There are bowling greens, a basketball/netball court and tennis courts, at which I would marvel at healthy types playing vigorously there at 10am on a Sunday, as Tiko and I lurched past. (And if the poor guy whose tennis ball he neatly nipped in and stole is reading this, I can only apologise yet again.) A beautiful park that's a bit bittersweet for me at the moment, but hopefully will become a regular chilling out place for me again. Perfect.

This is great park with a number of amenities at hand I often take my dog for a walk here and he loves the contrast between its big open spaces and woodland walk ways The park itself is really well kept with lovely flower beds and trails and it's great for a picnic on a sunny afternoon There are two excellent children's playgrounds (one at each end), tennis and basketball courts (free to use but you need your own equipment) and a number of exercise machines dotted around Be careful if you are going there early on a Saturday as you may be stampeded by the hundreds of runners taking part in the weekly park run! I'm only marking this down one star as if it's been raining it's like a swamp for days!

Ormeau Park, the underrated green space of Belfast. I love this place its a little emerald in the grey concrete of the city. Well cultivated and kept with its grandiose gates and lots of little walks and trails, great for a little peace of mind walk or a wee day out for kids at the pretty awesome play park. My only negative is that I think there could be more done here events wise. It always seems botanic has the monopoly on those. Maybe a winter wonderland like they do at Hyde Park in London and a few Summer events to make use of the bandstand and nice open spaces.

I can't believe I haven't yet reviewed Ormeau Park! I have fond memories of the park from growing up and playing football here and also enjoying summer walks through the nature. I suppose that sums up Ormeau Park, it has excellent versatility fantastic for sport and nature enthusiasts. In terms of sport Ormeau Park has a number of well maintained football pitches, a BMX track, tennis courts and basket ball courts - there is also a playground for those too young for organised sport. In terms of nature theres a few good jogging routes and signed eco orienteering routes. The park is extremely accessible and it seems that over the years Belfast City Council have made a converted effort to u[grade facilities where they can. Parking is generous and is much needed especially in May when the Belfast City Marathon takes place (Ormeau Park acts as the end of the run). All in all a great park - it's also the site of the Ozone Centre (Laser Quest as it's commonly known).

I attended the free ticketed event Mù - Cinématique des Fluides Show in Ormeau Park on Sunday evening with my family. Thankfully the heavy rain stopped in time for the event and stayed off until we were home again. The event itself was a truly magical affair performed by French group Transe Express as part of Belfast International Arts Festival. Skilled acrobats performed suspended above the crowd by a crane, while musicians played perched on a steampunkesque contraption. Local volunteers made up the rest of the performance with lanterns shaped like various sea creatures dancing amongst the crowd. I would love to see more family friendly events being held in Belfast and Ormeau Park is a great place to hold them.

A massive sprawling wilderness of a park for a small city such as Belfast. Full of mature trees and large space to wander around. Popular with dog walkers and joggers. I do like this park, though it's not as cultivated as Botanic Gardens with its landscaped, gardener tended areas. There's a more natural, uncultivated lushness to Ormeau Park. A lovely place especially in autumn and summer...

Ormeau Park is a wonderful publicly run park, and for me is far superior to Botanic gardens, which I find to be sadly lacking in natural beauty. Ormeau Park is absolutely massive compared to Botanic which is rather small and cramped, especially on sunny days where students swarm to it like flies to a word I cannot type here! The park has tennis courts , football pitches and basketball courts that can be booked for low prices, and is a really overlooked facility! The whole park is never too full which is one of the appealing aspects of the park, because you feel like you are really in an isolated grassy country park somewhere, not stuck right in the centre of Belfast! The park was also the temporary site of the Vital concerts that used to be held in Belfast which were great, and I saw The Killers, Kasabian, Mark Ronson and The Shins here all in one day for £25, which was phenomenal value! Ormeau is a wonderful escape from the hustle and bustle of the city, so get there if you want a relaxing walk or a bit of sporting fun! Ormeau Park is a wonderful publicly run park, and for me is far superior to Botanic gardens, which I find to be sadly lacking in natural beauty. Ormeau Park is absolutely massive compared to Botanic which is rather small and cramped, especially on sunny days where students swarm to it like flies to a word I cannot type here! The park has tennis courts , football pitches and basketball courts that can be booked for low prices, and is a really overlooked facility! The whole park is never too full which is one of the appealing aspects of the park, because you feel like you are really in an isolated grassy country park somewhere, not stuck right in the centre of Belfast! The park was also the temporary site of the Vital concerts that used to be held in Belfast which were great, and I saw The Killers, Kasabian, Mark Ronson and The Shins here all in one day for £25, which was phenomenal value! Ormeau is a wonderful escape from the hustle and bustle of the city, so get there if you want a relaxing walk or a bit of sporting fun!

Ormeau Park is a lovely green spot of Belfast, well-maintained but still with a sense of wilderness. I think it is quite popular although due to the massive size of the park, it is never crowded as such. There are different paths and trails, so you can enjoy a long enough stroll if you feel like. Sports facilities are great here, a jogger's paradise with various trails, lots of space for team sports, there are soccer pitches, bowling greens, basketball and tennis courts, a playground for kids and a number of outdoor fitness equipment (not taken seriously by kids :)) As far as I know, there is also a 5K park run on Saturday mornings.

Ormeau Park is the oldest park in all of Belfast, and opened in 1871. It's also one of the biggest, you can really get lost here! It's got lots of stuff to occupy kids and teenagers also, football pitches, tennis courts, and little playground areas too. You can access it from the Ormeau Road, the Ormeau Embankment, Park Road and Ravenhill Road too. It's extremely well-maintained, with winding paths and grassy lawns, and beautiful flower beds at certain times of the year. It's weird that it's smack bang in the middle of Belfast - you wouldn't know it, it's like a calm oasis - and it's especially nice that it's right around the corner from where I work - so I can get some space from my pupils at lunchtime! It wouldn't be top of the list for any tourists or sightseers, unless they are particularly into the history of parks, for which this one, being the oldest in Belfast, might hold an interest for them, but if you're staying in the area and fancy a bit of scenery I would definitely recommend it. And, being from North Belfast myself, I would suggest any Belfast residents go and stroll around any quiet afternoon - it's a lovely place.

Ormeau Park is the sort of park you could spend hours roaming around in and no one would find you. It's absolutely massive, with the path seemingly winding forever (in reality, it probably runs for about 1 or 2 miles). It's a favourite with local dogwalkers. The best time to visit is Spring, when the trees are blooming with pink blossoms. Lovely.

Ormeau Park is definitely one of the best green spaces in Belfast. I never actually realised how huge it was until I decided to walk through it one day. I was meeting some friends to play tennis in the Ozone Complex, but entered through the Ormeau Road, rather than the Embankment or the Ravenhill Road. It took ages to get there! Although, it was a really pleasurable walk. The pathways were lovely and wide, allowing for cyclists, dog walkers and pedestrians to co-exist in harmony, and the greenery has the right balance between being really wild and mechanically maintained.

Ormeau Park doesn't get nearly the credit it deserves, in my opinion. It's much more vast and wild than Botanic Gardens, and offers a true escape from the city. If manicured lawns and flower beds are your thing, you won't find much in Ormeau although recently I notice that more of an effort is being made to sculpt beds and plant ornamental flowers than in previous years. And let's not forget the bowling green, found inside the walled garden at the Ormeau Road side of the park, which sports a riot of flowers in the beds around the edges and lots of benches where you can take them in and enjoy a sedate game of bowls at the same time. There are also basketball courts and some sort of stunt bike area - if you can find them among the trees and football pitches and other things the park has going on. This park occasionally gets a dodgy reputation from reports of people being attacked there after dark, but I've never had a bad experience.