Musgrave Park

Stockman's Lane,
Belfast,
BT9 7JB

Musgrave Park contains two bowling greens and Gaelic football, hurling and camogie pitches. It also includes a bottle bank.

Musgrave Park is also popular with both walkers and joggers and contains a Highway to Health route.

Musgrave Park opened to the public in 1924. The park is named after Sir Henry Musgrave, who lived in nearby Drumglass House, and who donated the land used to build the park.

Defibrillators

We have installed public access defibrillators for park users at Musgrave Park.

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Facilities

Sports facilities

Orienteering

Toilet facilities

Car Park

Outdoor gym

Bottle bank

Defibrillator

Park opening hours

Our parks are open during coronavirus (COVID-19) except Bridges Urban Sports Park. This park is closed.

If visiting your local park, you must follow social distancing guidance.

Orangefield Park and Victoria Park are open 24 hours every day. The rest of our parks open at 7.30am and close at the following times throughout the year.

If a park contains a 3G pitch, park gates may remain open while the pitches are booked for play. Users must leave the park promptly after play finishes on the 3G pitches as the park gates will be locked within 15 minutes.

Date	Closing time
2020
15 April - 28 April 2020	9pm
29 April – 5 May 2020	9.30pm (9pm for Botanic Gardens)
6 May – 28 July 2020	10pm (9pm for Botanic Gardens)
29 July – 11 August 2020	9.30pm (9pm for Botanic Gardens)
12 – 25 August 2020	9pm
26 August – 1 September 2020	8.30pm
2 – 15 September 2020	8pm
16 – 29 September 2020	7.30pm
30 September – 13 October 2020	7pm
14 – 20 October 2020	6.30pm
21 – 27 October 2020	5.30pm
28 October – 10 November 2020	5pm
11 November – 31 December 2020	4.30pm

Park events

Find out what events we have planned in our parks

Getting here

Enter the park at Stockman's Lane. Take Metro no. 90, 92 or 92A/B if travelling from Belfast city centre.

Award nomination

Musgrave Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award every year from 2010 to 2019. This award recognises the best open spaces in the UK.

Other attractions

Musgrave Park also contains an innovative therapy garden, which was developed with the support of several nearby schools. The garden combines different therapeutic features in one space to improve the quality of life, development and wellbeing of local residents. A 'whispering' wall is the central focus of the garden, which is fitted with acoustic equipment and a mosaic finish to encourage sensory, stimulatory and interactive play.

Other features include:
• a story circle and meeting area
• a willow tunnel
• a sand play area
• bed for planting designed with disabled access
• musical instruments
• community artwork
• play equipment.

The therapy garden was made possible through the support from the European Union's European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - PEACE III.