It has its own playground and is only five minutes from Belfast Zoo. It is a huge area of walking trails and orienteering routes with its own playground.

Belfast Castle, along with the 19th century, is a stone cairn and crannóg, which can be found in the park. Perhaps the most stunning site is McArt’s Fort, a historic stone fort perched 1,200 feet (368 metres) above sea level atop Napoleon’s Nose’s basaltic cliff! Cave Hill’s silhouette is thought to resemble a sleeping giant guarding Belfast, and it even inspired Jonathan Swift to create Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels.