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Lisburn Road > Ormeau Park < walking route map in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Lisburn Road > Ormeau Park <
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Lisburn Road > Ormeau Park <

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Length7.7 mi
Elev. Gain252.6 ft
Est. Steps18000
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Grassland
Bathroom
Playground
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Lisburn Road > Ormeau Park < Introduction

Lisburn Road > Ormeau Park < is a 7.7 mile (18,000-step) route located near Belfast, Northern Ireland. This route has an elevation gain of about 252.6 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Lisburn Road > Ormeau Park <

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Ormeau Park

Park
Ormeau Park is the oldest municipal park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, having been officially opened to the public in 1871. It is owned and run by Belfast City Council and is one of the largest and busiest parks in the city and contains a variety of horticulture, woodland, wildlife and sporting facilities.

Donegall Arms shooting

Place
The Donegall Arms shooting took place on 21 December 1991, when gunmen from the small Irish Republican paramilitary group the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) burst into the Donegall Arms public house and sprayed it with gunfire, killing two Protestant civilians and injuring several others in the bar.

Botanic railway station

Building
Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland and students for Queen's University Belfast; it is also near Shaftesbury Square which is along Botanic Avenue. It is named after the nearby Belfast Botanic Gardens. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being City Hospital, Great Victoria Street, and Lanyon Place.

Crumlin Road Prison bombing

Place
On the 24 November 1991 the Provisional IRA (IRA) exploded a home made bomb along the Crumlin Road inside of the Crumlin Road Prison in the Ulster Loyalist wing of the prison killing two Loyalist prisoners, one from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) and one from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). This came at the height of a debate on the issues of desegregation between Loyalist and Irish Republican prisoners.

Botanic Avenue

Building
Botanic Avenue is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is a street connecting Shaftesbury Square with Botanic railway station and the leafy suburbs in south Belfast, and the Queen's Quarter, Belfast.

Crescent Arts Centre

Building
The Crescent Arts Centre is an arts centre based in a Victorian-era listed building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1980, and the building was extensively refurbished between 2008 and 2010. The Centre hosts a wide range of arts and entertainment events, as well as classes in dance, music, verbal and visual arts, and community outreach programmes.

Queen's University Belfast Students' Union

Place
Queen's University Belfast Students' Union (QUBSU) is the official representative body for students at Queen's University Belfast. Membership in the Union is automatic and currently totals 24,560, making it one of the largest Unions on the island of Ireland, and one of the largest in the United Kingdom.

Ormeau Bridge

Place
The Ormeau Bridge is a road bridge in Belfast, roughly 80m long, carrying the A24 Ormeau Road across the River Lagan from Stranmillis Embankment to Ormeau Embankment.The bridge was opened in 1863 and designed by Charles Lanyon to a near-identical standard as his earlier Queen's Bridge. It replaced an earlier, less stable structure dating from 1818.

Red Lion Pub bombing

Place
The Red Lion Pub bombing was a bomb attack that happened on 2 November 1971, when a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade exploded in the Red Lion pub in Belfast which killed three people and injured about 30 others.

Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting

Place
On 5 February 1992, a mass shooting took place at the Sean Graham bookmaker's shop on the Lower Ormeau Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on the customers, killing five civilians and wounding another nine. The shop was in an Irish nationalist area, and all of the victims were local Catholic civilians.
Last updated: May 1, 2025

Route Details

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Length

7.7 mi
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Elev. Gain

252.6 ft
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Est. Steps

18000
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Dee
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