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Planning: Impact of new councils on your community

published on: 30-09-2014

Information about how the changes in councils next year will affect people and planning at local community level is available. The reform of local government, due to be completed by April, will see the reduction of 26 councils to 11. Community Places – a charity that gives free planning advice – also helps community groups and people who otherwise cannot afford consultants by providing advice on building extensions, housing building, […]

Voices recall the ‘jawbox’ and ‘housewife mill shift’

published on: 16-09-2014

A social history of the people who lived and worked in the Belfast Hills has been established in a unique oral collection of voices recorded on our website. The contributors recall the ‘jawbox’ known as the kitchen sink, posteriors sticking to icy outside toilets, the arrival of electric cookers, and gas street lighting. Workmen donning clean collars washed with Sunlight soap, quarry blasting that shook houses and the […]

Peaks of perfect pastries at Divis Coffee Barn

published on: 01-09-2014

Hikers and riders are on the scent of a scenic sizzle with the opening of coffee shop facilities on Divis and Black Mountain. Weary walkers and famished visitors are flocking to sample the homemade baking and cooking delights at Divis Coffee Barn that at 1,025 ft proudly boasts Ireland’s highest coffee shop. Located a short walk inside the entrance of the National Trust site, it’s the perfect pitstop after […]

Recreation guide launched with Belfast Lord Mayor

published on: 07-07-2014

New guide serves half a million visits in the Belfast Hills and is available online or at various locations.

Magnificient meadows to bloom at Lagmore Glen

published on: 10-06-2014

Mount Eagles estate in west Belfast is celebrating community ‘flower power’ after securing £15,000 for a wildflower meadow and woodland.

Ray of Light for Ancient Woodland

published on: 04-06-2014

Farmers and landowners in the Belfast Hills are being encouraged to take part in major new project to restore damaged ancient woodland in Northern Ireland.

How to spot Japanese knotweed

published on: 04-06-2014

It’s summer and everything in the garden is growing – but so is Japanese knotweed. Read on for: What it looks like? What do I do about removing it?

Imogen is ‘champion wonder horse’

published on: 03-06-2014

A Suffolk Punch horse named Imogen who works in the Belfast Hills has become a ‘mane’ attraction after winning the British Horse Logging Championships.

Spotlight on antiquity at Carnmoney Hill

published on: 06-05-2014

The Belfast Hills Partnership is gathering a host of archaeologists, historians, schools and community groups as the spotlight falls on the antiquity of Carnmoney Hill this spring.

Old Dunanney farm on Carnmoney Hill

published on: 23-04-2014

At the end of a laneway on the slopes of Carnmoney Hill, lies the remains of a homestead steeped in the history of the Belfast Hills, which will be the location of an archaeological dig in May.