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Award winning Artwork for the Half Moon Lake

published on: 26-10-2016

As part of Our Landscape Partnership Scheme the Belfast Hills Partnership has been enabling local school children to get creative and to produce an award winning mosaic at the Half Moon Lake site in West Belfast. The Half Moon Lake, known locally as the ‘halfie’, is a hidden jewel just off the Suffolk road. Few people know of the secluded crescent-shaped waterway’s existence, but it is a key part of the rich industrial heritage […]

Tender notice: Cavehill Path and infrastructure works

published on: 17-10-2016

The Belfast Hills Partnership (BHP) is working in partnership with Belfast City Council to develop a new path within Cave Hill Country Park’s Horse Shoe Bend site, Belfast. Applications are invited from experienced Design and Build Contractors who wish to tender for this Path and Infrastructure Works Project. The project is for the design and construction of approx. 440 meters of new path along with approx. 735 meters […]

Victory for the Belfast Hills Partnership volunteers!

published on: 29-09-2016

The Belfast Hills Partnership’s loyal team of volunteers have been celebrating the Partnership’s becoming an Investing in Volunteers (IiV) achiever, having been awarded the quality standard today. Lisa Critchley, the Belfast Hills Outreach and Volunteer Officer, said “we are delighted to have been awarded this quality standard from Volunteer Now. This award is a UK quality standard which shows that we value our volunteers and demonstrates our commitment to […]

New sculpture unveiled in the Belfast Hills

published on: 16-09-2016

A stainless steel raindrop is to be unveiled today as Belfast’s newest piece of public art. The six-metre tall sculpture, known as Origin overlooks Belfast from the Horseshoe Bend section of Cavehill Country Park and will be visible from across the city. The art piece is part of a cross-community collaboration between Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road and the Spectrum Centre on the Shankill Road […]

The gift of free trees!

published on: 30-08-2016

Communities invited to spruce up the landscape, with the gift of free trees Schools, youth groups and community groups are tackling Northern Ireland’s lack of woodland cover by getting their hands dirty and planting thousands of trees. Children and adults throughout the country made their mark earlier this year by planting 13,000 trees as part of a Woodland Trust scheme. And it’s not too late to get involved, […]

Belfast Hills Heritage Festival – Our prescription for health!

published on: 05-07-2016

Feeling down? Sluggish? Want to shed a bit of weight? Well the Belfast Hills Partnership is offering a prescription with a difference this summer – go alfresco with this year’s Heritage Festival! The benefits of not simply doing exercise, but getting outside into nature are well documented. Experts cite a host of benefits including: increased happiness, concentration, faster healing and vitamin D levels increase, helping fight conditions from osteoporosis […]

‘Crafty’ history uncovered at Belfast Hills Big Dig

published on: 15-06-2016

Archaeologists at this year’s Belfast Hills Big Dig at Slievenacloy’s earthen ring were stunned and excited to find evidence of craft manufacture at what appeared to be a simple Early Christian farmstead and cattle enclosure. The community archaeology dig run by the Belfast Hills Partnership in conjunction with Ulster Wildlife uncovered a waste glass globule and unfinished broken lignite bracelet, providing evidence of the manufacture of glass and lignite […]

Living History Treasure Trail

published on: 23-05-2016

The Belfast Hills Partnership challenged over 300 children, from across Belfast and Newtownabbey, to discover the hidden heritage of Cave Hill Country Park, by taking part in Living History Treasure Trail. The trail encouraged local young people to learn about Belfast’s fascinating heritage, by discovering ‘real life’ characters and solving clues from Cave Hill’s rich history. The characters were hidden around the Country Park and told the story of […]

Googling the Belfast Hills

published on: 19-05-2016

Many of us are now very familiar with using web based maps such as Google Maps to plan out our trips and journeys. Google Street View gives us a great way to check out our road journeys, where to park and just what our destination looks like. Now this is available for footpaths and mountain trails around Belfast thanks to Google Trekker, a backpack version of the Google Street […]

New Community art creation at Ligoniel a soaring success

published on: 27-04-2016

Three stainless steel mallard ducks on an arc of flax flowers can now be seen soaring above the historic flax dams at Ligoniel. The local community have worked with artists to celebrate the rich linen history of the Ligoniel Dams through the creation of a bespoke sculpture which may now been seen on the site rising over 3 meters to frame this natural setting. The sculptural base is […]