This is a large town park with numerous walking routes as well as a wildlife pond, open meadowland and wooded areas. There is a children’s play area and picnic tables. Parking is available just off the O’Neill Road or at the Valley Leisure Centre. This site is owned and managed by Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council.

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The Half Moon Lake, known locally as the 'halfie', is a hidden jewel just off the Suffolk Road in West Belfast. Few people know of the secluded crescent-shaped waterway’s existence, but it is a key part of the rich industrial heritage Belfast and today provides a home to a wide variety of wildlife.  The access gate is just after the Upper Suffolk Road on the left hand side as you go down the Suffolk Road towards the Stewartstown Road, please note that the site does not have a car park. This site is owned and managed by Belfast City Council.

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Starting with a walk around the Ligoniel Dams you can then walk along Mill Avenue and straight across Ligoniel Road entering Ligoniel Park. Follow the oak way markers through the park which lead you to a series of steps. Climb the steps to the top and turn right to walk along a tarmac path until you reach the Ballyutoag Road. Cross the Ballyutoag Road to head right, walking on the footpath for about a km. Cross over the Upper Hightown Road and just after the horse shoe bend you will find an entrance to Cave Hill Country Park on your left. Walk down the tarmac lane then take a left. You walk across two fields, heading down hill towards the Boys Model School.

From here you cross over the river on a metal bridge, and turn left, following the path upwards. At the first junction, turn left and follow signs to McArt's Fort. At the second junction, turn right and follow signs to McArt's Fort. This will take you past McArt's Fort. Keep straight and head through Hazelwood. This path will take you down into the Zoo car park.

Exit the Zoo onto the Antrim Road, turning left for a few hundred meters, then right at the traffic lights onto the O’Neill Road. At the roundabout take the second exit (also the O’Neill Rd), pass the cemetery on your left, you will then come to a road on the left called Dunanney. Immediately off this road on your left is a lane way which takes you onto Carnmoney Hill, which is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland. Follow this laneway past the farmhouse remains to the top of the hill. Keep following the path which then takes you down the hill and comes out at Fernlea Lane. At the bottom of the lane you will reach the Doagh Road. From here you can join up with Monkstown Wood and the Newtownabbey way onwards to the Lough shore.

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