Go Explore - Cave Hill Country Park



Owned and managed by: Belfast City Council
Grid reference: J329793

HABITATS AND WILDLIFE
The habitats in Cave Hill Country Park range from woodland and parkland to meadows and moorland, and each area has particular species associated with it. In the mature woodland can be found many garden and woodland birds such as chaffinches, great tits and wrens, while growing underfoot are carpets of bluebells, wild garlic and wood anemone. Towards dusk you might glimpse a badger or a bat, emerging on their nightly hunt. On the heathland, where skylarks and meadow pipits can be heard and various birds of prey roam, the ground cover is a mix of species such as heather, bilberry, and the brightly coloured yellow gorse. In summer, many butterflies, including the meadow brown, ringlet and common blue, fly over the upland meadows. Homes for wildlife here are Heathland and Bogs, Grassland, Woodland and Hedges and Quarries and Cliffs


HOW TO GET THERE
From Belfast City go north along the Westlink and take the Clifton Street exit. At the top of slipway turn left, then at roundabout take the third exit onto the Antrim Road (Belfast Castle and Zoo are signposted). The main car parks are at Belfast Castle and Zoo, other car parks are at Carr’s Glen (via Ballysillan Road) and Upper Hightown Road. There is also a pedestrian entrance at the Upper Cavehill Road.

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