Drumglass Park

Full Description

Drumglass Park is a pocket park that's easy to walk straight past. It's only about six acres, tucked between the Lisburn Road and the streets behind it, and it came to the city through Henry Musgrave, who left the land to Belfast to be used as a public park or children's playground. It opened as Drumglass Playcentre in 1924.

There's a playground here, which is the main draw for small people, plus mature trees, grass to run on and paths that loop round. The old gate lodge, built in the Queen Anne revival style around 1882, still stands near the Lisburn Road entrance, with the Musgrave family monogram above a doorway and on the sandstone tops of the gate pillars.

It holds a Green Flag award and covers about six acres, which makes for a short, easy wander rather than a big expedition, and it's handy enough to fold into a morning on the Lisburn Road.

One note for the map: Cranmore Park is the name of the street along the park's edge, and one of its two entrances — not a separate park. If you were told to meet at Cranmore Park, this is the place you're looking for.

What You'll Find

A children's playground (Belfast City Council lists Drumglass playground among its playgrounds), grass and mature trees, paths through about six acres, and the original gate lodge built around 1882. The lodge itself is private, but the monogram over the doorway and the sandstone gate pillars are worth pointing out on the way in. The park has two entrances: Lisburn Road and Cranmore Park.

Wee Ones Will Love...

• ✓A playground of their own
• ✓Running on the grass beneath big old trees
• ✓Peeping at the little gate lodge
• ✓Paths that loop round the whole park

Before You Visit

Drumglass Park is free and needs no booking. Enter from the Lisburn Road (BT9 6JF) or from Cranmore Park, and Metro 9A, 9B or 9C from the city centre stops right outside — check Translink for times.

Cranmore Park is a street and an entrance into Drumglass Park, not a separate park, so this is the listing you want if that was the name on your list.

Belfast City Council is working with NI Water and the Department for Infrastructure on proposals for a sustainable drainage system in the park, which would include a new pond. The public consultation closed in September 2026 and responses were still being analysed at the time of writing, so there may be works or changes to the park in future — check before a special trip.

Belfast City Council parks close in the evening, with closing times changing through the year. Disposable barbecues aren't allowed.

We couldn't confirm toilets, baby changing or parking here, and we haven't graded the paths for wheelchairs or buggies. If any of that matters, email the council's parks team at parksinfo@belfastcity.gov.uk. Otherwise treat this as a short local play stop rather than a full day out.

Top Tips

• ⭐Use it as the reward at the end of a Lisburn Road trip rather than a destination in itself.
• ⭐Point out the Musgrave monogram on the gate pillars — a small bit of history for the walk in.
• ⭐Bring a ball; the grass is the best of it when the playground is busy.
• ⭐Check the council's page before a special journey, given the proposed drainage works.