Belfast City Council has announced plans for a new giant-themed adventure park and nature sanctuary as part of a £100 million development at Giant’s Park, the city’s former dump.
The Giant’s Park development will transform a 250-acre former landfill site on Dargan Road in north Belfast and create over 1,000 permanent jobs.
The initial phase of the project will see a 160-acre portion of the site transformed into a new adventure park, with construction potentially getting under way as early as winter 2025, subject to planning permission being granted.
Plans for mixed use, distribution and logistics hubs and other commercial zones on the remaining 90 acres of the site are currently being finalised.
Some key attractions within the 160-acre adventure park will include a giant-themed interactive play zone, visitors centre, wildlife sanctuary, a 2.5km running and cycling trail around the site, and an open-air amphitheatre.
Lord Mayor Micky Murray said: “The Giant’s Park announcement is a huge boost for Belfast given the scale of the investment involved and the number of jobs that will be created, both during construction and upon completion.”
Kevin McKay, chief executive of Giant’s Park Belfast Limited, said: “For the first time in over 60 years Belfast will see the return of public access to its coastal environment with the regeneration of the north foreshore of the city, and the creation of a unique Adventure Park sitting alongside a designated area of ecological importance near the shoreline where community, educational facilities and more adventure experiences are planned.”