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  • Guide centres and facilities

    Topics:
    • Forestry, 
    • Forestry education

    Forest Service Guides are available at the forests listed below. Details of the facilities available at the forest together with information of educational programmes that have been developed

    Education facilities

    Belvoir Park Forest


    Belvoir Park Forest, located at Newtownbreda, Belfast has many facilities available for educational visits including:

    • way-marked/nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • lecture room/classroom
    • permanent exhibition
    • commercially managed forest
    • picnic areas
    • toilets (disabled access)

    This forest also has an education programme

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Belvoir Park Forest (nidirect website)

    Castlewellan Forest Park

    Castlewellan Forest Park has many facilities available for educational visits including

    • the Peace Maze
    • Castlewellan Arboretum and Annesley Garden
    • way-marked/nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • picnic areas
    • café (seasonal)
    • toilets (disabled access)
    • commercially managed forest

    This forest also has an education programme

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Castlewellan Forest Park (nidirect website)

    Drum Manor Forest Park

    Drum Manor Forest Park has many facilities available for educational visits including

    • way-marked/nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • picnic areas
    • toilets (disabled access)
    • butterfly garden
    • wildfowl ponds
    • commercially managed forest

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Drum Manor Forest Park (nidirect website)

    Glenariff Forest Park


    Glenariff Forest Park has many facilities available for educational visits including:

    • way-marked/nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • lecture room/classroom
    • permanent exhibition
    • picnic areas
    • café (seasonal)
    • toilets (disabled access)
    • commercially managed conifer forest

    This forest also has an education programme

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Glenariff Forest Park (nidirect website)

    Gortin Glen Forest Park


    Gortin Glen Forest Park has many facilities available for educational visits including:

    • way-marked/nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • lecture room
    • picnic areas
    • toilets (disabled access)
    • commercially managed forest

    This forest also has an education programme

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Gortin Glen Forest Park (nidirect website)

    Portglenone Forest

    Portglenone Forest has many facilities available for educational visits including:

    • way-marked/nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • commercially managed conifer forest
    • picnic areas
    • toilets (disabled access)

    This forest also has an education programme

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Portglenone Forest (nidirect website)

    Tollymore Forest Park

    Tollymore Forest Park has many facilities available for educational visits including:

    • way-marked/ nature trails
    • guided tours available
    • commercially managed conifer and broadleaf forest.
    • picnic areas
    • toilets (disabled access)
    • wild herd of fallow deer

    This forest also has an education programme

    General information regarding this forest is also available on nidirect.

    Tollymore Forest Park (nidirect)

    Further Information

    How to book your visit

    Related content

    • Education - How to book your visit
    • Education programmes
    • Forests and the National Curriculum - key stage 1 and 2
    • Information for teachers about Forest Service
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