Guide centres and facilities
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)