Name: The People’s Park
Rating: 5.0

The People’s Park

Doury Road, Ballymena, County Antrim, BT43 6JA, Northern Ireland

1-90 Years

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The People’s Park is a large 45-acre urban park offering a wide range of outdoor recreational facilities. Located close to Ballymena town centre, it provides a welcoming space for families, walkers and sports enthusiasts. With open green areas and scenic surroundings, it is a popular spot for relaxation and everyday outdoor activities.

Visitors can enjoy play areas for both juniors and seniors, tennis courts, an outdoor gym, bowling green and plenty of space for walking and unstructured play. The park also features picnic areas, a community garden, a pavilion, vending machines, and a large lake known as the People’s Park Dam, home to ducks, geese and other birdlife. Additional highlights include seasonal flowers, wildlife spotting and a lively atmosphere with activities for all age groups.

Entry to the park is free, and the tennis courts are also free to use without booking (visitors must bring their own equipment).

The People’s Park offers a perfect mix of relaxation, recreation and community space. With its wide range of facilities and natural features, it is ideal for families, fitness lovers and casual visitors. It is a great place to enjoy fresh air, outdoor activities and a pleasant day out in Ballymena.

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Free
Host birthday parties: No

Features

Providing play equipment, tennis courts, outdoor gym equipment and gentle walks the site is well used by local people of all ages from dog walkers throughout the day to school children before and after school to families throughout the week – the People’s Park is certainly a place for people.
The provision of picnic areas throughout provides visitors with the option to stay a while and the ever-popular ice cream van makes for happy children throughout the summer months.
The 45-acre urban park is well used and loved by regular, local users and visitors from further afield. The provision of a senior and junior play area makes it a well-liked, well-used facility with families and young people.
It is also popular with sporting enthusiasts who can avail of the 4 floodlit Astroturf tennis courts and an outdoor bowling green. The vast open green space also allows for ‘unstructured play’ and is a wonderful environment for all ages to make use of and enjoy.
The outdoor gym is a popular addition to the park for all age groups of park users. There is also an attractive community garden/allotment created by the Base within the park - a facility which provides adults with learning difficulties to meet up with friends and take part in community activities and reconnect with the outdoors.
The park pavilion provides a secure resting place for all. The site overlooks a large lake, The People’s Park Dam, which is home to a large range of wild ducks and geese throughout the year.
Hungry folks and birds can enjoy a snack with vending machines available for humans and ‘Ducks Choice’ for the birds in the park dam. Birds to look out for include: Teal, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Tree Creeper. The perennial flowers planted around the bowling green and park pavilion provide a truly brilliant array of colour during spring and summer time.