🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Ligoniel & Ballysillan Heritage Walk

📍 Belfast🚶 7 stops🚶️ 2.32km⌛ ~50 min

Follow the upper Crumlin Road out past the terraces to Ligoniel and Ballysillan, the linen-mill villages that once powered part of "Linenopolis" on the Ligoniel River, ending at the ruined mill and dams beneath Wolf Hill. Looking for things to do in Belfast? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Ballysillan Presbyterian Church
  2. Rhubarb Cottage, Ballysillan Road
  3. Glenside Lodge, Ligoniel Road
  4. St Mark's Church of Ireland, Ligoniel
  5. Former School, St Mark's, Ligoniel
  6. Ligoniel Branch Library (former Public Baths)
  7. Wolf Hill Mill Ruins & Dams

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →