Meet the Gruffalo , the Gruffalo Fox, Mouse, Snake and other Gruffalo Characters in this amazing walk around the local woods in Belfast. Any child who has seen the Gruffalo story will love exploring the forest - following the path to find the Gruffalo and all the characters from the story as gigantic models - great for pictures!
When it comes to Belfast then there are different parks and forests which one could visit for a reason; there are those which are good for a walk and for relaxing a bit away from all the noise of the street, and there are those which are visited for a reason, such as the Colin Glen Forest Park which lots of visitors go in order to check the Gruffalo Trail with their kids.
This forest park - Colin Glen - which is the home of the Gruffalo Trail is a beautiful wooded glen that is located near Dunmurry at the base of Belfast Hills. Colin Glen is actually based on two different sites and it offers several activities for those who will be coming to visit it; the first is with a Forest Park and Adventure Centre on the Stewartstown Road, Dunmurry, which is offering several outdoor activities that include SKYTrek High Ropes Course, Environmental Education and Youth Programmes, while the second part of this forest park is located less than half a mile away and which is known as Colin Park Leisure and consists of a 9 Hole Golf Course, Driving Range, 3G football pitches, bubble football and gymnasium.
All these different things which Colin Glen Forest Park is offering makes it a perfect destination for all the family members for all these different things which it has to offer them and also it gives those visitors the chance to book the place in order to make a birthday party or any other event which they might have - so this is a good place from lots of different angles.
One of the different features of this park and which might be making it different than all the others is the Gruffalo Trail that has recently opened there and which is taken from the famous children's story "Gruffalo". This is considered the first official Gruffalo Trail to be found in Northern Ireland where different characters from the story has been magically recreated by sculptor Andrew McIntyre. This trail takes about 20 minutes for it to be completed and which starts from the Gruffalo Archway and then walking through the leafy park until reaching the Gruffalo themed seating area which is next to the Colin River (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-VljQfXps0).
The place is a perfect choice for those who want to take their kids to a place that they will enjoy and at the same time give them the chance to be out in the air surrounded by green and nature. The Gruffalo trail is free for entrance and the interesting thing is that those who want a guided tour could actually book one which will give the kids a "I have met Gruffalo" certificate - which we believe is very interesting for them. Another thing is that people could also book to celebrate the birthday of their kids there with the Gruffalo theme, which is also loved by the kids.
Colin Glen Park is usually described as "Belfast's Green Lung" for recently being the first community park in Northern Ireland to receive the Green Flag Award which is a National Benchmark for quality parks and green spaces - another thing that would make visiting the Colin Glen Forest Park one of the ideas that people would love to go after and achieve.
Visiting this park was a totally different experience for the Gruffalo trail which the kids enjoyed - and we too loved seeing the story written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffer, be turned into those characters which we could see magically made. In addition to going there to follow Gruffalo trail, Colin Glen Forest Park is also a perfect hit for the different activities which we have mentioned which one could enjoy doing there.
There are different other parks in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which one could also visit, whether for spending a good time surrounded by nature and away from the hassle of the streets or else for giving the kids the chance to be in a place where they could play around and be surrounded by green areas.
From those parks which we have been to in Belfast, we visited Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park which is considered the oldest and the most famous in Belfast (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJgb13QOYQ), there is also Victoria Park (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YmTCb4TGCg), we have also been to the Botanic Gardens in Belfast (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NlRxkm63OA), Clement Wilson Park was also one of those which we have been to (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTdTs9OkJs), and finally the Ormeau Park in Belfast as well (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7nK8EwtkmQ).
Colin Glen Forest, Belfast is the place to go and visit the Gruffalo!
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