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Giant's Park

Giant's Park in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Poppies, Dargan Road, Belfast (June 2017) - geograph.org.uk - 5437927

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

About

Giant's Park is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Giant's Park is a planned public park, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The proposed 200-acre (0.81 km2) site is the Dargan Road Landfill site on the northern shore of Belfast Lough Its name comes from the nearby Cavehill, which is thought to be the inspiration for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. He described the hills as a sleeping giant, safeguarding the city. Planned features of the park include an educational facility and festival space. Since 2017, Belfast’s newest film studio based on an 8-acre site at Giant’s Park. Belfast Harbour Studios provides more than 120,000 sq ft of studios, workshops and offices. Ulster University in partnership with Belfast Harbour and supported by Northern Ireland Screen, has developed an additional film production facility at the site, including an integrated R&D centre for real-time and virtual production. Studio Ulster is expected to be fully operation early in 2024.

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Coordinates
54.6320, -5.9100

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Where is Giant's Park?
Giant's Park is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6320°, -5.9100°.