The People's Park, Ballymena

Coordinates: 54°51′47″N 6°16′01″W / 54.863°N 6.267°W / 54.863; -6.267 The People’s Park is set in the heart of Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The mature setting was donated to the town by Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair in 1870 and extends for 12 acres (49,000 m2) around a lake.[1] It has a children's playground, toddler area, floodlit tennis courts, bowling green and picnic areas. As well as this it has an information desk, vending machines, toilets and duck seed for feeding the park's ducks.

References

  1. ↑ "History of the People's Park:". Seven Towers Leisure Centre. Retrieved 2009-02-07.


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