This lovely community woodland adjoins upper Colin Glen and falls between Lisburn and Belfast City Council areas. The diverse site, which is well worth exploring,
includes a flooded disused quarry, waterfall, wetland areas and mixed woodland.
Walking Routes:
An extensive network of paths runs throughout Glenside Community Woodland with a circular route around the site taking about 1½ hours.
Management:
Glenside Community Woodland is managed by Bryson House on behalf of its owners Ready Mix NI Ltd. The company restored this area and set it up as a community woodland in 1994.
How to get there:
There is pedestrian access available off the Upper Springfield Road immediately before car breakers yard on left side of the road.). Roadside parking only at the suggested co-ordinates.
The Cache
The co-ords at the top of the page will take you to the area where you will find a small container with the co-ords for the final. At this waypoint the trolls will provide you with a tool which you will require to retrieve the container. When you find the tool it should be obvious where you might find the intermediate cache – no problems to an experienced cacher, although I believe it's a unique retrieval for this region !!!
** Edited 13/08/2011 the Trolls may have gone with my tool to access the cache but the Litter Bugs are sure to have left something you could use in its place, now what's that flowing under the bridge ;)
Remember to replace the intermediate the way you found it.
There is limited parking close to this cache, the suggested parking co-ords is for a concrete road up to the Black Hill television Transmitter. The entrance to the Glenside Park is directly opposite the parking co-ords.
Belfast Hills Access Code
- Plan ahead - know where to walk, what to wear and how to minimise waste.
- Be safe - pay attention to signs, weather conditions & traffic levels. Consider your personal safety, don’t walk alone, bring a mobile phone, let people know where you are.
- Understand Access - know where you are allowed to go and leave gates as you find them.
- Minimise impact - TAKE ALL LITTER HOME, extinguish matches & cigarettes carefully, don't pollute water.
- Control dogs - Please keep dogs on a lead especially near farm animals.
- Respect the countryside - don't disturb or feed wildlife.
- Consider others - don't interfere with livestock, crops or machinery.
- Minimise noise.
The Belfast Hills & the Partnership
The Belfast Hills stretch from Colin Mountain in the south to Carnmoney Hill in the north and are home to important wildlife and archaeological sites, stunning landscapes and scattered communities. The Belfast Hills Partnership Trust was established in 2004 as an independent company with charitable status with the following aims:
- To increase people's appreciation of the value of the Belfast Hills
- To plan and carry out work programmes to protect and enhance biodiversity on the hills
- To help people enjoy the hills through a range of well managed public sites
- To improve the quality of life for local people
The Belfast Hills Geocaching Series is supported by the Belfast Hills Partnership
(BHP) – for more information about their activities and walks check out their website – www.belfasthills.org. If you would be interested to add to this Geocaching series please contact the BHP for up to date access information and landowners’ permission.