Gosford Forest Park
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Armagh, County Armagh
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Open now — closes 6pm
🌳 Outdoor🌲 Woodland🐐 Animals🛝 PlaygroundAdventure playCastleGardens
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Gosford Forest Park is a 240-hectare forest park located outside Markethill, County Armagh. Designated Northern Ireland's first conservation forest in 1986, it features diverse woodland, open parkland, and Gosford Castle (featured in HBO's Game of Thrones). The park offers 16km of multi-use trails for walking, running, cycling, and horse-riding; six play areas for children; a magnificent herd of red deer; a pump track; and mountain bike trails. Facilities include car parking, toilets, a café, and picnic areas. The park also has a caravan and camping park with glamping pods, electric and non-electric pitches. Open year-round from dawn until dusk (seasonal variations apply).
Open year-round with seasonal hours. Caravan and camping available with seasonal pricing.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Sun cream
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- I-spy book
- Umbrella
- Magnifying glass
- Hand sanitiser
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