Malone Park

Malone Park is a private avenue in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It forms a conservation area.[1]

Malone Park
Maintained byMalone Park Residents Association Ltd
LocationBelfast, Northern Ireland
Postal codeBT9
Coordinates54.56737°N 5.95826°W / 54.56737; -5.95826
East endMalone Road
West endLisburn Road
Construction
InaugurationVictorian
Other
Known forPrivate Avenue

The majority of the houses are Victorian and have large grounds surrounding them. There is a gate lodge at each end of the avenue. The Lisburn Road end is inaccessible to vehicular traffic as is the Balmoral Avenue gate. Traffic can only enter from the Malone Road entrance. The avenue is lined by lime trees with grass verges outside every house. Traditionally it was home to wealthy Protestants, it is now generally regarded as a mixed area.

Malone Park has been called Belfast's most exclusive street.[2] At the height of the property bubble in 2007, a Ballymena businessman agreed on £3.5 million for a six-bedroom Victorian property on Malone Park, making it the most expensive residence on the local market at the time.[3]

Former residents

Gareth Russell's young adult novel Popular was set in the fictional Mount Olivet Grammar School, with the main character living in Malone Park.[4]

References
  1. Department of the Environment NI, Planning, District Proposals: Outer Belfast Malone Park Conservation Area
  2. Nicholas McKenna is told he must pay £2m in Malone Park house purchase dispute (10 Sept 2012) BBC News, Northern Ireland
  3. Man ‘agreed to lend house seller £1.35m’ (8 March 2012) Newsletter, Belfast
  4. Penguin Teen Australia, Read the first chapter of Gareth Russell's wickedly funny and utterly glamorous novel, Popular!



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