EastSide Greenways

EastSide Greenways (formerly the Connswater Community Greenway Trust), a registered charity, aims to maximise the potential of the Connswater Community Greenway as a catalyst for the ongoing physical, social and economic regeneration of east Belfast.

Building on the success of Connswater Community Greenway, one of only three projects in the UK to be awarded ‘Living Landmark’ status, EastSide Greenways intends to in­fluence and explore the potential for a wider network of Greenways across east Belfast linking people and places to a city wide and regional network.

EastSide Greenways aims to promote the use and development of green open spaces, parks, rivers and off-road transport routes in east Belfast and to act as a catalyst for the ongoing regeneration or the area.

EastSide Greenways strategic objectives are:

  1. To ensure the sustainability of the Connswater Community Greenway as a living landmark.
  2. To promote the potential for and facilitate the delivery of a wider ‘EastSide Greenways’ network.
  3. To maximise the potential of the Connswater Community and EastSide Greenways to contribute to EastSide’s overarching strategy to deliver social and economic benefit, and enhanced health and well being.
  4. To use the Connswater Community and EastSide Greenways as a catalyst for economic regeneration in east Belfast.
  5. Create new opportunities and promote well – being through the active engagement of local communities and the wider public.
  6. To enhance and conserve the environment along the Connswater Community and EastSide Greenways.