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Parks and Leisure Department

The Parks and Leisure Department is responsible for many of the council's biggest assets. This includes:

• ten leisure centres
• more than 50 parks and open spaces
• three 'active' cemeteries and five historical graveyards
• more than 70 playgrounds
• popular visitor attractions such as Belfast Castle, Belfast Zoo and Malone House
• more than 30 sports pitches

It is also responsible for implementing two major strategies - the Sports Development and Physical Activity Strategy which deals with improving health and wellbeing in Belfast, and Your City, Your Space, which examines how we plan to protect and improve green spaces in the city.

The department is made up of:

• Directorate Support
• Parks and Cemeteries Section
• Leisure Services.