Lough EnnellLough Ennell sits south of Mullingar with a beach at Lilliput, and a shore walk comes down to it from Belvedere.
House and gardens
Belvedere House, Gardens and Park
Mullingar, County Westmeath
A hunting lodge above Lough Ennell, with walled gardens and a large false ruin built in the grounds purely to block a view.
Important conservation works on Belvedere House are underway.
- Where
- Mullingar, County Westmeath
- Address
- Belvidere
- Official site
- belvedere-house.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Lough EnnellLough Ennell sits south of Mullingar with a beach at Lilliput, and a shore walk comes down to it from Belvedere.
Old Rail Trail GreenwayForty kilometres of path on the old Dublin to Galway railway line, flat the whole way across the county.
Cathedral of Christ the KingTwo square towers of a 1930s cathedral standing over the middle of Mullingar.
Lough OwelClear limestone water just north of Mullingar, with a small island in it holding an early church site.What’s on nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
Saturday 14th November
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