We try to ensure that the Cave Hill's natural environment and public amenity value are protected and, where possible, enhanced. We produce a periodic newsletter, The Cave Hill Campaigner, which keeps members and others up to date with current issues affecting the Cave Hill and the Campaign's activities.

 

Other activities include:

 

• Organising volunteering activities, such as removing litter, planting trees and clearing invasive species.

• Opposing inappropriate development proposals.

• Collecting data on patterns of use of the Cave Hill, and users' views, by carrying out user surveys.

• Seeking to influence relevant statutory bodies, such as Belfast City Council.

• Seeking to promote the adoption of a comprehensive management strategy for the Cave Hill.

• Working with the other Belfast Hills groups on the Belfast Hills Partnership.

• Developing this website as a reliable and up to date source of information about the Cave Hill, in the context of the other Belfast Hills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Campaign's objectives are as follows:

 

• To secure the preservation of the Cave Hill as a natural and unspoiled environment.

• To encourage public access for appropriate purposes.

• To encourage Belfast City Council (the principal landowner) to adopt an environmentally-friendly management strategy for the Cave Hill.

• To oppose all intrusive development.

• To oppose further degradation of the Belfast Hills.

• To support the implementation of environmentally friendly policies for the Belfast Hills.

• To support the creation of public rights of way across the Belfast Hills.