Malone Park is a private avenue in

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. It forms a conservation area.Department of the Environment NI, Planning
District Proposals: Outer Belfast Malone Park Conservation Area
/ref> 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 The Malone Road () is a radial road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, leading from the university quarter southwards to the affluent suburbs of Malone and Upper Malone, each a separate electoral ward. The road runs parallel to the Lisburn Road and i ...

entrance. The avenue is lined by lime trees with grass verges outside every house. Traditionally it was home to wealthy

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s, it is now generally regarded as a mixed area. Malone Park has been called Belfast's most exclusive street.Nicholas McKenna is told he must pay £2m in Malone Park house purchase dispute
(10 Sept 2012) BBC News, Northern Ireland 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.Man ‘agreed to lend house seller £1.35m’
(8 March 2012) Newsletter, Belfast

Former residents

* Lady Edith Stewart Dixon * Sir George Clark, 1st Baronet *David Wilson Smyth,

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In popular culture

Gareth Russell's young adult novel ''Popular'' was set in the fictional Mount Olivet Grammar School, with the main character living in Malone Park.Penguin Teen Australia
Read the first chapter of Gareth Russell's wickedly funny and utterly glamorous novel, Popular!
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