From the car park, enter the Nature Reserve via the kissing gate at Knightsbridge Park, and after a short distance follow the path to Lester’s Dam and pond, the source of Belfast’s first water supply built 200 years ago. Retrace your steps to the main path and continue some distance through woodland, past hay meadows and grazed pasture to a steep set of steps down to the Lagan towpath. Go left along the towpath and take the bridge on your right over the canal and cross the stile. Keeping the River Lagan on your right, follow the grass path round Moreland’s Meadow, a grazed island, dotted with impressive cedars. At the end of the meadow cross a stile and small bridge, then follow a narrow path to a footbridge and back over the canal onto the towpath. Follow the river downstream past a kissing gate, following the next path on your left to its end. Pass through the kissing gate and take the path to your left around the edge of the meadows and back to the car park.