Stormont Estate

The Stormont Estate is an estate east of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the site of Northern Ireland's main government buildings, which are surrounded by woods and parkland.Lying within the townland of Ballymiscaw, Stormont was originally the estate of a Rev. John Cleland. It was named after a district in Perthshire and comes from the Gaelic Stoirmhonadh, "place for crossing the mountains".Stormont Estate is now home to the Stormont Parkrun, a free, weekly, 5km timed run.Stormont regulationsThe regulations governing the use of the Stormont estate are displayed at its entrance. These were initially enacted on 31 October 1933, in an order by the Ministry of Finance. These were eventually amended and the regulations currently in force are: The Stormont Estate Regulations, 1933 The Stormont Estate Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland), 1951 The Stormont Estate Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland), 1958