Peace Maze

StandingMay 2025

1999–2001 · Castlewellan, County Down

Photo: Psyc123 / source (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full composition retained; resized from the Street Art Utopia archive.

Castlewellan’s Peace Maze brought schoolchildren and community planting groups into a large yew-hedge project. The Northern Ireland Assembly records it as the brainchild of Beverley and Michael Lear. Source Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

DesignerThe Northern Ireland Assembly credits Beverley and Michael Lear with the idea. Source Checked
Built1999–2001. Source Checked
PlantingAbout 6,000 yew trees. Source Checked
Area2.7 acres with 3,147 metres of path. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Castlewellan, County Down, United Kingdom Source Checked

Open in Maps

Map location; no clearly framed Street View image was verified.

🗓️ Sightings

1998
Planning began · Visit Mourne
2000
Community planting · Visit Mourne
2001
Peace Maze opened · Visit Mourne
202324 May
Maze photographed · Wikimedia Commons
20257 May
Maintenance visit reported · Newry.ie

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✅ The facts

Designer: Beverley and Michael Lear, credited with the idea in a Northern Ireland Assembly statement. Source Checked
Built: Planning began in 1998; opened in 2001 Source Checked
Planting: About 6,000 yew trees Source Checked
Area: 2.7 acres with 3,147 metres of path Source Checked

🔗 Related

All sources & image credits

www.visitmournegullionstrangford.com — other
www.castlewellancastle.org — official
www.newry.ie — news
commons.wikimedia.org — photo
aims.niassembly.gov.uk — official record

Photo: Psyc123 / source (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full composition retained; resized from the Street Art Utopia archive.

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art