Affidea Stadium

The Affidea Stadium sits on the edge of Lisburn and Castlereagh, about half an hour south of Belfast, and it's the home of Linfield Football Club - one of Northern Ireland's biggest sides. If you're a football fan, especially one with a soft spot for Irish football, it's worth catching a match here when the fixture list allows. The ground itself is a proper modern stadium with decent facilities, though calling it architecturally thrilling would be pushing it.

Match days are when this place comes alive. The atmosphere can be electric if Linfield are playing well, and you get a real sense of the local passion for the game. Non-match days? There's little reason to visit unless you're doing a stadium tour, which isn't always available - worth ringing ahead to check. Families with football-mad kids will get a kick out of it; casual sports tourists might find it a bit of a detour from Belfast.

The location works well if you're based at Dundonald Touring Caravan Park or The Pods at Streamvale - both are within a few miles - and making a day of it in the area makes sense. You're close enough to Belfast for other activities, but staying south of the city puts you right on Linfield's doorstep.

Admission prices and opening hours aren't fixed - it really depends on what's on. Check their website or call ahead before you plan around it. Otherwise, you're just looking at a stadium from the car park.