Re-development Plans

Lough Key Forest and Activity Park, a joint venture between Coillte and Roscommon County Council, opened in 2007. Since then, it has developed into a key visitor destination within Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands. It has created significant local employment and generates economic activity within the local and wider regional economy of Co. Roscommon.

Having had a very successful first 11 years of activity at the Park, in 2018 the management team at Lough Key Forest & Activity Park prepared an options study to inform what might come next.

In Spring 2023, Coillte and Roscommon County Council engaged a project team to prepare a strategic plan, outlining a vision for Lough Key Forest and Activity Park over the next 5-10 years.
This strategy and the stakeholder engagement that followed sets out a vision for the park as a mature activity destination with developed and enhanced facilities in a distinctive lakeside setting, as part of an extensive interconnected woodland and lake landscape.

In June 2024, Coillte in conjunction with Roscommon County Council announced its Sustainable Development Plan for Lough Key Activity and Forest Park which was awarded €1.2m funding by Fáilte Ireland’s Regenerative Tourism and Placemaking Scheme, co-funded by EU and Government of Ireland under the EU Just Transition Fund to support the creation of the development plan.

In January 2026, a planning permission application (PPA) was lodged to take the strategic plan into its development stage and to seek feedback from local stakeholders. In June 2026 Roscommon County Council gave notification of planning approval for the redevelopment of the park. The focus now shifts to: