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The Ebrington Barracks : Parade Ground is part of the Ebrington Urban Regeneration area. The Ilex Urban Regeneration Company has plans for this to become a "Piazza" - and as such it will be the largest hard-stand social space in Ireland. So in future rather than a helli-pad this is likely to be the venue for rock concerts and outdoor markets.

The panorama opens with a view of the old three story Hospital building on the North side of the Parade Ground, As the panorama starts to rotate, we see Derry City across the river, with the Sheriffs Mountain and Holywell Hill behind. As we continue to rotate the view sweeps along an old Victorian terrace on the South side of the parade ground. After passing the far (South Eastern) corner of the parade ground we get a glimpse of the  Ebrington: Officers   Mess, before we reach the clock tower building. The expectation if that the clock tower barracks may become an art gallery. Behind and to the North East of the clock tower building is the planned  Ebrington: Residential   area along the Limavady Road.

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The Ebrington Barracks site consists of twenty six acres of land that was a military installation for more than 150 years. The underlying hill was used to bombard the city of Derry during the siege in the seventeenth century. The site includes an historic star-fort and almost twenty listed historic buildings. The Ilex Urban Regeneration Company is responsible for the redevelopment of the area. Ilex was set up in 2003 by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) and the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (DSD) to plan, develop and sustain the economic, physical and social regeneration of the Derry City Council area.

On the VR image clicking the small house icon at the bottom left will reveal (or hide) the "hot-spot" areas that lead to other VRs of the barracks area.