13 Sights in Belfast, United Kingdom (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Belfast, United Kingdom! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Belfast. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Activities in Belfast

1. Crumlin Road Gaol

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HM Prison Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since 1996 it is the only remaining Victorian era former prison in Northern Ireland. It is colloquially known as the Crum.

Wikipedia: HM Prison Belfast (EN), Website, Opening Hours

2. Ulster Museum

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The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology. It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland, and one of the components of National Museums Northern Ireland.

Wikipedia: Ulster Museum (EN), Website

3. Saint Anne's Cathedral

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Belfast Cathedral, also known as St Anne's Cathedral, is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses. It is the focal point of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.

Wikipedia: St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast (EN)

4. Saint Malachy's

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Saint Malachy's

Saint Malachy's Church is a Catholic church in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in Alfred Street, a short distance from Belfast City Hall, although it precedes that building by over 60 years. The church is the focal point of the local parish community, also Saint Malachy's, one of the 88 parishes in the Diocese of Down and Connor. It is oldest Catholic church in the city of Belfast continiously in use: both St Mary's Church, Belfast and St Patrick's Church, Belfast having been substantially or totally rebuilt.

Wikipedia: St Malachy's Church, Belfast (EN)

5. Ulster Hall

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The Ulster Hall is a concert hall and grade A listed building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated on Bedford Street in Belfast city centre, the hall hosts concerts, classical recitals, craft fairs and political party conferences.

Wikipedia: Ulster Hall (EN)

6. RISE

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RISE is the official name given to the public art sculpture located at Broadway Roundabout in Belfast, Northern Ireland. However, it has been given unofficial, colloquial titles such as the "Balls of the Falls", "the Testes on the Westes" and "the Westicles". These names have been derived by both the sculpture's location on Broadway Junction and in reference to its shape made from two spherical, metal structures.

Wikipedia: RISE (sculpture) (EN)

7. Belfast Waterfront Conference and Exhibition Centre

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Belfast Waterfront Conference and Exhibition Centre

Belfast Waterfront is a multi-purpose conference and entertainment centre, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architects' firm Robinson McIlwaine. The hall is located in Lanyon Place, the flagship development of the Laganside Corporation. The development is named after the architect Charles Lanyon.

Wikipedia: Waterfront Hall (EN), Facebook, Website

8. Lyric Theatre

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The Lyric Theatre, or simply The Lyric, is the principal, full-time producing theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In January 2023 it won The Stage's Theatre of the Year award in recognition of "its programme...as well as for its online festival of skills development sessions... and the their work to attract under-represented audiences through LGBT+ productions, as well as for their extensive education and outreach programme."

Wikipedia: Lyric Theatre, Belfast (EN), Website

9. Thanksgiving Statue

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The Beacon of Hope, Harmony of Belfast or Thanksgiving Square Beacon is a £300,000 public art metal sculpture by Andy Scott 19.5 metres high constructed in 2007 in Thanksgiving Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Other nicknames for the piece include Nuala with the Hula , the Belle on the Ball, the Doll with the Ball, the Whoore with the Hoop, the Angel of Harmony, the Thing with the Ring, Our Lady of Thanksgiving and the Angel of Thanksgiving. It is currently the second largest public art sculpture in Belfast, after Rise on Broadway Roundabout.

Wikipedia: Beacon of Hope (sculpture) (EN)

10. Saint Patrick's

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St. Patrick's Church, Belfast is a Catholic church, built in the Romanesque Revival style with a four-stage tower and spire rising from the front west elevation. It is located in Donegall Street area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first church opened on the site in 1815 while the current building opened in 1877.

Wikipedia: St Patrick's Church, Belfast (EN), Website

11. Black Mountain

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Black Mountain is a large hill which overlooks the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. With a height of 1,275 ft, it towers over most of west Belfast and is part of the Belfast Hills. Its name is probably derived from the adjoining mountain called Divis, and they may have been seen as one mountain in the past. Black Mountain transmitting station is on the summit.

Wikipedia: Black Mountain (Belfast) (EN)

12. St George's Church

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St. George's Church, Belfast is a Church of Ireland church located on High Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest Church of Ireland church in Belfast. It was designed by Irish architect, John Bowden, and opened in 1816. Major refurbishment work was completed in June 2000.

Wikipedia: St George's Church, Belfast (EN)

13. Saint Thomas' Church

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St Thomas' Church is a church of the Church of Ireland in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located at the end of Eglantine Avenue at the junction with the Lisburn Road and holds regular services. The parish extends from Elmwood Avenue to Adelaide Park, and from the Malone Road to the Lisburn Road.

Wikipedia: St Thomas' Church, Belfast (EN)

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