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South Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland

South Belfast

Length2.3 mi
Elev. Gain127.9 ft
Est. Steps5500

Road

Public transport

Places to sit

Stroller friendly

Kid friendly

Dog friendly

Scenic view

Historic site

Created by belfastanth
Introduction
South Belfast is a 2.3 mile (5,500-step) route located near Belfast, Northern Ireland. This route has an elevation gain of about 127.9 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Lovely walk from Donegall Pass through South Belfast’s Ormeau area and ending at Forestside shopping area. Many beautiful buildings along the way. Path is slightly up / down hill but overall a relatively easy walk on sidewalks.

Botanic railway station

Building
Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland and students for Queen's University Belfast; it is also near Shaftesbury Square which is along Botanic Avenue. It is named after the nearby Belfast Botanic Gardens. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being City Hospital, Great Victoria Street, and Lanyon Place.

Botanic Avenue

Building
Botanic Avenue is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is a street connecting Shaftesbury Square with Botanic railway station and the leafy suburbs in south Belfast, and the Queen's Quarter, Belfast.

Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Place
Belfast Ballynafeigh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Crescent Arts Centre

Building
The Crescent Arts Centre is an arts centre based in a Victorian-era listed building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1980, and the building was extensively refurbished between 2008 and 2010. The Centre hosts a wide range of arts and entertainment events, as well as classes in dance, music, verbal and visual arts, and community outreach programmes.

Elmwood Hall

Place
Elmwood Hall is a concert hall and former Presbyterian Church on University Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is situated opposite Queen's University Belfast.

Ormeau Road

Place
The Ormeau Road is a road in south Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Ormeau Park is adjacent to it. It forms part of the A24.

Devenish Arms attack 1991

Place
On 22 December 1991, the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) of the Ulster Defence Association shot dead a Catholic civilian and badly injured an eight-year-old boy and two men in the Devenish Arms pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Crumlin Road Prison bombing

Place
On the 24 November 1991 the Provisional IRA (IRA) exploded a home made bomb along the Crumlin Road inside of the Crumlin Road Prison in the Ulster Loyalist wing of the prison killing two Loyalist prisoners, one from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) and one from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). This came at the height of a debate on the issues of desegregation between Loyalist and Irish Republican prisoners.

Red Lion Pub bombing

Place
The Red Lion Pub bombing was a bomb attack that happened on 2 November 1971, when a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade exploded in the Red Lion pub in Belfast which killed three people and injured about 30 others.

Donegall Arms shooting

Place
The Donegall Arms shooting took place on 21 December 1991, when gunmen from the small Irish Republican paramilitary group the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) burst into the Donegall Arms public house and sprayed it with gunfire, killing two Protestant civilians and injuring several others in the bar.
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Route Details

Length

2.3 mi

Elev. Gain

127.9 ft

Est. Steps

5500
Created by
belfastanth
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