The Connswater Community Centre, Belfast © Albert Bridge

J3674 : The Connswater Community Centre, Belfast

taken 14 years ago, near to Sydenham, Ballymacarret, Ballyhackamore, Ormeau and Queens Island, Northern Ireland

The Connswater Community Centre, Belfast

Ballymacarret Leisure Centre J3674 : Ballymacarrett Leisure Centre closed as part of a cull of underused centres operated by Belfast City Council. After closure it was refurbished and, in 2006, became the Connswater Community Centre. It's built on the course of what was the old Belfast and County Down Railway to Donaghadee and Newcastle. See also J3674 : Connswater mural, Belfast (August 2013).

The Belfast and County Down Railway

The Belfast and County Down Railway ran from Queen’s Quay station in Belfast to Castlewellan via Comber, Downpatrick and Newcastle. There were also lines from Comber to Donaghadee via Newtownards, Belfast to Bangor and branches from Ballynahinch Jct to Ballynahinch and Downpatrick to Ardglass. The lines opened between 1848 and 1892. All closed by 1950 except for Castlewellan – Newcastle which survived until 1955 as part of the GNR(I) route from Belfast via Banbridge and the Bangor line which remains open but from Belfast Central.

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Grid Square: J3674, 821 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 7 June, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 7 June, 2009
Image Buckets ^?: CloseCrop
Category: Community centre > Community centre (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: J 363 743 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.9607N 5:53.4676W
Camera Location: Irish: J 364 743
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)