CITY QUAYS AND CLARENDON DOCK AREA BELFAST MARCH 2022
I am not sure how people in Belfast would describe this area of Belfast especially as there are now many new elements such as City Quays 1, City Quays 2, City Quays 3 developments as well as the AC Hotel. There is also the Sailortown Area.
While walking around the area, mainly close to the river, I noticed lots of shells and as I suspect that the local birds were dropping shellfish from a height to break them open or even banging them on the hard surface.
When I visited the area in September 2021 two police officers questioned me in detail about my equipment. They were very friendly and I suspect that they were interested in photography and they did suggest some areas that I should visit maybe they were advising me to move on].
The oldest remaining docks in Belfast Harbour are the Clarendon dry docks, built in the 1800s, by Belfast’s first commercial shipbuilder, William Ritchie. He originally set his shipyard up at the Old Lime Kiln Dock (where Corporation St is now) but Ritchie needed a dry dock so Belfast Harbour agreed to build a dock which Ritchie built himself, completing it in 1800. Known as Ritchie’s Dock for years, it was later renamed Clarendon Dock No 1. The second Clarendon Dock was completed in 1826. The Victorian dry docks are no longer used but remain an important link to Belfast’s maritime past.
Sailortown was a working-class dockland community in the docks area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Established in the mid-19th century on partly reclaimed land, it had a mixed Protestant and Catholic population. The 1907 dock strike called by trade union leader James Larkin commenced in Sailortown before spreading throughout the city.
Urban redevelopment in the late 1960s resulted in Sailortown’s eventual demolition. As of 2021, only two churches, one pub and three houses remain of the once bustling waterfront enclave. However, a combination of private investment in the greater Docks area and building of social housing by associations such as Clanmill has led to a growth in population since 2010 in the Pilot St area.
LANYON PLACE BELFAST THE AREA NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION
As I had to check out of the hotel more than an hour before my train was due to depart I decided to explore the area near the station especially as the station itself is less than interesting.
Belfast Lanyon Place (formerly Belfast Central) is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Located on Bridge Street in the Laganside area of central Belfast, it is one of four stations in the city centre, the others being Great Victoria Street, City Hospital and Botanic. Lanyon Place is the northern terminus of the cross-border Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly. It is also served by Northern Ireland Railways, which operates routes to other locations in Northern Ireland, including Derry, Bangor, Portadown and Larne.
I should mention Belfast’s new transport hub will be officially named Belfast Grand Central Station. Belfast’s new transport hub will be officially named Belfast Grand Central Station. Work on the south Belfast station began in February and is expected to open by 2025. When completed, it will become the largest integrated transport hub on the island of Ireland.
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