Artwork
Charter Pole
Charter Pole is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lagan Meadows, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 7.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
- Material
- oak
- Inscription
- Their forked roots spread deep, we creatures grow to their hums, sheltered, connected, memories of coppice split, future shaped from ring of earth, air, wood, water, sky.
How to reach it
Coordinates54.55418, -5.92088
- 7.6 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- The Industry Barge: 1.0 mi
- Prehistoric stones: 1.5 mi
- Giants Ring: 1.5 mi
- Palm House: 2.1 mi
- 49 Hyndford Street, known as George Cassidy Jazz Muscian's childhood home: 2.9 mi
Parks
- Lagan Gateway: 1.0 mi
- Clement Wilson Park: 1.3 mi
- Cherryvale Playing Fields: 1.4 mi
- Barnett Demesne: 1.6 mi
- Strangford Avenue Playing Fields: 1.7 mi
Artworks
- Composite Beast: 1.2 mi
- Mole: 1.2 mi
- Cake and Eat it: 1.4 mi
- Female Figure: 1.4 mi
- King: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- Terrace Hill Garden: 1.4 mi
- Knockbreda Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Therapy Garden & Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Floribunda Rose Trials: 2.5 mi
- Past Trial, Floribunda Winnders, Climbers Rose Trials, Miniatures Rose Trials: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
- Lisnabreeny Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Victoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster Division: 1.6 mi
- Cregagh Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
- Castlereagh War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Braniel Hill: 3.1 mi
- Black Hill: 4.4 mi
- Galloway Hill: 4.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Collin: 5.3 mi
Museums: 36
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 1.6 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 1.8 mi
- Ulster Museum: 2.0 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 3.2 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Lagan Meadows: 0.8 mi
- Bog Meadows: 2.8 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 5.5 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Cuan Beach: 15.6 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 19.1 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 6.5 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 12.9 mi
- Sunday Well: 13.4 mi
- Spa Well: 14.6 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 10
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 7.6 mi
- Seapark Beach: 7.7 mi
- Brompton Bay: 12.3 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 12.5 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Limestone Quarry: 6.2 mi
- Cave Hill: 6.7 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 7.3 mi
- Spinkanee: 18.3 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 1.5 mi
- Stepping Stones: 13.3 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Black Stairs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Charter Pole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 188° | 534 m | 14.9 mi |
| Divis | NW 315° | 478 m | 5.6 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 187° | 446 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cratlieve | SSW 193° | 429 m | 15.6 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 188° | 391 m | 16.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 319° | 389 m | 4.7 mi |
| Squires Hill | NNW 338° | 374 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cavehill | N 350° | 368 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:04 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:48 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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