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Tom Robinson Park

Tom Robinson Park from directly overhead

Tom Robinson Park is a garden, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Terence Robinson, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates54.52896, -6.02519

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Terence Robinson: 0.0 mi
  • Dolmen (folly): 1.0 mi
  • The Rescue: 1.3 mi
  • If You Get Lost: 1.5 mi
  • Leap of Faith: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Bells Lane Park: 0.4 mi
  • McIlroy Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wallace Park: 1.1 mi
  • The Diana Princess of Wales Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Castle Gardens: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Lisburn War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • The Wallace Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Keiran Doherty TD Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • McCrudden ORawe Jordan Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Hillsborough War Memorial: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Walled Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Historic Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Shrub Rose Trials: 1.8 mi
  • Dickson's Display Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Museums: 36
Cliffs: 30
  • Limestone Quarry: 8.2 mi
  • Cave Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 9.6 mi
  • Spinkanee: 16.8 mi
  • Spellack: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Springs: 11
Beaches: 9
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Seapark Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Brompton Bay: 16.7 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Tyrella Beach: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 9.4 mi
  • Glenoe Waterfall: 20.2 mi
  • Black Stairs: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Tom Robinson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve CroobS 171°534 m13.2 mi
DivisN 3°478 m5.7 mi
SlieveniskyS 170°446 m13.9 mi
CratlieveS 177°429 m13.5 mi
SlievegarranS 173°391 m15.0 mi
Black MountainNNE 11°389 m5.4 mi
Squires HillNNE 13°374 m8.0 mi
CavehillNNE 20°368 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:5018:37
June solstice04:4921:0422:05
September equinox07:1018:3819:26
December solstice08:4514:4916:01

Local time (Europe/London).

  • Mallard16 obs
  • Himalayan balsam13 obs
  • hogweed12 obs
  • European Starling11 obs
  • Tapered Drone Fly11 obs
  • Small Tortoiseshell11 obs
  • Eurasian Blackbird10 obs
  • Cow Parsley10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/473042233

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