Museum
George Best's Family Home
George Best's Family Home is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cregagh Memorial Garden, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 6.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Side
How to reach it
Coordinates54.57711, -5.89845
- 6.0 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Cregagh Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Castlereagh War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Victoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster Division: 0.2 mi
- Lisnabreeny Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Conn O'Neill's Castle Site: 1.1 mi
Parks
- Daddy Winker's Park: 0.5 mi
- Cherryvale Playing Fields: 0.6 mi
- Ormeau Park: 0.9 mi
- Clonduff Park: 0.9 mi
- Clara Street Children's Playground: 1.0 mi
Gardens
- Knockbreda Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- City Quays Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Lisvannon Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Saint James' Community Farm: 2.6 mi
- Terrace Hill Garden: 3.0 mi
Attractions
- 49 Hyndford Street, known as George Cassidy Jazz Muscian's childhood home: 1.1 mi
- Van Morrison's childhood home: 1.1 mi
- Palm House: 1.5 mi
- The Belfast Barge: 1.7 mi
- Belfast City Hall: 1.8 mi
Artworks
- Lord Street Symbolical Landscape: 1.2 mi
- Thorndyke Street Murals: 1.3 mi
- Avoniel Road Symbolical Landscape: 1.3 mi
- The Searcher: 1.5 mi
- New Metal Piece: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Braniel Hill: 2.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Black Hill: 4.7 mi
- Galloway Hill: 4.8 mi
- McArt's Fort: 5.2 mi
Museums: 36
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 0.4 mi
- Ulster Museum: 1.5 mi
- Police Museum: 1.8 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 2.0 mi
- W5: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Lagan Meadows: 1.9 mi
- Bog Meadows: 2.7 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 3.7 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 14
- Cuan Beach: 16.2 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 20.8 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 5.2 mi
- Spa Well: 13.6 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 13.9 mi
- Sunday Well: 14.1 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 10
- Seapark Beach: 5.9 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 5.9 mi
- Brompton Bay: 10.6 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 10.8 mi
- Browns bay walk: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Limestone Quarry: 5.1 mi
- Cave Hill: 5.4 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 6.0 mi
- Spinkanee: 19.9 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 0.8 mi
- Stepping Stones: 15.0 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of George Best's Family Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 190° | 534 m | 16.7 mi |
| Divis | WNW 296° | 478 m | 5.4 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | N 356° | 474 m | 18.7 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 189° | 446 m | 17.2 mi |
| Cratlieve | SSW 195° | 429 m | 17.4 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 190° | 391 m | 18.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 296° | 389 m | 4.5 mi |
| Squires Hill | NW 323° | 374 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| 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
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