Northern Ireland War Memorial

Northern Ireland War Memorial is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
The Northern Ireland War Memorial also called NI War Memorial and War Memorial was opened in 2007 in Talbot Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It replaced an earlier building called Memorial House which was located in Waring Street on a site which was bombed during the Blitz in 1941. It contains the Home Front Exhibition and the first national memorial to the hundreds killed in the Belfast blitz, created by Carolyn Mulholland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2007.
Wikidata Q7058536, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James Larkin: 0.0 mi
- The Duel of Belfast, Dance by Candlelight: 0.1 mi
- Rinty Monaghan: 0.1 mi
- Vladimir Lenin: 0.1 mi
- Lobster Pot: 0.2 mi
- Dr William Drennan: 0.2 mi
- Albert Memorial Clock: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Nicholl: 0.2 mi
- Society of United Irishmen: 0.3 mi
- Dr James McDonnell: 0.3 mi
- Francis Calder Commemorative Fountain: 0.2 mi
- The Belfast Barge: 0.4 mi
- Belfast City Hall: 0.4 mi
- Starboard Mark: 0.6 mi
- Junction Mark: 0.6 mi
- City Quays Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Grove Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Peas Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Westland Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Saint James' Community Farm: 1.8 mi
- Titanic Memorial Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Belfast City Hall Grounds: 0.4 mi
- May's Meadow: 0.6 mi
- May's Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Navigation Buoys Park: 0.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.8 mi
- McArt's Fort: 3.2 mi
- Cavehill: 3.3 mi
- Squires Hill: 3.4 mi
- Black Hill: 3.6 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum: 0.0 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 0.1 mi
- W5: 0.5 mi
- Crumlin Road Gaol: 0.8 mi
- Thompson Dock Pump House: 1.3 mi
- Bog Meadows: 1.9 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 2.8 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 2.9 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 6.0 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 8.3 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 3.2 mi
- Spa Well: 14.7 mi
- Tobernaveen: 15.4 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 16.0 mi
- Sunday Well: 16.2 mi
- Cuan Beach: 18.3 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 19.9 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 22.0 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 22.4 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 4.3 mi
- Seapark Beach: 5.3 mi
- Brompton Bay: 10.7 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 11.0 mi
- Browns bay walk: 18.5 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 3.0 mi
- Cave Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 4.0 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 20.8 mi
- Spinkanee: 21.6 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 2.9 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Stepping Stones: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Northern Ireland War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 186° | 534 m | 18.2 mi |
| Divis | W 280° | 478 m | 3.7 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | N 359° | 474 m | 16.9 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 184° | 446 m | 18.8 mi |
| Slemish | NNW 341° | 437.9 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 190° | 429 m | 18.8 mi |
| Douglas Top | NNW 343° | 402 m | 18.5 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 186° | 391 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:04 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:47 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12543575350
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