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Police Museum

Police Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Clarawood Millennium Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 5.5 miles off.

The story

museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Dates from 1984.

Wikidata Q113363711, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.58979, -5.85955

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clarawood Millennium Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gilnahirk Park: 0.6 mi
  • Orangefield Park Playing Fields: 0.9 mi
  • Carema Allen Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Greenville Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • sculpture: 1.1 mi
  • Unmasked Figure Sculpture: 1.1 mi
  • The Gleaner: 1.3 mi
  • The Searcher: 1.3 mi
  • Reconciliation Sculpture: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • The Somme Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Carson's Statue: 1.4 mi
  • Conn O'Neill's Castle Site: 1.5 mi
  • Lord Craigavon's Tomb: 1.5 mi
  • Castlereagh War Memorial: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Braniel Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Cairngaver: 4.8 mi
  • Galloway Hill: 4.8 mi
  • McArt's Fort: 5.3 mi
  • Cavehill: 5.4 mi
Gardens
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 20
  • RSPB Belfast Lough: 2.8 mi
  • Lagan Meadows: 3.7 mi
  • Bog Meadows: 4.3 mi
  • Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 5.7 mi
  • Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 7.5 mi
Springs: 11
Beaches: 10
  • Seapark Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Brompton Bay: 8.8 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Browns bay walk: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Limestone Quarry: 5.3 mi
  • Cave Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 5.9 mi
  • Spinkanee: 21.0 mi
  • Ballygalley Head: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Police Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve CroobSSW 195°534 m17.9 mi
DivisWNW 283°478 m6.5 mi
Agnew's HillN 350°474 m18.0 mi
SlieveniskySSW 193°446 m18.4 mi
CratlieveSSW 199°429 m18.7 mi
Douglas TopNNW 337°402 m20.3 mi
SlievegarranSSW 194°391 m19.7 mi
Black MountainW 281°389 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:4918:36
June solstice04:4821:0422:04
September equinox07:0918:3819:25
December solstice08:4514:4716:00

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12546648657

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