Nature reserve
Lagan Meadows
Lagan Meadows is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lagan Gateway, a park 0.6 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 7.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Belfast City Council
How to reach it
Coordinates54.56108, -5.93648
- 7.3 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lagan Gateway: 0.6 mi
- Clement Wilson Park: 0.7 mi
- Strangford Avenue Playing Fields: 1.0 mi
- Barnett Demesne: 1.2 mi
- Drumglass Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
- The Industry Barge: 0.6 mi
- Prehistoric stones: 1.5 mi
- Giants Ring: 1.5 mi
- Palm House: 1.6 mi
- Belfast City Hall: 2.5 mi
Artworks
- Charter Pole: 0.8 mi
- Mole: 1.0 mi
- Composite Beast: 1.0 mi
- Cake and Eat it: 1.2 mi
- Female Figure: 1.2 mi
Gardens
- Terrace Hill Garden: 1.2 mi
- Therapy Garden & Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Knockbreda Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Saint James' Community Farm: 2.0 mi
- Floribunda Rose Trials: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 1.5 mi
- WWI Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Victoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster Division: 1.7 mi
- Cregagh Memorial Garden: 1.9 mi
- Castlereagh War Memorial: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Braniel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Black Hill: 3.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Collin: 4.6 mi
- Divis: 4.8 mi
Museums: 37
- Ulster Museum: 1.5 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 1.9 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 1.9 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 2.8 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- Bog Meadows: 2.1 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 5.3 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Cuan Beach: 16.4 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 17.2 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 19.6 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 6.0 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 13.7 mi
- Sunday Well: 14.1 mi
- Spa Well: 15.2 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 10
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 7.2 mi
- Seapark Beach: 7.6 mi
- Brompton Bay: 12.5 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 12.7 mi
- Browns bay walk: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Limestone Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Cave Hill: 6.1 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 6.8 mi
- Spinkanee: 18.7 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 1.9 mi
- Stepping Stones: 13.2 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Lagan Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 186° | 534 m | 15.3 mi |
| Divis | NW 317° | 478 m | 4.8 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 184° | 446 m | 15.9 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 190° | 429 m | 16.0 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 186° | 391 m | 17.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 321° | 389 m | 3.9 mi |
| Squires Hill | NNW 342° | 374 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cavehill | N 355° | 368 m | 6.0 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 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 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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