Belfast Lough
Belfast Lough is a large sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland. At its head is the city and port of Belfast, which sits at the mouth of the River Lagan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Andrew Jackson Centre and Kilroot Power Station.
Andrew Jackson Centre
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The Andrew Jackson Centre, also known as the Andrew Jackson Cottage, is the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. It is located in the village of Boneybefore in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Andrew Jackson Centre is situated 2½ miles northwest of Belfast Lough.
Kilroot Power Station
Power station
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Kilroot power station is a fossil fuel power plant on the north shore of Belfast Lough at Kilroot near Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Kilroot Power Station is situated 2 miles northwest of Belfast Lough.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrickfergus and Bangor.
Carrickfergus
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Carrickfergus is a town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in County Antrim, with a population in 2021 of 28,000. Its main attraction is the sturdy 12th-century Norman castle.
Bangor
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Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.
Kilcooley estate
Suburb
Kilcooley estate is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong links with loyalism. Kilcooley estate is situated 4 miles south of Belfast Lough.
Belfast Lough
- Type: Bay
- Description: intertidal inlet in Northern Ireland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Belfast Lough” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Belfast aintzira”
- Cebuano: “Belfast Lough”
- Chinese: “貝爾法斯特湖”
- Chinese: “貝爾法斯特灣”
- Chinese: “贝尔法斯特湾”
- Czech: “Belfast Lough”
- Dutch: “Belfast Lough”
- French: “Belfast Lough”
- Hebrew: “לוך בלפסט”
- Irish: “Loch Lao”
- Italian: “Belfast Lough”
- Japanese: “ベルファスト・ロッホ”
- Japanese: “ベルファスト湖”
- Japanese: “ベルファスト湾”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belfast Lough”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belfast Lough”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Lao”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Laoihg”
- Norwegian: “Belfast Lough”
- Polish: “Belfast Lough”
- Pushto: “خلیج بیلفاسٹ”
- Russian: “Белфаст-Лох”
- Russian: “Белфаст”
- Russian: “Белфастский залив”
- Scots: “Belfast Loch”
- Scots: “Belfast Lough”
- Slovenian: “Belfast Lough”
- Spanish: “Belfast Lough”
- Swedish: “Belfast Lough”
- Turkish: “Belfast Lough”
- Ukrainian: “Белфастська затока”
- Urdu: “خلیج بیلفاسٹ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kilroot and Helen’s Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilroot Point and Grey Point.
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