Andersonstown
Andersonstown, known colloquially as Andytown, is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Casement Park and Musgrave Park Hospital.
Casement Park
Stadium
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Casement Park is the principal Gaelic games stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in Andersonstown Road in the west of the city, and is named after the Irish revolutionary Roger Casement.
Musgrave Park Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Musgrave Park Hospital is a specialist hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It specialises in orthopaedics, rheumatology, sports medicine and rehabilitation of patients of all ages.
Musgrave Park
Park
Musgrave Park is a public park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in the south west of the city, in Ballygammon townland off Stockman's Lane, the surrounding area is a mix of trading estates and residential housing, with the M1 motorway passing close to one end.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunmurry and Stranmillis.
Dunmurry
Photo: Nintentoad125, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmurry is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. While it is not particularly touristy, there is a selection of things to do and can be a good place to stop for a laid back day of a trip.
Stranmillis
Suburb
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stranmillis is an area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is also an electoral ward for Belfast City Council, part of the Laganbank district electoral area. Stranmillis is situated 2 miles east of Andersonstown.
Edenderry
Village
Edenderry is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the bank of the River Lagan near the southern edge of Belfast. In the 2021 census it had a population of 374. Edenderry is situated 2½ miles southeast of Andersonstown.
Andersonstown
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Category: locality
- Location: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.57386° or 54° 34′ 26″ northLongitude
-5.98746° or 5° 59′ 15″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9C6PH2F7+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 456044826OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Andersonstown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Andersonstown”
- Catalan: “Andersonstown”
- Czech: “Andersonstown”
- Dutch: “Andersonstown”
- French: “Andersonstown”
- German: “Andersonstown”
- Irish: “Baile Andarsan”
- Italian: “Andersonstown”
- Portuguese: “Andersonstown”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Andarsan”
- Swedish: “Andersonstown”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Andersonstown”. Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.