Solitude
Solitude is a football stadium in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Home ground of Ireland's oldest football club, Cliftonville, it is the oldest football stadium in Ireland.- Type: Pitch
- Description: soccer stadium in Belfast
- Also known as: “Solitude - Cliftonville A&FC” and “Solitude Stadium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HM Prison Belfast and Cliftonville Golf Club.
HM Prison Belfast
Museum
Photo: Agadant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HM Prison Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since 1996 it is the only remaining Victorian era former prison in Northern Ireland. HM Prison Belfast is situated 3,800 feet south of Solitude.
Cliftonville Golf Club
Golf course
Cliftonville Golf Club is located on Westland Road in north Belfast. It consists of a 9-hole course with an eighteen-hole par of 70. The club was founded in 1911. Cliftonville Golf Club is situated 2,800 feet north of Solitude.
Alexandra Park
Park
Photo: Keith Ruffles, CC BY 3.0.
Alexandra Park is a Victorian park situated in north Belfast. It is named after Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was opened in 1888. As is typical for parks of the period, it has a formal layout that includes tree lined avenues. Alexandra Park is situated 3,100 feet east of Solitude.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Lodge and Cathedral Quarter.
New Lodge
Suburb
Photo: Gerry Lynch, CC BY 2.5.
The New Lodge is an urban, working class Catholic community in Belfast, Northern Ireland, immediately to the north of the city centre. The landscape is dominated by several large tower blocks.
Cathedral Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Stuart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a developing area of the city, roughly situated between Royal Avenue near where the Belfast Central Library building is, and the Dunbar Link in the city centre.
Titanic Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Titanic Quarter in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a large-scale waterfront regeneration, comprising historic maritime landmarks, film studios, education facilities, apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and the world's largest Titanic-themed attraction centered on land in Belfast Harbour, known until 1995 exclusively as Queen's Island, and initially, Dargan's Island. Titanic Quarter is situated 2 miles southeast of Solitude.
Solitude
- Categories: association football venue, recreation area, football, and sports location
- Location: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.61951° or 54° 37′ 10″ northLongitude
-5.94729° or 5° 56′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6PJ393+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 151936730OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=pitchOpenStreetMap feature
sport=soccerWikidata ID
Q1246579
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Solitude” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Solitude estadioa”
- Bulgarian: “Солтитюд”
- Catalan: “Estadi Solitude”
- Catalan: “Solitude”
- Czech: “Solitude”
- Dutch: “Solitude”
- French: “stade de Solitude”
- French: “Stade de Solitude”
- German: “Solitude”
- Greek: “Στάδιο Σόλιτιουντ”
- Indonesian: “Stadion Solitude”
- Italian: “Solitude”
- Japanese: “ソリチュード”
- Japanese: “ソリテュード (競技場)”
- Polish: “Solitude”
- Spanish: “Solitude Stadium”
- Swedish: “Solitude”
- Ukrainian: “Солітьюд (стадіон)”
- Ukrainian: “Солітьюд”
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