St Columba’s Church

St Columba's Church, Long Tower is a Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Derry. It is located in the heart of the city of Derry in Northern Ireland.

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church building in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Also known as: “Long Tower Church”, “Saint Columba’s Church, Long Tower”, “St Columba’s Church, Long Tower”, and “St. Columba’s Church Long Tower St. Londonderry”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Celtic Park and St Columb’s Cathedral.

Celtic Park

Stadium

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Celtic Park, officially branded as Find Insurance Celtic Park, is a GAA stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland. With a capacity of about 18,000, the ground is the primary home of Derry's hurling and Gaelic football teams. Celtic Park is situated 1,000 feet west of St Columba’s Church.

St Columb’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland, is the cathedral church and episcopal see of the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. St Columb’s Cathedral is situated 1,200 feet east of St Columba’s Church.

Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium

Stadium

The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium is a municipal football stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of League of Ireland team Derry City, Women’s Premiership team Sion Swifts Ladies, NIWFA Championship Ladies Team Foyle Belles FC and NIFL Championship team Institute. Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium is situated 1,800 feet southwest of St Columba’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brandywell and Derry.

Brandywell

Suburb

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Brandywell is a suburb.

Derry

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Derry or Londonderry is the second city of Northern Ireland, with a population of 85,000 in 2021. It's on the estuary of the River Foyle and historically within County Londonderry, which is no longer a unit of governance so the city is now part of Derry and Strabane District.

Altnagelvin

Suburb

Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Altnagelvin is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is also the name of an electoral ward in Derry and Strabane district. Formerly a small village, it has been absorbed into the Waterside neighbourhood of Derry.

St Columba’s Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.99298° or 54° 59′ 35″ north

Longitude

-7.3285° or 7° 19′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C6JXMVC+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 153415092

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q7592861

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