Governor’s Bridge
Governor's Bridge is a road bridge in Stranmillis, south Belfast. It was inaugurated on 23 September 1974. It was named after Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton, the final Governor of Northern Ireland, who left office in June 1973.- Type: Bridge
- Description: Irish roadbridge over the River Lagan in south Belfast
- Also known as: “Governor’s Bridge, Belfast”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lyric Theatre and Botanic Gardens.
Lyric Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lyric Theatre, or simply The Lyric, is the principal, full-time producing theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In January 2023 it won The Stage's Theatre of the Year award in recognition of "its programme…as well as for its online festival of skills… Lyric Theatre is situated 780 feet north of Governor’s Bridge.
Botanic Gardens
Park
Photo: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0.
Botanic Gardens is a public garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Occupying 28 acres of south Belfast, the gardens are popular with office workers, students and tourists.
Ulster Museum
Museum
The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology. Ulster Museum is situated 2,800 feet north of Governor’s Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stranmillis and Linen Quarter.
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.
Linen Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Linen Quarter is an area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the great many linen warehouses that are still present in the area.
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. Cathedral Quarter is situated 2 miles north of Governor’s Bridge.
Governor’s Bridge
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.57502° or 54° 34′ 30″ northLongitude
-5.93088° or 5° 55′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C6PH3G9+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 659384977OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q49001734
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In Other Languages
“Governor’s Bridge” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “پردی گاڤەرنەر، بێڵفاست”
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Highlights include Laganvale Gospel Hall and Riddel Hall.
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