Belfast Metropolitan College, also known as Belfast Met, is a further and higher education institution in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It offers both vocational education and academic qualifications. With over 37,000 enrolments and an annual budget in the region of £60…
Belfast Central Library was opened in 1888. It was designed by William Henry Lynn through open public competition.[1] It has design features that are classical and Italianate. It has a squat square appearance with Corinthian column pilasters that give it…
Belfast Harbour Police is the specialised Port and neighbourhood policing service responsible for policing the Port of Belfast and the wider Belfast Harbour Estate, an area of 8km2. Their jurisdiction extends 1 mile beyond any land owned by the Belfast…
It is the municipal headquarters, meeting venue and civic building for Belfast City Council located in Donegall Square, Belfast. The City Hall is located in the Linen Quarter as the site it occupied was once the home of the White…
The Buoys were lateral markers to help mariners navigate the safe way up the Victoria Channel in Belfast Lough into Belfast port. The Red Boy was a left side marker, the Black Buoy, a right side marker and the Striped…
The Beacon of Hope or Thanksgiving Square Beacon is a £300,000 public art metal sculpture by Andy Scott and is 19.5 metres high constructed. It was constructed in 2007 and is located in Thanksgiving Square on the River Lagan in…
The Titanic Memorial Garden has two elements. A memorial erected in 1920 to commemorate the lives of the 22 men from Belfast who died in the disaster when the RMS Titanic sank on 14/15 April 1912. This memorial was funded…
The statue by Thomas Brock was unveiled in 1903. Edward Harland was the founder of the Harland and Wolff shipyard. He was also the Mayor of Belfast from 1885 until 1886 and MP for North Belfast from 1889 until his…
The Belfast Entries are a series of historical narrow alleyways in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, mostly in the vicinity of High Street and Ann Street. When the town was first laid out in the early 17th century, these…
This building was constructed between 1928 and 1930 by J.V. Downes of McDonnel and Dixon of Dublin. The Bank of Ireland moved out in 2005 and the building has remained derelict since then. It is Grade B+ listed.[1] It is…
