Lisburn Road

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The Lisburn Road (Irish: Bóthar Lios na gCearrbhach[1]) is a main arterial road linking Belfast to Lisburn, in Northern Ireland. The road was laid in 1817-19, it attracted shops and the Malone Road was left residential.[2]In the past it was a predominantly working class area. Over the past 15 years it has developed into a cosmopolitan area.

This is mainly due to the proximity of Queen's University, and a high number of expensive shops and restaurants. The Belfast City Hospital is also located on the road. The relative absence of sectarianism and the influx of many overseas nationals such as Chinese, Indians and Africans have all contributed to the multinational nature of the area. The Lisburn Road is now an extension of the "Golden Mile" with many shops, boutiques, wine bars, restaurants and coffee houses. The road runs at an angle to the Malone Road, the two being joined by many side roads.

At the most northerly end of the Lisburn Road lies Shaftesbury Square, a busy traffic junction mounted by a large TV screen billboard which prompted The Rough Guide To Ireland to dub it 'a poor man's Time Square'.[citation needed] The actual Lisburn Road runs from the nearby Bradbury Place to Balmoral Avenue, beyond which it becomes Upper Lisburn Road. The Upper Lisburn Road extends south to reach Finaghy, at which point it becomes Kingsway and then in Dunmurry it becomes Queensway, before finally becoming the Belfast road in Lisburn.

Queen's University Medical Biology building (MBC) is at 97 Lisburn Road.

[edit] Churches

Windsor Presbyterian Church (http://www.windsorpresbyterianireland.org)

St Nicholas's Church of Ireland.

St Thomas' (http://www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org)

Lisburn Road Methodist Church designed in 1906.[3]

Ulsterville Congregation Presbyterian .http://www.ulsterville.org.

[edit] Landmarks

Many Belfast landmarks are situated along the Lisburn Road, these include:

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[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] [2]
  2. ^ Weatherall 2002. South Belfast Terrace and Villa. Cottage Publications. ISBN 1 900935287
  3. ^ Lamour, P. 1987. Belfast An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Friar's Bush Press, ISBN0 946872 10 4.
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