Blackstaff
Ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.582, -5.954 |
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The electoral ward of Blackstaff sits on the western side of Belfast in Northern Ireland, its name recalling the historic watercourse of the Blackstaff River that once shaped local industry and street patterns. Today the ward mixes older Victorian terraces and post‑war housing with newer apartment developments, and benefits from decent transport links into the city and a modest local high street of shops and small businesses.
Historically the river and its tributaries supported mills and light industry, and the area has seen waves of regeneration and community‑led projects in recent decades. That industrial past gives way to a diverse social fabric now, with active neighbourhood groups, pockets of green corridor along former waterways and a practical, residential character rather than a tourist focus.
Postcode districts covering Blackstaff
Most populated places nearby
- Craigavon Centre 20 miles
- Antrim Centre 14.4 miles
- Banbridge East 20.3 miles
- Banbridge South 21 miles
- Banbridge West 20.9 miles
- Dundonald 6 miles
- Holywood 6.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Windsor Ward 0.4 miles
- Beechmount Ward 0.8 miles
- Stranmillis Ward 0.9 miles
- Falls Ward 1 mile
- Malone Ward 1.1 miles
- Falls Park Ward 1.2 miles
- Clonard Ward 1.2 miles
- Central Ward 1.2 miles
- Ormeau Ward 1.3 miles
- Ballymurphy Ward 1.4 miles
- Andersonstown Ward 1.5 miles
- Musgrave Ward 1.6 miles
Example postcodes in Blackstaff
BT2 7AJ, BT9 7ER, BT12 5EZ, BT12 5GE, BT12 5PR, BT12 5DR, BT12 6JD, BT7 1RQ, BT12 6SQ … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 4.1 miles
- Belfast International Airport 11.7 miles
- Adelaide Station 0.3 miles
- City Hospital Railway Station 0.7 miles
Hotels in Blackstaff Ad
- Gregory by the Warren Collection 4
- Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre 4
- The Malone 4
- Vagabonds Hostel 5
- Bradbury Place
- Benedicts Hotel 4
- OYO Avenue House 3
- Malone Lodge Hotel 4
- The Harrison
- Queens University Belfast - Elms Village
Schools in Blackstaff
- Blythefield Primary School Primary
- Donegall Road Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ulster Museum Museum 0.8 miles
- Queen's University Belfast University 0.8 miles
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 1.5 miles
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 1.6 miles
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 2 miles
- Belvoir Estate 2.4 miles
- Titanic Belfast Museum 2.4 miles
- Titanic Studio Museum 2.8 miles
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 2.9 miles
- Castlereagh House Estate 3.7 miles
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 4.6 miles
- Glengormly House Estate 4.7 miles