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 miles32.3 km
- Antrim Centre 14.4 miles23.1 km
- Banbridge East 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Banbridge South 21 miles33.8 km
- Banbridge West 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Dundonald 6 miles9.6 km
- Holywood 6.2 miles9.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Windsor Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Beechmount Ward 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Stranmillis Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Falls Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Malone Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Falls Park Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Clonard Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Central Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Ormeau Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Ballymurphy Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Andersonstown Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Musgrave Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
Example postcodes in Blackstaff
BT12 5QL, BT12 5QG, BT12 6NB, BT12 5QE, BT12 5HD, BT12 5HS, BT12 6GG, BT12 6GR, BT12 6NN … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Belfast International Airport 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Adelaide Station 0.3 miles0.4 km
- City Hospital Railway Station 0.7 miles1.1 km
Hotels in Blackstaff Ad
- Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre 4
- Benedicts Hotel 4
- Hampton by Hilton Belfast City Centre 4
- The Malone Hotel 4
- The Number 11 by the Warren Collection 4
Schools in Blackstaff
- Blythefield Primary School Primary
- Donegall Road Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ulster Museum Museum 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Queen's University Belfast University 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 2 miles3.2 km
- Belvoir Estate 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Titanic Belfast Museum 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Titanic Studio Museum 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Castlereagh House Estate 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 4.6 miles7.3 km
- Glengormly House Estate 4.7 miles7.5 km