Collin Glen
Ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.585, -6.026 |
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Collin Glen is an electoral ward in the west of Belfast, occupying part of the city’s south‑west suburbs and named after a small wooded glen that threads through the neighbourhood. The landscape mixes local housing and pockets of green space valued for informal walking routes and biodiversity, and the area was largely shaped by mid‑20th century housing development and the wider economic shifts that transformed many working‑class parts of the city.
Socially and politically the ward has a strong community identity, with active residents’ groups, community centres and youth projects playing a visible role; it was also affected by the Troubles and subsequent peace and regeneration efforts. Economically local life is anchored by nearby retail and industrial employment and commuting into the city, while ongoing investment in housing, community services and environmental improvements aims to bolster wellbeing and opportunity for residents.
Postcode districts covering Collin Glen
Most populated places nearby
- Craigavon Centre 17.6 miles
- Antrim Centre 12.2 miles
- Banbridge East 19.1 miles
- Banbridge South 19.5 miles
- Banbridge West 19.3 miles
- Dundonald 8.8 miles
- Holywood 8.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Shaw's Road Ward 1.1 miles
- Stewartstown Ward 1.1 miles
- Turf Lodge Ward 1.3 miles
- Poleglass Ward 1.4 miles
- Andersonstown Ward 1.7 miles
- Ladybrook Ward 1.7 miles
- Falls Park Ward 1.8 miles
- Ballymurphy Ward 2 miles
- Twinbrook Ward 2.1 miles
- Lagmore Ward 2.2 miles
- Ballygomartin Ward 2.3 miles
- Dunmurry Ward 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Collin Glen
BT17 0NE, BT11 9HD, BT11 9QL, BT11 8PF, BT17 0WH, BT11 9RL, BT11 9QH, BT11 9RB, BT11 8EY … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 6.6 miles
- Belfast International Airport 9.1 miles
- Finaghy Railway Station 2.1 miles
- Dunmurry Railway Station 2.4 miles
Hotels near Collin Glen Ad
- Wilton House 5 3.7 miles
- Room2 Belfast Hometel 4 3.8 miles
- The Ballymac Hotel 3 3.3 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast 5 3.7 miles
- Europa Hotel 4 3.7 miles
- Ten Square Hotel 4 3.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre 4 3.7 miles
- Beechlawn Hotel 3 2.5 miles
- The Merchant Hotel 5 4.2 miles
- AC Hotels by Marriott Belfast 4 4.4 miles
Schools in Collin Glen
- St Oliver Plunkett Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ulster Museum Museum 3.7 miles
- Queen's University Belfast University 3.7 miles
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 4.1 miles
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 4.3 miles
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 4.4 miles
- Belvoir Estate 4.4 miles
- Titanic Belfast Museum 4.8 miles
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 4.9 miles
- Titanic Studio Museum 5.2 miles
- Glengormly House Estate 5.4 miles
- Castlereagh House Estate 6.5 miles
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 6.8 miles