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 miles28.4 km
- Antrim Centre 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Banbridge East 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Banbridge South 19.5 miles31.5 km
- Banbridge West 19.3 miles31.1 km
- Dundonald 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Holywood 8.7 miles14 km
Neighbouring places
- Shaw's Road Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Stewartstown Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Turf Lodge Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Poleglass Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Andersonstown Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Ladybrook Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Falls Park Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Ballymurphy Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Twinbrook Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Lagmore Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Ballygomartin Ward 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Dunmurry Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
Example postcodes in Collin Glen
BT11 9HF, BT11 9QB, BT11 9HE, BT11 9PX, BT11 9HH, BT11 8QN, BT17 0NE, BT11 9HJ, BT11 9RR … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Belfast International Airport 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Finaghy Railway Station 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Dunmurry Railway Station 2.4 miles3.8 km
Hotels near Collin Glen Ad
- Wilton House 5 3.7 miles6 km
- Room2 Belfast Hometel 4 3.8 miles6.2 km
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast 5 3.7 miles6 km
- The Ballymac Hotel 3 3.3 miles5.4 km
- The Merchant Hotel 5 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre 4 3.7 miles5.9 km
- AC Hotels by Marriott Belfast 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Benedicts Hotel 4 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Beechlawn Hotel 3 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Maldron Hotel Belfast City 4 3.8 miles6.1 km
Schools in Collin Glen
- St Oliver Plunkett Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ulster Museum Museum 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Queen's University Belfast University 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 4.1 miles6.7 km
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 4.3 miles7 km
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Belvoir Estate 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Titanic Belfast Museum 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Titanic Studio Museum 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Glengormly House Estate 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Castlereagh House Estate 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 6.8 miles10.9 km