Ormeau
Ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.581, -5.92 |
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Ormeau sits just south of Belfast city centre, focused along the busy Ormeau Road and flanked by green space at Ormeau Park, which runs down toward the River Lagan. The road is an important arterial route lined with independent shops, cafés and pubs, while the park provides one of the more established outdoor spaces for sport, festivals and informal recreation.
The ward has a mixed social and economic character - long-established residential streets sit alongside evolving hospitality and retail scenes, helped by proximity to Queen's University and the city’s commercial core. It carries a layered history, from nineteenth-century suburban development through the Troubles to recent regeneration and community-led initiatives that have broadened its cultural life and local economy.
Postcode districts covering Ormeau
Most populated places nearby
- Craigavon Centre 21.2 miles34.1 km
- Antrim Centre 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Banbridge East 21 miles33.7 km
- Banbridge South 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Banbridge West 21.7 miles35 km
- Dundonald 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Holywood 5.1 miles8.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Ravenhill Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Central Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Rosetta Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Woodstock Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Cregagh Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Stranmillis Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Windsor Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Beersbridge Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Ballymacarrett Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Blackstaff Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Orangefield Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Merok Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
Example postcodes in Ormeau
BT7 2GQ, BT7 3AQ, BT7 3GB, BT7 3DU, BT7 2GX, BT7 3FW, BT7 2HD, BT7 2GF, BT7 2FZ … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Belfast International Airport 13 miles20.8 km
- Botanic Railway Station 0.7 miles1.1 km
- City Hospital Railway Station 1 mile1.5 km
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Schools in Ormeau
- Holy Rosary Primary School Primary
- Park Education Resource Centre Special
Local points of interest
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Ulster Museum Museum 0.6 miles1 km
- Queen's University Belfast University 0.6 miles1 km
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Titanic Belfast Museum 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Titanic Studio Museum 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Belvoir Estate 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Castlereagh House Estate 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Glengormly House Estate 4.9 miles7.9 km