Water Works
Ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.615, -5.946 |
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Water Works is an electoral ward on the outskirts of Belfast in Northern Ireland, a compact area that mixes residential streets with traces of older industrial infrastructure. The name reflects a long association with municipal water-supply facilities, and you can still spot elements of that Victorian-era utility heritage alongside more modern housing and small commercial units.
Locally the ward is seen as a community-focused place with neighbourhood shops, schools and active residents’ groups, and it has benefited from piecemeal regeneration and good transport links into the city. The population tends to be socio-economically mixed, so local politics often centres on everyday issues - housing, amenities and preserving green space - rather than grand projects.
Postcode districts covering Water Works
Most populated places nearby
- Craigavon Centre 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Antrim Centre 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Banbridge East 22.4 miles36 km
- Banbridge South 23 miles37.1 km
- Banbridge West 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Dundonald 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Holywood 5 miles8 km
Neighbouring places
- Ardoyne Ward 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Shankill Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Cliftonville Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- New Lodge Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Woodvale Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Chichester Park Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Fortwilliam Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Falls Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Clonard Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Duncairn Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Forth River Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Ballysillan Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
Example postcodes in Water Works
BT14 7BX, BT14 6BE, BT14 6LT, BT14 6DT, BT14 6BL, BT14 7AE, BT14 7DP, BT14 6AU, BT14 6DL … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Belfast International Airport 11.2 miles18 km
- Yorkgate Railway Station 1 mile1.6 km
- York Road Station 1.2 miles1.9 km
Hotels near Water Works Ad
- Wilton House 5 1.2 miles2 km
- Room2 Belfast Hometel 4 1.2 miles2 km
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast 5 1.4 miles2.2 km
- The Merchant Hotel 5 1.2 miles2 km
- AC Hotels by Marriott Belfast 4 1.2 miles2 km
- Titanic Hotel Belfast 4 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre 4 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Maldron Hotel Belfast City 4 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Bullitt Hotel 4 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Benedicts Hotel 4 1.8 miles2.9 km
Schools in Water Works
- Belfast Royal Academy Secondary
- Cliftonville Integrated Primary School Primary
- St Malachy's College Secondary
Local points of interest
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Titanic Belfast Museum 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Titanic Studio Museum 1.6 miles2.7 km
- Queen's University Belfast University 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Ulster Museum Museum 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Glengormly House Estate 2.5 miles3.9 km
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 3 miles4.8 km
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 3.1 miles5 km
- Belvoir Estate 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Castlereagh House Estate 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 5.1 miles8.3 km