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 miles
- Antrim Centre 13.3 miles
- Banbridge East 22.4 miles
- Banbridge South 23 miles
- Banbridge West 22.9 miles
- Dundonald 5.5 miles
- Holywood 5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ardoyne Ward 0.5 miles
- Shankill Ward 0.6 miles
- Cliftonville Ward 0.6 miles
- New Lodge Ward 0.7 miles
- Woodvale Ward 0.8 miles
- Chichester Park Ward 0.9 miles
- Fortwilliam Ward 0.9 miles
- Falls Ward 1.2 miles
- Clonard Ward 1.3 miles
- Duncairn Ward 1.3 miles
- Forth River Ward 1.3 miles
- Ballysillan Ward 1.3 miles
Example postcodes in Water Works
BT14 6BH, BT14 7RH, BT14 7RJ, BT14 6GD, BT14 6FN, BT14 6BP, BT14 7RQ, BT14 6AJ, BT15 5BG … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 2.9 miles
- Belfast International Airport 11.2 miles
- Yorkgate Railway Station 1 mile
- York Road Station 1.2 miles
Hotels near Water Works Ad
- Europa Hotel Belfast 4 1.4 miles
- Grand Central Hotel Belfast 5 1.4 miles
- Hampton by Hilton Belfast City Centre 3 1.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre 4 1.5 miles
- The Quarter by the Warren Collection 4 1 mile
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast 5 1.4 miles
- Bullitt Hotel 4 1.3 miles
- Gregory by the Warren Collection 4 2.2 miles
- Ramada by Wyndham Belfast City Centre 3 1.1 miles
- Maldron Hotel Belfast City 4 1.4 miles
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 miles
- Titanic Belfast Museum 1.4 miles
- Titanic Studio Museum 1.6 miles
- Queen's University Belfast University 2.1 miles
- Ulster Museum Museum 2.3 miles
- Glengormly House Estate 2.5 miles
- Ulidia Playing Fields Stadium 2.8 miles
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 3 miles
- Ravenhill Stadium Stadium 3.1 miles
- Belvoir Estate 4.5 miles
- Castlereagh House Estate 4.6 miles
- Giants Ring Archaeological site 5.1 miles