you to imagine what these places would have once been like. been once have would places these what imagine to you Heritage Lottery Fund. Fund. Lottery Heritage
inspire will trail this walking or riding that hope we However, people in the local area as well as hosting other events. other hosting as well as area local the in people to become a museum in 2016 thanks to support from the the from support to thanks 2016 in museum a become to
young for activities for hub community a as repurposed restored was and 2011 in decommissioned was ship The
and replaced by commercial outlets. commercial by replaced and
is being restored back to its former glory. It has now been been now has It glory. former its to back restored being is floating headquarters for Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Reserve. Volunteer Navy Royal for headquarters floating
scaled back. Many of the buildings have been knocked down down knocked been have buildings the of Many back. scaled
church the involved, those by work fantastic and Project Caroline arrived in Belfast in 1924 when it became a static static a became it when 1924 in Belfast in arrived Caroline
these industries are now closed, with those remaining majorly majorly remaining those with closed, now are industries these
Regeneration Sailortown the of creation the after but surviving ship of the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The HMS HMS The 1916. in Jutland of Battle the of ship surviving
would have looked 30 to 40 years ago. The vast majority of of majority vast The ago. years 40 to 30 looked have would
salvageable, barely state, terrible a in was church The Built in Birkenhead in 1914, the HMS Caroline is the last last the is Caroline HMS the 1914, in Birkenhead in Built
These places and this journey are very different to how they they how to different very are journey this and places These
Another famous ship now docked in Belfast’s Titanic area. area. Titanic Belfast’s in docked now ship famous Another
150-year lease for the Church to be handed back to them. them. to back handed be to Church the for lease 150-year factories to name just a few. few. a just name to factories
HMS Caroline HMS
people until in 2006, campaigners managed to secure a a secure to managed campaigners 2006, in until people ropeworks, shipyards, linen mills, distilleries and tobacco tobacco and distilleries mills, linen shipyards, ropeworks,
cyclinguk.org/routes-and-roots
local from protests and campaign major a to led This – people and places shaped past the of industries how
deconsecrated. be to closed officially was church the 2000 In
Whilst connecting the two communities, the project highlights highlights project the communities, two the connecting Whilst
of Belfast after many years of service. of years many after Belfast of
over 100 years of history and is now docked in its birthplace birthplace its in docked now is and history of years 100 over flattened on numerous occasions. occasions. numerous on flattened
features and interior to the Titanic itself. The ship contains contains ship The itself. Titanic the to interior and features although even this has had its struggles, and has nearly been been nearly has and struggles, its had has this even although
the trail the
in 1911. Inside the SS Nomadic you will find similar luxurious luxurious similar find will you Nomadic SS the Inside 1911. in
However, a remaining gem of the area is St. Joseph’s Church, Church, Joseph’s St. is area the of gem remaining a However,
tour of tour
Belfast in Titanic the alongside built was It Titanic. RMS
motorway. M2 the for way make to bulldozed was housing
interactive
the for ship tender original the was Nomadic SS The
The population is now vastly diminished as the old terraced terraced old the as diminished vastly now is population The
an Take
SS Nomadic SS
work in the local mills. mills. local the in work
after young families or finding finding or families young after
the women at home looking looking home at women the
image by Peter Ellison Peter by image
and docks the in or sailors Quay, Clarendon Graving Docks and St. Joseph’s Church. Church. Joseph’s St. and Docks Graving Clarendon Quay,
people; the men working as as working men the people; Square, the Harland and Wolff cranes, Titanic Quarter, Queen’s Queen’s Quarter, Titanic cranes, Wolff and Harland the Square,
5,000 over housed that landmarks synonymous with Belfast, including C.S Lewis Lewis C.S including Belfast, with synonymous landmarks
community a formerly was It city. The route takes in the Maritime Mile and features many many features and Mile Maritime the in takes route The city.
1960s. the since transformed of East Belfast and Sailortown through a journey across the the across journey a through Sailortown and Belfast East of
area of Belfast that has been been has that Belfast of area communities the connect to aims project the 2021, early in Maritime Belfast Trust. Trust. Belfast Maritime
an Sailortown, in Situated Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Community Heritage Fund Fund Heritage Community the of part as Fund Heritage Lottery
and Hub Heritage Queen’s Regeneration,
Cycling UK’s Routes and Roots project. Funded by The National National The by Funded project. Roots and Routes UK’s Cycling
Church Sailortown Partnership, Eastside including
The Maritime Heritage Trail has been developed through through developed been has Trail Heritage Maritime The
partners, of number a with conjunction in
Introduction St Joseph’s Joseph’s St
together put been have project and trail The
capsule storing information, images and poetry of the city”. the of poetry and images information, storing capsule
According to John Kindness: “The Big Fish contains a time time a contains Fish Big “The Kindness: John to According
newspaper cuttings. cuttings. newspaper
Each tile tells a story about the city using pictures, text and and text pictures, using city the about story a tells tile Each
sculpture is 10 metres long and clad in ceramic tiles. tiles. ceramic in clad and long metres 10 is sculpture
of the Laganside area. Created by artist John Kindness, the the Kindness, John artist by Created area. Laganside the of
It was commissioned in 1999 to celebrate the regeneration regeneration the celebrate to 1999 in commissioned was It
sculpture’s true name is the Salmon of Knowledge. Knowledge. of Salmon the is name true sculpture’s
Although most locals will know it as the ‘Big Fish’, the mosaic mosaic the Fish’, ‘Big the as it know will locals most Although
The ‘Big Fish’ ‘Big The
and work there.” work and
who used to live live to used who
now mainly used for design and structural engineering. structural and design for used mainly now
last ship to sail from the yard left in 2003, with the shipyard shipyard the with 2003, in left yard the from sail to ship last and the people people the and
the Shipyard, the most famous being the RMS Titanic. The The Titanic. RMS the being famous most the Shipyard, the
used to look like like look to used More than 1,700 vessels have been fully or partially built at at built partially or fully been have vessels 1,700 than More
these places places these
skyline and can be seen from anywhere in the city. city. the in anywhere from seen be can and skyline
cranes, Samson and Goliath, which dominate the Belfast Belfast the dominate which Goliath, and Samson cranes,
heritage; what what heritage;
The most famous symbols of the shipyard are the yellow yellow the are shipyard the of symbols famous most The
and history the
was historically one of the biggest employers in the country. country. the in employers biggest the of one historically was
Maritime Heritage Trail about “Learn Edward James Harland and Gustav Wilhelm Wolff. The shipyard shipyard The Wolff. Wilhelm Gustav and Harland James Edward
Cycle or walk in the footsteps by 1861 in founded was shipyard Wolff and Harland The of ship builders and sailors Cranes H&W A2 M2 7m Key Test Your Knowledge Limestone Road B126 The answers to these questions are dotted throughout Maritime Heritage Trail the Maritime Heritage Trail. Can you find the answers to Cycle path them all?
Duncrue Street Mervue Street On-road cycle lane 1. Which character from the Narnia books overlooks Belfast-Douglas 5 Queens Road C.S Lewis Square?
Traffic-free cycle route Take an Airport Road interactive 2. What did Ballymacarrett walkway used to be? 10m Belfast Bike locations (bike hire) tour of 3. Which crane is older: Samson or Goliath? 6 Queens Road the trail North City 1 C.S Lewis Square 6 The Great Light 4. How tall and heavy is the Great Light? Business Centre Dufferin Road Bombardier 7 SS Nomadic 5. Who was the captain of the HMS Caroline?
2 Pollock Road Aerospace 8 Marina Musgrave Channel Road 6. What year did the SS Nomadic return to Belfast? Harland and Spamount Street 3 H&W Cranes Yorkgate 9 Big Fish Wolff 7. What do the Belfast buoys mark out? 4 Titanic Museum A2 8. Which Clarendon graving dock is bigger: 1 or 2? 10 St Joseph’s Church 5 HMS Caroline
Belfast/Isle of Man Steam Airport Road 5 Packet Cityside Retail Park M2 A2 Corry Road
Henry St 10 Q ork Street u ee Victoria Park B126 Pilot Street n 4 s A2 R o 2 a d A12 Queens Road A2 SAILORTOWN 7
Bombardier Airport Road Aerospace Connsbank Road
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R Nelson Street 8 s n Corporation Street e e u Q A6 University of A2 Ulster A2 King George Sydenham Road Playing Fields M3 Lisavon Street 10 3 Donegall Quay Old Channel Road 5m Park Avenue Titanic Quarter 9 10m 10m Island Street Mersey Street Connsbrook Avenue North Street Arcade A2 Servern Street Pims Avenue Lagan A2 ictoria Street Bus Centre Tamar Street EASTSIDE
High St Bridge End Bridge End A2 Lewis Park Portview Trade R 6m i v 0 A23 0.6 miles Centre e Ann Street r 1 6
L Bryson Street ag Victoria an 1 Square A20 0 0.5 1 km
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