Stranmillis

A 19th- or early 20th-century black tile street sign with the words "Stranmillis Road".
Street sign outside Stranmillis College.

Stranmillis (from Irish an Sruthán Milis) is an area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is also an electoral ward for Belfast City Council, part of the Laganbank district electoral area.[1] As part of the Queen's Quarter, it is the location for prominent attractions such as the Ulster Museum and Botanic Gardens.[2][3] The area is located on Stranmillis Road, with Malone Road to the west and the River Lagan to the east. Its name, meaning "the sweet stream" in Irish, refers to the Lagan, whose waters are still fresh at this point, before becoming brackish as the river flows onward toward its mouth in Belfast Lough.[4]

Stranmillis Road begins at the junction of University Road, Malone Road and College Gardens, heading uphill and southwards past Friar's Bush Graveyard and a small shopping district, before descending towards the River Lagan. The route then swings to the west around the outside of Stranmillis College and uphill again, before rejoining the Malone Road. The north end of Stranmillis Road contains many shops and restaurants, while the south end of the road is mainly housing.

Imposing grey concrete blocks of 20th-century modernist architecture.
Exterior of Ulster Museum facing onto the Botanic Gardens; designed by James Cumming Wynne.

The Malone and Stranmillis Historic Urban Landscape featured on the 2010 tentative list of sites proposed for addition to the List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom, as an area of architectural interest featuring examples of the Arts and Crafts Movement.[5]

  1. ^ "Ward Information for Stranmillis Ward 95GG42". NISRA. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
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  4. ^ "The Gaelic Placenames of Belfast". Belfast City Council.
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