Welcome to Visit Lagan Valley Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Lagan Valley
Visit Lagan Valley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Lagan Valley places to visit. A unique way to experience Lagan Valley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Lagan Valley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Lagan Valley Walkfo Preview The Lagan Valley is an area of Northern Ireland between Belfast and Lisburn. The River Lagan rises on Slieve Croob in County Down and flows northward discharging into Belfast Lough. The towpath which runs alongside the River between Lisburn and Belfast is popular with walkers, runners, cyclists, dog owners etc. When you visit Lagan Valley, Walkfo brings Lagan Valley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Lagan Valley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Lagan Valley
Visit Lagan Valley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 38 audio plaques & Lagan Valley places for you to explore in the Lagan Valley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Lagan Valley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Lagan Valley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Lagan Valley places with Walkfo Lagan Valley to hear history at Lagan Valley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Lagan Valley has 38 places to visit in our interactive Lagan Valley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Lagan Valley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Lagan Valley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Lagan Valley & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Lagan Valley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Lagan Valley
Best Lagan Valley places to visit
Lagan Valley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Lagan Valley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Lagan Valley’s information audio spots:
Shaw’s Bridge Shaw’s Bridge is the name given to two adjacent bridges across the River Lagan in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The older of the bridges is a historic stone arched bridge, which is open to cyclists and pedestrians. The new bridge is a concrete bridge which carries the A55 road.
Giant’s Ring The Giant’s Ring is a henge monument at Ballynahatty, near Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was originally preserved by Viscount Dungannon. The site consists of a circular enclosure, 180 m (590 ft) in diameter and 2.8 hectares (6.9 acres) in area.
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place in Belfast, United Kingdom. The races were held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast.
King’s Hall, Belfast The King’s Hall was a multi-purpose venue located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is owned by the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) who moved to the venue in 1896. The RUAS subsequently moved out in 2012 and the venue has been abandoned since then.
Kingsbridge Private Hospital Kingsbridge Private Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Príobháideach Dhroichead an Rí) is a private hospital on the Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Musgrave Park, Belfast Musgrave Park is a public park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in Ballygammon townland off Stockman’s Lane. Facilities include a bowling pavilion, playing fields, walks, nature areas and bottle banks.
St Brigid’s GAC (Antrim) St Brigid’s Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Bríd, Béal Feirste) was founded in 1998. It has been described as a ‘city team with a country heart’ as many of its founders came from all over Ulster including Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh.
Malone Golf Club Malone Golf Club is a golf club located near Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in the north of Belfast. Malone is one of the most popular golf clubs in the world.
Hillhall Hillhall is a townland and non-nucleated village in County Down, Northern Ireland, near Lisburn. It lies in the Lagan Valley Regional Park and the Lisburn City Council area. Hillhall Presbyterian Church is a listed building.
Visit Lagan Valley plaques
3 plaques hereLagan Valley has 3 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Lagan Valley plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Lagan Valley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Lagan Valley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Lagan Valley audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Lagan Valley allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Lagan Valley’s 38 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Lagan Valley freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Lagan Valley Map App
Our visit Lagan Valley map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Lagan Valley & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Lagan Valley tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Lagan Valley centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Lagan Valley area at LONG:-5.9788888888889, LAT:54.535555555556.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Lagan Valley, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Lagan Valley / surrounding areas
● Belvoir Park Forest ● PSNI GAA ● Newforge ● Belvoir Park Hospital ● HM Prison Hydebank Wood ● Malone Park ● Shaw’s Bridge ● Giant’s Ring ● Ballylesson ● Ballynahatty, County Down ● Edenderry, County Down ● Upper Malone ● 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ● Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast ● Balmoral (District Electoral Area) ● King’s Hall, Belfast ● Kingsbridge Private Hospital ● Musgrave Park, Belfast ● Balmoral Golf Club ● St Brigid’s GAC (Antrim) ● Musgrave Park Hospital bombing ● Musgrave Park Hospital ● Finaghy ● Taughmonagh ● Dunmurry train bombing ● Dunmurry Golf Club ● Dunmurry ● Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park ● Malone Golf Club ● Poleglass
● Lagan Valley ● New Grosvenor Stadium ● Ballyskeagh ● Drumbeg, County Down ● Tullynacross ● Hillhall
Getting to / around Lagan Valley – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Lagan Valley using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Lagan Valley places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Lagan Valley Public Transport Stations
Lagan Valley Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Balmoral railway station
Finaghy railway station
Dunmurry railway station
Derriaghy railway station
Lambeg railway station
Hilden railway station
Lisburn Road
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Local Lagan Valley historians & Lagan Valley tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Lagan Valley? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Lagan Valley’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Lagan Valley place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Lagan Valley Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Lagan Valley destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Lagan Valley’ web pages (for example: www.visitLagan Valley.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336