Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens is a public garden in Belfast. Top of the 56 other places within 15 km is Ulster Museum, 300 m off. It is written up in 16 Wikipedias.
Garden in Belfast
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#367 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (16 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Belfast
Botanic Gardens is inside Belfast’s settlement, with 31 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
Afternoons in Belfast peak at 17–19°C, June to August.
Botanic Gardens
Public garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In Belfast, inside the town’s settlement.
- Type
- Garden
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 16 languages
- Town
- in Belfast
Finding Botanic Gardens
On this map, Botanic Gardens is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Belfast’s settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015
The towns around Botanic Gardens
By population, Belfast leads the 8 with 293,298. The list runs from its own town outward.
- 1Belfast
- 2Metropolitan Castlereagh
- 3Metropolitan Lisburn
- 4Carryduff
- 5Holywood
- 6Metropolitan Newtownabbey
- 7Lisburn
- 8Ballygowan
Belfast
Metropolitan Castlereagh
Metropolitan Lisburn
Carryduff
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Botanic Gardens is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast | It’s in town | 293,298 | 51 |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 1.9 km east of it | 58,763 | 39 |
| Metropolitan Lisburn | 5 km southwest of it | 32,643 | 14 |
| Carryduff | 7.8 km south of it | 7,173 | 6 |
| Holywood | 9.2 km northeast of it | 10,757 | 18 |
| Metropolitan Newtownabbey | 11 km north of it | 67,599 | 20 |
| Lisburn | 11 km southwest of it | 51,447 | 8 |
| Ballygowan | 12 km southeast of it | 3,138 | 0 |
Close to Botanic Gardens
A visit can add 2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and 2 historic houses, from 56 places within 15 km.
Historic shipSS Nomadic3 km away3
CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast2.3 km away4CathedralCathedralSt Peter's Cathedral2.1 km away5Art galleryArt galleryThe Naughton Gallery at Queen's400 m away · 16K visitors a year6
Historic houseBelfast Castle6.8 km away7
Historic shipHMS Caroline4 km away8
Historic houseStormont Castle6.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Botanic Gardens?
Botanic Gardens is in Belfast, Belfast, inside the town’s settlement.
What is Botanic Gardens?
Public garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
When is the best time to visit Botanic Gardens?
June to August are the warmest months in Belfast, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Botanic Gardens?
Within 15 km: Ulster Museum (300 m), SS Nomadic (3 km), St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast (2.3 km) and St Peter's Cathedral (2.1 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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