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St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is a church building in Belfast, County Antrim. It is on the official list as a Grade A listed building. Look also at SS Nomadic, 1.2 km away, first of 58 more within 15 km.

Photo: St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Belfast

inside the settlement

How well known

Top 5%

#372 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Cathedral in Belfast

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#372 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (15 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Belfast

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is inside Belfast’s settlement, with 29 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Belfast has 1,287 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

The warmest stretch in Belfast is June to August, at 17–19°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 3°94 mm

Feb8° / 2°77 mm

Mar10° / 3°81 mm

Apr12° / 5°66 mm

May15° / 7°68 mm

Jun17° / 10°78 mm

Jul19° / 11°85 mm

Aug19° / 11°94 mm

Sep16° / 10°81 mm

Oct13° / 7°109 mm

Nov10° / 4°117 mm

Dec8° / 2°109 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Belfast, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Belfast. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Belfast’s full climate →

About

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 15 languages.

Belfast’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 15 languages
Town: in Belfast
Official site: belfastcathedral.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

St Anne's Cathedral and what surrounds it

On this map, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to St Anne's Cathedral

Belfast, with 293,298 people, is the largest of the 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Belfast

293,298 people · 51 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km southeast of it

Metropolitan Castlereagh

58,763 people · 39 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km north of it

Metropolitan Newtownabbey

67,599 people · 20 places to visit

4 · 7.6 km northeast of it

Holywood

10,757 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is	People	Places to visit
Belfast	It’s in town	293,298	51
Metropolitan Castlereagh	3.3 km southeast of it	58,763	39
Metropolitan Newtownabbey	4.9 km north of it	67,599	20
Holywood	7.6 km northeast of it	10,757	18
Metropolitan Lisburn	8 km southwest of it	32,643	14
Carryduff	9.9 km south of it	7,173	6
Greenisland	11 km north of it	5,383	8
Lisburn	13 km southwest of it	51,447	8

Make a day of it

More near St Anne's Cathedral

Of the 58 within 15 km, look for 2 historic ships, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Historic shipSS Nomadic1.2 km away 2CathedralCathedralSt Peter's Cathedral1.1 km away 3

GardenBotanic Gardens2.3 km away 4

Historic houseBelfast Castle4.5 km away 5

Historic shipHMS Caroline2.1 km away 6MuseumMuseumUlster Museum2.3 km away 7Art galleryArt galleryThe Naughton Gallery at Queen's2 km away · 16K visitors a year 8

Historic houseStormont Castle6.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting St Anne's Cathedral

Where is St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast?

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is in Belfast, Belfast, inside the town’s settlement.

What is St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast?

Church building in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

When is the best time to visit St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast?

June to August are the warmest months in Belfast, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast a listed building?

Yes: Grade A listed building.

What else is there to see near St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast?

Within 15 km: SS Nomadic (1.2 km), St Peter's Cathedral (1.1 km), Botanic Gardens (2.3 km) and Belfast Castle (4.5 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)

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 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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