Places to Visit

City Sightseeing Walking Tours run daily at 2pm leaving from Castle Place (right at their tour buses). Join their guides on a walking tour of central Belfast. See the old city and the new one during a 1 hour 20 minute stroll through 400 years of history. See the best Belfast pubs along the tour route in the narrow passages and entries where Belfast was born and bred. Discover the hidden Belfast that is just off the main thoroughfares and is not featured on any other tour of Belfast.

There is disabled access to the Pump-House available. Some of the ground surface can be uneven- please wear appropriate footwear and dress for the weather. Male, female, disabled toilets & baby changing facilities provided on site. We also have a café which operates Monday-Friday in the Innovation Centre.

The Lyric Theatre is Northern Ireland’s only full-time producing theatre. It seeks to reflect Northern Ireland’s rich cultural diversity and to speak with a voice that is inspiring, challenging, entertaining and relevant. 60,000 people go to see Lyric productions every year, including 20,000 young people under the age of 25, many of whom are experiencing live theatre for the first time.

Award-winning Belmont Tower is a venue suitable for a wide range of small conferences, meetings and events. This Gothic styled late Victorian listed building, has been beautifully restored and adapted to become a stunning and inviting location in which to do business. Belmont Tower is accessible to disabled visitors and excellent in-house catering is available for all types of events

Situated in the village of Loughgiel near to the world famous Giants Causeway and the beautiful Glens of Antrim the Causeway Cheese Company is Northern Ireland's first traditional cheese maker of modern times. All of Causeway cheeses are hand made to individual recipes, ranging from a distinctive mature cheese to cheeses with a touch of Northern Ireland individuality, e.g. cheese with Dulse (a type of seaweed) harvested from the shores of Northern Ireland. Come along and see Farmhouse Cheese made by hand, using traditional methods. Sample our ever expanding range of cheeses, and taste the difference.

The Linen Hall Library is a truly unique institution. Founded in 1788, it is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Ireland. It is renowned for its unparalleled Irish and Local Studies Collection, ranging from comprehensive holdings of Early Belfast and Ulster printed books to the 250,000 items in the Northern Ireland Political Collection, the definitive archive of the recent troubles.

Steam train round trips on Northern Ireland's mainlines organised by The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. The society is a registered charity formed in 1964 to operate and preserve, in working order, steam locomotives and coaches which were disappearing rapidly from the Irish Railway system. Today the Society owns and operates a fleet of nine steam locomotives and over 20 vintage carriages on public trains. The Society is a non-profit making organisation and all monies from ticket sales, membership fees or donations go directly to keeping Ireland’s steam railway heritage running for future generations.