Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Divis Tower
Divis Tower in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Eric Jones — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Divis Tower is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Divis Tower is a 19-floor, 200-foot-tall (60-metre) tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in Divis Street, which is the lower section of the Falls Road. It is currently the fifteenth-tallest building in Belfast.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The tower was built in 1966 as part of the now-demolished Divis Flats complex, which comprised twelve eight-storey blocks of terraces and flats, named after the nearby Divis Mountain. The tower, a vertical complex of 96 flats housing approximately 110 residents, was designed by architect Frank Robertson for the Northern Ireland Housing Trust. The site on which the Tower stands was previously the location of the Charles Lanyon-designed Falls Road Methodist Church, which opened in 1854 and closed in 1966. The site was sold to Belfast Corporation for approximately £11,000. A television documentary has been made about the tower.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6000, -5.9422
- District
- Belfast
- Postcode
- BT12 4QA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Belfast West
- Established
- 1966
Sources
- wikidata: Q1230701 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Divis Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Divis Tower?
- Divis Tower is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT12 4QA).
- When was Divis Tower built?
- Built or established in 1966.
- Is Divis Tower free to visit?
- Yes, Divis Tower is free to enter.
- How do I get to Divis Tower?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT12 4QA. It sits within the Belfast West parliamentary constituency.