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Knockbreda (Irish: An Cnoc agus An Bhréadach) [1] is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper , with 4 townlands in the barony of Castlereagh Lower .
The Forestside Shopping Centre was developed by Sainsbury's between 1996 and 1998. [2] Belvoir Park Golf Club and Belvoir Forest Park are also located nearby. A 48,000 square feet (4,500 m 2 ) Tesco store was built on a brownfield site , (formerly a warehouse for the Stewarts Supermarket chain) and opened in 2007.
Immediately beyond the end of the Cregagh Road, on the opposite side of the Upper Knockbreda Road, is a forested area known as Cregagh Glen. [21] The Upper Knockbreda Road, otherwise known as the A55 Outer Ring, was completed in 1967 to link Cregagh with the Knock area on the outskirts of east Belfast. [22]
A55 links many of the main arterial routes within the city as well as creating a bypass of the often congested city centre and problematic A12 Westlink.Large sections of the route in east Belfast have been upgraded to dual carriageway standard with at-grade traffic light controlled junctions, together with off-road cycle paths alongside.
Under the Irish Poor Laws, Castlereagh townland gave its name to the surrounding Castlereagh electoral division within the Belfast poor law union. After the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 , the County Down portion of the union became the Belfast No. 2 rural district , later renamed Castlereagh rural district; the poor law electoral ...
Below is a list of places in the civil parish of Knockbreda, County Down, Northern Ireland. Pages in category "Civil parish of Knockbreda" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Braniel or The Braniel is a large housing estate and townland in southeast Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is in the barony of Castlereagh Upper and parish of Knockbreda in County Down. [2] Two small developments, Roddens and Glenview, are located in the area, and are often referred to the Braniel. It is a predominantly unionist area. [citation ...
Forestside is a shopping centre located in Newtownbreda in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first phase of the centre, the 39,000 square feet (3,600 m 2) Sainsbury's store, opened in March 1997 followed by the remainder of the centre in September 1998.