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Cultra (
/kʌlˈtrɔː/ kul-traw; in Irish Cúl Trá) is a residential suburban area adjacent to Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, part of Greater Belfast. It is also the name of an electoral ward of North Down Borough Council. It is comfortably one of Northern Ireland's most affluent areas (hence the "Gold Coast" nickname for the district). Benefiting from attractive sea views and tree-lined avenues, house prices here are upwards of £5 million. It has relatively easy road and rail transport links to central Belfast.
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Places of interest
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
- Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
- Culloden Hotel
- Cultra Inn
- Royal Belfast Golf Club
People
- Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883), a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies, was born in Cultra.
Transport
- Cultra railway station was opened on 1 May 1865.[1]
References
- ^ "Cultra station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
See also
Coordinates: 54°39′N 5°49′W / 54.65°N 5.817°W
Categories:- Seaside resorts in Northern Ireland
- Wards of Northern Ireland
- County Down geography stubs
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