If you’ve ever walked or driven along the Lisburn Road, you’ve definitely seen it: Belfast City Hospital’s distinctive tower rising over south Belfast like a landmark you can navigate by. It’s not a “tourist attraction” in the usual sense, but it’s one of the city’s most important places — and (quietly) one of its most interesting.
Belfast City Hospital is a major university teaching hospital, part of the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, and it plays a key regional role in areas like cancer and renal services.
Quick facts:
Where: 51 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AB
Founded: 1841 (with origins as the Belfast Union Workhouse & infirmary)
Beds: around 900
The tower: 15 storeys, about 76 m tall, opened January 1986
Emergency department: the A&E closed in 2011, with emergency care directed elsewhere
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