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Tall Ships Race 2015: Information for visitors

Map showing locations of where the Tall Ships will be moored in Belfast
Map showing locations of where the Tall Ships will be moored in Belfast

 Highlights include:

  • Festival of Maritime Heritage
  • Tall Ships Crew Parade
  • Tall Ships Firework Display
  • Red Arrows Flypast
  • Tall Ships Parade

Opening Times:

Day 1: Thursday 2 July from 12 noon - 9pm

Day 2: Friday 3 July from 12.15pm - 9pm

Day 3: Saturday 4 July from 10am - 10.30pm

Day 4: Sunday 5 July from 10am - 4pm

How To Get There

Visitors are encouraged to use bus, train and park and ride services to avoid traffic congestion. A free shuttle bus will help ferry visitors from Wellington Place in the city centre to Pollock Dock and another between there and Queen’s Quay.

There will be park and ride facilities at Sprucefield, Cairnshill, Dundonald and a new site at Ballymartin, just off the M2 at the junction for the International Airport.

Bus services from Belfast city council park and ride sites at Holywood Exchange travelling to Queen’s Quay and from Boucher Road Playing Fields to Pollock Dock will also be in place.

For further information, please visit www.translink.co.uk/tallships/ or www.tallshipsbelfast.com