Dirty Duck

Belfast


On a sunny afternoon, it's hard to beat the Belfast Lough–facing beer garden at this welcoming local, just footsteps from Holywood train station. It's a great bet at any time for craft ales on tap, frequent live music and its panoramic upstairs restaurant.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Belfast attractions

1. Ulster Folk Museum

1.76 MILES

Farmhouses, forges, churches, mills and a complete village have been reconstructed at this excellent museum, with human and animal extras combining to…

2. Ulster Transport Museum

1.77 MILES

Across the road from the Ulster Folk Museum, the Transport Museum has steam locomotives, rolling stock, motorcycles, trams, buses and cars. Most popular…

3. Stormont

2.53 MILES

Stormont's dazzling white neoclassical facade is one of Belfast's most iconic, occupying a dramatic position at the end of a gently rising 1.5km avenue…

4. Titanic's Dock & Pump House

3.05 MILES

At the far end of Queen's Rd is an impressive monument to the days of the great liners – the vast Thompson Dry Dock where the Titanic was fitted out.

5. HMS Caroline

3.13 MILES

The UK's last surviving WWI Royal Navy cruiser has been converted into a floating museum, docked in Titanic Quarter. Audio tours take in the captain's…

6. Great Light

3.28 MILES

This light is one of the largest optics of its kind. It was used in Tory Island lighthouse from 1887 to 1924 and then on Mew Island until 2014. It is…

7. Titanic Studios

3.32 MILES

Just northeast of Titanic Belfast you'll see the huge paint hall where ship component parts were painted in a climate-controlled environment. Today it's…

8. Harland & Wolff Drawing Offices

3.57 MILES

The designs for the Titanic were first drawn up here at the original Harland & Wolff drawing offices. Now part of the Titanic Hotel, the drawing offices,…