Belvelly
Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland.
Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island. Belvelly Bridge connects Great Island to Fota Island, which is in turn connected to the mainland near Carrigtwohill.
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Worth seeing in and around Belvelly
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Colman's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland.
3.6 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 02Fota Wildlife Park
Fota Wildlife Park is a 100-acre wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. Opened in 1983, it is an independently funded, not-for-profit charity that is one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland.
1 km · wildlife park on Fota Island, Ireland · Wikipedia - 03Old Town Hall, Cobh
The Old Town Hall is a 19th-century building in Cobh, Ireland. Situated slightly east of the town center, in what is referred to as Lynch's Quay or East Beach, it faces Cork Harbour.
3.7 km · 19th century building in Cobh, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Belvelly
- Airports
- Cork (ORK), 14 km · Shannon (SNN), 100 km · Dublin (DUB), 220 km
- Stations
- Cobh railway station, 3.9 km · Carrigaloe railway station, 2.6 km · Glounthaune railway station, 3.5 km · Fota railway station, 1.9 km · Cove Fort, 3.8 km
- Shannon → Belvelly99 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · €14–19
- Dublin → Belvelly213 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · €26–36
- Charlestown → Belvelly234 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €29–41
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No local-transport research exists yet for Belvelly
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Belvelly. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe ferry runs daily 6:30AM–9:30PM and takes 5 min.
- Get inThe "East Ferry" sailed from medieval times, latterly cable-hauled, but ceased in 1913.
- Get inSee Cork#Get in for the ferries from Roscoff and Santander.
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- Glenbrookvillage in Munster, Ireland3.3 km
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