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Dunmurry
Suburban town in Northern Ireland

Dunmurry

Dunmurry is a suburban town and townland between Belfast and Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

Plan a trip to Dunmurry→From Prestwick, South Ayrshire

It is 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) south-west of Belfast city centre. Dunmurry is in the Collin electoral ward for the local government district of Belfast City Council.

Get in

Getting to Dunmurry

Dunmurry has one train station of the same name. The station operates the Belfast-Newry line. It offers half hourly trains Monday-Friday and hourly on Sundays. Translink offers multiple bus services to Dunmurry. The areas main transport hub is the Colin Connect, which has a stop for Belfasts' Glider service. Stewartstown Road leads into western Dunmurry, and the M1 leads into Eastern Dunmurry

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Cloona House

    Cloona House is a historic house in the Poleglass area of Dunmurry.

  2. 02
    Bobby Sands

    While the most famous mural may be in Belfast, there is another in the Twinbrook estate, birthplace of Bobby Sands.

  3. 03
    Bobby Sands Corner

    Within walking distance of the mural, Bobby Sands Corner is a more unique take on Republician street art, being a framed picture.

  4. 04
    Colin Area Roll of Remembrance

    Gardenmore Road.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Colin Glen Forest Park

    Autumn and winter: daily 9AM-5PM; spring and summer: daily 9AM-6PM.

  2. 02
    Long

    They are likely to date back to the early 1900s or 1800s.

  3. 03
    Pairc Nua Chollan

    Park and playground with the "Leap of Faith" monument.

  4. 04
    Colin Glen Zip Line

    28 Colin Glen Road.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Beechlawn Hotel and Restaurant Dunmurry

    4 Dunmurry Lane, info@beechlawnhotel.com.

  2. 02
    Fuscos Fish & Chip Shop

    4 Jasmine End,.

  3. 03
    Urban Fire

    Unit 27-28 Dairy Farm Shopping Centre,.

  4. 04
    Little Mexican Deli

    Unit 2, Dairy Farm Shopping Centre,.

How locals move

Getting around Dunmurry the local way

  • Get aroundNational Cycleway 9 runs mostly on-road from Belfast to Lisburn, Craigavon and Portadown then off-road to Scarva and Newry, with other routes branching off across Armagh and Tyrone.

From Wikivoyage: Lisburn, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ddoherty958 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.