Holywood Town Centre
Holywood is renowned as a vibrant, speciality-shopping town with established art galleries, local artists and craftspeople, all working to promote the area as an attractive place to live or visit. Situated on the southern shore of Belfast Lough most of Holywood district has great views of the Antrim Hills on the northern shore and the town is only six miles from the city of Belfast. For more information on the history of Holywood click here.
The commercial core of Holywood is High Street, one of the town’s original streets, which lay on the main Belfast to Bangor Road until the construction of the A2 bypass in the 1970’s.
A number of the Province’s most eminent art galleries are located in the town as are a growing number of designers and craftspeople. Indeed Holywood has attracted a number of new town centre businesses and restaurants in the past year, including Artiqua, (antiques and artefacts) Akiva (ladies fashion), Oka (hair salon), Cinderella Slippers (ladies shoes), Red Ruby Rouge, Chocolat and RoCo to name but a few. For the full list of Holywood Chamber of Commerce members and their web links click here.
Maps
To find your way around Holywood town centre use the map below. Details include shopping centres within the town, places to eat and also car parks.
Places to Stay in Holywood
Ardshane Country House 028 9042 2044
Braeside Country House 028 9042 6665
Culloden Hotel 028 9042 1066
Rayanne House 028 9042 5859
