Ikea to Connswater

Saucepanhead

Hi everyone-I'm heading up to Belfast in particular Ikea for a look around tomorrow & can get there ok but I was wondering if anyone can tell me is it easy to get from Ikea to Connswater shopping centre or is it far? Sorry not to familiar with driving round the big smoke!! Thanks in advance

leftieM

Coming from Ikea, keep to the inside lane until you get to the big Tesco at Knocknagoney (the big junction you meet). Take the outside lane there - it may be signposted as Belfast (Holywood Road). You will be going straight on in the right hand lane rather than left for the A55. Keep going straight down that road (holywood Road). You'll go through a crossroads(follow the main road which is a slight bend to the right) and eventually you'll be taken on to the Newtownards Road (just follow the road to the right at the lights.) Take the left lane and follow the road to the left. You'll see the main entrance for Connswater on the left. At an estimate, the journey is 3-4 miles.

smokiewater

The junction at Tesco's is a difficult one if you are not used to the area, my daughter is on R plates and was forever mucking that one up, at first!

At Tescos you need to be in the outer of the two inside lanes and once completely through the lights get into the outside lane before the next set of lights. Directions above are excellent, just thought I'd clarify that one becuase daughter kept getting lost.

An alternative is to go along the sydenham bypass as you would heading back to the motorway, pass the airport and then turn right up Dee Street (don't go into harbour estate or odyssey) at the lights at the end of Dee St, turn left, then straight through the lights at the junction of the Albertbridge Road and next Right (think it is East Bridge St) and that takes you right into the Connswater Complex!

Pity you weren't in Ikea today, my friend was doing a free Choccie Fountain!

Saucepanhead

Thanks everyone for the great directions. Had a great day up in the big smoke & found connswater no prob:j

Spent too much in Ikea though:(

dmxdave

smokiewater wrote: »

(think it is East Bridge St)

Didn't think you of all people would have got that wrong :rotfl:

It's East BREAD Street

smokiewater

dmxdave wrote: »

Didn't think you of all people would have got that wrong :rotfl:

It's East BREAD Street

Don't know how I did that either Dave!!!

Blond moment? lol

dmxdave

Just kidding smokiewater. I was born in East Bread Street, the house has long been replaced though. We moved away when I was 4. Not sure if it is connected to the street name but you might be interested in this.

Bloomfields was a well-known bakery which opened on the Newtownards Road (between Bloomfield Avenue and East Bread Street) in 1884. It became part of the Inglis (of Eliza Street) organisation in 1933. The premises were rebuilt in 1937 producing biscuits until 1982.

Sorry for going off topic but I am sure the OP won't mind.

Saucepanhead

I dont mind at all Dave;)

smokiewater

I actually remember Inglis! Must be old.....

Hubby's granny is 97 and always remembers East Bread St as East Bread St and Sunblest used to be somewhere around there as well, if my memory is anwhere near right this time!

Granny still lives in Bloomfield, she was born in Banbury St (on the other side of the N'ards Rd) and my own grandparents lived in Solway St, also in that neck of the woods, so it is a small world!

Well off topic here!