Clifton House & Cemetery Tour, Belfast

Come and join me as we venture back to Belfast city to visit Clifton House and its cemetery tour.
Clifton House is an 18th century Grade A listed building located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Originally it was built as a poorhouse by the Belfast Charitable Institution. Today it houses a heritage center alongside a residential home for ex-servicemen and women with sheltered accommodation apartments.

We will meet in the Belfast train waiting area of Connolly Station from 8.30am.
We will be getting the 08:50am train.
It arrives in Belfast at 11am.
We will walk to Donegall Square (20 minutes) where we will catch the 12b bus from outside the AIB bank which has a sterling ATM outside it.
Please have £1.80 in sterling or you can use your bank card for payment on the bus.
No payment by bank card is allowed for the Clifton House & Cemetery tour, its cash only, in sterling. The cost for both is £14 per person, payable on the day to Clifton House. Please ensure you have exact amount ready.
The midday guided house tour will take approx one hour and the guided cemetery tour will take 1 hour & 15 minutes.
There are a max of 16 places only.
Please wear appropriate clothing and foot wear for both tours. There is uneven ground in the cemetery. This tour is not suitable for members with mobility issues. There are steep steps up to Cliften House front entrance.
Lunch is booked in the Criterion Bar from 2.15pm, which is a five minute walk from the cemetery.
Please advise in advance in Comments what you are having for lunch as I have to notify the chef before the tour date as this cuts out delays on arrival.
Lunch must be paid by bank card only. There is an updated menu which I will post in photos.
After lunch, we will be going back by bus into the city center (10 minute journey).
When walking back to the train station from the city center, the beautiful City Assembly building with the fine blue tin steeple can be seen. As it is a working building there are no public tours but there is a free exhibition on the history of the building which is open to the public. It takes about twenty minutes to view all the exhibits.
If not interested, you can catch the train back at 4pm, 5pm or 6pm. The train station is only a 5 min walk from the assembly building.

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