Craigavon

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planned town settlement

Craigavon is a planned town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, developed in the 1960s as a modernist urban project intended to accommodate population overspill and embody contemporary planning ideals.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Craigavon canonical 11
Craigavon urban area 2
Craigavon Development Commission 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf planned town ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countrySubdivision Northern Ireland ⓘ
developedAs modernist urban project ⓘ
dialingCode 028 ⓘ
governingBody Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Southern Regional College campus in Craigavon ⓘ
hasGreenSpace extensive parkland ⓘ
hasLake Craigavon Lakes ⓘ
hasPart Brownlow ⓘ
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district ⓘ
surface form: Central Craigavon

Mandeville ⓘ
hasResidentialArea Drumgor ⓘ
Legahory ⓘ
hasShoppingCentre Rushmere Shopping Centre ⓘ
hasUrbanForm dispersed linear layout ⓘ
healthcareFacility Craigavon Area Hospital ⓘ
inception 1960s ⓘ
locatedIn County Armagh ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
locatedOn island of Ireland ⓘ
namedAfter James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon ⓘ
first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland ⓘ
near Lurgan ⓘ
Portadown ⓘ
originalDevelopmentAuthority Craigavon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Craigavon Development Commission
partOf Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district ⓘ
surface form: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
planningConcept new town ⓘ
separation of pedestrians and vehicles ⓘ
zoned land uses ⓘ
planningEra post-war modernism ⓘ
planningStarted early 1960s ⓘ
populationCentreFor surrounding rural hinterland in County Armagh ⓘ
postalTown Craigavon self-link ⓘ
purpose accommodate population overspill ⓘ
embody contemporary planning ideals ⓘ
region Province of Ulster ⓘ
roadServedBy A3 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
M1 motorway ⓘ
sportsFacility Craigavon Ski Centre ⓘ
surface form: Craigavon Golf and Ski Centre

Craigavon Ski Centre ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Craigavon Bridge network ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British New Towns movement → notableExample → Craigavon ⓘ
European route E18 → startsIn → Craigavon ⓘ
European route E18 → hasTerminus → Craigavon ⓘ
European route E18 → connectsCity → Craigavon ⓘ
Lough Neagh → locatedNear → Craigavon ⓘ
Southern Health and Social Care Trust → headquartersLocation → Craigavon ⓘ
Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → partOf → Craigavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Craigavon urban area
Northern Ireland road network → majorHubCity → Craigavon ⓘ
Craigavon → postalTown → Craigavon self-link ⓘ
Craigavon → originalDevelopmentAuthority → Craigavon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Craigavon Development Commission
County Armagh → hasLargestTown → Craigavon ⓘ
County Armagh → contains → Craigavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Craigavon urban area
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Craigavon ⓘ
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council → namedAfter → Craigavon ⓘ