Craigavon

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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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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 ⓘ
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 Development Commission ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
partOf 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 ⓘ
purpose accommodate population overspill ⓘ
embody contemporary planning ideals ⓘ
region Province of Ulster ⓘ
roadServedBy A3 road ⓘ
M1 motorway ⓘ
sportsFacility Craigavon Golf and Ski Centre ⓘ
Craigavon Ski Centre ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Craigavon Bridge network ⓘ

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

European route E18 → startsIn → Craigavon ⓘ
European route E18 → hasTerminus → Craigavon ⓘ
European route E18 → connectsCity → Craigavon ⓘ
Lough Neagh → locatedNear → Craigavon ⓘ
Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → partOf → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
Craigavon → postalTown → Craigavon ⓘ
Craigavon → originalDevelopmentAuthority → Craigavon Development Commission ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
County Armagh → hasLargestTown → Craigavon ⓘ
County Armagh → contains → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
E18 → terminusWest → Craigavon ⓘ
E18 → passesThrough → Craigavon ⓘ
Loch nEathach → locatedNorthOf → Craigavon ⓘ
Belfast–Dublin corridor → hasPart → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
Province of Ulster → hasMajorTown → Craigavon ⓘ
Rory Best → placeOfBirth → Craigavon ⓘ
Upper Bann → containsSettlement → Craigavon ⓘ
Moira → hasPostTown → Craigavon ⓘ
Hannah Peel → placeOfBirth → Craigavon ⓘ
Portadown → partOf → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
European route E18 → westernTerminus → Craigavon ⓘ
subject linked to: Highway E18
M12 motorway (Northern Ireland) → serves → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
Fourways → hasNeighbourhood → Craigavon ⓘ
M1 motorway (via M12) → connects → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon
Belfast–Portadown line → connectsUrbanArea → Craigavon urban area ⓘ
linked to: Craigavon