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 NERFINISHED
M1 motorway
sportsFacility Craigavon Golf and Ski Centre
Craigavon Ski Centre
transportInfrastructure Craigavon Bridge network

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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