Rural Gardens, Glengormley

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Rural Gardens, Glengormley

Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 29 May 2012

A street, on the north western side of the Hightown Road, close to the M2 Image The 1966 one-inch map shows it at the limit of developed Greater Belfast. Shortly afterwards the Ministry of Commerce and the Antrim and Ballymena Development Commission began acquiring much of the land between the Hightown Road and Mallusk for industrial and commercial development. One of the attractions of the area was its proximity to the Sandyknowes roundabout Image The Hightown Road ceased to be rural.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.670031
Longitude
-5.963115