Oldpark to Ardoyne Crumlin Road

ewart s mill flax street sealed off on right

the road intersected agnes street , clifton park avenue , @ section oldpark road divides off. @ point crumlin road remains largely loyalist area although of oldpark road republican witness series of sectarian interfaces. belfast city council has converted section of waste ground @ junction greenfield space whilst local shops have been redeveloped. significant levels of new housing have been built here , of 2011 area still undergoing redevelopment. st mary s church of ireland, 19th-century building, found in part of road , noted historic pipe organ. presbyterian church further road dates 19th century whilst further road, facing ardoyne area there roman catholic church, holy cross church.

the milly

commercially area of crumlin road contains shops, notably number of cash , carry , similar wholesale retail outlets on hillview road, conduit linking crumlin , oldpark roads. historically 1 of important commercial properties crumlin road mill. mill built william ewart, cotton trader , politician switched interests production of linen, @ time became leading industry in city. during second world war mill converted production of linen manufacture of munitions. mill employed thousands of local people, young women known locally millies . although mill no longer in operation industrial heritage commemorated in nearby statue of 1 such milly . area around mill, straddles republican ardoyne area , loyalist shankill , woodvale areas major interface area on crumlin road flax street, runs along side of mill, ending in peace line. access crumlin road leopold street , columbia street, both part of loyalist woodvale area, blocked peace lines. local mill, edenderry mill, dates victorian times, has been converted apartment complex consisting of 55 flats.