Straight answers to practical questions about driving, travelling, parking and getting around Northern Ireland.
The official camera directory includes “M1 Stockmans Lane – J2”.
Use the Westlink – York Street traffic-camera entry on TrafficWatchNI.
TrafficWatchNI lists a Westlink – Hospital camera for the A12 corridor near the Royal Victoria Hospital area.
Newry and Carlingford are connected by roads around Carlingford Lough, but Carlingford is in the Republic of Ireland and is not the same destination as Warrenpoint or Rostrevor.
Gortin lies north of Omagh and is reached via the Gortin Road corridor, rather than by following the A5 towards Strabane or the A32 towards Enniskillen.
No public road takes ordinary visitors to the mountain summit as if it were a roadside viewpoint.
Use named public roads and vehicle entrances, not trail names, as your navigation destinations.
Yes, the A37 is an inland Coleraine Mountain road connection, while the A2 runs along the wider Coleraine–Limavady coastal-side corridor.
Belfast Zoo is on the Antrim Road side of north Belfast, below the Cave Hill area, and is a separate entrance from Belfast Castle Estate.
Portaferry lies at the southern tip of the Ards Peninsula.
Donaghadee is reached from Bangor by the regional road network along the eastern Ards coast.
Holywood and Cultra are neighbouring locations along the A2 Belfast Lough corridor.
The A2 is the principal Belfast-to-Bangor road corridor through the Holywood side of Belfast Lough.
The A2 is the main road reference for the Coleraine–Limavady–Derry side of the northwest.
Culmore Roundabout is on the northern Derry road network near the A2 and the Foyle-side approaches.
Buncrana Road is a principal road leading northwest from Derry towards the Donegal border and Buncrana.
City of Derry Airport sits east of the River Foyle on the A2 side, so a driver arriving from the west may need a river crossing.
Craigavon Bridge serves local urban movements across the Foyle closer to central Derry, while Foyle Bridge is farther north and carries the A515 bypass-style crossing.
Derry’s Waterside is east of the River Foyle, while the Cityside includes the historic walled city to the west.
Castlederg lies southwest of Strabane on a network of regional roads including the B72 corridor.
Fivemiletown is on the A4 corridor, while Clogher lies on the road network to the north.
Keady is southwest of Armagh and is reached by local A-road and regional-road connections rather than the Belfast-bound motorway network.
The main road corridor between Newry and Warrenpoint runs southeast towards Carlingford Lough, using the A2 road network and local approach roads.
The A2 runs along the Carlingford Lough coast between Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.
Spelga Dam and Silent Valley are different Mourne Mountain reservoirs with different access roads.
Spelga Dam is in the Mourne uplands, with local roads from the Hilltown side leading into the mountain area.
DAERA identifies the A50 south-eastwards from Banbridge as an approach to Castlewellan and its forest park.
Newcastle and Castlewellan are linked by the A50 corridor.
Ardglass is southeast of Downpatrick on the County Down coast.
Comber is on the road network north of Strangford Lough, while the Strangford–Portaferry ferry crosses the narrow channel at the southern end.
