Belfast City Hall

Belfast City Hall is Belfast City Council's civic building. It is located in Donegall Square, in the heart of Belfast city centre. It first opened its doors on 1 August 1906.

Inside City Hall, you can register births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships,take a tour, admire the public art and enjoy refreshments at the Bobbin Coffee Shop.

In the grounds of City Hall you can visit the Titanic Memorial Gardens, picnic on the lawns while watching The Big Screen or see the building lit up at night.

Tours

We run free public tours of City Hall at the following times:

• Monday to Friday - 11am, 2pm and 3pm
• Saturday - 2pm and 3pm.

Led by an experienced guide, tours last around an hour and include the history of Belfast City Hall and its finest features. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis and leave from the reception area inside Belfast City Hall.

You should book private group tours in advance and outside of public tour times.

Tours available in Irish on request.

Titanic Memorial Gardens

The Titanic Memorial Garden is situated on the eastern side of Belfast City Hall. The garden is set on two levels with the upper level containing a nine metre long plinth, inscribed with the names of those who died on RMS Titanic and a lower grassed terrace surrounding the existing monument.

The garden was built around the existing Titanic monument which was designed by Sir Thomas Brock. This monument, with its beautiful carrara marble sculpture, was first unveiled in 1920 in the middle of the roadway in front of City Hall. 

In 1959 it was decided that the Titanic Memorial was becoming a hazard to the increasing volume of traffic in Donegall Square and a decision was taken to move the sculpture into the grounds of the City Hall.

The memorial is made up of a base of grey Cornish granite. As part of the garden renovation in 2012, the sculpture was professionally cleaned and the lettering restored, recarved and the words and names painted in a gun-metal grey colour.