2012

J3573 : Former barber's shop, Belfast

taken 11 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Former barber's shop, Belfast
Former barber's shop, Belfast
Former barber’s shop, on the Beersbridge Road side of John Long’s corner, between here J3573 : Regeneration site, east Belfast (2) and here J3573 : The "Bunch of Grapes", Belfast (1) (right), offered “for sale”.
Continue to J3573 : No 70 Beersbridge Road, Belfast (December 2013).
Closed, closing and vacant shops. Belfast

On 20 February 2012 the BBC reported “Northern Ireland continues to have the highest town centre shop vacancy rate in the UK, according to a new survey. The survey, on behalf of the British Retail Consortium, recorded high street footfall and shop occupancy. The survey reported that 14% of shops in Northern Ireland's high streets and shopping centres are empty, compared to the UK average of 11%”.
This shared description shows some of the vacant shops in the Belfast City Council district. There are many reasons why shops close including the expiry of a lease, illness/death, redevelopment, corporate acquisitions and rationalisations, reorganisation and insolvency. The photographs submitted by me appear as a matter of record only and do not attempt to comment on the reasons for closure. They should not be used to draw any conclusions and are unlikely to be suitable for business or academic research.
Note added 17 February 2013. This collection probably shows the peak of the recession in Belfast. Some of the premises have since been re-let and are trading with new occupants. I do not intend to add any further photographs taken after today.


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Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services Suburb, Urban fringe Derelict, Disused other tags: Belfast Beersbridge Road (Belfast) Shop (Vacant) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Beersbridge Road [13] · Shop [12] Other Photos: · No 70 Beersbridge Road, Belfast ·
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J3573, 320 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 17 October, 2012   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 17 October, 2012
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 358 736 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.5546N 5:53.9899W
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Irish: geotagged! J 358 736
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