Shipquay Hotel

Derry (Londonderry)


Housed in a historic building – a former bank dating from 1895 – this contemporary boutique hotel is located right in the middle of town, close to the city's sights and nightlife. Rooms are well appointed, service is top-notch, breakfast is a banquet and the restaurant is excellent.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Derry (Londonderry) attractions

1. Derry's City Walls

0.08 MILES

The best way to get a feel for Derry's layout and history is to walk the 1.5km circumference of the city's walls. Completed in 1619, Derry's city walls…

2. Tower Museum

0.09 MILES

Head straight to the 5th floor of this award-winning museum inside a replica 16th-century tower house for a view from the top. Then work your way down…

3. Guildhall

0.12 MILES

Standing just outside the city walls, the neo-Gothic Guildhall was originally built in 1890, then rebuilt after a fire in 1908. Its fine stained-glass…

4. Siege Museum

0.12 MILES

In a building adjoining the Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall, this museum celebrates the role of the 13 apprentice boys who in December 1688 locked the city…

5. Centre for Contemporary Art

0.14 MILES

Derry's contemporary art gallery provides a showcase for emerging artists in Northern Ireland and stages changing exhibitions of contemporary art from…

6. Bloody Sunday Memorial

0.19 MILES

A simple granite obelisk that commemorates the 14 civilians who were shot dead by the British Army on Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972.

7. St Columb's Cathedral

0.19 MILES

Built between 1628 and 1633 from the same grey-green schist as the city walls, this was the first post-Reformation church to be erected in Britain and…

8. People's Gallery Murals

0.19 MILES

The 12 murals that decorate the gable ends of houses along Rossville St, near Free Derry Corner, are popularly referred to as the People's Gallery. They…