Craigavon is an incomplete scheduled negotiation in northern County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Its construction began in 1965 as well as it was named after the very first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was planned to be the heart of a new straight city integrating Lurgan as well as Portadown, yet this strategy was primarily abandoned and later on called having actually been flawed. Among local individuals today, "Craigavon" refers to the location between the two towns. It is developed next to two man-made lakes as well as is composed of a big suburb (Brownlow), a second smaller sized one (Mandeville), plus a central area (Highfield) that includes a significant shopping centre, a courthouse and also the district council head office. The area around the lakes is a public park and also wild animals haven composed of timberland with strolling routes. There is additionally a watersports centre, petting zoo, fairway as well as ski slope in the location. In a lot of Craigavon, motor vehicles are entirely divided from pedestrians, and also roundabouts are utilized thoroughly. Craigavon sometimes refers to the much larger Craigavon Urban Location, which includes Craigavon, Lurgan, Portadown, Waringstown as well as Bleary.