When downtown Belfast was a marshland and thick woods, the area now known as the Shankill was roamed by wolves and wild boar. The first Shankill residents lived at the bottom of what is now known as Glencairn; a small settlement of ancient people inhabiting a ring fort, where the Ballygomartin and Forth rivers meet.

The Shankill Road is the main road leading through a predominantly Protestant working-class area of Belfast, known as the Shankill. The road stretches westwards for approximately 1.5 miles from central Belfast and is lined, to an extent, by shops. The residents live in the many streets which branch off the main road.

The Shankill neighbours the Catholic, nationalist area of the Falls Road. The two areas were focal points of the civil conflict known as The Troubles (1969-1998), and many lives have been lost in the sectarian violence. Several loyalist paramilitary groups, such as the UDA and UVF have a presence in the Shankill. Greater Shankill has a population of around 22,000.

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Shankill Bytes is located as part of the Tophouse Resource Centre. (Just below Agnes St.)