Night Taxi — Dan Kitchener, Belfast

💡 4 things to know

1. A Belfast cab in TokyoExtramural Activity: the mural “places a black taxi – a mainstay of transportation in West Belfast – in the streets of Tokyo.” The Irish Road Trip calls it a Japanese street. Extramural Activity · The Irish Road Trip Reported
2. The butcher’s number plateQuoting Belfast Walking Tours, Extramural Activity says “The taxi’s number plate HWL 1970 is a nudge towards the establishment founder Hugh Linton”, of the sponsoring Hugh Linton Butchers. Extramural Activity Reported
3. Rare street art in the areaExtramural Activity called it, to its knowledge, “the first piece of street art in PUL West Belfast other than on the ‘peace’ line”. Extramural Activity Reported
4. You can go anywhereStreet Art Cities lists the wall as “You Can Go Anywhere”; The Irish Road Trip says it shows that with hard work and determination you can go anywhere. Street Art Cities · The Irish Road Trip Reported

📍 Where it is

🗓️ Sightings

1. 20213 Apr

   Created, per Street Art Cities

2. 202115 Apr

   Documented by Extramural Activity

3. 202113 Jun

   Named as his recent Woodvale piece

4. 2024Mar

   Irish News recalls his Woodvale taxi

5. 202416 Jul

   Listed in a Belfast street art guide

6. 2024Nov

   Last seen or confirmed, mural database

Every stamp links to the dated source. All stamps are amber: records and reports, not camera dates. The Virtual Belfast Mural Tour gives “Date Created: March 2024”, which conflicts with the 2021 sources; we rely only on its November 2024 “last seen/confirmed” date for the status.

📰 On the record

✅ The facts

Artist

Dan Kitchener, described as a free-hand sprayer. Extramural Activity · Street Art Cities · The Irish Road Trip Checked

Title

Night Taxi (Extramural Activity; Virtual Belfast Mural Tour); listed as You Can Go Anywhere by Street Art Cities and The Irish Road Trip. Extramural Activity · Virtual Belfast Mural Tour · Street Art Cities · The Irish Road Trip Checked

Created

April 2021; Street Art Cities gives 3 April 2021. Street Art Cities · Extramural Activity Checked

Place

Enfield Street, Woodvale, West Belfast (Extramural Activity, Virtual Belfast Mural Tour); 71 Woodvale Rd (Street Art Cities). Extramural Activity · Virtual Belfast Mural Tour · Street Art Cities Conflicting

Funding

Communities in Transition, with support from the Greater Shankill Partnership and the youth group R-City. Extramural Activity Reported

Sponsor

Hugh Linton Butchers and the R City youth group. Extramural Activity Reported

Number plate

HWL 1970, a nod to the founder Hugh Linton. Extramural Activity Reported

Status

Last seen or confirmed in November 2024, per a mural database. Virtual Belfast Mural Tour Reported

Our photo

As published on Street Art Utopia on 16 April 2021; photographer not recorded.

🔗 Related

• On Street Art Utopia: Night Taxi by Dan Kitchener (16 April 2021) and The Reflection Completes It (9 Photos) (15 November 2026).

All sources (7)

Mural records

• Extramural Activity (Seosamh Mac Coille Collection): “Night Taxi”, 15 April 2021. Enfield Street; Tokyo; sponsor; number plate; funding.
• Extramural Activity: “The Greater Shankill”, 13 June 2021. Night Taxi up around the bend in the Woodvale.
• Virtual Belfast Mural Tour: “Night Taxi”, added 22 November 2024. Enfield Street BT13 3DW; last seen/confirmed November 2024.

Databases and guides

• Street Art Cities: “You Can Go Anywhere by Dan Kitchener”. Created April 3, 2021; 71 Woodvale Rd.
• The Irish Road Trip: Belfast street art guide, 16 July 2024. You Can Go Anywhere on Enfield Street.

Press

• The Irish News, March 2024. His earlier black taxi image in the Woodvale area.

Street Art Utopia

• Street Art Utopia: “Night Taxi by Dan Kitchener”, 16 April 2021. The photo on this page.

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