whats your favourite walk in Greystones

Maisy

I cheat a bit and drive - take the left off Kilcoole main street at the mini roundabout onto Sea Road and follow it until you see the train tracks in front of you - there is a little car park off to your left, its as far as you can go in the car. Then cross over the tracks at Kilcoole station and take a right, tracks are then to your right together with the bird sanctuary and some very nice scenery - and you can see clear down to Wicklow head. The beach is to your left and is a nice one too, though stonier than Greystones.

Jammyc

Why thankya!:D

ian_m

d'Oracle wrote: »

Is that what the structures there are?

Never knew that.

Have a look here d'Oracle
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055298422

recedite

Many people walk up along the Farrankelly Road in the evenings. Why not try a variant with some “off–road” sections?
Start either of these walks from the point where an old Mass Path right of way linking Delgany/Kilquade/Kilcoole crosses the new Farrankelly Road (point marked by wooden fencing and large brown signs warning “Do not cross here”.

1. The Rock of Kilcoole.
Go up Farrankelly Rd. on the left hand side and turn in left towards the sea. After a few hundred metres following a stream through woodland, arrive at a ruin. From here the path became overgrown when Wicklow County Council closed public access during the road construction. Since then they have refused to help reinstate it, so bring a secateurs and do your bit of chopping. It is currently necessary to divert along the edge of the wasteland field to the left of the overgrown section for about 100 metres. Back on the path, continue to a steel gate marked “no shooting” where you emerge onto the road near a cemetery. Turn right (downhill) on the road for about 50 metres to a bridge over the stream, and then turn left onto a farm track, keeping the stream on your right. At the end of the track, the right of way continues along the edge of a field to an old walled garden behind the convent in Kilcoole. Follow the path across a footbridge and around the outside of the wall. At the “Foresters Hall” building there is a junction. Go right onto the tarmacadam lane called “Upper Green” which emerges onto Kilcoole main street near Lee’s pub. Crossing the street, go straight down the lane opposite you, past the corner of “the Motor Body Workshop”. The Rock is a viewing point, from where you can survey the sea and the surrounding area. The enticing Copper Kettle coffee shop in the car park of the nearby Tesco is also clearly visible from The Rock. Return back the same way, or make your way down to Kilcoole Beach via the main street and then walk along the seashore/ railway tracks to Greystones. At a steel railway bridge on the seashore, there is a shortcut to Charlesland. Turn onto a small path along the stream between the Golf Course and the Driving Range. At the road, cross the bridge and turn left along a very narrow path. The boundary of the water treatment plant will be on your right and the stream on your left. The path follows the treatment plant boundary to the blind roundabout nearest Charlesland.

2.Drummin & Blackberry Lanes.
Go up Farrankelly Rd. on the right hand side and turn in right over the stile at a farm track. Don’t make the mistake of going up the track; it’s a dead end. Instead turn in immediately to the left up a barely visible path. It’s a bit overgrown, but its only 20 metres in length. Go through a rusty “kissing gate” into a field. If you are nervous of farm animals, you might want to check what livestock is in the field before proceeding, but usually its only sheep or cattle and rabbits. Walk along the edge of the field to the two gates of the farmyard on the far side. Go through these onto the tarmacadam, and you will find yourself at the end of Drummin Lane. It’s a pleasant quiet lane. After a woodworking workshop, keep left at a fork. The next junction is beside the N11; turn right along the footpath of the Old Wicklow Road. The footpath ends at the next lane; turn right up a steep hill called Blackberry Lane. Keep on straight ahead at a T-Junction (left would go into Delgany village). Soon the tarmacadam ends, but keep going straight down the walled track which was an original part of Blackberry Lane. Emerge at Priory Road, turn right, and walk along the road. Take care with traffic here although there usually are not too many cars, and return to the roundabout at Eden Gate.

joinerydivision

pixbyjohn wrote: »

As you pass the old Delgany Inn take the hill on the right instead of heading for N11. Travel for approx 5Km til you see entrance on righthand side. Lovely views of Sugarloaf from entrance to Kindlestown Wood. As you reach the eastern end of Kindlestown Wood there is a viewing point overlooking Greystones. We are spoiled for lovely places to go within a 10 Km radius really.

This sounds lovely - would it be suitable to do this with a buggy? my son is 18 months old and can walk, but i'm guessing we would still need the buggy as its a long walk. are all the paths/roads ok to push along the buggy as and when required?

Thanks!

recedite

joinerydivision wrote: »

- would it be suitable to do this with a buggy?

Kindlestown Wood is wheelchair accessible, so buggies no problem.

loyatemu

has anyone been walking in the "MountKennedy 400" woods? I passed the entrance on the bike the other day, there are signs up but its not listed on Coillte's website (despite being right behind their headquarters). Entrance is here

recedite

Its quite small, follows the course of a stream. They use it to test small plantations of various tree species.

artvandelay48

jaffa20 wrote: »

Mine would be Kindlestown wood. I know it's more Delgany but it's lovely all the same. Glen of the downs is nice too.

Where's the Glen of the Downs walk? Would love to explore that area more...

loyatemu

artvandelay48 wrote: »

Where's the Glen of the Downs walk? Would love to explore that area more...

carpark entrance is here and there are various paths lead up the hill to the Octagon building

Alun

loyatemu wrote: »

carpark entrance is here and there are various paths lead up the hill to the Octagon building

Be very careful both entering and leaving the car park though, there is no slip road in either direction and you have to use the rather narrow hard shoulder to both decelerate on entry and accelerate on exit.

jaffa20

You can also enter glen of the downs from the other entrance here

Dr.Silly

joinerydivision wrote: »

This sounds lovely - would it be suitable to do this with a buggy? my son is 18 months old and can walk, but i'm guessing we would still need the buggy as its a long walk. are all the paths/roads ok to push along the buggy as and when required?

Thanks!

Tried this on the weekend, absolutely brilliant, kids loved it.
Some views as well.
I've been in the area for 8 years and didn't even know about it, so thanks !!

Dr.Silly

actually, anyone ever been here, or know how to get there ?

http://www.visitwicklow.ie/walk/knocksink_woodland_walk.htm

Mullie

Dr.Silly wrote: »

actually, anyone ever been here, or know how to get there ?

http://www.visitwicklow.ie/walk/knocksink_woodland_walk.htm

Thats a really nice natural woodland, not many of them left. If you are coming into Enniskerry from the Stepaside direction, its on the right as you enter the village, about 200m before the church.
Its a narrow tract of forest that runs the lenght of the valley. Not really a walk if you have a buggy as the path deteriorates and it gets hilly.
Worth a visit.

Dr.Silly

Mullie wrote: »

Thats a really nice natural woodland, not many of them left. If you are coming into Enniskerry from the Stepaside direction, its on the right as you enter the village, about 200m before the church.
Its a narrow tract of forest that runs the lenght of the valley. Not really a walk if you have a buggy as the path deteriorates and it gets hilly.
Worth a visit.

Super thanks

recedite

Mullie wrote: »

Thats a really nice natural woodland, not many of them left. If you are coming into Enniskerry from the Stepaside direction, its on the right as you enter the village, about 200m before the church.
Its a narrow tract of forest that runs the lenght of the valley. Not really a walk if you have a buggy as the path deteriorates and it gets hilly.
Worth a visit.

Some very nice walks around Enniskerry and Glencree valleys can be found on the Dublin Mountain map by Eastwest mapping, (can be got on the internet).

dreamingoak

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