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Sandymount

Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland

Sandymount

Length8.1 mi
Elev. Gain173.8 ft
Est. Steps19000

Scenic views

Steep slope

Created by PacerGal_1974
Introduction
Sandymount is a 8.1 mile (19,000-step) route located near Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland. This route has an elevation gain of about 173.8 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Lovely run out to Sandymount . Lovely views of the sea and Howth.

Booterstown marsh

Park
Booterstown Marsh, a Nature Reserve, is located in Booterstown, County Dublin, between the coastal railway line and the Rock Road. It is an area of salt marsh and muds, with brackish water. It includes the only salt marsh, and the only bird sanctuary, in south Dublin Bay. It lies just outside the boundary of Dublin city, and just north of Booterstown DART station and its car park.

Sandymount Strand

Water
Sandymount Strand (Irish: Dumhach Thrá) is a large strand on the east coast of Ireland, adjacent to the village and suburb of Sandymount in Dublin. It is part of South Bull - a major component of the south side of Dublin Bay, and part of the Dublin Bay Biosphere Reserve. South Bull is a mirror to the North Bull sandbank, which grew into North Bull Island.

Sydney Parade Avenue

Tourist Attraction
Sydney Parade Avenue (Irish: Ascaill Pharáid Sydney) Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland runs from the land formerly known as Ailesbury Park opposite the Merrion Centre at the Merrion Road end, to the sea of Dublin Bay at the Strand Road.Ailesbury Road joins Sydney Parade at the DART station known as Sydney Parade railway station, originally opened in January 1835.

Blackrock College

School
Blackrock College (Irish: Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is an independent day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by French missionary Pére Jules Leman CSSp in 1860 as a school and civil service training centre.

Blackrock, Dublin

Place
Blackrock (Irish: An Charraig Dhubh) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of Dún Laoghaire.

Booterstown

Place
Booterstown (Irish: Baile an Bhóthair, meaning "town of the road") is a coastal townland and civil parish, situated in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of the city of Dublin in Ireland.

Blackrock Clinic

Hospital
Blackrock Clinic (Irish: Clinic na Carraige Duibhe) is a private teaching hospital in Blackrock, Dublin. It is associated with both the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin.

Blackrock Further Education Institute

School
Blackrock Further Education Institute (BFEI; formerly Senior College Dún Laoghaire) is a college of further education in Dublin which was established in 1982. In 2015 it moved to Blackrock in a redeveloped Town Hall, Technical College and Carnegie Library. It provides both higher educational qualifications (BTEC Higher National Diploma) as well as technical/vocational education and training in areas including Beauty Therapy, Creative Multimedia, Marketing, Auctioneering and Estate Agency Practice, Accountancy and Design.

Blackrock railway station

Building
Blackrock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened publicly on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland.

Friends Burial Ground, Dublin

Place
The Friends Burial Ground (Irish: Reilig Chumann na gCairde), also called Temple Hill Burial Ground or the Friends Sleeping Place is a Quaker burial ground located at Temple Hill, Blackrock, Dublin. It opened in 1860 and is one of only two Quaker burial grounds in Dublin; the other being at Cork Street.
Route Details

Length

8.1 mi

Elev. Gain

173.8 ft

Est. Steps

19000
Created by
PacerGal_1974
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