Route: Blackrock Cycle Route www.dlrcoco.ie www.dlrcoco.ie ( to Dún Laoghaire)

Description: Cycle route linking Booterstown to Dún Laoghaire, partly shared with pedestrian, Cycling in the County through park, contra-flow cycle route, roadway and laneway. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is committed to improving facilities for cyclists. Distance: Total length of about 5km (About 3km off road) In the 2012, the Council developed a County Cycle Network, BLACKROCK following an assessment of all existing routes in the County. Cycle time: About 20 -25 minutes The main objectives of this assessment were: To suit: For cyclists with a moderate level of >> To identify and implement safe cycling routes to key cycle route fitness. The shared cycle and pedestrian destinations in the County. routes in Blackrock Park and inside the >> To retrofit areas towards creating sustainable Booterstown to Dún Laoghaire Dart line near Seapoint are suitable for neighbourhoods so that cycling, together with walking, young children. can be the best option for local trips. >> To help prioritise funding to deliver cost effective cycle Links: Good links to nearby residential areas, friendly improvements to the cycle network in the County. schools and shops in Booterstown, Blackrock, Seapoint, Monkstown and The aim of the improved cycle network was to create Dún Laoghaire. conditions to encourage and facilitate increased levels of cycling in the County by providing direct routes with a high Route benefits: This route is an ideal cycle route for level of service. This leaflet provides details of one route being families and commuters that links enhanced as part of the County Cycle Network. Details of all Booterstown, Blackrock, Seapoint, routes can be found on www.dlrcoco.ie under Cycling. Monkstown and Dún Laoghaire.

Cycle parking: Booterstown, Blackrock, Seapoint, Bike shops in the area Monkstown and Dún Laoghaire. >> Ferris Wheels, Booterstown T: 2883819 >> Mike Bikes, Dún Laoghaire, T: 2800417 Residential Areas: Dún Laoghaire, Seapoint, Monkstown, Blackrock and Booterstown. >> Rothar, Dún Laoghaire T: 2140646 Schools: Dominican Convent Primary School, Cycling Christian Brothers College Secondary If you have any observations on cycling, cycling policy or cycle School, Dominican College Sion Hill, routes in the County, email [email protected]. Booterstown National School, Carysfort N.S., Guardian Angels N.S., St. Andrew’s College Junior School, St. Mary’s Boys Useful Websites: National School, , www.transportforireland.ie Benincasa Special School. www.bikeweek.ie www.rsa.ie Retail outlets: Blackrock Village, Monkstown, Dún www.dublincycling.com Laoghaire town.

Leisure centres: DLR Leisure Services, Monkstown.

DLR MAP 4 BLACKROCK

Heskin Court

BELLEVUE cycle route BELLEVUE AVENUE

PARK AVE DORDEN PARK

DORDEN PARK BELLEVUECOPSE Booterstown to Dún Laoghaire

TRIMELSTOWN PARK TRIMELSTOWN AVE BOOTERSTOWN DRIVE

GROTTO PL

TRIMELSTOWN ROAD GARDENS ST HELEN’S ROAD SCHOOL

ST HELEN’S ROAD

TRIMELSTOWN GARDENS GROTTO AVE > Booterstown to Blackrock – The route Fosterbrook CASTLE BEECH GRO COURT commences at Blackrock Park at BOOTERSTOWN Seamont TCE SCHOOL WILLOW SEAFORT PARADE Booterstown Dart station. It then continues

SCHOOL WILLOW along a car free cycleway in the park and PLACE

MCCABE ROSEMOUNT Merrion VILLAS ROCK ROAD exits the park at a narrow laneway at COURT Grove AVENUE SANS CASTLEDAWSONSionhill SOUCI PINE Belfield HAMPTONPARK HAVEN St Margaret’s BLACKROCK Blackrock Dart Station. Park Apts CRES BLACKROCK CROSS AVENUE MAIN STREET BOOTERSTOWN IDRONE TERRACE PARK BOOTERSTOWN AVENUE SCHOOL SCHOOL GROVE FRASCATI PARK REDWOOD PEA SYDNEY AVENUE > Blackrock to Seapoint – The route continues HAMPTON PK FIELD Cherbury BROOKLAWN AVE

St Helen’s SOUTH WORK PARK Court BROOKFIELD FRASCATI ROAD NEWTOWN AVENUE CHERBURY GLENVAR Wood GARDENS MARETIMO from Blackrock Dart Station to Idrone ROAD PARK TEMPLE WALTHAM TERRACE

SOUTH HILL AVENUE GEORGE’S Terrace and then turns left onto a contra- SEAPOINT

Clanfadda Wood AVENUE PARK HYDE Woodview AVE ROEBUCK AVE Merrion COURT AVENUE flow cycle track on Newtown Avenue. The PARK Park ANGLESEA SOUTHHILL HYDE PARK SYDNEY TCE GARDENS AVE BARCLAY TRAFALGAR TRCE GREEN RD SWEETMANS BEAUMONT AVOCA PL GARDENS route then joins traffic on Seapoint Avenue. WALTHAM BROOKFIELD TERRACE Merrion AVEBROOKFIELD SCHOOL Villa TCE CONVENT RD BROOKFIELD TEMPLE PARK AVE TRAFALGAR LANE GREENFIELDSYCAMORE RD Hall WOODLANDS EATON Nova PLACE TEMPLE CRESCENT ALMA ROAD BELGRAVE ROAD SEAPOINT AVENUE SCHOOL SCHOOL BELGRAVE CROFTON ROAD THE RISE SQUARE PRIORY CARYSFORT AVENUE

PLACE ST VINCENTS CRESENT AVENUE AVOCA DUNLEARY ROAD AVENUE PARK GEORGE’SKELLY’S PLACEAVE EATON CLARENCE ST > Seapoint to Dún Laoghaire – The route turns

SQUARE SCHOOL WOODLANDS PARK SALTHILL & MONKSTOWN CUMBERLAND ST AVE MONTPELIER PARADE CROFTON SYCAMORE AVENUE SEAFIELD AVE GEORGE’S STREET LOWER TRAFALGAR TRCE

GROVE LAWN AVONDALE ROAD MONKSTOWN ROAD DÚN LAOGHAIRE GLENART AVENUE SHANDON PK ALBANY AVE BRIGHTONAVENUE THE RISE Treesdale SCHOOL QUEEN’S ROAD left into Brighton Vale and then turns right EBLANA AVE QUEENS

STRADBROOK ROAD ROAD PARK MONKSTOWN VALLEY PRIORY AVENUE Talbot SCHOOL CARRICK BRENNAN ROAD Priory Hall Avoca GREENVILLE ROAD SLOPERTON and continues along a shared pedestrian/ Lodge AVOCA

GROVE PRIORY DRIVE Park COURT WILLOW BANK

PROBY STRADBROOK PARK ROAD YORK GARDEN MARINE ROAD LINDEN AVOCA CLOISTER PROBY SCHOOL PAKENHAM ROAD cycleway between the Dart line and the WOOD CLOISTERPARK NA SMOL THE HILL STILLORGAN ROAD GROVE SQUARE GLEANN Linden CLOSE Carysfort THE SLOPESVESEY PLACE SCHOOL GEORGE’S STREET UPPER

PRIORY GROVE AVENUE Park

TREES ROAD LOWER Square HAIGHE TCE. PROBY LAWN STRADBROOK STRADBROOK CROSS AVENUE STREET seafront. Near the Irish National Sailing SQUARE GROVE RICHMOND HILL STREET

ADELAIDE STREET

TIVOLI TERRACE EAST TIVOLI TERRACE

SQUARE GATE

CLOISTER AVENUEGROVE

WAY PATRICIAN

VILLAS MONKSTOWN GROVE TIVOLI TERRACE NORTH MELLIFONT AVE

GARTH COPPINGER WOOD AVENUE CARYSFORT GROVE BRENNAN LAWN School, the route continues along a narrow PADDOCK ROCKVILLE RD BROOK COURT CHERRY WOODLANDS AVE KNAPTON ROAD CARRICK SCHOOL DRIVE ROCKVILLE DR YORK ROAD CLARINDA RICHMOND AVE PARK NORTH PARK ROCKVILLE CRES WOODLANDS STILLORGAN GARTH RICHMOND GROVE OAKLEY PARK WYNBERG PARK TIVOLI TERRACE SOUTH SUMMERHILL RD road inside the Dart Line as far as Dún STILLORGAN PARK CASTLEBYRNE STRADBROOK ROAD STILLORGAN NEWTOWNPARK AVE NORTHUMBERLAND AVE OAKLEY GROVE PARK MOUNTOWN ROAD CLOSE BEAUFIELD COPPINGER GLADE PATRICK STREET

MULGRAVE STREET MULGRAVE ROWAN PARK CORRIG AVENUE PARK STILLORGANSTILLORGAN PARK AVE PARK YANKEE AVENUE Laoghaire harbour on Harbour Road. TERRACE ASHTON PARK ST JOHN’S PARK CORRIG ORPEN TIVOLI ROAD

KILMACUD ROAD CLOSE ANNAVILLE SCHOOL CASTLE PARK AVENUE GROVE OBELISK ROWANBYRN PARK THE HILL GROVE CLARINDA PARK WEST ROSSMEEN GDNS WINDSOR PARK

LANE CORRIG ROAD CLARINDA PARK EAST ROSSMEEN PARK PARK ORCHARD ROCKFORD PARK > At Dún Laoghaire, the route then joins with Orpen WK OBELISK MARIAN PARK BROOKVILLE PARK WINDSOR DRIVE STILLORGANGLENALBYN ORPEN ROAD PARK ROAD ALLEN PARK DRIVE GREEN HILL MONKSTOWN GROVE CARRYSFORT WOODS SCHOOL LINDEN LEA PARK RISE ALBANY the Metals Cycle route (Map 5) MEADOWLAND OBELISK RISE MOUNT EDEN ROAD BROOKVILLE PARK MONKSTOWN AVENUE DUNEDIN TERRACE CLOSE TIVOLI UPPER SCHOOL

ROYAL TCE WEST

ROYAL TCE EAST

MYRTLE

CROSTHWAITE PARK WEST CROSTHWAITE PARK STH

Key: PARK Glengara Cycle Parking Pedestrian/ Bike Shop Glenageary HOLMSTON AVE woods SILCHESTER CRES Blackrock cycle route Cycle GLENAGEARY ROAD UPR SILCHESTER ROAD Crossing BEECHWOOD PARK DID YOU KNOW? SILCHESTER PARK You can take your bike onto the Dart and KILL AVENUE GOWRIEPARK School Traffic Café DLR LeisureGREYTHORN PK SILCHESTER PARK ST KEVIN’SVILLAS Commuter trains during off peak travel periods Dart Line PARNELL signals ServicesSTREET SARSFIELD SCHOOL STREET in including all day Saturday and Sunday.

CLUAIN The Grange MHUIRE

POTTERY ROAD ROLLINS VILLAS GLENAGEARY Grange Carriglea GLENAGEARYALTADORE ROAD UPPER GROVE GLENAGEARY DEANSGRANGESCHOOLCrescent Downs PARK FOXROCK GROVE GROVE ROAD SCHOOL

CLONKEEN

SALLYNOGGIN HILLCOURT RD CRESCENT SCHOOL SCHOOL KILL LANE SPORTS GROUND CLONKEEN DRIVE SCHOOL SPORTS BEECH PARK AVE GROUND SALLYGLEN ROAD FOXROCK

ROCHESTOWN AVENUE GLENAGEARY HILLCOURT ROAD WOOD DRIVE ARNOLD GROVE

REHABILITATION LODGE CLONKEEN ROAD CENTRE SPORTS BELLEVUE ROAD BEECH PARK ROAD GROUND

GRANGE PARK SALLYGLENROAD

MACKINTOSH PK SPORTS ROAD GROUND BEECH PARK ARNOLD PARK MACKINTOSH PK

BEECH BEECH PARK MEADOW VALE GROVE SPORTS GROUND HILLVIEW POTTERY ROAD PARK DRIVE SOUTH PARK ARNOLD PARK

HILLVIEW SOUTHDRIVE PARK LAWNS Jonhnstown

MEADOW MEADOW Court GRANGE YELLOW NOOK CLOSE South SCHOOL AVENUE MONALOE WAY GRANITEFIELDGranitefield Park Manor JOHNSTOWN PARK SPORTS JOHNSTOWN GROVE GRANITEFIELD GROUND MONALOE DR. SCHOOL JOHNSTOWN ROAD CABINTEELYDRIVE JOHNSTOWN AVE SPORTS LONGMEADOW GROUND GROVE LANE BALLINCLEA ROAD JOHNSTOWN GROVE WOODLANDS RD

MONALOE PARK AVENUE

MONALOE AVE