Parking at Roebuck castle, Need help.

Hogzy

Hey folks,

I need to be in UCD for a lecture on Weds 2nd March in Roebuck Castle.

What is the parking situation like here. Lecture starts at 17:30
Would i be better off parking out by the Montrose and walking in or is there free parking on site?

Thanks for the help

TheVoodoo

It usually frees up as th afternoon goes on, there is free parking onsite but only in certain areas, so just don't get caught out or you WILL get clamped.

Roebuck is at the very opposite end of the campus, so allow extra time if you do decide to park in the Montrose or off campus. I wouldn't think you'd have a problem at 5pm on a Wednesday though..

parker kent

There are carparks extremely close to Roebuck and they will have spaces at that time.

convert

By about 16.30 spaces will have started to free up in the carparks on campus, so you shouldn't have a problem finding a space around 17.00.

However, if you are driving in to campus at that time, bear in mind that you won't be able to drive the whole way through campus due to the road closures which occur between 16.00/30 (depends on the mood of the individual closing the gates that day) and 19.30, so make sure to either factor extra time into your journey for the walk to Roebuck or drive in the gate closest to Roebuck.

Hogzy

Road closures. Why do they close roads at certain times?
Ill planned on coming throught the N11 entrance. Would this be a problem?

ElectraX

You will have no problem getting parking on campus at 17:00. The biggest free car park is opposite the running track, near the UCD flyover gate. Just make sure you park in a designated spot and not up on any of the kerbs as you will get clamped otherwise. Give yourself about 10/15 minutes to walk to Roebuck castle from there.

ElectraX

The road closures are within UCD itself and means you cannot drive the whole way through the campus at certain times. If you come off the N11 at the UCD flyover gate, you can then park in the car park I mentioned above and walk to Roebuck castle from there. The UCD flyover gate stays open late, so there's no rick of you getting locked in.

parker kent

If you enter through the Fosters Avenue entrance, you'll have no road closures to deal with and be beside both Roebuck and a carpark.

ElectraX

parker kent wrote: »

If you enter through the Fosters Avenue entrance, you'll have no road closures to deal with and be beside both Roebuck and a carpark.

Think all the car parks that side of campus are pay and display, so you'll need to check what time free car parking kicks in. They are always clamping up in UCD so don't take a chance on it!

stop

The car parking around Roebuck Castle is free, as is the section at the back of Theatre 2 behind the legal education building.
There's Pay & Display opposite the old old Roebuck res entranace, and Pay & Display in the new big car park beside the fancy new ill coloured Roebuck res.

errlloyd

Ok, clear instructions time.

Enter through the fosters avenue gate. Drive down onto campus, until you reach the T Junction. The gate on the right will be closed, so you will be forced to go left, follow the road that curves to the left, and take a left before the next gate. Then simply follow that road up the hill.

You'll be driving towards roebuck, its a large blueish building with a clock, used to be a convent, and looks like one. Go left around it, and follow the edge of the building behind and you will find parking!!

Good luck.

parker kent

ElectraX wrote: »

Think all the car parks that side of campus are pay and display, so you'll need to check what time free car parking kicks in. They are always clamping up in UCD so don't take a chance on it!

I was talking about the free parking referred to in the last few posts.

stop

errlloyd wrote: »

Ok, clear instructions time.

Enter through the fosters avenue gate. Drive down onto campus, until you reach the T Junction. The gate on the right will be closed, so you will be forced to go left, follow the road that curves to the left, and take a left before the next gate. Then simply follow that road up the hill.

You'll be driving towards roebuck, its a large blueish building with a clock, used to be a convent, and looks like one. Go left around it, and follow the edge of the building behind and you will find parking!!

Good luck.

Just to make it a little simpler, when coming in the foster avenue/owenstown gate, just take the first left inside the gate and you come out right at roebuck.

cjmcork

the new big lined car park to the left (as you're facing them) of the new 'funky' (cough) residences is the 50 cent (approx.) an hour car park; the last 4 spaces in front of Roebuck offices (the building with the clock on it - the spaces in front of the 10 steps into the building) are a fiver an hour (approx) - all other parking spaces are free.

Gae

Hogzy wrote: »

Road closures. Why do they close roads at certain times?

They do this so that commuters don't drive through UCD as a shortcut home causing congestion and traffic problems on campus.