Greystones (Any local-ish walks)

Cluster · 04-11-2019 8:39am #1

Hi

Looking to up the amount of walks we have, so far we've done the obvious:

Greystones - Bray walk
Southern Cross entrance - Windgates
Sugar loaf
little sugar loaf

Will do that one at the top of the hill going to up Delgany next.

Any others further a filed or closer I'm missing out on? can be further a field too

Thanks

dogmatix · 04-11-2019 9:48am

A few other options (no car required):
1. Kindlestown hill.
2. Glen of the downs (access from Ballydonagh lane).

A little further (you could walk it - but car is more likely):
1. Djouce woods (some nice walking here, especially the paddocks pond and deerpark cave and such).
2. Dargle gorge walk (Enniskerry).

jobless · 04-11-2019 11:10am

walked the new trail on belmont, very scenic
http://belmontdemesne.ie/

loyatemu · 04-11-2019 11:22am

a few in Kilcoole:
https://www.kilcoole.ie/walks/

pixbyjohn · 04-11-2019 1:03pm

A little further afield but a nice choice of short & long walks here>>>>>
Roundwood Reservoir – Vartry Trails – Wicklow County Tourism
https://visitwicklow.ie › item › roundwood-varty-reservoir-trails

Search Google for Wicklow Walks
Enjoy

jobless · 04-11-2019 3:06pm

loyatemu wrote: »

a few in Kilcoole:
https://www.kilcoole.ie/walks/

awesome thanks for this

Taltos · 05-11-2019 8:18am

Also second the new Vartry walks - great pick by pixbyjohn.
If you choose your parking wisely you’ve the choice of 3 + trails there.
1. Upper lake - relatively flat, and some great markers with trees labeled in a number of languages - you also get to go past the paintball center...
2. Lower lake - again nice and flat, bit of a longer walk, but feels very different to the upper walk
3. Middle walk, very short but interesting especially if you find the pump house
I generally mix some of these up.

Also with a car -
Devil’s Glen - lovely views of the waterfall, some folk park on the road, others drive all the way in. Like other spots (Djouce for eg) there was a small rash last year of cars being broken into but I think that is widespread

Brittas Bay beach - not just for swimming
Greystones to Kilcoole, coast walk or even to Newcastle.
Powerscourt gardens - short but very pretty
Powerscourt waterfall, smallish, overpriced but if you get the flow the waterfall is amazing

red_bairn · 05-11-2019 8:21am

Are the Varty trails ok for pushing a pram along?

dogmatix · 05-11-2019 10:07am

Taltos wrote: »

Also second the new Vartry walks - great pick by pixbyjohn.
If you choose your parking wisely you’ve the choice of 3 + trails there.
1. Upper lake - relatively flat, and some great markers with trees labeled in a number of languages - you also get to go past the paintball center...
2. Lower lake - again nice and flat, bit of a longer walk, but feels very different to the upper walk
3. Middle walk, very short but interesting especially if you find the pump house
I generally mix some of these up.

Also with a car -
Devil’s Glen - lovely views of the waterfall, some folk park on the road, others drive all the way in. Like other spots (Djouce for eg) there was a small rash last year of cars being broken into but I think that is widespread

Brittas Bay beach - not just for swimming
Greystones to Kilcoole, coast walk or even to Newcastle.
Powerscourt gardens - short but very pretty
Powerscourt waterfall, smallish, overpriced but if you get the flow the waterfall is amazing

're Powerscourt waterfall - you can park for free at Djouce woods car park and access the waterfall from there (or even better walk along the river to the very top of the falls) - but it would be a 2 hour round trip.

dogmatix · 05-11-2019 10:10am

red_bairn wrote: »

Are the Varty trails ok for pushing a pram along?

Most of the trails perhaps - but some of them would have exposed tree roots so the ride would be a bit bumpy.

Cluster · 05-11-2019 10:39am

dogmatix wrote: »

A few other options (no car required):
1. Kindlestown hill.
2. Glen of the downs (access from Ballydonagh lane).

A little further (you could walk it - but car is more likely):
1. Djouce woods (some nice walking here, especially the paddocks pond and deerpark cave and such).
2. Dargle gorge walk (Enniskerry).

1. Kindlestown hill. where is the access for this?

2. Glen of the downs (access from Ballydonagh lane). - done this too

1. Djouce woods (some nice walking here, especially the paddocks pond and deerpark cave and such). Done these but need to go back

2. Dargle gorge walk (Enniskerry) - I have and do this, didnt post it because I dont want everyone to know about it lol

and thank you

Cluster · 05-11-2019 10:40am

jobless wrote: »

walked the new trail on belmont, very scenic
http://belmontdemesne.ie/

Wife did it last week said its lovely, looking forward to this, thank you.

loyatemu · 05-11-2019 10:42am

Cluster wrote: »

1. Kindlestown hill. where is the access for this?

https://goo.gl/maps/xUuLKURF9mR3dRd68

also in Enniskerry there is Knocksink Woods:
https://goo.gl/maps/egMrn8fFjQPL2K279

and nearby Carrigolligan with the old lead mines chimney:
https://goo.gl/maps/DWtRadBER5sVQUy56

Cluster · 05-11-2019 10:43am

Taltos wrote: »

Also second the new Vartry walks - great pick by pixbyjohn.
If you choose your parking wisely you’ve the choice of 3 + trails there.
1. Upper lake - relatively flat, and some great markers with trees labeled in a number of languages - you also get to go past the paintball center...
2. Lower lake - again nice and flat, bit of a longer walk, but feels very different to the upper walk
3. Middle walk, very short but interesting especially if you find the pump house
I generally mix some of these up.

Also with a car -
Devil’s Glen - lovely views of the waterfall, some folk park on the road, others drive all the way in. Like other spots (Djouce for eg) there was a small rash last year of cars being broken into but I think that is widespread

Brittas Bay beach - not just for swimming
Greystones to Kilcoole, coast walk or even to Newcastle.
Powerscourt gardens - short but very pretty
Powerscourt waterfall, smallish, overpriced but if you get the flow the waterfall is amazing

Thank you, have done these but not the vartry ones, looking forward to getting out and about on these

Cluster · 05-11-2019 10:44am

loyatemu wrote: »

https://goo.gl/maps/xUuLKURF9mR3dRd68

also in Enniskerry there is Knocksink Woods:

https://goo.gl/maps/egMrn8fFjQPL2K279

Superb!

Great response from the walking crew!

Cluster · 05-11-2019 10:45am

loyatemu wrote: »

https://goo.gl/maps/xUuLKURF9mR3dRd68

also in Enniskerry there is Knocksink Woods:
https://goo.gl/maps/egMrn8fFjQPL2K279

and nearby Carrigolligan with the old lead mines chimney:
https://goo.gl/maps/DWtRadBER5sVQUy56

Lead mines has been done to death, thank you

loyatemu · 05-11-2019 10:48am

a little further afield:

Deputy's Pass:
https://goo.gl/maps/YEdgSRh2XBTzwC2g7

Kilmacurragh Aboretum (nice café here):
https://goo.gl/maps/3uevh78v1pQsbdu77

dogmatix · 05-11-2019 12:16pm

loyatemu wrote: »

a little further afield:

Deputy's Pass:
https://goo.gl/maps/YEdgSRh2XBTzwC2g7

Kilmacurragh Aboretum (nice café here):
https://goo.gl/maps/3uevh78v1pQsbdu77

Deputy's pass is my local walk and well worth the visit. But Carrick hill is also a wonderful walk as well - loads of trails and a good mix of conifir and broadleaf trees. As well as a substantial grove of Eucalyptus trees and such. Just avoid at the weekends as the scramblers are a plague here.

pixbyjohn · 06-11-2019 6:44pm

red_bairn wrote: »

Are the Varty trails ok for pushing a pram along?

The short walk is.

Cluster · 11-11-2019 10:50am

loyatemu wrote: »

a little further afield:

Deputy's Pass:
https://goo.gl/maps/YEdgSRh2XBTzwC2g7

Kilmacurragh Aboretum (nice café here):
https://goo.gl/maps/3uevh78v1pQsbdu77

We got to Deputy's pass at the weekend, lovely walk with the kids. Think i'll bring extended family there for the Christmas walk, thanks a million.

B0jangles · 16-11-2019 10:07am

Thirding(?) the Vartry walks, there's a lot of variety for such as relatively small space and they'd mostly be perfectly manageable for prams. Only caveat is that the lower walk, (the one that goes past the water treatment plant) can get a bit flooded after a period of very heavy rain in the section that's near Kananagh's Garage on google maps.

Taltos · 16-11-2019 11:53am

When I was at the lower walk around 5wks ago the bridge was closed to traffic, works were dealing with some subsidence I think under it, passable by pedestrians but I didn’t think of buggies so no idea.
Upper walk, you’ll just need to lift the buggy onto and off the road when you read the upper bridge but mainly it’s ok

KevRossi · 16-11-2019 12:05pm

I’ve walked from Wicklow to Greystones along the beach, stormy, windy but dry enough day, gorgeous walk and you’ll hardly meet anyone.

Last couple of km are off the beach but well worth it IMO.

Cluster · 01-12-2019 10:21am

Going to try this one today, small but good reviews

https://visitwicklow.ie/item/glen-beach-cliff-walk-wicklow-head/

Taltos · 01-12-2019 7:24pm

How was it?
Closest I’ve gotten it having a look around the beach down the road

Cluster · 02-12-2019 8:40am

Taltos wrote: »

How was it?
Closest I’ve gotten it having a look around the beach down the road

Started raining and the youngest isnt great so we just hit Belmont Demesne which is also fantastic. Nice hot chocolate afterwards too in the cafe.

http://belmontdemesne.ie/

dogmatix · 02-12-2019 9:31am

Cluster wrote: »

Going to try this one today, small but good reviews

https://visitwicklow.ie/item/glen-beach-cliff-walk-wicklow-head/

That's a lovely walk - one of my favourites. If you can get a sunny windless afternoon a few hours from sunset it is spectacular. And from September through to January you would be very unlucky not to see the seals lounging on the pebble beach at lime kiln bay - you will certainly see them bobbing up and down just past the waves.

Cluster · 02-12-2019 2:08pm

dogmatix wrote: »

That's a lovely walk - one of my favourites. If you can get a sunny windless afternoon a few hours from sunset it is spectacular. And from September through to January you would be very unlucky not to see the seals lounging on the pebble beach at lime kiln bay - you will certainly see them bobbing up and down just past the waves.

Mazin!

Kids will love that.

sm3ar · 11-01-2020 6:05pm

Any walks with actual paths like powerscourt or glendalough?

Cluster · 12-01-2020 2:48pm

sm3ar wrote: »

Any walks with actual paths like powerscourt or glendalough?

Is it muck you have a problem with or do you have a pram for instance?

Devils glen has a mucky path for instance, great walk.

Belmont demesne has a kind of path, it goes across some fields in places though but back onto path.

I havent done the windfarm walk, that has paths I believe, maybe someone can confirm

and Avondale house has a path.

This has a path too I think, going to do this one soon

https://visitwicklow.ie/item/roundwood-varty-reservoir-trails/

Cluster · 12-01-2020 2:50pm

dogmatix wrote: »

That's a lovely walk - one of my favourites. If you can get a sunny windless afternoon a few hours from sunset it is spectacular. And from September through to January you would be very unlucky not to see the seals lounging on the pebble beach at lime kiln bay - you will certainly see them bobbing up and down just past the waves.

We did this, very mucky but worth seeing the seals. Also a bit dangerous for younger kids, just keep them close. We walked from the carpark just down by the golf course and up to the light house via the bay of seals

Greystones (Any local-ish walks)

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