Ballypickas
Ballypickas is a locality in County Laois, Leinster. Ballypickas is situated nearby to the locality Cobbler’s Hill Cross Roads, as well as near the hamlet Dysart Cross.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heywood House Gardens and Abbeyleix Market House.
Heywood House Gardens
Garden
Photo: Liam Hughes, CC BY 2.0.
Heywood House Gardens, generally Heywood Gardens, form the grounds of a now-vanished house in County Laois, Ireland. The estate was developed in the late 18th century by Michael Frederick Trench, a politician, landowner and architect. Heywood House Gardens is situated 2½ km south of Ballypickas.
Abbeyleix Market House
Library
Photo: LoriStrang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbeyleix Market House is a library, which is situated 3½ km west of Ballypickas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbeyleix and Ballyroan.
Abbeyleix
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it.
Ballyroan
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Ballyroan is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Ballyroan and in the former barony of Cullenagh. The nearest town is Abbeyleix, 5 km to the south-west along the R425 road. Ballyroan is situated 4½ km north of Ballypickas.
Spink
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Spink is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is situated near the Kilkenny border on the R430 regional road. Spink is situated 5 km east of Ballypickas.
Ballypickas
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.90699° or 52° 54′ 25″ northLongitude
-7.29521° or 7° 17′ 43″ westElevation
183 metres (600 feet)Open location code
9C4JWP43+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 52258060OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3313538
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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