Viewing Tower

Viewing Tower is a tower in County Wicklow, Leinster. Viewing Tower is situated nearby to the manor estate Avondale House, as well as near the forest Avondale Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Avondale House and Rathdrum railway station.

Avondale House

Manor estate

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Avondale House is a Georgian house and the birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell in Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is set in the Avondale Forest Park, spanning over 2 km2 of land, approximately 1.5 km from the nearby town of Rathdrum. Avondale House is situated 180 metres northeast of Viewing Tower.

Rathdrum railway station

Railway station

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Rathdrum railway station is a railway station in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland. Rathdrum railway station is situated 2 km north of Viewing Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathdrum and Ballinaclash.

Rathdrum

Town

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Rathdrum is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated high on the western side of the Avonmore River valley, which flows through the Vale of Clara. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Ballinaclash

Village

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Ballinaclash is a village in east County Wicklow, Ireland. Around 4 km south-west of Rathdrum, it is centred on a bridge that carries the R753 road across the River Avonbeg.

Greenan

Locality

Greenan is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. Nearby are the towns of Rathdrum and Aughrim along with the glaciated valleys of Glendalough and Glenmalure. Greenan is situated 5 km west of Viewing Tower.

Viewing Tower

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: tower, building, and tourism
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.91192° or 52° 54′ 43″ north

Longitude

-6.22386° or 6° 13′ 26″ west

Height

38 metres (125 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C4MWQ6G+QF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1103909161

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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