Upper Lake
Upper Lake is a lake in County Wicklow, Leinster. Upper Lake is situated nearby to the locality Bishopland, as well as near Poulaphouca Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Poulaphouca Reservoir and Russborough House.
Poulaphouca Reservoir
Power station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca, is an active reservoir and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake.
Russborough House
House
Photo: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Russborough House is a Georgian Palladian house between Blessington and Ballymore Eustace near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Ireland. The house was designed by Richard Castle for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and built between 1741 and 1755.
St. Mark’s Cross
Cross
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mark's Cross is a high cross and National Monument located in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blessington and Valleymount.
Blessington
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blessington is a small town in County Wicklow, with a population in 2022 of about 5600. It's west of the Wicklow mountains and this part of the county is low-lying and rural.
Valleymount
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Valleymount is a small village in western County Wicklow, Ireland. The name 'Valleymount' does not appear before 1839. Previously, the village was known as 'the Cross of Ballymore' or simply 'the Cross', with 'cross' referring to land belonging to the church.
Hollywood
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Hollywood is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 15 km south of Naas on the Wicklow Gap road near its junction with the N81 road. A population of less than 100 people registered in the 2002 Census, though the community draws from a larger area which consists of about 500 people.
Upper Lake
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.1389° or 53° 8′ 20″ northLongitude
-6.5664° or 6° 33′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C5M4CQM+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 255714870OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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