Royal Canal

Royal Canal is a lock in Dublin, Leinster. Royal Canal is situated nearby to Reilly Bridge, as well as near the fitness club Space Gym At 8th Lock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broombridge and Broom Bridge.

Broombridge

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broombridge is a railway station beside a Luas Tram stop serving Cabra, Dublin 7, Ireland. It lies on the southern bank of the Royal Canal at the western end of what had been Liffey Junction station on the erstwhile Midland Great Western Railway. Broombridge is situated 700 metres east of Royal Canal.

Broom Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wisher, Public domain.

Broom Bridge, also called Broome Bridge, and sometimes Brougham Bridge, is a bridge along Broombridge Road which crosses the Royal Canal in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland. Broom Bridge is situated 620 metres east of Royal Canal.

Pelletstown

Railway stop

Photo: Oscyk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pelletstown railway station is a railway station on the Western Commuter line in the Cabra area of Dublin, Ireland, beside the Royal Canal. The station was opened on 26 September 2021 by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, becoming the first new station to open on the Iarnród Éireann network since Oranmore railway station opened in 2013. Pelletstown is situated 380 metres west of Royal Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabra and Finglas.

Cabra

Suburb

Photo: Darren J. Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cabra is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is approximately 2 kilometres northwest of the city centre, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.

Finglas

Suburb

Photo: Darren J. Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Finglas is a northwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It lies close to Junction 5 of the M50 motorway, and the N2 road. Nearby suburbs include Glasnevin and Ballymun; Dublin Airport is seven km to the north.

Glasnevin

Suburb

Photo: C O’Flanagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glasnevin is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the River Tolka. While primarily residential, Glasnevin is also home to the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Cemetery, the National Meteorological Office, and a range of other state bodies. Glasnevin is situated 3 km east of Royal Canal.

Royal Canal

Type: Lock
Category: body of water
Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.37477° or 53° 22′ 29″ north

Longitude

-6.30879° or 6° 18′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C5M9MFR+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 314603377

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lock

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