Royal Canal
Royal Canal is a canal in Dublin, Leinster. Royal Canal is situated nearby to the railway station Pelletstown, as well as near Ashington Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pelletstown and Broombridge.
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 120 metres west of Royal Canal.
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 1 km east of Royal Canal.
Ashtown Castle
Castle
Photo: Frank Winkelmann, CC BY 3.0.
Ashtown Castle is a tower house in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was found hidden within the walls of a much larger and more recent Georgian building, the Under Secretary's Lodge also known as Ashtown Lodge, that was being used by the Papal Nuncio until 1978. Ashtown Castle is situated 1½ km southwest 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 city in 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, and Dublin City University has its main campus and other facilities in and near the area. Glasnevin is situated 3 km east of Royal Canal.
Royal Canal
- Type: Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.37517° or 53° 22′ 31″ northLongitude
-6.31255° or 6° 18′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C5M9MGP+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 314603378OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canal
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