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Gunpowder Mills, Cork

Gunpowder Mills is a ruin in Cork, County Cork, 8.2 km west of the centre. Ballincollig Regional Park is within 170 m.

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From the centre
8.2 km west, in a straight line
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West Car Park, 630 m away
Bus stop
Ballincollig, 730 m away
Watch House, Royal Gunpowder Mills, Ballincollig This building was once used as the search room for workers leaving the Gundpowder Mills.
Watch House, Royal Gunpowder Mills, Ballincollig This building was once used as the search room for workers leaving the Gundpowder Mills.·Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Watch House, Royal Gunpowder Mills, Ballincollig This building was once used as the search room for workers leaving the Gundpowder Mills.·Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Gunpowder Mills is in Cork, County Cork. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge. The Village Centre is 710 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 8.2 km west of the centre of Cork in a straight line. The nearest stop the map records is Ballincollig, 730 m away in a straight line.
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The nearest scheduled stop is Ballincollig (244291), 670 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Ballincollig 670 m
    buses 220, 220X and 233
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Muskerry North 730 m
    buses 220, 220X and 233
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  • Father Sexton Pk 850 m
    buses 220, 220X and 233
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  • Rosewood 1.1 km
    buses 220, 220X and 233
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  • Sunningdale 1.2 km
    bus 233
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Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of Gunpowder Mills.

Other ruins in Cork

Nearest to Gunpowder Mills first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Gunpowder Mills, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 18 ruins in Cork

Questions people ask

Where is Gunpowder Mills?
In Cork, County Cork, 8.2 km west of the centre; the nearest car park is 630 m away.
What are the opening hours of Gunpowder Mills?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is Gunpowder Mills from the centre of Cork?
8.2 km west of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other ruins near Gunpowder Mills?
18 in Cork altogether. The nearest are Old Mill Race Tunnel, Stone Arch and Sentry Post.
How do you get to Gunpowder Mills without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Ballincollig, 670 m away in a straight line, and buses 220, 220X and 233 call there, run by Bus Éireann. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

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Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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