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The Rock Close, Cork

The Rock Close is an attraction in Cork, County Cork, 7.3 km north-west of the centre. The Seven Sisters, The Witch Stone and Druids Circle are within 100 m.

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From the centre
7.3 km north-west, in a straight line
Parking
Car Park, 850 m away
Bus stop
Blarney Village, 450 m away

The map does not yet record opening hours and a phone number for The Rock Close. Anyone can add them on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.

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The Rock Close 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. Car Park is 840 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 7.3 km north-west of the centre of Cork in a straight line. The nearest stop the map records is Blarney Village, 450 m away in a straight line.
Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Blarney (213311), 450 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Blarney 450 m
    bus 215
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Saint Ann's Road 500 m
    bus 215
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Blarney East 610 m
    bus 215
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Paud's Cross 1.4 km
    bus 215
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Clogheenmilcon 1.5 km
    bus 215
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of The Rock Close.

Other attractions in Cork

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

All 8 attractions in Cork

Questions people ask

Where is The Rock Close?
In Cork, County Cork, 7.3 km north-west of the centre; the nearest car park is 850 m away.
How do you contact The Rock Close?
Contact The Rock Close. Visit blarneycastle.ie/gexplore/the-rock-close.
How far is The Rock Close from the centre of Cork?
7.3 km north-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 attractions near The Rock Close?
8 in Cork altogether. The nearest are The Seven Sisters, Fern Garden and Rainbow Pride Walkway.
How do you get to The Rock Close without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Blarney, 450 m away in a straight line, and bus 215 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.

Where this comes from

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap way/128984369, and can be corrected there.
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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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