Skip to content
Dublin
Lakes · Dublin

Royal Canal, Dublin

Royal Canal is a lake in Dublin, County Dublin, 3.2 km north-west of the centre.

Directions in
Google MapsApple MapsWaze
Kind
Lakes
From the centre
3.2 km north-west, in a straight line
Parking
Staff Car Park, 470 m away
Bus stop
Carnlough Road, 200 m away

Getting to Royal Canal

Your journey, your way

Let’s get you to Royal Canal.

Choose where you are starting. We’ll work out the rest.

Going toRoyal CanalDestination: the mapped location
1 Where are you starting?

Type at least two letters, then choose a suggestion.

Nearby starting points
2 How would you like to travel?
3 When are you going?

All times are local to Ireland. Scheduled services, without live delay updates.

Journey preferences Transport type and sorting

Choose a starting point to plan your journey.

About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works
Destination, access and nearby stops

Royal Canal is in Dublin, County Dublin. 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. Glasnevin Cemetery Car Parking is 790 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 3.2 km north-west of the centre of Dublin in a straight line. The nearest stop the map records is Carnlough Road, 200 m away in a straight line.
Get directions
Or open it inGoogle MapsdirectionsApple MapsdirectionsWazedriving satnav
Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Bannow Road (830), 200 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Bannow Road 200 m
    bus 120
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • St Finbar's Road 320 m
    bus 120
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Kilkieran Road 340 m
    bus 120
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Mulroy Road 410 m
    bus 120
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Broombridge 440 m
    bus Green
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Dublin covers the journeys into the town itself.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of Royal Canal.

Other lakes in Dublin

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

All 33 lakes in Dublin

Questions people ask

Where is Royal Canal?
In Dublin, County Dublin, 3.2 km north-west of the centre; the nearest car park is 470 m away.
What are the opening hours of Royal Canal?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is Royal Canal from the centre of Dublin?
3.2 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 lakes near Royal Canal?
33 in Dublin altogether. The nearest are Royal Canal on Royal Canal Way, Royal Canal on Royal Canal Way and Royal Canal on Reilly Bridge.
How do you get to Royal Canal without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Bannow Road, 200 m away in a straight line, and bus 120 call there, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus. 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

From the map
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/314600027, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here
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.

Back to Dublin·Getting to Dublin·Lakes in Dublin