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East Coast Nature Reserve, near Rathnew

East Coast Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in County Wicklow, 8.5 km north of Rathnew.

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OpenStreetMap holds this place twice, once as a326520706 and once as way/163260353. This site treats the other record as the place, so listings show that one and it carries anything that has been checked. The page this site uses for East Coast Nature Reserve

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Nature reserves
From Rathnew
8.5 km north, in a straight line
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birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/nature-reserves/nature-reserves-ecnr

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East Coast Nature Reserve is in Rathnew, County Wicklow. 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.

It is 8.5 km north of the centre of Rathnew in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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The nearest scheduled stop is Sea Road (4260), 1.5 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Sea Road 1.5 km
    buses L2 and X2
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Newcastle 1.6 km
    bus L2
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  • Newcastle Middle 2.0 km
    bus L2
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  • Gorse Hill 2.1 km
    bus L2
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  • Newcastle Lower 2.1 km
    bus L2
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Getting to Rathnew covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other nature reserves in Rathnew

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

All 3 nature reserves in Rathnew

Questions people ask

Where is East Coast Nature Reserve?
Near Rathnew, County Wicklow, 8.5 km north of the centre.
How do you contact East Coast Nature Reserve?
Contact East Coast Nature Reserve. Visit birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/nature-reserves/nature-reserves-ecnr.
How far is East Coast Nature Reserve from the centre of Rathnew?
8.5 km north 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 nature reserves near East Coast Nature Reserve?
3 in Rathnew altogether. The nearest are East Coast Nature Reserve and Vale of Clara Nature Reserve.
How do you get to East Coast Nature Reserve without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Sea Road, 1.5 km away in a straight line, and buses L2 and X2 call there, run by Go-Ahead Ireland and 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.

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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 a326520706, 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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