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Heywood Gardens

Heywood Gardens from directly overhead

Heywood Gardens is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Baunreaghcong stands 508 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Orangery, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Office of Public Works
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Step-free access
Limited
Seasonal
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates52.88428, -7.30086

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • Bowling Well: 1.0 mi
  • Aughfeerish: 1.7 mi
  • Lady's Well: 1.9 mi
  • Shanavoulia Well: 2.6 mi
  • Captain's Well: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Knockardagur: 2.3 mi
  • Cooper's Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Cullenagh Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Nale's Hill: 6.1 mi
Parks: 60
  • Dr. Breen Park: 2.9 mi
  • Mill Road Amenity Area: 4.6 mi
  • Castlecomer Discovery Park: 6.4 mi
  • Fair Green: 6.7 mi
  • Parkanahown: 8.6 mi
Artworks
  • Saint Mochua's Desk: 6.7 mi
  • Peacock: 10.2 mi
  • James Fintan Lalor Sculpture: 10.2 mi
  • Fragments of Time and Space: 10.4 mi
  • Eitilt: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 33
Museums: 22
Gardens: 20
  • Abbeyleix Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Abbey Sense Garden: 2.9 mi
  • The King's Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock of Foyle: 7.8 mi
  • Clamp Hole Waterfall: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.4 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Heywood Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BaunreaghcongNNW 327°508.195 m16.4 mi
Ridge of CapardNNW 331°482.088 m16.3 mi
CastleconorNW 318°407 m17.1 mi
Clomantagh HillSW 221°349 m13.2 mi
Clogrennan HillESE 112°336 m13.1 mi
Fossy MountainNE 52°332 m6.9 mi
Fossy HillNE 52°323 m6.2 mi
Cullenagh MountainNNE 20°317 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5718:42
June solstice05:0421:0221:59
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:4115:1016:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/81754733

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