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Old Hospital & Workhouse

Old Hospital & Workhouse from directly overhead

Old Hospital & Workhouse is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Redmond Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Ruins of workhouse and old hospital

The story

Former workhouse and hospital in Wexford, Ireland.

Wikidata Q114369489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.34360, -6.47988

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks: 57
  • Forth Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Carrickshinna Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Carrickadee: 4.0 mi
  • Ravens Rocks: 4.1 mi
  • Drooping Rock: 4.2 mi
Springs
  • St. Margaret's Well: 0.7 mi
  • St. Nicholas' Well: 1.2 mi
  • St. Mary Magdalene's Well: 1.7 mi
  • St. Patrick's Well: 1.8 mi
  • St. Cavan's Well: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 48
Beaches: 35
Attractions: 32
Parks: 21
  • Redmond Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Republican Garden of Rememberance: 0.5 mi
  • The Rocks: 1.4 mi
  • The Irish National Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
  • The Square: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 14
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Courtown Woods Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Hospital & Workhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterNNW794 m22.8 mi
Blackstairs MountainNW732 m19.7 mi
Moats of CraanNNW657 m22.3 mi
Black Rock MountainNNW600 m21.6 mi
KnockroeNW539 m21.6 mi
SlievebawnNW525 m24.7 mi
Brandon HillWNW515 m23.8 mi
CarrigroeNW495 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5418:39
June solstice05:0420:5721:52
September equinox07:1218:4219:27
December solstice08:3415:1116:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/90692319

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