Three new Cherrywood parks officially open with GAA…

Three new Cherrywood parks officially open with GAA pitches and tennis courts

Three new flagship parks have opened in the emerging town of Cherrywood this week.

The Tully, Beckett, and Ticknick Parks will have facilities such as a full-size GAA pitch, grassed sports pitches and all-weather pitch. There will also be playgrounds, tennis courts, boules court, multi-sports pavilion, multi-use games area, play and ecological trails, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has said.

Council spokeswoman Mary Hanafin said: "Cherrywood is now home to a vibrant community. The residents now enjoy new homes, a busy primary school and now all can fully enjoy these three new parks. These parks offer opportunities to the pupils of the schools, residents and their families, workers, members of local sporting clubs and visitors."

Nestled between the N11 and the M50, Cherrywood will benefit from over 60 hectares of recreational and natural green space and these three new parks will all be interlinked by a comprehensive network of pedestrian walkways and cycleways.

According to the Council, Cherrywood will have a population in the region of 26,000, with over 8,800 new homes including a minimum of 10 per cent social housing units, spread over the new Town Centre and three smaller Village Centres. They will have "superior transport links" including an enhanced bus service, five Luas stops, and pedestrian and cycle friendly greenways throughout. There will also be two post primary and four primary schools.

Here's what to expect from the parks:

Beckett Park

Beckett Park is a major 5-hectare "age friendly" local park which includes an all-weather sports pitch, six tennis courts, a boules court and a multi-use games area. It also has an outdoor gym, a sports pavilion with cafe and a local playground.

The park can be easily accessed via the pedestrian and cycle paths from anywhere in the Cherrywood area and has cycle parking, car spaces and visiting coach spaces.

Tully Park

Tully Park is at the very heart of Cherrywood, spanning 9-hectares of open space and providing a range of visitor attractions. It will have an outdoor fitness, play and ecological trails, as well as active and passive recreational areas, and playground with cafe.

Central to the park will be a distinctive heritage area incorporating Tully Church, Tully Graveyard, and Tully High Cross. There are nine universal access points to Tully Park, making it a place that visitors of all abilities can visit and enjoy, with seating and rest points dotted throughout.

Ticknick Park

Ticknick Park is a 19-hectare park with four grass pitches including a full GAA pitch and ancillary facilities including seating, signage paths, cycle stands and soft landscaping. It also has a single storey changing facility with four changing rooms, toilet facilities, storage, ancillary accommodation and cycle parking facilities.

The park is currently accessed via a pedestrian walkway via the agricultural bridge over the M50 utilising the shared pedestrian and cycle paths. Visitors travelling by vehicle should park in the temporary carpark which allows for 83 spaces, including four disabled user parking bays, three coach bays, and four motorcycle spaces.

A brochure about the three parks has also been published. Click here to read the brochure in Irish and here to read it in English.

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