Lower lake Glendalough
about 20 minutes drive.

Ashby B&B
Local Amenities
 

Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
Telephone: + 353 1 2810284     
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Powerscourt Gardens


Ladies Golfing on the Glen of the Downs golf club with the great Sugarloaf mountain in the background

 

 This page lists some of the amenities that are easily accessible from Ashby, in
Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow (The Garden of Ireland).
These range from beautiful, historical & holy Glendalough famous for its monastery and round tower for more than a thousand years to Druids Glen and
its Championship golf course, one of at least 10 within a 10 mile radius of
Newtownmountkennedy.

Dublin City is 25 miles drive. Alternatively take a scenic train journey from Bray
or Greystones. Journey time 35 - 45 minutes. Dublin airport is an hours drive on
the M50 Western ring road. World famous Leopardstown racecourse takes thirty minutes. The Curragh racecourse & the National Stud with its Japanese Gardens
takes about 90 minutes. Drive to them over the Wicklow Gap and see Wicklow
at its best.

Other amenities locally, include fishing, boating, shooting, horse riding, hill walking, and magnificent gardens at Mount Usher in nearby Ashford and
Powerscourt with its waterfall at Enniskerry.

If you are interested in History, visit the home of Irish Patriot
Charles Stuart Parnell at Avondale in Rathdrum or notorious Wicklow Gaol in
Wicklow, our county town.

We will help you draw up an itinerary and provide directions.

Below is view of Brittas Bay and beach taken from the South