Places to visit around Ashbourne, from Emerald Park
Zoos, theme parks or other days out make up 3 of the 5 places on the list. Ashbourne itself has none of them. Go 21 km out for Dublin Castle.
Top of the list around Ashbourne
Emerald Park aside, the next best known are 2 zoos, an attraction and an art gallery.
Theme parkEmerald Park3.4 km outside town, to the northwestAttractionAttractionWooly Ward's Farm2.5 km outside town, to the eastArt galleryArt galleryClarke Art2.4 km outside town, to the westZooZooPet Farm800 m outside town, to the southeastZooZooPetting Farm3.8 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Ashbourne, mapped
Petting Farm marks the outer edge, 5.8 km away.
The dashed line is Ashbourne’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Which kinds
3 of the 5 are zoos, theme parks or other days out, more than any other kind.
Green: inside Ashbourne. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Ashbourne
5 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Ashbourne → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ashbourne →
Around the region
Leading the 12 is Dublin Castle, 21 km away; they include 5 museums and 2 cathedrals.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland21 km southeast · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral21 km southeast
Big drawZooDublin Zoo18 km south · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
MuseumNational Library of Ireland21 km southeast
Historic houseLeinster House21 km southeast
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral21 km southeast
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland21 km southeast
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green21 km southeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol20 km south
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty21 km southeast
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art20 km southPlaces well known beyond Ashbourne (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Planning a visit to Ashbourne
What is there to see near Ashbourne?
No attraction is mapped inside Ashbourne itself. Within 5 km of it are Emerald Park, Wooly Ward's Farm, Clarke Art and Pet Farm.
Does Ashbourne have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Ashbourne: Clarke Art.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ashbourne?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 21 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Ashbourne?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (21 km), National Museum of Ireland (21 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (21 km), Dublin Zoo (18 km).
How is this list made?
From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (12)
- Emerald Park: Deadstar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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