Around The Dock
This is a short walk that takes you around the Grand Canal Dock. The sites included along the way are the area itself, passing by 16 Hanover Quay, property previously owned by U2 as a recording studio where many of their famous hits were recorded, down to the up and coming spot for Graffiti artists at the end of the dock, up onto the Ringsend Bridge which provides a lovely view of the Aviva Stadium and back up towards the square, crossing over a bridge with gives a lovely view of both the dock to your right and the barge docking station to your left, as well as an up close view of the award winning housing architecture in the Square.
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 1.71 km -
Average duration: 0h 30 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Return to departure point: Yes -
Vertical gain: + 2 m -
Vertical drop: - 2 m -
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Highest point: 4 m -
Lowest point: 1 m
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Country:
Ireland
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Start/End: N 53.343647° / W 6.239247° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 3 m
- 1 : km 0.03 - alt. 3 m - Keep left
- 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Grand Canal Square
- 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 2 m - Turn right onto Hanover Quay
- 4 : km 0.62 - alt. 1 m - Turn left
- 5 : km 0.91 - alt. 1 m - Turn right onto Bridge Street, R802
- 6 : km 1.55 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Grand Canal Square
- 7 : km 1.65 - alt. 3 m - Keep left
- 8 : km 1.68 - alt. 3 m - Turn slight left
- S/E : km 1.71 - alt. 3 m
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Walker
Moderate 
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