Saint Anne's Park Park

Address: Saint Anne’s Park, Raheny / Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland

Website: https://www.fingal.ie/

Hours: Open public park (generally 7am-dusk)

Admission: Free

Saint Anne’s Park is a large public municipal park in Dublin, located between the suburbs of Raheny and Clontarf and known for extensive gardens, lakes and recreational facilities.

Formal and informal garden areas, two large ornamental lakes, sports pitches and long avenues for walking and cycling are prominent features across the park’s expanse. The grounds include cultivated beds and heritage trees that are used for both leisure and organized community sport.

The park occupies land that was formerly a private estate; ownership and use changed in the 20th century as the grounds were developed and opened to the public for recreation and civic use.

Situated in north Dublin, the park lies roughly 6 kilometers from the city center between the coastal suburb of Clontarf and the residential area of Raheny.

• Size and facilities: Covers more than 240 acres (about 97 hectares) of landscaped parkland, with formal gardens, ponds and extensive paths for walking and sport.

Saint Anne’s Park sits between the suburbs of Raheny and Clontarf, about 7-8 km northeast of Dublin city centre. From the city centre take the DART (commuter rail) to Raheny station (then a 10-20 minute walk west) or use Dublin Bus routes serving the coast road; cycle lanes approach the park from multiple directions.

• Visit early on a Sunday to hear local choirs and sports clubs arrive; community life is at its liveliest then.
• Walk the route between the walled Rose Garden and the north lakes for the best sequence of plantings.
• The park contains the remains of 19th-century walled gardens tied to the Guinness estate-look for old stonework near the boating lake.