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'''Applewood''' is a suburb of the town of [[Swords, Dublin|Swords]] in Ireland. It was built around the year 2002 by property developer Gerry Gannon. It has been designed as full town with a main street lined with shops in the centre with housing estates surrounding the area. In 2006 Applewood won the Best Urban Village at the National Tidy Towns competition.<ref>[http://www.tidytowns.ie/u_documents/TT%20Results%20Books%202006.pdf Tidy Towns Results 2006] page 15</ref>
'''Applewood''' is a suburb of the town of [[Swords, Dublin|Swords]] in Ireland. It was built around the year 2002 by property developer Gerry Gannon. It has been designed village-style with a main street lined with shops in the centre, with housing estates surrounding the area. In 2006 Applewood won the Best Urban Village at the National Tidy Towns competition.<ref>[http://www.tidytowns.ie/u_documents/TT%20Results%20Books%202006.pdf Tidy Towns Results 2006] page 15</ref>


== Layout ==
== Layout ==
Applewood is located north-west of the centre of Swords. The Glen Ellan Distributor Road is the main road providing access into the Applewood area. It starts at the Balheary Road and runs west as far as the Applewood Roundabout, then turns south to end at the Rathbeale Road at Outlands Cross. The Rathbeale Road provides access into the centre of Swords and the Balheary Road provides access onto the R132 Dual Carrigeway. The South Bank, Glen Ellan and Sanford Wood estates are on the south side of the Glen Ellan Road while Applewood Main Street, and the Applewood, Braeburn, Bramley and Thornleigh Estates are on the north side of the road. The Jugback estate is on both sides of the road.
Applewood is located north-west of the centre of Swords. The Glen Ellan Distributor Road is the main road providing access into the area. It starts at the Balheary Road and runs west as far as the Applewood Roundabout, then turns south to end at the Rathbeale Road at Outlands Cross. The Rathbeale Road provides access into the centre of Swords and the Balheary Road provides access onto the R132 Dual Carrigeway. The South Bank, Glen Ellan and Sanford Wood estates are on the south side of the Glen Ellan Road while Applewood Main Street, and the Applewood, Braeburn, Bramley and Thornleigh Estates are on the north side of the road. The Jugback estate is on both sides of the road.


An extension of the Glen Ellan Road runs west from the Applewood Roundabout into the Oldtown future development lands. It provides access into the Brides Glen and Bunbury Gate estates and to the Swords Educate Together National School, Gaelscoil Brian Boroimhe and Applewood Community Centre. Another unnamed distributor road runs north from the Applewood roundabout to the Broadmeadow Linear Park and provides access to the Ashton and Castleview Estates.<ref>[http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,717260,748217,6,10 Applewood Map] Ordnance Survey Ireland</ref>
An extension of the Glen Ellan Road runs west from the Applewood Roundabout into the Oldtown future development lands. It provides access into the Brides Glen and Bunbury Gate estates and to the Swords Educate Together National School, Gaelscoil Brian Boroimhe and Applewood Community Centre. Another unnamed distributor road runs north from the Applewood roundabout to the Broadmeadow Linear Park and provides access to the Ashton and Castleview Estates.<ref>[http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,717260,748217,6,10 Applewood Map] Ordnance Survey Ireland</ref>
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== Shops ==
== Shops ==
Shops on Applewood Main Street include Eurospar, Hannigan's Butchers, The Orchard Pub, video shop, a medical center, hardware shop, Adams Apple Cafe, Doras takeaway, Energie Fitness Gym and a bookmakers.
Shops on Applewood Main Street include a small Eurospar supermarket, a butchers, pub, video shop, medical centre, hardware shop, cafe, takeaway, gym and bookmakers.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:22, 6 October 2012

Applewood
Coill na nÚll[1]
Suburb of Swords
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
RegionDublin
CountyFingal
TownSwords
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDublin North
 • EU ParliamentDublin
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code+353 (0)1
Irish Grid ReferenceO 174 483

Applewood is a suburb of the town of Swords in Ireland. It was built around the year 2002 by property developer Gerry Gannon. It has been designed village-style with a main street lined with shops in the centre, with housing estates surrounding the area. In 2006 Applewood won the Best Urban Village at the National Tidy Towns competition.[2]

Layout

Applewood is located north-west of the centre of Swords. The Glen Ellan Distributor Road is the main road providing access into the area. It starts at the Balheary Road and runs west as far as the Applewood Roundabout, then turns south to end at the Rathbeale Road at Outlands Cross. The Rathbeale Road provides access into the centre of Swords and the Balheary Road provides access onto the R132 Dual Carrigeway. The South Bank, Glen Ellan and Sanford Wood estates are on the south side of the Glen Ellan Road while Applewood Main Street, and the Applewood, Braeburn, Bramley and Thornleigh Estates are on the north side of the road. The Jugback estate is on both sides of the road.

An extension of the Glen Ellan Road runs west from the Applewood Roundabout into the Oldtown future development lands. It provides access into the Brides Glen and Bunbury Gate estates and to the Swords Educate Together National School, Gaelscoil Brian Boroimhe and Applewood Community Centre. Another unnamed distributor road runs north from the Applewood roundabout to the Broadmeadow Linear Park and provides access to the Ashton and Castleview Estates.[3]

Housing estates built as part of the Applewood area are:[4]

  • Ashton
  • Castleview
  • Bunbury Gate
  • Brides Glen
  • Laurelton
  • Thornleigh
  • Braeburn
  • Bramley
  • Applewood
  • Glen Ellan
  • Sandford Wood
  • Jugback
  • South Bank

Public Transport

Applewood (Glen Ellan Road) is served by Dublin Bus Routes 41c, 41x & 43 and the Swords Express and Urbus services. At weekends the 41c is the only bus serving Applewood.[5]

Dublin Bus route 41c operates approximately every 20 minutes from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Lwr Abbey Street) through Applewood, Swords Village, River Valley, Santry and Drumcondra. [6] At peak times route 41x operates a service to UCD Belfield via Dublin City Centre[7] and route 43 operates a service from Applewood to Dublin City Centre via Kinsealy and the Malahide Road.[8]

The Swords Express service runs approximetely every 30 minutes from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Georges/Eden Quay) through Applewood, Swords Village and Holywell, then express via the M1 motorway and Port Tunnel.[9]

The Urbus service operates approximately every 90 minutes from Applewood to Castleknock via Dublin Airport and Blanchardstown.[10]

Parks

The Broadmeadow Linear Park is a small park north of Applewood along the Broadmeadow River. Fingal County Council plan to extend the park eastwards to Balheary Park and westwards into the proposed Swords Regional Park.[11]

Balheary Park is east of Applewood at the confluence of the Broadmeadow River and the Ward River. It surrounds Swords Business Campus on three sides and has some playing pitches which are used by St. Colmcille's GAA club. In mid 2006, Fingal County Council built a skatepark and adjoining basketball courts/football court in Balheary Park. The park contains a bowl, a vertwall, a spine, some quarterpipes, and a section of boxes in the middle of the park.

A large 65 ha. new regional park for Swords is to be built north-east of Applewood, stretching from the Rathbeale Road to the Broadmeadow River. The park will be immediately west of Oldtown and adjoining and ultimately extending into the Broadmeadow River Valley Linear Park. The Park will serve Swords and its hinterland, and will comprise active recreational and passive activities, commensurate with the Council’s vision for the emerging city of Swords.[12]

Education

There are three new primary schools in the Applewood area:

Gealscoil Bhrian Boroimhe and Swords Educate Together National School share the same campus with Applewood Community Centre. The two 16 classroom schools and community centre campus opened in 2011.[16] The Thornleigh Educate Together 18 classroom school and Thornleigh Community Centre campus opened in 2012.[17]

Shops

Shops on Applewood Main Street include a small Eurospar supermarket, a butchers, pub, video shop, medical centre, hardware shop, cafe, takeaway, gym and bookmakers.

References

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ Tidy Towns Results 2006 page 15
  3. ^ Applewood Map Ordnance Survey Ireland
  4. ^ Housing estates in Applewood
  5. ^ Transport for Ireland Public Transport Information
  6. ^ Dublin Bus 41c Timetable
  7. ^ Dublic Bus 41x Timetable
  8. ^ Dublin Bus 43 Timetable
  9. ^ Swords Express Timetable
  10. ^ Urbus Timetable
  11. ^ Broadmeadow Linear Park (Section 3.1.2)
  12. ^ Swords Regional Park (Section 3.1.3)
  13. ^ Gaelscoil Bhrian Boroimhe
  14. ^ Swords Educate Together National School
  15. ^ Thornleigh Educate Together National School
  16. ^ Oldtown School Campus Fingal Independent
  17. ^ Thornleigh Educate Together Campus Fingal Independent
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