Applewood, Swords

Applewood is a neighbourhood in 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]

Applewood

Coill na nÚll[1]
Neighbourhood of Swords
Main Street
Applewood
Location in Dublin area
Coordinates: 53°28′16″N 6°13′57″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
RegionDublin
CountyFingal
TownSwords
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDublin Fingal
 • EU ParliamentDublin
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code(s)+353 (0)1
Irish Grid ReferenceO 174 483

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 Carriageway. The South Bank, Glen Ellan and Sandford 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 Bhrian Bóroimhe 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
  • Millers Glen
  • South Bank

Public transport

Applewood (Glen Ellan Road) is served by Dublin Bus Routes 41c, 41x & 43 and the Swords Express service.[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 to Dublin City Centre via Kinsealy and the Malahide Road.[8]

The Swords Express service runs approximately 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]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Education

There are three new primary schools in the Applewood area:

Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe 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.[15] The Thornleigh Educate Together 18 classroom school opened in 2012.[16]

Shops and services

Applewood Main Street has a variety of shops and services including a barber, bicycle shop, bookmaker, butcher, café, dry cleaner, fast food take away shop, locksmith, medical and dental centre, off-licence, oriental restaurant, pharmacy, Polish goods shop, property company, public house, spa, supermarket, fishing tackle shop by the name of Swords Angling Centre and warehouse. and few technology companies are taking offices here now

References
  1. Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. Tidy Towns Results 2006 Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine page 15
  3. Applewood Map Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Broadmeadow Linear Park (Section 3.1.2)
  11. Swords Regional Park (Section 3.1.3)
  12. Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe
  13. Swords Educate Together National School
  14. "Thornleigh Educate Together National School". Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  15. Oldtown School Campus Fingal Independent
  16. Thornleigh Educate Together Campus Fingal Independent
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