Management Indicate Avondale Forest Park Will Reopen On 21st Of June

Management at Avondale Forest Park in Rathdrum have announced they will reopen the amenity on the 21st of June.

Wicklow’s 500 acre #AvondaleForestPark is temporarily closed until mid-June to facilitate the final construction work to the extensive €16 million development project. @AvondaleBeyond, Coillte Pavilion, 'At Home with the Parnell's' living history tour, Seed Cafe, playground pic.twitter.com/QxGEPBjQw6

— Wicklow Uplands Council (@WicklowUplands) May 9, 2022

The announcement comes after funding worth €100,000 was allocated to the Park in Rathdrum last month.

The allocation is part of a wider €15 million fund to develop outdoor recreation facilities that Coillte provides across its recreational sites. 

Works are ongoing at the site to help meet the increased demand for access to these amenities.

The highly anticipated next chapter of Avondale House and Forest Park will unfold in early summer 2022 with the opening of 'Beyond the Trees Avondale', a new visitor destination in Ireland's Ancient East following a €16 million development project by Coillte in partnership with Fáilte Ireland and EAK Ireland.

 Works are currently ongoing at the forest park to develop:

• A new 38 metre (c10 storey high) wooden viewing tower, offering visitors spectacular 360-degree views of Coillte’s Avondale Forest Park
• A unique 1.2km Treetop Walk with breath-taking views of Avondale’s diverse forests
• A Visitor Centre  with a new café and renovated courtyard buildings and walled garden.

Construction works on site are expected to continue into June after which the park is expected to open to the public. People are politely asked not to visit the park while works are underway, to respect all closure notices and not seek out alternative access points into the park.

 Alternative and nearby forest walks are available at Coillte’s Ballygannon Wood, on the Laragh Road just 1km outside Rathdrum, the Avonmore Way and Jubilee Walk in and around Rathdrum.