Waterford Greenway

About the Waterford Greenway

The Old railway line from Waterford City to Dungarvan is a spectacular 46km off-road cycling and walking trail known as the Waterford Greenway which travels through time and nature across eleven bridges, three tall viaducts and a long atmospheric tunnel, all the way from the river to the sea. The Granville Hotel is the ideal base for a visit to the Waterford Greenway with the starting point a short walk/cycle from the hotel. 

Where to hire your bike

Greenway Waterford Bike Hire www.greenwaywaterfordbikehire.ie 0861292724 - WIT Arena (Shuttle Bus Available)
Waterford Greenway Bike Hire www.waterfordgreenwaybikehire.com 051-295955 Hanover Street
Waterford Greenway Cycle Tours & Bike Hire www.waterfordgreenway.com 0851113850 – Mobile Bike Delivery Service.

Facilities the Granville can offer guest of the hotel:

• Bikes can be delivered to the hotel
• Bike racks to safely secure your bike
• Drying and Laundry facilities
• Cycle Routes Maps
• Packed Lunches

Have a look at our special Granville Waterford Greenway Offers! 

Things to see and do along the Waterford Greenway

• Thomas Francis Meagher Bridge - The longest single bridge in the Republic of Ireland at 230m, spanning the River Suir between Waterford and Kilkenny.
• River Suir Special Area for Conservation - An important wildlife area for a number of protected species such as Otter, Salmon, Lamprey and Shad.
• Mount Congreve - One of the great gardens of the world, known for its collection of Azaleas, Camelias and Rhododendron and magnificent walled gardens.
• Waterford & Suir Valley Railway - A narrow gauge heritage railway follows 8.5 km of the railway, from the station at Kilmeadan out along the River Suir.
• Woodstown Viking Site - In 2003 archaeologists uncovered an 8th C. Viking site here that predates Waterford City. Site is not accessible, but can be seen from Killoteran Bridge, east of Killoteran Stream.
• Workhouse Kilmacthomas - Built in 1850, buildings included a chapel, fever hospital and mortuary.
• Kilmacthomas Viaduct - Opened in 1878, this eight arch rubble stone viaduct passes over road, millrace and river.
• Cloughlowrish Stone - A legacy of the last Ice Age, legend has it that a lie must not be told here for fear of the enormous rock splitting in two.
• Durrow Viaduct - Built c. 1878 over the River Tay
• Ballyvoyle Tunnel - Built in 1878, this Iconic feature of Waterford’s railway heritage is a quarter of a mile long and fully brick lined. Closest Access Point: Shanacool
• Ballyvoyle Viaduct - Constructed in 1878 and blown up in 1922 during the Irish Civil War, rebuilt in 1924.
• Walton Park - Named after Ernest Walton, 1903 – 1995, Physicist and Nobel Laureate. The first person in history to artificially split the atom.

Waterford Greenway Fact Sheet