Belgrave Square
Overview
Belgrave Square is a park at the centre of a Victorian residential square in Rathmines, a few minutes from the village. It has a children's playground and fine mature trees, and is a favourite with local families.
Its lawns are framed by the red-brick terraces of the square.
History
The land was once a wasteland known as Church Fields. The square of houses around it was built from 1851, and the gardens stayed private until the mid 1970s, when Dublin Corporation acquired them and opened them as a local park.
Getting there
Belgrave Square is just east of Rathmines village, Dublin 6, between Rathmines Road and Ranelagh. Many Dublin Bus routes stop in Rathmines, and the Ranelagh and Beechwood Luas stops (Green Line) are about ten minutes' walk away. Rathmines Library is nearby.
Opening hours
Like most Dublin City Council parks, Belgrave Square opens at 10am every day and closes around dusk, so closing time changes through the year:
- January and December: 5pm
- February and November: 5.30pm
- March: 6.30pm, then 7.30pm once the clocks go forward
- April and September: 8.30pm
- May and August: 9.30pm
- June and July: 10pm
- October: 7.30pm, then 6.30pm once the clocks go back
Parks with several gates may start closing up to half an hour before these times.
Good to know
- Free entry.
- Facilities: Playground.
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Run by Dublin City Council Parks: call 01 222 5278 with questions about the park.
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