Bike Hire
Phoenix Park Bikes are located just inside the main gate on Parkgate Street. With the availability of a wide range of bikes designed to cater for all ages, and the newly extended network of fourteen kms of cycle trails, it really makes for a safe and enjoyable way for family, friends and visitors to experience and explore the Park. The bike hire facility forms part of a number of measures recommended in the Phoenix Park Transportation Study, commissioned by the Office of Public Works.
REMEMBER – NEVER FEED THE DEER AND ALWAYS STAY 50 METRES AWAY FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE WILD HERD
Tours
Guided Cycle Tours
Join Phoenix Park Bikes for a 2 or 3 hour guided cycling tour around the Park which will include stops for photo opportunities, information on features, a 25 minute audio/visual on the Park content and history at the Visitor Centre and more. Tours can include coffee stop at the Phoenix Café if requested. They can also incorporate some of the tours provided by the OPW, including the tour of Farmleigh House (Official Irish State Guest House).
Requirements:
Tours are by booking only
Minimum requirement 8 people – no max
Contact: Email: info@phoenixparkbikes.com or Tel: +353 87 631 3644 / +353 87 379 9946. Share your experience via Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or check out the website
Segway Tours
An alternative fun way to explore the Park is by Guided Segway Tour. An experienced Segway instructor will accompany you as you experience the Segway, its capabilities, and how it travels on different terrains throughout the park. Segway tours in Phoenix Park are provided by CP Adventure.
Looking for a different way to travel and see the Park? Join us on the Segways and we will whisk you through the Park on these two-wheeled eco-friendly green machines.
We will get you up and acquainted with the Segway first before bringing you through the Park to explore the different features and buildings within the Park, some history and even see if we can spot some wild roaming fallow deer grazing out in the meadows. Tour takes approx 70 mins
Requirements:
Tours are by booking only
Minimum requirement 4 people – max 8 people per group. Minimum age 12+ (Minors aged between 12 and 15 must be accompanied by parent/guardian)
Contact: Email: info@phoenixparkbikes.com or Tel: +353 87 631 3644 / +353 87 631 3644 Share your experience on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or check out the website.
Doctors Orders: A Park Prescription
Some doctors are issuing ‘Park Prescriptions’ to encourage their patients to exercise outdoors. Benefits of being out and active in green spaces include; reduction of tension and stress, lower blood pressure, improved immune system responses, and milder ADHD symptoms in children. Regular exercise in a park also reduces obesity, chronic disease and mental health issues. As your fitness increases you can tackle progressively longer distances or aim to complete routes in shorter periods of time.
Visit the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and collect a route map to help you improve your health as you enjoy the beautiful surrounds of the Phoenix Park. You can also download one HERE.
Please note that appropriate footwear should be worn.
Orienteering
Orienteering is a competitive international sport that combines running with navigation. It is a timed race in which individual participants use a specially created, highly detailed map to select routes and navigate through diverse terrain and visit control points in sequence. There are twenty-one Irish Orienteering clubs with approximately 1,100 members ranging in age from nine to ninety.
The Phoenix Park has a permanent orienteering course which comprises of three routes. It is located in the vicinity of Ashtown Demesne and you can collect the course maps from the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, or download it from here and here. The answer sheet for this course is permanently displayed at the Visitor Centre.
Please come suitably prepared for the weather and ground conditions. It is recommended that sturdy boots are worn on rough ground.
Playgrounds
Opening hours for the universal playground at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre: 9.30 am to one hour before sunset all year round, weather conditions permitting.
The Office of Public Works has installed a new free water filling station in the courtyard of the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. You can now fill your reusable bottle for free, avoiding unnecessary single use plastic drinking bottles while helping the environment.
For further information on other tap locations near you, please go to Refill Ireland website www.refill.ie/tap-map
Another universal access playground is located in the People’s Gardens close to the North Circular Road Gate entrance. Opening hours: 9.30 am to one hour before sunset all year round, weather conditions permitting.
Image below of the playground at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre
