The Doneraile Walk — Attraction in Waterford City Metropolitan District

Doneraila Park is rightly very popular with locals while generally being overlooked or unknown to tourists. The walk stretches from below the tennis court on Gallwey's Hill to just above Tramore pier, passing through Doneraila Park. The best view of Tramore Bay is from here and one can see from the beach out to the Newtown and Guillamene swimming cove, including Tramore Pier. The park includes the old Coast Guard Helicopter landing site, one of the cannons pulled from a wreck in the bay, and the Memorial Stone for the Seahorse, wrecked in Tramore Bay in 1816 with the loss of almost 300 lives. There is also access to the Coastguard station which has a locally popular...

Pleasant short clifftop walk giving a panoramic view over Tramore strand and bay. Very well surfaced so suitable if you have a pram or buggy. Hot drinks and snacks at the old coastguard station (now a gallery, cultural centre and cafe). You can extend the walk by continuing on towards the pier which is down a long flight of steps, and for a longer walk again up the steps on the other side and follow the roadside footpath to Newtown cove. A nice walk you can make as long or short...

Lovely short walk in any weather, but on a fine day the views are awesome. You could sit up there forever!! Plenty of benches, but unfortunately no picnic tables. Tramore beach and sand dunes on one side and The Metal Man in the distance on the other. Spotless, and well maintained. You can continue walking along the coast in the direction of The Metal Man if you're...