Kilkenny Countryside Park (Information)

Click on the image below to view our interactive e-magazine which incorporates a video that will hopefully give you an overview of the development of the park from its inception to its completion, in what is now a very popular amenity that we are all very proud of in Kilkenny.

Kilkenny County Council are delighted to introduce you to one of our newsest parks.Located just 5km north of Kilkenny City, the Kilkenny Countryside Park was a former municipal landfill site that has been given a new lease of life and recently turned into a biodiversity rich accessible public park that offers a wide range of amenities.

This interactive e-magazine incorporates a video that will hopefully give you an overview of the development of the park from its inception to its completion, in what is now a very popular amenity that we are all very proud of in Kilkenny.

The former municipal landfill site commenced operation in 1989 under EPA License and operated until March 2010. Kilkenny County Council continues to discharge its functions with regard to the aftercare of the former landfill site in accordance with the EPA approved Closure, Restoration and Aftercare Management Plan (CRAMP). This includes dust, water and  gas monitoring and leachate management.

This project was developed as part of Kilkenny County Councils commitments under numerous national and local  policies and strategies, including Our Rural Future Development Policy 2021-2025 and the Kilkenny City and County Development Plan.

Over the past decade the importance of biodiversity and outdoor spaces, that allow people to immerse themselves within nature to promote physical health and mental wellbeing, has really come to the fore. Kilkenny County Council has responded to this need.

Check out the video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASPAljWdYyM&t=206s