Cherrywood

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Cherrywood Business Park and residential area

Cherrywood (Coill na Silíní in Irish) is one of Dublin's newest suburbs, formed out of parts of Loughlinstown and Rathmichael, to the south east of the city, in the County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. As of 2008 it is largely still under construction.

1 Location
2 History
3 References
4 Sources
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Location

Cherrywood lies in between the M50 and the N11, about a kilometer north of where they fork from the M11, and is divided by the R118 regional road which runs northeast to southwest through the area, crossing the N11 at Wyattville Road and joining the M50 at Junction 16. The Business Park (officially Cherrywood Science and Technology Park) lies south of this road and a residential zone to the north.

[edit] History

Cherrywood is being formed around the business park, in a deliberate process under a Cherrywood-Carrickmines Local Area Plan, the 2004 County Development Plan, and a related Cherrywood-Rathmichael Area Plan. At present, Cherrywood is designated as a District Centre, and strict limits apply to certain forms of development there.

It is proposed to extend the Sandyford (Green) Luas line to Cherrywood. Construction started in February 2007 and the line should be operational in 2010^[1], at which time the area will be raised to the status of a Town Centre.