Sydney Parade Avenue (Irish: Ascaill Pharáid Sydney) Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland runs from the land formerly known as Ailesbury Park opposite the Merrion Centre at the Merrion Road end, to the sea of Dublin Bay at the Strand Road. Ailesbury Road joins Sydney Parade at the DART station known as Sydney Parade railway station, originally opened in January 1835. Other side roads off the avenue include
- Richelieu Park, a cul-de-sac
- Ailesbury Park,
- Ailesbury Gardens, which joins with
- St. Alban's Park, and
- Park Avenue, the road to Sandymount village.
The Ailesbury Park end of the avenue has been closed to road traffic, since the 1980s.
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