Bray-Greystones cliff walk: ‘It’s a big attraction. We have got to get it reopened’

Signage at the Bray end of the Greystones cliff walk notifying the public of the beautiful walking route’s closure due to rockfall. Photograph: Alan Betson

The rich birdlife – cormorants, kittiwakes, terns and even migratory Brent Geese – and the views as far as Wicklow Head lighthouse to the south and Dalkey Island and Howth to the north are what make this walk so special. The train line runs along the coastline below the walk.The life of an Irish teenage rugby star cut short: ‘I pulled the sheet back and there he was in his kit’

Not so on the Greystones side where walkers regularly breach the barriers put up to deter them and walk until they meet the barrier on the Bray side. There are very few written signs telling people the cliff walk is closed on the Greystones side, except for a notice in Greystones Dart station.Stephen Fox, executive engineer of Bray Municipal District: 'Throughout 2023, the council worked on getting the rock face assessed and a design for mitigation measures put in place.

“Throughout 2023, the council worked on getting the rock face assessed and a design for mitigation measures put in place. Now, because we only received one tender which is over the threshold of Government procurement for projects of this size, we have to do an open e-tender process to get the works done,” he explains.

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