Tramore Valley Way / Vernon Mount Bridge User Survey - Oct 2025

Back on the 1st of November 2023, the walkway and bridge linking Tramore Valley Park to Frankfield opened... see previous post.

Anytime I've used it, it seems to be well used and it's amazing how quick you can go from the noise of the traffic on the South Ring Road to the quiet calm of the tree lined valley in just a few hundred metres.

Cork City Council are now conducting a survey....

" 📢 GRANGE TO TRAMORE VALLEY WAY/VERNON MOUNT BRIDGE USER SURVEY 📢

Cork City Council, in association with the National Transport Authority, opened Grange to Tramore Valley Way and Vernon Mount Bridge in November 2023. 🚶‍♂️

This 1km long pedestrian and cycle route provides a safe walking and cycling connection from Grange into Tramore Valley Park and on to the wider city. 🚴‍♀️

If you have had the opportunity to use this route, we’d like to hear what you think about it, so that it can help us plan for the future! 🌍

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and give us your feedback. 😎

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To get an idea on how popular the route is, I had a look at the weekly heat maps on Strava. Needless to say, not everyone uses Strava but it gives us some idea of what routes people are using.

First up, we have the map for the runners on Strava...

The bright orange is the route for the weekly 5k parkrun on Saturday mornings but it's likely a lot of runners are using the loop in Tramore Valley Park during the rest of the week as well.

There seems to be quite a number of runners using the bridge and the 1km link to Frankfield as shown by the red arrow. The pathway east from the park towards Douglas seems to be well used as well.

The weekly map for walkers is shown below...

It's probably likely that the vast majority of walkers don't use Strava but it still gives us a useful guide.

Again, a lot of people are using the loop in Tramore Valley Park for walking.

You'll notice that most walkers and runners avoid trying to negotiate the Kinsale Road Roundabout to the west and most people use the park or go around Douglas.

The weekly map for cyclists is shown below...

Again, these stats are probably for cyclists getting some exercise rather than those commuting but it still shows a pattern. 

There seems to be quite a few cyclists going through the Tramore Valley Park and it's likely that it has reduced the number of cyclists on the South Douglas Road. 

You'll also notice that a number of cyclists are entering the Tramore Valley Park from the South Link Road / Black Ash side (going west to east) whereas of course, walkers and runners don't have this option. 

There's talk from time to time about a bridge over the South Link Road but as far as I know, there are no definite plans yet. 

There are plans for large apartment developments over by Musgrave Park which will mean that a lot more people will be living in this area in a few years time. This will surely make the case for a new bridge over the South Link Road to connect to the Tramore valley Park even stronger.