Situated on the Thornhill Road in Bray Co. Wicklow, St. Gerards School is approx 50mins drive from Dublin City Centre. Bray is easily accessible from the surrounding areas. It is approx. 10mins from the M50 (major peripheral motorway for Dublin) to the north and is serviced by the N1 to the south.

Bray (Bré, formerly Brí Chulainn in Irish) is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. Bray is a busy urban centre and seaside town of approximately 40,000 people situated in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland about 20 km south of Dublin.

The town is the location of some industry and is home for many who commute to Dublin by car or rail (DART). Bray is a market town for the surrounding area and attracts many tourists particularly from Dublin and at weekends.