Get to know
Kells.
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A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Kells, with local places and the journey there on one map.
28 mapped places to explore.
1 bus and train line in the published timetable.
Explore Kells
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Kells is a village in County Kilkenny. The map names 28 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 10 streets. 1 bus and train line calls at 2 stops here in the published timetable.
Your guide to Kells.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Kells
1 scheduled line from TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow. Choose your starting point, travel date and time to find a connection.
- Mapped stops
- 2
- Mapped car parks
- 0
- 7 stops on foot
Kells in a day
Explore Kells with a suggested walking itinerary. See the stops along 4 km of walking and choose where to spend your time.
- See and do
Things to see
205 places to explore within 12 km, plus 1 place to eat and 0 places to stay on the map.
- Castles and their stories
Castle days around Kilkenny City
Choose a castle to explore, with its history, photographs, a map and practical visiting details.
- Street by street
Every street
10 named streets to browse. Start with Kells Road, with 6 mapped places.
- The local picture
About Kells
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Getting to Kells
1 line calls at 2 stops in Kells, run by TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow. That list does not change with the date. What does change is which of them runs on the day you are going, and that, with the walk at each end, is worked out when you ask for it.
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Plan a journey to Kells from anywhere, on any date the timetable covers.
Explore Kells by category
Find somewhere to eat, a place to visit or an everyday service. Search or choose a theme to explore places in and around Kells.
30 of 30 categories to explore
Things to see
A lake to linger beside, a castle to explore or a museum for a rainy afternoon. Find places for a day out.
- Abbeys, 1 mapped place in and around Kells
- Attractions, 2 mapped places in and around Kells
- Castles, 22 mapped places in and around Kells
- Gardens, 7 mapped places in and around Kells
- High crosses, 2 mapped places in and around Kells
- Hills, 1 mapped place in and around Kells
- Historic churches, 25 mapped places in and around Kells
- Historic houses, 2 mapped places in and around Kells
- Holy wells, 27 mapped places in and around Kells
- Information boards, 4 mapped places in and around Kells
- Lakes, 3 mapped places in and around Kells
- Monuments, 29 mapped places in and around Kells
- Museums, 2 mapped places in and around Kells
- Nature reserves, 1 mapped place in and around Kells
- Parks, 7 mapped places in and around Kells
- Picnic sites, 1 mapped place in and around Kells
- Playgrounds, 3 mapped places in and around Kells
- Ringforts and sites, 50 mapped places in and around Kells
- Ruins, 6 mapped places in and around Kells
- Shrines, 3 mapped places in and around Kells
- Woods, 4 mapped places in and around Kells
Food and drink
Coffee on the way, lunch in town or a pub for the evening. Choose a kind of place, then find it locally.
Shops
Everyday essentials, independent shops and places for a haircut. See what is mapped in your town.
Community
The places that bring a town together, including schools, libraries, places of worship and community facilities.
Motoring
Find fuel, repairs and other motoring services before your next journey.
More kinds of place
Looking for something more specific? Browse the remaining categories, including specialist shops, facilities and services.
Explore 2 more categories
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Kells and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Famous Horses of Kells20 mMonuments
- Kells Priory Mill Museum330 mMuseums
- 350 m
- Kells Augustinian Priory450 mRingforts and sites
- Water Tower450 mCastles
- Infirmary460 mRuins
- Chapter House480 mRuins
- North Transept480 mHistoric churches
- Kells Augustinian Priory490 mAttractions
- Our Lady's Chapel490 mHistoric churches
- Prior's Tower490 mCastles
- Priory Church500 mHistoric churches
Useful along the way
Find information boards, waymarks and visitor advice in their own categories.
The busiest streets
Of the 10 named streets the map records, these carry the most.
- Kells Road6 placesR697
- Stoneyford Road3 placesL1023
- Church Road2 placesL1027
- Creamery Road1 placeR697
- Haggard Road1 placeL1026
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