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Windgap.
Bearna na Gaoithe
A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Windgap, with local places and the journey there on one map.
19 mapped places to explore.
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Explore Windgap
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Windgap is a village in County Kilkenny. The map names 19 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 3 streets. No stop here appears in the national timetable at all.
Your guide to Windgap.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Windgap
Explore driving and walking directions, and check nearby transport options. No local stop is listed in the available timetable.
- Mapped stops
- 1
- Mapped car parks
- 0
- 5 stops on foot
Windgap in an afternoon
Explore Windgap with a suggested walking itinerary. See the stops along 8.1 km of walking and choose where to spend your time.
- See and do
Things to see
176 places to explore within 12 km, plus 2 places 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
3 named streets to browse. Start with School Lane, with 6 mapped places.
- The local picture
About Windgap
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Getting to Windgap
No stop within 2 km of Windgap appears in the national timetable. Services that run on demand do not always file a published schedule, so that is not the same as saying there is no way in. The Getting to Windgap page will still work out driving and walking, and will name the nearest stop that is in the timetable.
Explore Windgap 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 Windgap.
26 of 26 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.
- Attractions, 1 mapped place in and around Windgap
- Castles, 12 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Gardens, 2 mapped places in and around Windgap
- High crosses, 4 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Hills, 12 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Historic churches, 18 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Historic houses, 2 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Holy wells, 21 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Information boards, 2 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Lakes, 1 mapped place in and around Windgap
- Monuments, 14 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Museums, 1 mapped place in and around Windgap
- Parks, 3 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Playgrounds, 1 mapped place in and around Windgap
- Ringforts and sites, 74 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Ruins, 1 mapped place in and around Windgap
- Shrines, 2 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Waymarks and guideposts, 2 mapped places in and around Windgap
- Woods, 2 mapped places in and around Windgap
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.
Sport and leisure
Make room for a swim, a workout or time outdoors. Explore mapped sport and leisure facilities.
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Windgap and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Saint Nicholas' Chapel130 mHistoric churches
- Chapel Rock210 mHills
- Thimble Well540 mHoly wells
- Carricknagappul610 mHills
- Butlerswood Ringfort1.8 kmRingforts and sites
- Oldcastle Castle (site of)1.8 kmRingforts and sites
- Tubberavawsheen1.9 kmHoly wells
- Frankfort East Ringfort (rath)1.9 kmRingforts and sites
- Frankfort Castle2.1 kmCastles
- Garryhaloo Rath2.2 kmRingforts and sites
- Kiltrassy Church2.2 kmHistoric churches
- Tobernagloigín2.4 kmHoly wells
Useful along the way
Find information boards, waymarks and visitor advice in their own categories.
The busiest streets
Of the 3 named streets the map records, these carry the most.
- School Lane6 placesL1033
- Frankfort Road1 placeunclassified
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