County Kilkennyred waymarks

Captains Loop

Captains Loop is a waymarked route in County Kilkenny, 2.2 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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2.5 km

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2.2 km

measured on the map

Distance: 2.5 km as the map’s own distance tag has it2.2 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
County: County Kilkenny
Dogs: On a lead, as the map records
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/14139285

The route will draw when you reach it.

Captains Loop in red, with the other routes from the same place behind it in grey. The line is continuous as the map draws it.

The other routes from the same place

These start within eight hundred metres of the same point and share parts of their length. The arrows are what tell them apart on the ground, so each is named with its colour here rather than shown only in it.

Route	Waymark	Published	Measured	Shape
Captains Loop	red	2.5 km	2.2 km	One way
Ardra Loop	purple arrow	6 km	3.8 km	Loop

Getting to Captains Loop

About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works

Destination, access and nearby stops

Captains Loop is in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Castlecomer, 500 m from where the line begins, in a straight line. The journeys below are worked out to the start of the walk itself, so the last stretch is measured rather than left to you.

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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Discovery Pk (11284), 60 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Discovery Pk 60 m
bus 897
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Castlecomer 400 m
buses 897 and 838
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Getting to Castlecomer covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Captains Loop?

The map records 2.5 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 2.2 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Captains Loop start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 500 m from Castlecomer, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 2 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Captains Loop (red) at 2.2 km, Ardra Loop at 3.8 km. They share parts of their length and are told apart by the arrows, so the one you follow is the one whose colour you keep to.

Is it open today?

This page holds no closure notice for it, which is not the same as knowing it is open. Cliff paths and forest routes close after storms and during works, and those notices are published by the operator rather than on the map. The link above goes to whoever manages it.

Where this comes from

The route: The line, the name, the colour and the waymark are the OpenStreetMap relation relation/14139285, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here: The measured distance, whether the line is continuous, which settlement is nearest the start and every distance on this page are this site’s own calculations from that relation, last built on 2026-09-20. No climb is measured here, and no time is estimated: a walking time appears only where an operator publishes one.