County WicklowA loop

Glen Beach Cliff Walk

Glen Beach Cliff Walk is a waymarked loop in County Wicklow, 3.4 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws, marked with green arrow on white background.

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3.7 km

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3.4 km

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Distance: 3.7 km as the map’s own distance tag has it3.4 km measured along the line the map draws
Climb: 110 m as the map records it. This site does not measure climb.
Shape: A loop, back to where it started
Waymarked: Green arrow on white backgroundAs the map records. Colour is never the only thing this page uses to tell routes apart.
Network: Local waymarked route
Managed by: Wicklow Municipal District
County: County Wicklow
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/17986808

The route will draw when you reach it.

Glen Beach Cliff Walk in dark green. The line is continuous as the map draws it.

Getting to Glen Beach Cliff Walk

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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

Glen Beach Cliff Walk is in Wicklow, County Wicklow. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Wicklow, 1.5 km 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 Wicklow Gao (135561), 1.1 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Wicklow Gao 1.1 km
buses 133 and 131
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Convent Road 1.3 km
buses 133, 131 and 183
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Wicklow Village 1.6 km
bus 183
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Rose Hill 1.7 km
buses 133, 131 and 183
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Grand Hotel 1.8 km
buses 133, 131, 740A, 740 and UM11
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Getting to Wicklow covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Glen Beach Cliff Walk?

The map records 3.7 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 3.4 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Glen Beach Cliff Walk start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 1.5 km from Wicklow, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

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/17986808, 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.