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Glendalough Blue Route

Glendalough Blue Route is a waymarked loop in County Wicklow, 3.6 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws, marked with blue arrow on white background.

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5.5 km

as the map's own distance tag has it

3.6 km

measured on the map

Distance: 5.5 km as the map’s own distance tag has it3.6 km measured along the line the map draws
Climb: 300 m as the map records it. This site does not measure climb.
Shape: A loop, back to where it started
Waymarked: blue arrow on white backgroundAs the map records. Colour is never the only thing this page uses to tell routes apart.
Network: Local waymarked route
County: County Wicklow
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/19343494

The route will draw when you reach it.

Glendalough Blue Route in blue, 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
Glendalough Blue Route	blue arrow on white background	5.5 km	3.6 km	Loop
Glendalough Pink Route	pink	1.6 km	1.5 km	Loop
Glendalough Green Route	green	3 km	2.5 km	One way
Glendalough Grey Route	Not recorded	4 km	4.4 km	Loop
Glendalough Orange Route	orange	8 km	7.1 km	One way
Glendalough White Route	white	9.5 km	8.5 km	Loop
Glendalough Red Route	red	11.5 km	10.2 km	One way

Getting to Glendalough Blue Route

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

Glendalough Blue Route is in Glendalough, County Wicklow. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Glendalough, 1.9 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 Glendalough (12012), 2.0 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Glendalough 2.0 km
buses 183, 895 and 181
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Getting to Glendalough covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Glendalough Blue Route?

The map records 5.5 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 3.6 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Glendalough Blue Route start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 1.9 km from Glendalough, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 7 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Glendalough Blue Route (blue) at 3.6 km, Glendalough Pink Route (pink) at 1.5 km, Glendalough Green Route (green) at 2.5 km, Glendalough Grey Route at 4.4 km, Glendalough Orange Route (orange) at 7.1 km, Glendalough White Route (white) at 8.5 km, Glendalough Red Route (red) at 10.2 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/19343494, 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.