County Dublin

Howth Cliff Walk

Howth Cliff Walk is a waymarked route in County Dublin, 10.8 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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10.8 km

as this site, measured along the drawn line has it

10.8 km

measured on the map

Distance: Nobody publishes one that this site has found10.8 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
Network: Local waymarked route
County: County Dublin
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/450291

The route will draw when you reach it.

Howth Cliff Walk in dark green, with the other routes from the same place behind it in grey. The line comes in 5 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

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
Howth Cliff Walk	Not recorded	None	10.8 km	One way
Howth Tramline Loop	Blue arrow on white background	7 km	6.7 km	Loop
Howth Cliff Path Loop	Green arrow on white background	6 km	7.5 km	Loop
Howth Black Linn Loop	Red arrow on white background	8 km	7.7 km	Loop

Getting to Howth Cliff Walk

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

Howth Cliff Walk is in Howth, County Dublin. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Howth, 710 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 Howth Station (579), 20 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Howth Station 20 m
bus H3
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Howth 30 m
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Howth Harbour 280 m
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Howth Castle 330 m
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Howth Abbey 560 m
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Getting to Howth covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Howth Cliff Walk?

Measured along the line OpenStreetMap draws, 10.8 km. No published figure has been found for it.

Where does Howth Cliff Walk start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 710 m from Howth, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 4 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Howth Cliff Walk at 10.8 km, Howth Tramline Loop (blue) at 6.7 km, Howth Cliff Path Loop (green) at 7.5 km, Howth Black Linn Loop (red) at 7.7 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.

Why is the line broken on the map?

The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 5 pieces, which means the ways somebody drew for it do not meet end to end. The gaps are left as gaps here rather than bridged with a straight line, because a line drawn across a gap is an invitation to walk where there is no path. On the ground the route is almost certainly continuous; the map is what is incomplete.

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/450291, 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.