County Kilkenny

Lacken Walk

Lacken Walk is a waymarked route in County Kilkenny, 2.1 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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2 km

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2.1 km

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Distance: 2 km as the map’s own distance tag has it2.1 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
Starts at: Ossory Bridge, ending at John's Bridge as the map records
Network: Local waymarked route
Managed by: trailkilkenny (Kilkenny County Council)
County: County Kilkenny
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/14207295

The route will draw when you reach it.

Lacken Walk in dark green. The line comes in 5 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

Getting to Lacken 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

Lacken Walk is in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Kilkenny, 1.6 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 Gallowshill (14509), 190 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Gallowshill 190 m
buses 881, 882 and IW01
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Laurel Drive 650 m
bus KK1
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Leggetsrath 660 m
buses KK2 and 881
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Middleknock 760 m
buses KK2 and 881
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Archers Cres 780 m
bus KK1
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Getting to Kilkenny covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Lacken Walk?

The map records 2 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 2.1 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Lacken Walk start?

The map records the start as Ossory Bridge and the end as John's Bridge.

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/14207295, 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.