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Ladies' Loop

Ladies' Loop is a waymarked loop in County Kilkenny, 3.1 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws, marked with blue arrow.

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3 km

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3.1 km

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Distance: 3 km as the map’s own distance tag has it3.1 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: A loop, back to where it started
Starts at: Inistioge River Gate, ending at Inistioge River Gate as the map records
Waymarked: blue arrowAs the map records. Colour is never the only thing this page uses to tell routes apart.
Network: Local waymarked route
Managed by: Ireland's Ancient East (Failte Ireland)
County: County Kilkenny
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/12700958

The route will draw when you reach it.

Ladies' Loop 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
Ladies' Loop	blue arrow	3 km	3.1 km	Loop
Woodstock Loop	red arrow	None	4.5 km	Loop
Nore Valley Way: Thomastown - Inistioge	green	None	11.7 km	One way

Getting to Ladies' 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

Ladies' Loop is in Inistioge, County Kilkenny. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Inistioge, 110 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 Inistioge (339951), 120 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Inistioge 120 m
bus 882
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Getting to Inistioge covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Ladies' Loop?

The map records 3 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 3.1 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Ladies' Loop start?

The map records the start as Inistioge River Gate and the end as Inistioge River Gate.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 3 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Ladies' Loop (blue) at 3.1 km, Woodstock Loop (red) at 4.5 km, Nore Valley Way: Thomastown - Inistioge (green) at 11.7 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.

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/12700958, 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.