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Glendalough.
Gleann Dá Loch
A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Glendalough, with local places and the journey there on one map.
37 mapped places to explore.
3 bus and train lines in the published timetable.
Explore Glendalough
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Glendalough is a village in County Wicklow. The map names 37 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 3 streets. 3 bus and train lines call at 5 stops here in the published timetable.
Your guide to Glendalough.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Glendalough
3 scheduled lines from St. Kevin's Bus Service and TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow. Choose your starting point, travel date and time to find a connection.
- Mapped stops
- 1
- Mapped car parks
- 4
- 9 stops on foot
Glendalough in a day
Explore Glendalough with a suggested walking itinerary. See the stops along 5.4 km of walking and choose where to spend your time.
- See and do
Things to see
158 places to explore within 12 km, plus 3 places to eat and 5 places to stay on the map.
- Castles and their stories
Castle days around Dublin City
Choose a castle to explore, with its history, photographs, a map and practical visiting details.
- Street by street
Every street
3 named streets to browse. Start with Wicklow Way, with 2 mapped places.
- The local picture
About Glendalough
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Ideas for a day around here
Getting to Glendalough
3 lines call at 5 stops in Glendalough, run by St. Kevin's Bus Service and TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow. That list does not change with the date. What does change is which of them runs on the day you are going, and that, with the walk at each end, is worked out when you ask for it.
- 181
- 183
- 895
Plan a journey to Glendalough from anywhere, on any date the timetable covers.
Explore Glendalough by category
Find somewhere to eat, a place to visit or an everyday service. Search or choose a theme to explore places in and around Glendalough.
31 of 31 categories to explore
Things to see
A lake to linger beside, a castle to explore or a museum for a rainy afternoon. Find places for a day out.
- Abbeys, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Attractions, 3 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Beaches, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Cathedrals, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- High crosses, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Hills, 62 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Historic churches, 5 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Holy wells, 2 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Information boards, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Lakes, 15 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Monuments, 12 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Museums, 2 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Nature reserves, 2 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Parks, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Playgrounds, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Ringforts and sites, 4 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Ruins, 31 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Shrines, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Tourist offices, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Viewpoints, 4 mapped places in and around Glendalough
- Waymarks and guideposts, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
- Woods, 1 mapped place in and around Glendalough
Food and drink
Coffee on the way, lunch in town or a pub for the evening. Choose a kind of place, then find it locally.
Shops
Everyday essentials, independent shops and places for a haircut. See what is mapped in your town.
Places to stay
Find a base for your next few days, from hotels and guest houses to camping and self-catering stays.
Community
The places that bring a town together, including schools, libraries, places of worship and community facilities.
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Glendalough and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Gateway20 mRuins
- Glendalough100 mAbbeys
- Glendalough Cathedral110 mCathedrals
- Saint Kevin's Cross130 mHigh crosses
- Priests' House140 mHistoric churches
- Glendalough Visitor Centre160 mMuseums
- St Kieran's Church170 mHistoric churches
- The Deer Stone220 mRingforts and sites
- St. Mary's220 mHistoric churches
- Glendalough Monastic240 mViewpoints
- Trinity Church410 mHistoric churches
- Lower Lake540 mLakes
Useful along the way
Find information boards, waymarks and visitor advice in their own categories.
The busiest streets
Of the 3 named streets the map records, these carry the most.
- Wicklow Way2 placestrack
- Saint Kevin's Way2 placestrack