Walks around Dublin
Created | Updated Oct 29, 2019
Including Wicklow and Kildare
| Title | Route | Type | Walk # | Distance km | Ascent m | Date | Dur1 | Walkers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMW 1 | Shankill to Scalp | Linear | 1 | 7.1 | 245 | 27/10/2014 | 1:46 | M | |
| Fairy Castle | Glencullen to Pine Forest | Linear | 1 | 2 | 10.7 | 286 | 02/11/2014 | 3:09 | M H E |
| 2 | 18 | 10.7 | 287 | 09/09/2015 | 2:42 | M | |||
| 3 | 28 | 10.8 | 288 | 17/04/2016 | 3:48 | M H E D B U M22 | |||
| 4 | 35 | 10.6 | 287 | 17/04/2017 | 3:05 | M E | |||
| Chimney | Shankill, Ballycorus Chimney, Scalp, Carrigolligan | Go, Loop and Return | 1 | 3 | 11.9 | 309 | 29/12/2014 | 3:51 | M H E |
| 2 | 7 | 11.9 | 312 | 15/03/2015 | 3:47 | M E DB PB Br | |||
| 3 | 20 | 12.7 | 311 | 25/10/2015 | 3:34 | M E D | |||
| 4 | 22 | 12.0 | 301 | 31/12/2015 | 3:18 | C A | |||
| 5 | 29 | 12.1 | 311 | 02/05/2016 | 3:20 | P D | |||
| 6 | 32 | 12.3 | 309 | 03/08/2016 | 4:13 | M D P A32 R M4 M41 B U P21 M22 | |||
| 7 | 53 | 12.1 | 30/06/2019 | 3:54 | M E D | ||||
| Greystones to Bray Coastal Path, One Way | Linear, return by rail | 4 | 9.1 | 142 | 01/02/2015 | 2:00 | M | ||
| Lighthouse | Sandymount Strand to Poolbeg Lighthouse | Linear return | 1 | 5 | 11.4 | 31 | 08/02/2015 | 3:14 | M H E P N DB PB Br Mau |
| 2 | 21 | 11.5 | 28 | 27/12/2015 | 2:44 | M P D | |||
| 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 28 | 26/03/2017 | 3:25 | M E | |||
| 4 | 45 | 11.7 | 22/04/2018 | 3:10 | M H | ||||
| 5 | 54 | 12.2 | 27/10/2019 | M E | |||||
| The Metals | Dun Laoghaire to Killiney via coast, back via Dalkey Quarry and the Metals. | Loop | 1 | 6 | 11.8 | 159 | 01/03/2015 | 2:57 | M H E N P |
| 2 | 53 | 12.4 | 163 | 12/05/2019 | 3:40 | M E | |||
| Massy's | Massy's Wood and Cruagh Forest | Loop | 1 | 8 | 11.6 | 330 | 22/03/2015 | 3:38 | M E D P N |
| 2 | 26 | 11.6 | 313 | 28/03/2016 | 3:00 | M D | |||
| 3 | 36 | 11.1 | 321 | 01/05/2017 | 3:16 | M E H | |||
| 4 | 42 | 11.2 | 28/01/2018 | M C A | |||||
| 5 | 51 | 11.5 | 327 | 09/09/2018 | 03:22 | E H D | |||
| Waterfall | Crone Woods, Ride Rock, Glensroulan, Djouce Woods | Linear | 1 | 9 | 9.1 | 313 | 04/04/2015 | 2:21 | M |
| 2 | 30 | 10.72 | 351 | 29/05/2016 | 3:15 | M H E D U | |||
| 3 | 46 | 9.1 | 323 | 10/06/2018 | 2:35 | M E H | |||
| Lowtown | Robertstown/Lowtown Canal Walk | Loop | 10 | 14.8 | 36 | 06/04/2015 | 3:59 | M E P N D DB PB Sim | |
| Crone Woods, Ride Rock, Glensroulan, Djouce Woods, Ballyremon Commons, Sugar Loaf | Linear | 11 | 14.9 | 475 | 19/04/2015 | 5:03 | M H D | ||
| Corbally Line | Corbally Harbour to Sallins | Linear | 1 | 12 | 14.1 | 29 | 04/05/2015 | 3:45 | D P B U |
| 2 | 19 | 14.3 | 28 | 04/10/2015 | 3:30 | M E D | |||
| 3 | 33 | 14.33 | 21 | 30/10/2016 | M E D B U Ph | ||||
| 4 | 52 | 13.8 | 21 | 07/10/2018 | M H D L | ||||
| Howth Inner Loop | Loop | 13 | 10.0 | 21/06/2015 | M I E P N | ||||
| Cloghoge Valley | Cloghoge Valley | Loop | 14 | 10.7 | 312 | 12/07/2015 | 2:40 | M D | |
| Bohernabreena | Bohernabreena Reservoir Loop | Go, Loop and Return | 15 | 9.2 | 106 | 03/08/2015 | 1:54 | M | |
| 23 | 9.0 | 110 | 24/01/2016 | 1:51 | M | ||||
| 43 | 9.0 | 11/02/2018 | M | ||||||
| DMW 3 | Cruagh Car Park to Bohernabreena Reservoirs Car Park | Linear | 16 | 13.3 | 132 | 30/08/2015 | 3:59 | M B U | |
| Bray Head | Bray Head Loop, starting at Greystones | Go, Loop and Return | 17 | 15.3 | 335 | 05/09/2015 | 4:22 | M P | |
| 24 | 28/02/2016 | M E H D | |||||||
| Howth Head | Howth Cliff Walk and Bog of Frogs | Loop | 25 | 12.5 | 241 | 20/03/2016 | 3:35 | M D | |
| 37 | 12.2 | 241 | 07/05/2017 | 3:48 | M E | ||||
| Two Piers | Dun Laoghaire Two Piers | Linear return | 27 | 9.0 | 31 | 03/04/2016 | 1:54 | M D | |
| 38 | 9.8 | 34 | 25/06/2017 | 2:33 | M E | ||||
| 44 | 9.0 | Mar/Apr 2018 | M | ||||||
| 49 | 9.5 | 40 | 10/07/2018 | 2:18 | M H | ||||
| Spinc Boardwalk | Glendalough: Spinc and Glenealo | Loop | 31 | 9.5 | 395 | 03/07/2016 | 3:41 | M H E D | |
| Bull Wall | Clontarf Promenade and Bull Wall | Linear Return | 39 | 8.7 | 01/08/2017 | 2:27 | M E H | ||
| 47 | 8.8 | 11 | 19/06/2018 | 2:01 | M E H | ||||
| Tinahely Loop | Tinahely Loop: Railway Walk and Wicklow Way | Loop | 40 | 24.0 | 432 | 26/08/2017 | 6:36 | M E H | |
| Blessington Greenway | Blessington: Avon Rí to Russborough | Linear Return | 41 | 12.1 | 86 | 15/10/2017 | 2:52 | M H P I | |
| Harbour to Harbour | Dun Laoghaire Harbour to Howth Harbour | Linear, return by rail | 50 | 24.7 | 65 | 28/08/2018 | 6:11 | M E H D |
Bray Head Loop
The loop is about 6km. If you start at the carpark in Greystones, it is 4.5km to the start of the loop so this adds a round trip of 9km to the journey making 15km. If you start in the Car Park at the bottom of the old chair lift, it is only 6km all together.
6 is a bit short while 15 is quite long.
Park in the DART car park. Turn left as you go into the car park and go as far to the left as possible. There's a pedestrian exit from the car park there.
Walking north, take the second arch under the railway bridge, and follow the coast until you get to the harbour. At the Harbour Café, turn right along the path marked Bray Cliff Walk.
Follow the Cliff Walk for about 3 kilometres?? Path goes through fields, then there's a wiggle and it is among trees. After another 1km???, you'll see a stone wall on the left, and the path moves away from the wall, then bends back towards it. You'll see a gap in the wall with a footpath heading up the hill, and a sign beside the gap telling you about local wildlife. Take the path up the hill.
This path goes straight until it reaches a house on the left and a gate in front of you. Just before the gate, the path swings sharp to the right and continues to climb the hill. This path starts out quite big but gradually gets smaller and harder to follow. Try to keep as straight as possible. When the path reaches the rocky area at the top of the head it is very difficult to find, but keep as straight as possible and you can't go far wrong. You will need to scramble over the rocks to the top of the hill. At the top of the head, it meets a much bigger road. Follow this road north (to the right) as far as the concrete cross (1.4km).
After admiring the the view from the cross, go back on your tracks about 10m, then take the path down the hill towards Bray. This winds its way down through the woods and can be quite steep in places. Generations of sightseers have used this path and as a result it splits up and rejoins many times, but it shouldb't be too hard to find. Eventually it becomes a surfaced path with steps that brings you through a gap in a wall onto the cliff path. If you want, you can add a couple of kilometres to the walk by talking a detour here down to Bray for refreshments and back.
Turn right onto the cliff path and follow it back towards Greystones and the car.
Some More Walks
- Waterfall: Crone to Djouce Woods
- Dodder: Upstream
- Lowtown Canal Loop
- Shankill to Scalp Loop
- The Fairy Castle
