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East Kilkenny Cycle Route

Loop Walk · Kilkenny

550

XP

about 5 h 42 min riding

Challenging
62.6 km
Loop
4 hours
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Rolling ride

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

620 m

Drop

624 m

Highest

157 m

Lowest

4 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 10.5 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: Easy first 10.0 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.

Main climb: km 10.5–13.6, from 27 m to 156 m.

How the 62.5 km splits

Flat

40.5 km

Climbing

11.1 km

Descending

10.9 km

Link it with other walks

South Kilkenny Cycle Loop

Starts here too · Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 32.8

43.1 km

O'Gormans Lane

Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 34.7

4.4 km

South Leinster Way

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 9.8, 54.0, 55.1

103.6 km

North Kilkenny Cycle Route

Starts here too

80.5 km

North Kilkenny Cycle Loop

Starts here too

23.9 km

Brandon Hill Loop

Crosses at km 9.8

15.7 km

Nore Valley Walk - Kilkenny to Bennetsbridge Section

Crosses at km 36.2

8.2 km

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