North Kilkenny Cycle Loop

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Loop Walk · Kilkenny

250

about 2 h 8 min riding

Moderate

23.9 km

Loop

2 hours

600 m

300 m

0 m

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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.

Navigate to the start

Weather at the start

Rolling ride

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

175 m

Drop

176 m

Highest

151 m

Lowest

47 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: 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 4.6–5.8, from 81 m to 121 m.

How the 25.0 km splits

Flat

18.4 km

Climbing

3.1 km

Descending

3.4 km

Link it with other walks

North Kilkenny Cycle Route

Starts here too · Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 13.4

80.5 km

East Kilkenny Cycle Route

Starts here too

62.6 km

South Kilkenny Cycle Loop

Starts here too

43.1 km

Challenges on this ride

The Medieval Mile: Kilkenny From Castle to Cathedral

At km 0.0 · 391 m off the route · history

275 XP

Kilkenny: Cave of the Dead and the Witch's Inn

At km 0.0 · 358 m off the route · history

275 XP

Kilkenny Craft & Smithwick's

At km 0.6 · 310 m off the route · food

225 XP

Dunmore Cave: The Viking Massacre of 928

At km 11.3 · 336 m off the route · history

225 XP

Campsites near the start

Here

0.6 km from the start · 4.3★ (6)

Tree Grove

1.7 km from the start · 4.6★ (577)

Nore Valley Park

10.3 km from the start · 4.3★ (1167)

Malzard’s RV Park & Camp

12.7 km from the start · 5.0★ (4)