The Wicklow Way is one of the best-known and most popular waymarked routes in Ireland – right outside Dublin and leading through an astonishing landscape with lush woods, waterfalls and high, windswept bogs.
The Wicklow Way in a Nutshell
- Route: Dublin – Knockree – Laragh – Glendalough – Tal von Glenmalure – Drumgoff – Aghavannagh – Tinahely – Shillelagh – Clonegall
- Length: 127 km
- Duration: 7 Days (or more)
- Difficulty: Changing, but managable for those with hillwalking experience, some strenous parts.
- Markings: Can be a bit hit and miss due to neglect and vandalism.
- Maps: Get the Wicklow Way Map Guide by Barry Dalby (EastWest Mapping)
Route of the Wicklow Way
- Marlay Park to Knockree - 21 km - 7 Hours
- Knockree to Roundwood - 18 km - 6–7 Hours
- Roundwood to Laragh (Glendalough) - 12 km - 4 Hours
- Laragh to Glenmalure - 14 km - 4–5 Hours
- Glenmalure to Moyne - 21 km - 7 Hours
- Moyne to Shillelagh - 21 km - 7 Hours
- Shillelagh bis Clonegall - 19 km - 6 Hours

