How walkable is Clontarf?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Clontarf has a walkability score of 57 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Dublin, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
130 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Clontarf. The nearest grocery is Nolans Clontarf, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and parks. It is weakest for banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Kelly's Spar4 min
- Spar24 min
- Sandbar3 min
- Hemmingways Restaurant3 min
- The Gift Studio3 min
- Gilna Opticians3 min
- Insomnia Coffee Company8 min
- Tillie's Café21 min
- Crab Lake Green16 min
- St Gabriels Green17 min
- Little Squirrels Montessori10 min
- The Montessori Circle - Clontarf22 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Clontarf at 53.3608, -6.1969. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 41 street intersections per km², and blocks average 100 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Clontarf
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Clontarf. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dublin
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra | 4 km | 90 |
| Temple Bar | 4.7 km | 100 |
| Ballymun | 5.9 km | 85 |
| Clonskeagh | 6.7 km | 76 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Dublin page.
Questions about walking in Clontarf
Is Clontarf walkable?
Partly. Clontarf in Dublin has a walkability score of 57 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Clontarf more walkable than the rest of Dublin?
Clontarf is less walkable than Dublin as a whole: it scores 57, against 82 for the 5 km around Dublin's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Dublin neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Dublin?
Of the 5 Dublin neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Temple Bar (100), Drumcondra (90) and Ballymun (85).
How is the walkability score of Clontarf calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Clontarf it is the average of 47 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.