How walkable is Finglas, Dublin?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Finglas has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 14th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Dublin, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
398 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Finglas. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- SuperValu, 3 min
- Daybreak Finglas, 9 min
Restaurants & bars
- Abrakebabra, 1 min
- Kebab Magic, 1 min
Shopping
- Shoe Zone, 1 min
- Dealz, 1 min
Coffee
- Jamestown Social, 2 min
- Proper 11, 2 min
Banks
- Bank of Ireland, 2 min
- Finglas Credit Union, 2 min
Parks
- Johnstown Park, 13 min
- Tolka Valley Park, 19 min
Schools
- St Michael's Holy Faith Secondary School, 6 min
- Gaelscoil Uí Earcáin, 8 min
Books & libraries
- Castletymon Library, 6 min
- Bookstation, 27 min
Culture & entertainment
- ODEON Charlestown, 28 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Finglas, Dublin at 53.3892, -6.2969. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 82 street intersections per km², and blocks average 98 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Finglas, Dublin
- 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 Finglas, Dublin. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dublin
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Phibsborough | 3.6 km | 93 |
| Drumcondra | 3.6 km | 90 |
| Stoneybatter | 4.3 km | 95 |
| Ballybough | 4.6 km | 94 |
| Smithfield | 4.7 km | 99 |
| Marino | 4.9 km | 88 |
| North Strand | 5 km | 95 |
| Temple Bar | 5.4 km | 100 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Dublin ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Finglas, Dublin
Is Finglas walkable?
Yes. Finglas in Dublin has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Finglas more walkable than the rest of Dublin?
Finglas is more walkable than Dublin as a whole: it scores 85, against 82 for the 5 km around Dublin's centre. It is the 14th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Dublin on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Dublin?
Of the 20 Dublin neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Temple Bar (100), Smithfield (99) and North Wall (97).
How is the walkability score of Finglas 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 Finglas it is the average of 61 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. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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