--- title: "Finglas, Dublin walkability score: 85/100 · How Walkable" description: "Finglas in Dublin scores 85/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Dublin." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/finglas updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Ireland](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland) 3. [Dublin](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin) 4. Finglas # How walkable is Finglas, Dublin? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 85 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #14 of 20 in Dublin * 82 Dublin overall * 100 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=53.38917&lon=-6.29694&q=Finglas%2C%20Dublin) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * Iceland, 2 min * SuperValu, 3 min * Daybreak Finglas, 9 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Four Star Pizza Finglas, 1 min * Abrakebabra, 1 min * Kebab Magic, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * CeX, 1 min * Shoe Zone, 1 min * Dealz, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Costa Coffee, 2 min * Jamestown Social, 2 min * Proper 11, 2 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * AIB Bank, 2 min * Bank of Ireland, 2 min * Finglas Credit Union, 2 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Liam Mellowes Park, 9 min * Johnstown Park, 13 min * Tolka Valley Park, 19 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Rockford Manor Secondary School, 2 min * St Michael's Holy Faith Secondary School, 6 min * Gaelscoil Uí Earcáin, 8 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Argosy Books, 5 min * Castletymon Library, 6 min * Bookstation, 27 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.9 of 1 point * Dance Theatre Dublin, 6 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Finglas. 96% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 67, is 850 m to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/ireland/dublin/finglas.svg?v=306a2850fe4d) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods#phibsborough) | 3.6 km | 93 | | [Drumcondra](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/drumcondra) | 3.6 km | 90 | | [Stoneybatter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods#stoneybatter) | 4.3 km | 95 | | [Ballybough](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods#ballybough) | 4.6 km | 94 | | [Smithfield](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods#smithfield) | 4.7 km | 99 | | [Marino](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods#marino) | 4.9 km | 88 | | [North Strand](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods#north-strand) | 5 km | 95 | | [Temple Bar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/temple-bar) | 5.4 km | 100 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Dublin ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/ireland/dublin/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Finglas, Dublin?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.