How walkable is Temple Bar?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Temple Bar has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Dublin, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,571 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Temple Bar. The nearest grocery is Fresh, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Tesco Express3 min
- SPAR3 min
- Gourmet Burger Kitchen1 min
- Teach na Céibhe1 min
- centra temple bar1 min
- Dublin Vintage Factory1 min
- McCafé1 min
- The Clockwork Door1 min
- AIB Bank4 min
- EBS Liffey Street5 min
- Dubh Linn Garden6 min
- Civic Gardens8 min
- High Schools International5 min
- Irish Film Board7 min
- National Photographic Archive3 min
- Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland3 min
- Feature Film School1 min
- The Temple Bar Music Centre2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Temple Bar at 53.3455, -6.2631. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 168 street intersections per km², and blocks average 70 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Temple Bar
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Temple Bar. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dublin
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra | 2.6 km | 90 |
| Clontarf | 4.7 km | 57 |
| Clonskeagh | 4.8 km | 76 |
| Ballymun | 5.5 km | 85 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Dublin page.
Questions about walking in Temple Bar
Is Temple Bar walkable?
Yes. Temple Bar in Dublin has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Temple Bar more walkable than the rest of Dublin?
Temple Bar is more walkable than Dublin as a whole: it scores 100, against 82 for the 5 km around Dublin's centre. It ranks 1st 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 Temple Bar 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 Temple Bar it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m 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.