Cliff Walk sunrise by Adrian Hendroff
t’s just about the most beautiful stretch of the legs you’re going to find in 
Wicklow – and that’s saying something.
t’s just about the most beautiful stretch of the legs you’re going to find in 
Wicklow – and that’s saying something.Covering roughly four miles between Greystones to That Other Place, this life-enhancing walk takes about one and a half hours to cover – and along the way, The Cliff Walk will take your breath away.
Actually, this is a relatively breezy walk, as you echo the railway line – built between 1847 and 1856 – along some of 
Ireland’s most stunning, rugged coastline, with the path hugging the nearly 800-foot Bray Head, each corner revealing ever more stunning scenery.
Ireland’s most stunning, rugged coastline, with the path hugging the nearly 800-foot Bray Head, each corner revealing ever more stunning scenery. And those beautiful low stone walls, flowering yellow gorse and shoulder-height ferns will guide you along views of stunning slate cliffs and fifty shades of blue looking back across Dublin Bay to the north or Kilcoole, Wicklow and beyond to the south.
You can find out a little bit about The Cliff Walk history here, take a snow-covered walk there with Joe Redmond here, and take a walk with GG on a beautifully sunny February day along the path right here. You can also check out Fáilte Ireland’s take on The Cliff Walk here. Oh, and if you’re in a hurry, here’s a funky, short drone ride, taken from above 
on Saturday, April 16th 2016. And if all that doesn’t exhaust you, go Take A Hike here.
You can find out a little bit about The Cliff Walk history
on Saturday, April 16th 2016
In the meantime, enjoy this collection of photographs, postcards and paintings below of one of the finest fitness course in the world. But not before you get an education from this rather fine 2011 documentary…
Cliff Walk Magic Lantern Slide Photo. Source: ebay
Cliff Walk photo 1870s. Source ebay
Same guy, most likely the French lad doing selfies…
The Cliff Walk Signal Postcard 1924. Source ebay
The Cliff Walk vintage postard. Source ebay
Cliff Walk by Caroline Galligan
Cliff Walk 18th Feb 2016 Pic: Pablo Photography
Cliff Walk’s natural arch c.1920
Cliff Walk Valentine Postcard
Same as it ever was…
Cliff Walk Ponies
Cliff Walk 1950s postcard
Brandy Hole tunnel postcard. Source Unknown
Cliff Walk 1950s postcard
Cliff Walk Postcard
Vintage Cliff Walk postcard
Cliff Walk going in the right direction
Cliff Walk First Railway – Bridge Disaster
Cliff Walk gets a little dangerous 11JAN96
Dart Bray Head Cliff Walk Pic Nicky Cox June 2016
Cliff Walk 16APR16
Summer 2014 Pic: Pablo Photography
Aerial Shot 2002
Bray Head Cliff Walk Postcard. Source: ebay
Cliff Walk 1913
The Cliff Walk. Source: Carte de Visite
Cliff Walk c1910
Abe Lincoln swings by. We reckon. Colourised by GG. Cliff Walk Health & Safety. Pensive.
Clearer, cleaner… NLI
Higher ground. NLI.
Full steam ahead to Greystones…
Tunnel second vision
Take The A Train 18FEB16 Pablo Photography
The Game Of Death years
Cliff Walk, with the old Brabazon tunnel on the right.
Lord Meath’s old bridge
Come away with us… Source: Adventure Holidays
Pic: makeupmiraclesonline
From above…
Heart Of Glass by Robert Madden
1 comment
Bravo to all involved in the community effort to re-open the Cliff Walk. Having looked through the historical photos I was disappointed to see no photos or mention of Naylors Cove swimming baths where many youngsters of Bray, myself included, learned to swim, in my case as a pupil at Aravon School.
I admire the collective enthusiasm to re-open the walk, and am sure that it will happen sooner than later.
My grandfather was Frank Bethell, owner of the Bray Head Hotel, and I’m sure he would have strongly supported this initiative. In fact I am certain that if he was still around it would never have closed in the first place. Onwards and upwards!