Wicklow Head LighthouseThe octagonal tower of 1781 stands on the headland south of Wicklow town, with a cliff walk out to it.
Museum
Wicklow Gaol
Wicklow town, County Wicklow
The eighteenth century county gaol on the hill above the town is open as a museum.
- Where
- Wicklow town, County Wicklow
- Official site
- wicklowgaol.ie
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Wicklow Head LighthouseThe octagonal tower of 1781 stands on the headland south of Wicklow town, with a cliff walk out to it.
Mount Usher GardensTwenty acres along the Vartry river, planted informally in the wild garden style.
Brittas BayFive kilometres of sand behind a dune system, and the main beach on the Wicklow coast.
Avondale House and Forest ParkCharles Stewart Parnell's home, in five hundred acres of forest with a treetop walk and a slide in the grounds.
GlendaloughGlendalough fills a glacial valley, with a round tower, a gateway and two lakes above it.
Wicklow Mountains National ParkOver 20,000 hectares of blanket bog, heath and upland woodland across the middle of the county.More in Wicklow
Powerscourt House and GardensHouse and gardens · EnniskerryTerraced gardens stepping down from a Palladian house towards the Sugar Loaf, with a walled garden and a pet cemetery.
Powerscourt WaterfallWaterfall · EnniskerryIreland's highest waterfall drops 121 metres, in parkland a few kilometres from the main estate.
Lough TayLake · RoundwoodThe lake is dark with a white sand beach at one end of it, seen from a pull in on the Sally Gap road.
Great Sugar LoafMountain · KilmacanogueThe quartzite cone stands over the N11. You can be up and down inside an hour from the car park.
Bray HeadWalk · BrayThe hill at the south end of the promenade, with a cross on top and a path up from the town. The cliff walk round to Greystones has been closed since 2021 after landslides and stays closed for years yet.
Sally GapViewpoint · RoundwoodA crossroads at five hundred metres on the old Military Road, with open bog in every direction from it.
Russborough HouseHouse and gardens · BlessingtonA long Palladian house above the Blessington lakes, holding the Beit art collection.
Killruddery House and GardensHouse and gardens · BrayThe house sits under Bray Head with seventeenth century gardens, twin canals and a hedged bowling green.