The National Transport Authority (NTA) has published a new Active Travel map highlighting the network of walking, running and cycling routes connecting the Glanmire area, Little Island, Glounthaune and Carrigtwohill.
Link HERE
Someone can now walk or run from Riverstown to Carrigtwohill without having to go on busy public roads. This is a huge change from say a decade ago.
You'll notice the two signs in purple which show upcoming upgrades to the network which will extend it to Cork City and Midleton.
The heat map above from Strava shows the routes that were popular with runners in the last week (Start Oct 2026). You can see that people are running alongside the Glashaboy River from Glanmire and down east towards Glounthaune.
A much smaller number of runners are using the paths next to the Lower Glanmire Road (red arrow) from Tivoli to the Dunkettle roundabout.
When I examined the equivalent map for walkers, there is a lot less traffic and most walkers stay closer to the population centres in Glanmire and Glounthaune.
All that will change in the future however when the Tivoli Docks will be developed into a residential area. There will be a projected 14000 people living there and the new active travel routes will be their local paths for walking, running and cycling.
The heat map above from Strava shows the routes that were popular with runners in the last week (Start Oct 2026) between Carrigtwohill and Midleton. The railway line is currently being widened from one to two tracks and the new active travel route will run alongside this.
At the moment, there really is no safe walking or running route between the two towns and the new route will change this.
I looked at the equivalent Strava map for walkers and it shows much the same picture but the activity is more concentrated near the towns.
These projects seem to move at a glacial pace so it's likely that by say 2033, there will be a complete safe walking, running and cycling route from Cork City to Youghal.
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