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pedestrianised street · L5143 · $Galway, County Galway

High Street

High Street is the L5143, a pedestrianised street in Galway, 414 m south-west of Eyre Square. It runs 100 m from Quay Street to Shop Street, about 1 minute on foot end to end. It has 32 named places on the map: 6 gift shops, 4 pubs, 3 clothes shops and 3 hairdressers and more.

Type
Pedestrianised street (L5143)
Length
100 m of mapped road
From Eyre Square
414 m south-west
Joins
Cross Street Lower, Cross Street Upper, Mainguard Street, Quay Street, Shop Street
Runs
from Quay Street to Shop Street
Nearest bus stop
Jury's Hotel, 150 m away
Parking
1 car park on the street: Spanish Arch Car Park
Density
32 named places over 100 m, 32 per 100 m
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Plan of High Street and the streets around it, with its named places marked

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Plan of the streetPlan of High Street and the streets around it, with its named places marked

A walk along High Street

Start at the Quay Street end and walk towards Shop Street: 6 gift shops, 4 pubs, 3 clothes shops, 3 hairdressers, 2 cafés and 2 confectionery and more share the 100 m. 8 of the 32 places on the street have opening hours on record, and 5 of them open on Sundays. There is parking on the street: Spanish Arch Car Park.

What is on High Street

6 gift shops, 4 pubs, 3 clothes shops, 3 hairdressers and 2 cafés and more, each with its own page.

Restaurants · 4

  1. Álainn
    Cafés
  2. Nana's Tea
    Cafés · hours on record
  3. The High Cafe
    Restaurants

Pubs · 4

  3. +353 91 563 325

Shops · 14

  1. Alddin's Cave
    Gift shops
  2. +353 91 562 491
  3. Carrolls Irish Gifts
    Gift shops · hours on record
  6. Freeney's
    Gift shops
  7. Galway Gifts
    Gift shops
  9. Heart of Galway
    Gift shops
  10. Kilkenny
    Department stores · hours on record
  11. Moloney Musical Instruments
    Music shops · hours on record
  12. Opus II
    Music shops
  13. Portwest
    Outdoor shops · hours on record
  14. +353 91 441 191

Hairdressers and beauty · 4

  1. Galway Tattoos
    Tattoo studios
  2. Healy
    Hairdressers
  3. Momento
    Hairdressers · hours on record

Offices and agents · 1

  1. Grogans
    Accountants

Other places · 5

  1. Auntie Nellies
    Confectionery
  2. Cloon Keen
    Perfumery
  3. Kenny Joes
    Confectionery
  4. Ladbrokes
    Bookmaker
  5. +353 66 915 2644

Streets it joins

  1. Cross Street Lowerminor road · 12 places
  2. Cross Street Upperpedestrianised street · 15 places
  3. Mainguard Streetpedestrianised street · 14 places
  4. Quay Streetpedestrianised street · 26 places
  5. Shop Streetpedestrianised street · 26 places

Questions people ask

Where is High Street?
In Galway, County Galway, 414 m south-west of Eyre Square, joining Cross Street Lower, Cross Street Upper and Mainguard Street.
How long is High Street?
100 m, measured along the mapped centre line; about 1 minutes on foot end to end.
What is on High Street?
32 named places: Álainn, Alddin's Cave, Aran Islands Knitwear, Auntie Nellies, Carrolls Irish Gifts and Cloon Keen and others listed above.
Is there a bus stop on High Street?
Not on the street itself; the nearest on the map is Jury's Hotel on Flood Street, 150 m from the middle of the street.
Where can I park near High Street?
On the street: Spanish Arch Car Park.

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Geometry, names and places from OpenStreetMap, read on 2026-09-18. Length is the sum of the mapped segments carrying this name; distances are straight lines from the street's midpoint.