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regional road · R863 · $Galway, County Galway

Williamsgate Street

Williamsgate Street is the R863, a regional road in Galway, at the heart of the town. It runs 88 m from Eglinton Street to Eyre Square, about 1 minute on foot end to end. It has 16 named places on the map: 3 restaurants, 2 cafés, 2 gift shops and craft shop and more.

Type
Regional road (R863)
Length
88 m of mapped road
From Eyre Square
On Eyre Square
Joins
Eglinton Street, Eyre Square, William Street
Runs
from Eglinton Street to Eyre Square
Bus stops
Unnamed stop; Eyre Square North (Stop 4); Eyre Square North (Stop 3); Eyre Square
Nearest parking
Eyre Square Centre Car Park on Whitehall, 162 m away
Density
16 named places over 88 m, 18.2 per 100 m
Open on the 3D model
Plan of Williamsgate Street and the streets around it, with its named places marked

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

A walk along Williamsgate Street

Start at the Eglinton Street end and walk towards Eyre Square: 3 restaurants, 2 cafés, 2 gift shops, a craft shop, a jeweller and a clothes shop and more share the 88 m. 9 of the 16 places on the street have opening hours on record, and 5 of them open on Sundays. Buses stop on the street itself at 4 stops.

What is on Williamsgate Street

3 restaurants, 2 cafés, 2 gift shops, 1 craft shops and 1 jewellers and more, each with its own page.

Restaurants · 5

  1. +35391563033
  3. Beef and Lobster
    Restaurants · hours on record
    +353 91 451 400
  4. CoCo ToGo
    Cafés
  5. The GBC
    Restaurants · hours on record

Shops · 7

  1. Art & Hobby
    Craft shops
    +353 91 532 910
  2. Carraig Donn
    Gift shops
    +353 91 567 822
  3. Carrolls Irish Gifts
    Gift shops · hours on record
  4. Fallers Jewellers
    Jewellers · hours on record
    +353 91 561 226
  5. Hanley & Co.
    Clothes shops · hours on record
    +353 91 561 582
  6. HUGMIE
    Electronics · hours on record
    +353 91 539 694
  7. Logues
    Shoe shops · hours on record
    +353 91 564 061

Supermarkets · 1

  1. Hollands Newsagents
    Convenience stores · hours on record

Pharmacies · 1

  1. Whelan's Care Plus
    Pharmacies · hours on record

Hotels · 1

Other places · 1

  1. Leonidas
    Chocolate

Streets it joins

  1. Eglinton Streetregional road · 28 places
  2. Eyre Squareregional road · 41 places
  3. William Streetpedestrianised street · 20 places

Questions people ask

Where is Williamsgate Street?
In Galway, County Galway, on Eyre Square itself, joining Eglinton Street, Eyre Square and William Street.
How long is Williamsgate Street?
88 m, measured along the mapped centre line; about 1 minutes on foot end to end.
What is on Williamsgate Street?
16 named places: 1810 Restaurant and Bar, Adams Green Provisions, Art & Hobby, Beef and Lobster, Carraig Donn and Carrolls Irish Gifts and others listed above.
Is there a bus stop on Williamsgate Street?
Yes: Unnamed stop, Eyre Square North (Stop 4), Eyre Square North (Stop 3) and Eyre Square.
Where can I park near Williamsgate Street?
The nearest car park is Eyre Square Centre Car Park on Whitehall, 162 m away.

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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.