Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how aldercross.org uses cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience while exploring the medieval Kilkenny mile and River Nore bank paths. We are committed to transparency about how we collect and use information to improve your journey through our walled town walking guide.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us remember your preferences and understand how you navigate our walking guide. These files contain minimal information and are essential for creating a seamless browsing experience as you plan your pensioner-friendly tours through Kilkenny's historic streets and riverside paths.

We use cookies to track which routes and information you find most useful, allowing us to continuously improve our guides for visitors exploring the medieval architecture and natural beauty of the area. Cookies do not store sensitive personal information and are deleted when you close your browser, unless you choose otherwise.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use several types of cookies to optimize your experience on our platform:

• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation and secure area access, ensuring you can smoothly browse route information and accessibility details.
• Performance Cookies: We use these to understand how visitors interact with our walking guides. They collect anonymous data about page views, time spent on sections, and navigation patterns to help us identify which routes and information are most valuable.
• Preference Cookies: These remember your choices, such as text size adjustments for easier reading, language preferences, and favourite routes, so you don't need to reconfigure these settings on each visit.
• Analytics Cookies: We employ these to gather aggregate information about visitor behaviour, helping us understand which walking paths are most popular and where we can improve accessibility for senior visitors.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience while planning walks through Kilkenny's medieval mile and riverside paths. Our cookies help us identify which routes receive the most interest, where visitors spend time exploring historical details, and which accessibility features are most frequently used. This information allows us to prioritise improvements that matter most to pensioners and other visitors.

Performance and analytics cookies provide anonymous insights into visitor patterns, helping us understand the popularity of different walking routes and accessibility features. We never use cookies to identify you personally or track your location outside our website. All cookie data is aggregated and used solely to improve our service, ensuring future editions of our walking guide remain relevant and accessible for all users.

We also use cookies to remember your website preferences, such as any accessibility adjustments you've made, so your next visit is just as comfortable as your previous one. This ensures you can focus on enjoying the historic streets and natural beauty of Kilkenny rather than reconfiguring settings.

Managing Your Cookies

You have full control over cookie settings through your browser. Most web browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies at any time. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being set, giving you the opportunity to accept or reject them on a case-by-case basis.

If you disable essential cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and you may experience difficulties accessing certain walking guides or accessibility information. Performance, preference, and analytics cookies can be disabled without affecting core website functionality, though this may reduce the quality of personalisation we can provide.

We recommend keeping essential cookies enabled to ensure smooth navigation of our walking guides, while you may choose to disable non-essential cookies if you prefer maximum privacy. Your choices are respected and can be changed at any time through your browser settings. We may update this Cookie Policy periodically as our website evolves, so please check back regularly for any changes to how we use cookies.