First pick
Lee Fields
Park or garden
8.1 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.3 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Bishopstown · parks, paths & countryside
4 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Bishopstown
Parks and playing fields in Bishopstown add up to 6.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1. 78 km of footpaths run through the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 3.2 for every square kilometre. 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
6.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
78 km
3.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
0.2%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cork Harbour SPA
Woodland
6%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Bishopstown?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Hills with a view3 mapped viewpoints, about 6× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.
Bishopstown’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by its views.
Against other towns
How Bishopstown compares with Irish towns
Each figure against Ireland’s 321 towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (city hubs left out): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Ireland has no Outdoors Grade yet: the figures are described, each against other Irish towns, and none of them counts towards the overall grade.
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
83out of 100
Public green space6.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
65out of 100
Footpaths3.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
60out of 100
Protected for nature0.2%of the land within 5 km
29out of 100
Woodland6%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
80out of 100
Parks, paths and woods: OpenStreetMap; residents: CSO Census 2022 Small Areas; protected sites: NPWS; sea: CSO and ONS land outlines. A 0 means nothing is mapped.
Towns its size
Bishopstown has the 15th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (12,475 to 16,923 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Tallaght (8.8 km per km²) to Mallow (0.6 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Bishopstown3.2
Towns its size3.9
Co. Cork towns1.8
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bishopstown6.2
Towns its size4.6
Co. Cork towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bishopstown100%
Towns its size96%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Bishopstown stands out most for park space per resident: only 14 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 25 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallaght Dublin | 8.8 | 3.8% | 0.6% | – |
| 2 | Cabra East Dublin | 8 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Deansrath Dublin | 7.9 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 4 | Ballyowen Dublin | 7.5 | 6% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Fettercairn Dublin | 7 | 3.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 6 | Ballsbridge Dublin | 6.3 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 18% |
| 7 | Ashtown Dublin | 6.3 | 6.9% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Ballinteer Dublin | 6.2 | 7.1% | 2.8% | – |
| 9 | Dundrum Dublin | 6.2 | 4.7% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| 10 | Clonskeagh Dublin | 6 | 2.7% | 0.1% | 16% |
| 11 | Rathmines East Dublin | 5.9 | 2.3% | 0.1% | 13% |
| 12 | Knocklyon Dublin | 5.8 | 4.7% | 3.2% | – |
| 13 | Finglas South Dublin | 5.6 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 14 | Whitehall Dublin | 5.6 | 2.6% | 0.3% | – |
| 15 | Cabinteely Dublin | 5.1 | 7.6% | 1.1% | 29% |
| 16 | Sallynoggin Dublin | 5 | 2% | 0.3% | 47% |
| 17 | Blackrock Dublin | 4.7 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 30% |
| 18 | Kimmage Dublin | 4.3 | 0.1% | 0% | – |
| 19 | Ongar Dublin | 4.2 | 2.7% | 0.2% | – |
| 20 | East Wall Dublin | 4.1 | 1% | 3.5% | 27% |
| 21 | Belmayne Dublin | 3.8 | 1.9% | 5.2% | 25% |
| 22 | Mahon Cork | 3.6 | 6.1% | 5.3% | – |
| 23 | Leixlip Kildare | 3.6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | – |
| 24 | Hollystown Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 0% | – |
| 25 | Clontarf West Dublin | 3.2 | 2.2% | 3.5% | 17% |
| 26 | Bishopstown Cork | 3.2 | 6% | 0.2% | – |
| 27 | Corbally and King's Island Limerick | 3 | 3.7% | 9.5% | – |
| 28 | Darndale Dublin | 2.7 | 1.9% | 3.7% | 11% |
| 29 | Castletroy Limerick | 2.4 | 1.8% | 6.6% | – |
| 30 | Ashbourne Meath | 1.6 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Midleton Cork | 1.6 | 2.6% | 4.5% | – |
| 32 | Ballybane Galway | 1.5 | 3.9% | 12% | 15% |
| 33 | Killarney Kerry | 1.3 | 14% | 34% | – |
| 34 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Meath | 1.2 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 39% |
| 35 | Wicklow Wicklow | 1.1 | 0.9% | 4.3% | 38% |
| 36 | Castlebar Mayo | 1 | 3.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 37 | Cobh Cork | 0.8 | 3.5% | 13% | 23% |
| 38 | Tullamore Offaly | 0.7 | 10% | 3.8% | – |
| 39 | Arklow Wicklow | 0.7 | 5.7% | 0.3% | 34% |
| 40 | Mallow Cork | 0.6 | 5.1% | 3.2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bishopstown’s neighbourhood.
Green: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces and woods, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · NPWS · Sport Ireland · CSO
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Bishopstown
The biggest is Lee Fields, 8.1 ha (20 acres).
All 4 named parks and woods by size: 19 ha (46 acres) and 5 km of path
Parks & gardens 19 ha
The two biggest, Lee Fields and Clashduv Park, are 72% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them.
Fitzgerald's Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
4.5 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
2.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Clashduv Park
Park or garden
5.3 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bishopscourt Green
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Bishopstown
Directionsto a point inside
Named parks, gardens, commons and woods in the town or within 400 m of it, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); pieces of one name that touch are one place. Sizes are the whole site; directions go to a point inside.
Close to home
Everyone in Bishopstown lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (CSO Census 2022 Small Areas against OpenStreetMap).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Bishopstown100%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Cork Harbour SPA is the nearest protected area, 4.1 km away
Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Natural Heritage Areas designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
Inside Bishopstown0%
Within 5 km0.2%
Co. Cork towns1.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Bishopstown. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 1.6% of the land within 5 km as well; many have been proposed since 1995 and aren’t counted here. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Cork Harbour SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 27 km² · 4.1 km from the edge
NPWS pageProtected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service designated site boundaries (CC BY 4.0), 2026; land within 5 km from CSO Small Areas and, over the border, ONS. Overlapping sites are counted once.
National Parks
Killarney National Park is 65 km away
Ireland’s National Parks within 100 km, and the nearest always, by direction and distance from the town’s edge; circle size shows each park’s area.
National ParkThe 5 km around the town
National Park
Killarney National Park
65 km west104 km²
National Park boundaries: National Parks and Wildlife Service, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0, © Government of Ireland), 2022. Distances from the town’s outline (CSO Small Areas).
Footpaths and woods
78 km of footpaths cross Bishopstown
Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and mapped woods and forest, in the town and 1 km around it, each beside the county’s and Ireland’s typical town of 2,500+.
Footpaths
78 km
over 24.3 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
6%
about 1.5 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
4
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BishopstownCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths3.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BishopstownCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Woodland6%
0%50%100%
Bishopstown has more footpath per km² than 60% of Irish towns and more woodland than 80% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
4 waymarked trails start near Bishopstown
78 km of footpaths are mapped in Bishopstown and the kilometre around it, 3.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Military Trail6.4 km
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Powdermills Trail4.0 km
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Ash Trail2.2 km
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Heron Trail0.8 km
For a shorter walk, the Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Military Trail is 6.4 km, graded easy.
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
National
Mardyke walk0.7 km
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). More waymarked walks: OpenStreetMap route relations (ODbL) within 2 km, those already on the register left out. Coillte’s own forest trails and recreation sites aren’t included: Coillte’s terms limit its data to research or private study. Its trails on the National Trails Register are listed.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bishopstown: May to September
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages for the town’s 1 km square and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 121 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 82 | 81 | 118 | 118 | 125 |
May is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.8 hours of daylight in December, and 125 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Bishopstown →
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 15 playgrounds
Mapped on OpenStreetMap in the town and 2 km around it; each count per resident beside Irish towns’ typical town of 2,500+. Beaches are on the coast’s list, from the EPA.
3Viewpoints5.6× the typical Irish town, per resident1Picnic sites15Playgroundsabout the typical Irish town, per resident1Dog parks2Slipways
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Bishopstown has 5.6× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Ballincollig View0.5 km from town
Directionsviaduct city view1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 15
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
BallyCannon Park (The Bog)1.7 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
A garden or nature site to visit near Bishopstown
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Blarney House and GardensGarden · 3.5 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Bishopstown
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
InishkennyGlasheenShanakielTogherGillabbeySunday's WellBishopstown
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
| Town | Near a park | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Paths (km/km²) | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown | 100% | 6.2 | 3.2 | 0.2% |
| Inishkenny 1.5 km | 69% | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.2% |
| Glasheen 2.0 km | 100% | 5.1 | 6.4 | 0.5% |
| Shanakiel 2.0 km | 94% | 6.1 | 5.3 | 0.1% |
| Togher 2.2 km | 100% | 9.6 | 5.0 | 0.5% |
| Gillabbey 2.3 km | 100% | 6.5 | 7.1 | 0.5% |
| Sunday's Well 2.7 km | 100% | 8.1 | 7.3 | 0.4% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Bishopstown.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (CSO Small Areas, by where people live) within 400 m of a park, garden, common or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap. Mapping is uneven: a town whose parks nobody has mapped looks greyer than it is.
- Protected areas. Land in a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area within 5 km, overlaps counted once. Protected for nature doesn’t always mean open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it, from OpenStreetMap. Trails are the registered ones within 5 km; a trail often follows mapped paths, so the two aren’t added.
- Woodland. Woods and forest as OpenStreetMap maps them, private and Coillte forests included: mapped cover, not access.
- No grade yet. Ireland’s grades don’t include the outdoors yet: these figures describe the town and stand beside the median Irish town.
Questions about the outdoors in Bishopstown
What is the biggest park in Bishopstown?
Lee Fields, 8.1 ha (20 acres). Clashduv Park (5.3 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Bishopstown?
One protected site lies within 5 km, though it covers under 1% of the land. The nearest is Cork Harbour SPA, 4.1 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Bishopstown?
4 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Military Trail, Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Powdermills Trail and Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Ash Trail.
How many people in Bishopstown live near a park?
100% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a park or playing field; in the typical Irish town it is 92%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Bishopstown?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Bishopstown near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Killarney National Park, 65 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 104 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Bishopstown?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 3 viewpoints and 1 picnic site; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Bishopstown’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks, woods and paths. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): parks, woods and footpaths, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Protected sites. National Parks and Wildlife Service: designated sites (SAC, SPA, NHA), 2026
- Trails. Sport Ireland: National Trails Register, 2026
- Residents. CSO: Census 2022 Small Areas (residents)
- National Parks. National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Park boundaries, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0), 2022
- Things to do. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, nature reserves, picnic sites, playgrounds, campsites and waymarked walks, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Weather. Met Éireann: 1991–2020 averages (Copyright Met Éireann)
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service (CC BY 4.0). Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0). Bathing water: EPA (CC BY 4.0). Parks, woods and paths: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Not on this page yet: Coillte’s forest trails (its terms) and bike routes.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).