First pick
Mitchell's Wood
Wood or forest
52 ha3.2 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
1.1 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Castlemartyr · parks, paths & countryside
Woods cover more of Castlemartyr than of 9 in 10 Irish towns
Woods cover 12% of Castlemartyr and the kilometre around it. 6 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Castlemartyr, among them the Castlemartyr - Mitchell's Wood Loop and Ladysbridge Loop Trail. Parks and playing fields in Castlemartyr add up to 1.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
1.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
8 km
1.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
12%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Castlemartyr?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wooded country12% mapped woodland in and around town, more than 95% of Irish towns.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Less park per person1.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Castlemartyr’s strongest suit is its woods, followed by parks close to every home. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Against other towns
How Castlemartyr 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 space1.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
19out of 100
Footpaths1.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
31out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland12%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
96out 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
Castlemartyr has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (1,603 to 3,141 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ballybrack (8.6 km per km²) to Sixmilebridge (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Castlemartyr1.0
Towns its size0.7
Co. Cork towns1.8
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Castlemartyr1.8
Towns its size3.8
Co. Cork towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Castlemartyr100%
Towns its size87%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Castlemartyr stands out most for path per km²: only 16 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 32 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballybrack Dublin | 8.6 | 8% | 0.2% | 36% |
| 2 | Sunday's Well Cork | 7.3 | 2.7% | 0.4% | – |
| 3 | Blackpool Cork | 6.6 | 3% | 1.4% | – |
| 4 | Carna Dublin | 5.4 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Taylor's Hill Galway | 5.1 | 1.2% | 15% | 37% |
| 6 | Togher Cork | 5 | 1.5% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Decies Dublin | 4.8 | 7.2% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mayfield Cork | 4.7 | 5.3% | 3.3% | – |
| 9 | Kylemore Dublin | 4 | 3% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Edenmore Dublin | 2.8 | 3.6% | 5.9% | 24% |
| 11 | Ballynanty Limerick | 2.5 | 5.7% | 12% | – |
| 12 | Claddagh Galway | 2.4 | 0.2% | 17% | 46% |
| 13 | Murrough Galway | 2.3 | 5.1% | 10% | 26% |
| 14 | Grange Upper Waterford | 1.4 | 1.5% | 6.6% | – |
| 15 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 17 | Castlemartyr Cork | 1 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 18 | Bantry Cork | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | 18% |
| 19 | Ballina Tipperary | 0.9 | 1.8% | 4.7% | – |
| 20 | Moate Westmeath | 0.7 | 2.4% | 2.4% | – |
| 21 | Callan Kilkenny | 0.7 | 0.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 22 | Kingscourt Cavan | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 23 | Kenmare Kerry | 0.6 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 24 | Athboy Meath | 0.6 | 1.1% | 1.5% | – |
| 25 | Bundoran Donegal | 0.5 | 2% | 5.1% | 35% |
| 26 | Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Carlow | 0.5 | 3.9% | 2.9% | – |
| 27 | Skibbereen Cork | 0.5 | 1.7% | 1.6% | – |
| 28 | Kinnegad Westmeath | 0.3 | 4.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 29 | Donegal Donegal | 0.3 | 4% | 4.1% | 12% |
| 30 | Boyle Roscommon | 0.3 | 3.2% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Bailieborough Cavan | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Castleisland Kerry | 0.3 | 1.7% | 12% | – |
| 33 | Kanturk Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 5.1% | – |
| 34 | Baltinglass Wicklow | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 35 | Ballyhaunis Mayo | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.4% | – |
| 36 | Kilrush Clare | 0.2 | 9.8% | 37% | – |
| 37 | Ballyjamesduff Cavan | 0.2 | 7.6% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Gort Galway | 0.2 | 4.3% | 24% | – |
| 39 | Carndonagh Donegal | 0.1 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| 40 | Sixmilebridge Clare | 0 | 0.7% | 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 Castlemartyr’s urban area.
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 Castlemartyr
The biggest is Mitchell's Wood, 52 ha (129 acres).
Pigeon Wood
Wood or forest
35 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the centre
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 Castlemartyr 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%)
Castlemartyr100%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
No protected site lies within 5 km of Castlemartyr
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.
No site protected for nature lies within 5 km of Castlemartyr.
National Parks
Killarney National Park is 98 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
98 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
8 km of footpaths cross Castlemartyr
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
8.5 km
over 8.1 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
12%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
6
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CastlemartyrCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CastlemartyrCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
Castlemartyr has less footpath per km² than 69% of Irish towns and more woodland than 96% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
6 waymarked trails start near Castlemartyr
8 km of footpaths are mapped in Castlemartyr and the kilometre around it, 1.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trailGreenway
Castlemartyr - Mitchell's Wood Loop2.4 km
Ladysbridge Loop Trail5.0 km
Ballintotis Loops - Woodbine Loop5.5 km
Midleton to Youghal Greenway8.0 km
Ballintotis Loops - Lake Loop2.1 km
Ballintotis Loops - Castle Loop3.7 km
For a shorter walk, the Ladysbridge Loop Trail is 5.0 km, graded easy. 4 cycling or paddling trails also start within 5 km.
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). 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.
History
One historic park or garden on the record in Castlemartyr
Parks, gardens, walled gardens and demesne walls in the town on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, each with its record.
Demesne walls/gates/railingsCastlemartyr Housefrom 1820Regional rating (NIAH)
The oldest dated is Castlemartyr House, from 1820.
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
When to get out
The best walking months in Castlemartyr: 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) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 103 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 85 | 79 | 111 | 108 | 115 |
May is the driest month (72 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.8 hours of daylight in December, and 115 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Castlemartyr →
Things to do
1 playground
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.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
N25 Picnic Site1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 1
Mogeely Playground1.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Castlemartyr
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
CloyneMidletonAghada-RostellanYoughalCarrigtwohillWhitegateCastlemartyr
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlemartyr | 100% | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0% |
| Cloyne 7.6 km | 73% | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.6% |
| Midleton 8.4 km | 59% | 1.5 | 1.6 | 4.5% |
| Aghada-Rostellan 14 km | 58% | 66.3 | 0.4 | 6.2% |
| Youghal 14 km | 86% | 2.0 | 0.9 | 13% |
| Carrigtwohill 14 km | 60% | 2.7 | 1.8 | 12% |
| Whitegate 15 km | 100% | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.4% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Castlemartyr. Aghada-Rostellan has at least twice Castlemartyr’s green space per resident.
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 Castlemartyr
What are the best walks near Castlemartyr?
6 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Castlemartyr - Mitchell's Wood Loop, Ladysbridge Loop Trail and Ballintotis Loops - Woodbine Loop.
How many people in Castlemartyr 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 Castlemartyr?
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 Castlemartyr near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Killarney National Park, 98 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 104 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Castlemartyr?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 picnic site; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Which parks in Castlemartyr are historic?
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records one historic park, garden or demesne in the town: Castlemartyr House.
Sources
Where Castlemartyr’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
- Historic parks and gardens. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (CC BY 4.0)
- 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).