First pick
Glenabo Wood
Wood or forest
81 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
2.1 km south-westfrom the centre
Glenabo Loop Walk
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Seighean · Public domain74%near a park
Outdoors in Fermoy · parks, paths & countryside
The Blackwater Way - Avondhu runs through Fermoy
2 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Fermoy, among them the Blackwater Way - Avondhu and Corrin Wood. Parks and playing fields in Fermoy add up to 1.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1. Footpaths add up to 13 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.8 for every square kilometre.
Near a park
74%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
1.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
13 km
0.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
4.8%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC
Woodland
6.3%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Fermoy?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On a long-distance trailThe Blackwater Way - Avondhu passes through.Hills with a view4 mapped viewpoints, about 16× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.Protected land nearbyBlackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC reaches the edge of Fermoy.Less park per person1.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Fermoy’s strongest suit is the Blackwater Way - Avondhu, followed by its views. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Against other towns
How Fermoy 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 walk74%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
26out of 100
Public green space1.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
19out of 100
Footpaths0.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
24out of 100
Protected for nature4.8%of the land within 5 km
71out of 100
Woodland6.3%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
81out 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
Fermoy has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (5,769 to 7,687 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From O'Connell Street (8.1 km per km²) to Roscommon (0.2 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Fermoy0.8
Towns its size2.2
Co. Cork towns1.8
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Fermoy1.7
Towns its size4.8
Co. Cork towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Fermoy74%
Towns its size100%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Fermoy falls furthest behind on path per km², where 33 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Connell Street Dublin | 8.1 | 0.6% | 0.1% | 7% |
| 2 | Temple Bar Dublin | 7.9 | 1.1% | 0.1% | 6.2% |
| 3 | Christchurch Dublin | 7.8 | 0.7% | 0.1% | – |
| 4 | Gillabbey Cork | 7.1 | 2.6% | 0.5% | – |
| 5 | South Gate Cork | 6.8 | 1% | 1.3% | – |
| 6 | Glasheen Cork | 6.4 | 2.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Castleknock Dublin | 6.2 | 9.1% | 0% | – |
| 8 | The Glen Cork | 5.7 | 4% | 1.8% | – |
| 9 | Turner's Cross Cork | 5.3 | 2.5% | 1.3% | – |
| 10 | Clongriffin Dublin | 5 | 0.2% | 6.6% | 31% |
| 11 | Santry Dublin | 4.4 | 2.8% | 0% | – |
| 12 | Ayrfield Dublin | 3.8 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 19% |
| 13 | Perrystown Dublin | 3.6 | 1.8% | 0% | – |
| 14 | Eyre Square Galway | 3.4 | 1.2% | 14% | 36% |
| 15 | Marino Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 2.8% | 10% |
| 16 | Harmonstown Dublin | 3.2 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 23% |
| 17 | Walkinstown Dublin | 2.8 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 18 | Dock Limerick | 2.5 | 1.3% | 12% | – |
| 19 | Sutton Dublin | 2.5 | 0.7% | 12% | 48% |
| 20 | Kinsealy-Drinan Dublin | 2.3 | 1.8% | 1.1% | 8.3% |
| 21 | Dunboyne Meath | 2.2 | 2.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 22 | Frankfield and Grange Cork | 2.1 | 4.3% | 2.1% | – |
| 23 | Lisduggan Waterford | 1.8 | 0% | 5.8% | – |
| 24 | Ballinfoile and Terryland Galway | 1.7 | 2.1% | 22% | 13% |
| 25 | Rathcoole Dublin | 1.6 | 2.4% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Sallins Kildare | 1.6 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 27 | Dunshaughlin Meath | 1.5 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 28 | Kells Meath | 1.3 | 6.3% | 1.1% | – |
| 29 | Caherdavin Limerick | 1.2 | 3.4% | 12% | – |
| 30 | Westport Mayo | 1.2 | 7.1% | 3.3% | 10% |
| 31 | Passage West-Monkstown Cork | 1.2 | 3.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 32 | Ballytruckle Waterford | 1 | 1.2% | 5.1% | – |
| 33 | Kinsale Cork | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 21% |
| 34 | Fermoy Cork | 0.8 | 6.3% | 4.8% | – |
| 35 | Newcastle West Limerick | 0.5 | 1.5% | 7% | – |
| 36 | Loughrea Galway | 0.4 | 1.7% | 4.7% | – |
| 37 | Oranmore Galway | 0.3 | 2% | 5.2% | 13% |
| 38 | Ballinasloe Galway | 0.3 | 3.7% | 9.6% | – |
| 39 | Buncrana Donegal | 0.3 | 3.3% | 12% | 23% |
| 40 | Roscommon Roscommon | 0.2 | 2.3% | 3.9% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Fermoy’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 Fermoy
The biggest is Glenabo Wood, 81 ha (200 acres).
Fermoy Townpark
Park or garden
3.8 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fermoy
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
7 in 10 Fermoy residents live 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 (74%)Further (26%)
Fermoy74%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
4.8% of the land around Fermoy is protected for nature
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 Fermoy6.3%
Within 5 km4.8%
Co. Cork towns1.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Fermoy. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 2.5% 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.
Protected 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 81 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
81 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
13 km of footpaths cross Fermoy
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
13 km
over 16.5 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
6.3%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
2
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FermoyCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FermoyCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Woodland6.3%
0%50%100%
Fermoy has less footpath per km² than 76% of Irish towns and more woodland than 81% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
2 waymarked trails start near Fermoy
13 km of footpaths are mapped in Fermoy and the kilometre around it, 0.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayWalking trail
Blackwater Way - Avondhu126.2 km
Corrin Wood4.3 km
The Blackwater Way - Avondhu (126 km end to end) passes through Fermoy.
2 more waymarked walks on OpenStreetMap
National
Blackwater (Avondhu) Way11.0 km
European long distance path E8 - part Ireland11.0 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 Fermoy: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 118 | 86 | 81 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 84 | 81 | 115 | 117 | 117 |
May is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.7 hours of daylight in December, and 118 mm of rain falls in January, the wettest month. The climate in Fermoy →
Things to do
4 viewpoints, 1 hill or peak and 2 waterfalls
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.
4Viewpoints16.3× the typical Irish town, per resident1Hills and peaks2Waterfalls2Picnic sites3Playgrounds0.3× the typical Irish town, per resident1Campsites
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Fermoy has 16.3× as many as the typical Irish town. The highest named top on the map is Corrin Hill, at 220 m, 1.4 km from town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Old Railway Viaduct0.6 km from town
DirectionsCoolmuckee Woods1.1 km from town
DirectionsCorrin Hill1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 viewpoint more.
Hills and peaks 1
Corrin Hill220 m · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 2
Plus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Fermoy Campingin town
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Fermoy
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
KilworthRathcormacMitchelstownWatergrasshillFermoy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fermoy | 74% | 1.7 | 0.8 | 4.8% |
| Kilworth 5.1 km | 100% | 3.3 | 0.0 | 5.8% |
| Rathcormac 6.9 km | 100% | 44.4 | 0.2 | 1.5% |
| Mitchelstown 14 km | 56% | 7.8 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Watergrasshill 15 km | 32% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2% |
In Kilworth, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Rathcormac and Mitchelstown have at least twice Fermoy’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 Fermoy
What is the biggest park in Fermoy?
Fermoy Townpark, 3.8 ha (9 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Fermoy?
Yes: 4.8% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 2 sites. Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC reaches Fermoy.
What are the best walks near Fermoy?
2 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Blackwater Way - Avondhu and Corrin Wood.
How many people in Fermoy live near a park?
74% 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 Fermoy?
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 Fermoy near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Killarney National Park, 81 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 104 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Fermoy?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 4 viewpoints, 1 hill or peak, 2 waterfalls and 2 picnic sites; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Fermoy’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).