First pick
Seagrange Park
Park or garden
14 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Baldoyle
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Rossyxan · CC BY-SA 4.097%near a park
Outdoors in Baldoyle · parks, paths & countryside
Baldoyle is on the coast
The sea makes up 40% of the area within 5 km. 4 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Baldoyle, among them the Howth - Bog of Frogs Loop and Howth - Black Linn Loop. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 20 km away.
Near a park
97%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
6.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
48 km
3.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
11%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Baldoyle Bay SAC
The sea
40%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Baldoyle?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast40% of the area within 5 km is sea.A park on every doorstep97% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 20 km south-west.Protected land nearbyBaldoyle Bay SAC reaches the edge of Baldoyle.
Baldoyle’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Against other towns
How Baldoyle 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 walk97%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
60out of 100
Public green space6.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
67out of 100
Footpaths3.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
65out of 100
Protected for nature11%of the land within 5 km
89out of 100
Woodland0.3%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
3out of 100
The sea40%of the area within 5 km
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
Baldoyle has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (6,720 to 9,031 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 Buncrana (0.3 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Baldoyle3.7
Towns its size2.3
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Baldoyle6.5
Towns its size3.4
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Baldoyle97%
Towns its size97%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Baldoyle stands out most for park space per resident: only 12 of the other 39 have more.
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 | Sandyford Dublin | 7.5 | 4.8% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| 5 | South Gate Cork | 6.8 | 1% | 1.3% | – |
| 6 | Grand Canal Dock Dublin | 6.6 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 16% |
| 7 | Dubber Dublin | 5.7 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Ballybough Dublin | 5.5 | 1.4% | 1% | 9% |
| 9 | Booterstown Dublin | 5.4 | 2.2% | 0.2% | 29% |
| 10 | Turner's Cross Cork | 5.3 | 2.5% | 1.3% | – |
| 11 | Clongriffin Dublin | 5 | 0.2% | 6.6% | 31% |
| 12 | Cherry Orchard Dublin | 4.6 | 0.5% | 0% | – |
| 13 | Baldoyle Dublin | 3.7 | 0.3% | 11% | 40% |
| 14 | Perrystown Dublin | 3.6 | 1.8% | 0% | – |
| 15 | Eyre Square Galway | 3.4 | 1.2% | 14% | 36% |
| 16 | Raheny Dublin | 3.1 | 2.8% | 11% | 46% |
| 17 | Farranshone Limerick | 2.8 | 1.5% | 11% | – |
| 18 | Walkinstown Dublin | 2.8 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 19 | Dalkey Dublin | 2.6 | 3.5% | 0.2% | 60% |
| 20 | Kinsealy-Drinan Dublin | 2.3 | 1.8% | 1.1% | 8.3% |
| 21 | Howth Dublin | 2.2 | 2.4% | 18% | 75% |
| 22 | Dunboyne Meath | 2.2 | 2.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 23 | Hollyhill and Ballincolly Cork | 2.1 | 7.2% | 0.5% | – |
| 24 | Frankfield and Grange Cork | 2.1 | 4.3% | 2.1% | – |
| 25 | Kilcock Kildare | 1.7 | 2.8% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Ballyvolane Cork | 1.6 | 6.7% | 2.8% | – |
| 27 | Monaghan Monaghan | 1.3 | 8.7% | 0% | – |
| 28 | Waterford City Centre Waterford | 1.3 | 1.5% | 6% | – |
| 29 | Caherdavin Limerick | 1.2 | 3.4% | 12% | – |
| 30 | Westport Mayo | 1.2 | 7.1% | 3.3% | 10% |
| 31 | Lusk Dublin | 1.1 | 0.6% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| 32 | Youghal Cork | 0.9 | 0.6% | 13% | 29% |
| 33 | New Ross Wexford | 0.9 | 7.3% | 5.4% | – |
| 34 | Fermoy Cork | 0.8 | 6.3% | 4.8% | – |
| 35 | Clane Kildare | 0.6 | 1.9% | 1.5% | – |
| 36 | Thurles Tipperary | 0.5 | 2.8% | 1.2% | – |
| 37 | Newcastle West Limerick | 0.5 | 1.5% | 7% | – |
| 38 | Bandon Cork | 0.4 | 5.6% | 0% | – |
| 39 | Edenderry Offaly | 0.4 | 7% | 1.7% | – |
| 40 | Buncrana Donegal | 0.3 | 3.3% | 12% | 23% |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Baldoyle’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 Baldoyle
The biggest is Seagrange Park, 14 ha (34 acres).
All 8 named parks and woods by size: 35 ha (87 acres) and 7 km of path
Parks & gardens 35 ha
The two biggest, Seagrange Park and Racecourse Park, are 67% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them. 4 of the 8 are under 2 ha.
Racecourse Park
Park or garden
9.9 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Baldoyle
Directionsto a point inside
Donaghmede Park
Park or garden
6.4 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sutton Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
2.7 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
River Mayne Linear Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
1.0 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Belltree Green
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Belltree Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
0.7 ha
1.4 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Beau Park Square
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
0.2 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 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
Almost everyone in Baldoyle 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 (97%)Further (3.1%)
Baldoyle97%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
11% of the land around Baldoyle 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 Baldoyle0%
Within 5 km11%
Co. Dublin towns0.2%
Typical Irish town1.8%
13 protected sites lie within 5 km of Baldoyle. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 10% 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.
Baldoyle Bay SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 5.3 km² · reaches Baldoyle
NPWS pageBaldoyle Bay SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 2.6 km² · reaches Baldoyle
NPWS pageNorth Bull Island SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 19 km² · 0.4 km from the edge
NPWS pageNorth Dublin Bay SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 15 km² · 0.4 km from the edge
NPWS pageNorth-West Irish Sea cSPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 2,333 km² · 0.7 km from the edge
NPWS pageHowth Head SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 3.8 km² · 2.5 km from the edge
NPWS pageIreland's Eye SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 2.1 km² · 3.3 km from the edge
NPWS pageMalahide Estuary SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 7.9 km² · 3.4 km from the edge
NPWS pageRockabill to Dalkey Island SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 273 km² · 3.4 km from the edge
NPWS pageIreland's Eye SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 0.4 km² · 3.5 km from the edge
NPWS page3 more sites are within 5 km.
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
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 20 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
Wicklow Mountains National Park
20 km south-west223 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
48 km of footpaths cross Baldoyle
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
48 km
over 13 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
4
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BaldoyleCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths3.7
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BaldoyleCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
Baldoyle has more footpath per km² than 65% of Irish towns and less woodland than 97% 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 Baldoyle
48 km of footpaths are mapped in Baldoyle and the kilometre around it, 3.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Howth - Bog of Frogs Loop12.1 km
Howth - Black Linn Loop8.1 km
Howth - Cliff Path Loop7.8 km
Howth - Tramline Loop7.0 km
For a shorter walk, the Howth - Bog of Frogs Loop is 12.1 km, graded strenuous.
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
Local
Howth Cliff Walk2.2 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 Baldoyle: May to July and 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 69 | 62 | 74 | 80 | 67 |
February is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 80 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Baldoyle →
The coast
The coast and bathing waters near Baldoyle
40% of the area within 5 km of Baldoyle is sea. 4 bathing waters are within 5 km, each with its latest class.
Sutton, Burrow BeachExcellent (2025) · 1.4 km from town
beaches.ieClaremont BeachSufficient (2025) · 2.7 km from town
beaches.ieDollymount StrandGood (2025) · 2.7 km from town
beaches.iePortmarnock, Velvet Strand BeachExcellent (2025) · 3.4 km from town
beaches.ie2 of the 4 are rated excellent, Sutton, Burrow Beach among them.
Bathing water classes: EPA, latest season (CC BY 4.0). Sea: the area outside CSO and ONS land outlines. Check today’s water quality on beaches.ie
Things to do
19 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.
Per resident, playgrounds stand out most: Baldoyle has 1.9× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Bull Island Wildlife Only Area87 ha · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 19
St. Marnocks Bay Playground1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 18 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
4 gardens and nature sites to visit near Baldoyle
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Saint Anne's ParkGarden · 2.5 km from town
Its pageSt Anne's Park and Rose GardensGarden · 2.6 km from town
Its pageIreland's EyeIsland · 4.0 km from town
Its pageSaint Stephen's GreenGarden · 8.9 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Baldoyle
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
SuttonClongriffinDonaghmedeRahenyBelmayneAyrfieldBaldoyle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldoyle | 97% | 6.5 | 3.7 | 11% |
| Sutton 0.9 km | 100% | 6.6 | 2.5 | 12% |
| Clongriffin 1.2 km | 100% | 5.4 | 5.0 | 6.6% |
| Donaghmede 2.0 km | 100% | 7.1 | 3.5 | 6.2% |
| Raheny 2.2 km | 93% | 31.6 | 3.1 | 11% |
| Belmayne 2.4 km | 100% | 5.3 | 3.8 | 5.2% |
| Ayrfield 3.0 km | 100% | 10.7 | 3.8 | 5.3% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Baldoyle. Raheny has at least twice Baldoyle’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 Baldoyle
What is the biggest park in Baldoyle?
Seagrange Park, 14 ha (34 acres). Racecourse Park (9.9 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Baldoyle?
Yes: 11% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 13 sites. Baldoyle Bay SAC reaches Baldoyle.
What are the best walks near Baldoyle?
4 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Howth - Bog of Frogs Loop, Howth - Black Linn Loop and Howth - Cliff Path Loop.
Where can you swim near Baldoyle?
The nearest bathing water is Sutton, Burrow Beach, 1.4 km from town: Excellent (2025). Check beaches.ie before swimming: a notice can close a beach for the day.
How many people in Baldoyle live near a park?
97% 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 Baldoyle?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to July and September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Baldoyle near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 20 km south-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Baldoyle?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 nature reserve; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Baldoyle’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
- Bathing water. EPA: bathing water quality, 2025 season
- 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).