First pick
Hartstown Park
Park or garden
27 ha5.6 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.6 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.078%near a park
Outdoors in Clonsilla · parks, paths & countryside
Clonsilla has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 Irish towns
114 km of footpaths run through the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 6.4 for every square kilometre. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 16 km away. 3 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Clonsilla, among them the National Famine Way and Royal Canal Way.
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
3.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
114 km
6.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
0.1%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC
Woodland
3%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Clonsilla?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A neighbourhood of footpaths6.4 km of path per km², more than 86% of Irish towns. The typical town has 2.1.Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 16 km south.On a long-distance trailThe National Famine Way passes through.
Clonsilla’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by Wicklow Mountains National Park close by.
Against other towns
How Clonsilla 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 walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
30out of 100
Public green space3.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
48out of 100
Footpaths6.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
87out of 100
Protected for nature0.1%of the land within 5 km
25out of 100
Woodland3%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
54out 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
Clonsilla has the 11th most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (18,239 to 27,351 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Esker (10.5 km per km²) to Portlaoise (0.6 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Clonsilla6.4
Towns its size2.7
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Clonsilla3.8
Towns its size3.9
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Clonsilla78%
Towns its size95%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Clonsilla stands out most for path per km²: only 10 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 27 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esker Dublin | 10.5 | 2.1% | 0.1% | – |
| 2 | Old Bawn Dublin | 8.5 | 3% | 1.8% | – |
| 3 | Dolphins Barn Dublin | 8.4 | 2.9% | 0% | – |
| 4 | Stoneybatter Dublin | 7.5 | 1.6% | 0% | – |
| 5 | The Liberties Dublin | 7.4 | 0.5% | 0% | – |
| 6 | Carpenterstown Dublin | 7.3 | 11% | 0% | – |
| 7 | Blanchardstown Dublin | 7 | 3.8% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Lucan Dublin | 6.8 | 7.3% | 0.2% | – |
| 9 | Mulhuddart Dublin | 6.6 | 4% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Ballymun Dublin | 6.5 | 2.6% | 0% | – |
| 11 | Clonsilla Dublin | 6.4 | 3% | 0.1% | – |
| 12 | Jobstown Dublin | 6.3 | 1.9% | 2.2% | – |
| 13 | Rathmines West Dublin | 6 | 1.7% | 0.1% | 5.8% |
| 14 | Crumlin Dublin | 5.4 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 15 | Clondalkin Dublin | 4.6 | 3.3% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Stepaside Dublin | 4.3 | 15% | 6.4% | 5.9% |
| 17 | Sandymount Dublin | 3.6 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 35% |
| 18 | Clontarf East Dublin | 3.1 | 3% | 6.1% | 38% |
| 19 | Kilkenny Kilkenny | 3.1 | 3.8% | 2.4% | – |
| 20 | Beaumont Dublin | 2.9 | 2% | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 21 | Celbridge Kildare | 2.4 | 6.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 22 | Malahide Dublin | 2.4 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 32% |
| 23 | Greystones-Delgany Wicklow | 2.2 | 11% | 5% | 35% |
| 24 | Balbriggan Dublin | 2.1 | 1.6% | 0% | 37% |
| 25 | Naas Kildare | 1.9 | 1.4% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Douglas Cork | 1.7 | 4.6% | 5% | – |
| 27 | Knocknacarra Galway | 1.6 | 3.4% | 32% | 34% |
| 28 | Ballincollig Cork | 1.3 | 8.4% | 0% | – |
| 29 | Athlone Westmeath | 1.3 | 6.1% | 14% | – |
| 30 | Sligo Sligo | 1.2 | 6.1% | 9.5% | 18% |
| 31 | Tralee Kerry | 1.1 | 2.4% | 21% | 6.4% |
| 32 | Clonmel Tipperary | 1.1 | 14% | 3.9% | – |
| 33 | Wexford Wexford | 1.1 | 3.8% | 13% | 22% |
| 34 | Dooradoyle Limerick | 1 | 2.6% | 7.7% | – |
| 35 | Carlow Carlow | 0.9 | 1.3% | 2% | – |
| 36 | Carrigaline Cork | 0.9 | 6.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% |
| 37 | Mullingar Westmeath | 0.8 | 8.9% | 3.3% | – |
| 38 | Letterkenny Donegal | 0.7 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| 39 | Newbridge Kildare | 0.6 | 1.6% | 4.9% | – |
| 40 | Portlaoise Laois | 0.6 | 2.6% | 1.1% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Clonsilla’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 Clonsilla
The biggest is Hartstown Park, 27 ha (67 acres).
All 5 named parks and woods by size: 45 ha (112 acres) and 10 km of path
Parks & gardens 45 ha
The two biggest, Hartstown Park and Littlepace Park, are 81% of the named green space and carry 8 km of path between them.
Littlepace Park
Park or garden
9.8 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
1.3 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Beech Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
6.1 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.5 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cherryfield Park
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Clonsilla
Directionsto a point inside
The Shackleton Garden
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
0.6 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.4 km southfrom 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
8 in 10 Clonsilla 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 (78%)Further (22%)
Clonsilla78%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
About 5,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC 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 Clonsilla0%
Within 5 km0.1%
Co. Dublin towns0.2%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Clonsilla. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 1.8% 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.
Rye Water Valley/Carton SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 0.7 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
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 16 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
16 km south223 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
Footpaths and woods in and around Clonsilla
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
114 km
over 17.8 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
3%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
3
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ClonsillaCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths6.4
048 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ClonsillaCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland3%
0%50%100%
Clonsilla has more footpath per km² than 87% of Irish towns and more woodland than 54% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
Clonsilla is on the National Famine Way
114 km of footpaths are mapped in Clonsilla and the kilometre around it, 6.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayGreenway
National Famine Way168.6 km
Royal Canal Way146.3 km
Royal Canal Greenway - Drumcondra - Ashtown - Castleknock8.9 km
The National Famine Way (169 km end to end) passes through Clonsilla.
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
National
The Royal Canal Way6.3 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 Clonsilla: 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 57 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 75 | 68 | 83 | 87 | 78 |
March is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 87 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Clonsilla →
Things to do
1 waterfall and 30 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.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 30
Ongar Children's Playground0.4 km from town
DirectionsMillenium Play Ground0.7 km from town
DirectionsFort Lucan1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 27 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
2 gardens and nature sites to visit near Clonsilla
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Hamwood House and GardensGarden · 4.9 km from town
Its pageSaint Stephen's GreenGarden · 11 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Clonsilla
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
OngarCloneeMulhuddartBlanchardstownCarpenterstownHollystownClonsilla
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonsilla | 78% | 3.8 | 6.4 | 0.1% |
| Ongar 1.0 km | 96% | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.2% |
| Clonee 2.0 km | 100% | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0% |
| Mulhuddart 2.2 km | 98% | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0% |
| Blanchardstown 2.7 km | 95% | 8.1 | 7.0 | 0% |
| Carpenterstown 3.4 km | 97% | 39.8 | 7.3 | 0% |
| Hollystown 3.8 km | 55% | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0% |
In Clonee, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Blanchardstown and Carpenterstown have at least twice Clonsilla’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 Clonsilla
What is the biggest park in Clonsilla?
Hartstown Park, 27 ha (67 acres). Littlepace Park (9.8 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Clonsilla?
One protected site lies within 5 km, though it covers under 1% of the land. The nearest is Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC, 4.1 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Clonsilla?
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the National Famine Way, Royal Canal Way and Royal Canal Greenway - Drumcondra - Ashtown - Castleknock.
How many people in Clonsilla live near a park?
78% 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 Clonsilla?
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 Clonsilla near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 16 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Clonsilla?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 waterfall; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Clonsilla’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).