First pick
Eamonn Ceannt Park
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
15 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
1.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Crumlin · parks, paths & countryside
5 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Crumlin
Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 8.4 km away. Footpaths add up to 76 km in the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 5.4 for every square kilometre. There are 4.2 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Crumlin, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
4.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
76 km
5.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Crumlin?
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.A neighbourhood of footpaths5.4 km of path per km², more than 77% of Irish towns. The typical town has 2.1.Hills with a view4 mapped viewpoints, about 6× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 8.4 km south.
Crumlin’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by dense footpaths.
Against other towns
How Crumlin 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 space4.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
52out of 100
Footpaths5.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
77out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland0.8%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
13out 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
Crumlin has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (16,038 to 23,033 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 Letterkenny (0.7 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Crumlin5.4
Towns its size4.0
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Crumlin4.2
Towns its size4.2
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Crumlin100%
Towns its size97%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Crumlin stands out most for path per km²: only 16 of the other 39 have more.
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 | Lucan Dublin | 6.8 | 7.3% | 0.2% | – |
| 8 | Mulhuddart Dublin | 6.6 | 4% | 0% | – |
| 9 | Stillorgan Dublin | 6.5 | 3% | 0.1% | 17% |
| 10 | Ballymun Dublin | 6.5 | 2.6% | 0% | – |
| 11 | Clonsilla Dublin | 6.4 | 3% | 0.1% | – |
| 12 | Ballinteer Dublin | 6.2 | 7.1% | 2.8% | – |
| 13 | Dundrum Dublin | 6.2 | 4.7% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| 14 | Rathmines West Dublin | 6 | 1.7% | 0.1% | 5.8% |
| 15 | Rathmines East Dublin | 5.9 | 2.3% | 0.1% | 13% |
| 16 | Rathfarnham Dublin | 5.5 | 4.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 17 | Crumlin Dublin | 5.4 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 18 | Templeogue Dublin | 5.2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 19 | Clondalkin Dublin | 4.6 | 3.3% | 0% | – |
| 20 | Stepaside Dublin | 4.3 | 15% | 6.4% | 5.9% |
| 21 | Maynooth Kildare | 3.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 22 | Sandymount Dublin | 3.6 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 35% |
| 23 | Leixlip Kildare | 3.6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | – |
| 24 | Clontarf East Dublin | 3.1 | 3% | 6.1% | 38% |
| 25 | Dún Laoghaire Dublin | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 56% |
| 26 | Beaumont Dublin | 2.9 | 2% | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 27 | Celbridge Kildare | 2.4 | 6.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 28 | Malahide Dublin | 2.4 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 32% |
| 29 | Greystones-Delgany Wicklow | 2.2 | 11% | 5% | 35% |
| 30 | Douglas Cork | 1.7 | 4.6% | 5% | – |
| 31 | Knocknacarra Galway | 1.6 | 3.4% | 32% | 34% |
| 32 | Ballincollig Cork | 1.3 | 8.4% | 0% | – |
| 33 | Athlone Westmeath | 1.3 | 6.1% | 14% | – |
| 34 | Sligo Sligo | 1.2 | 6.1% | 9.5% | 18% |
| 35 | Clonmel Tipperary | 1.1 | 14% | 3.9% | – |
| 36 | Wexford Wexford | 1.1 | 3.8% | 13% | 22% |
| 37 | Dooradoyle Limerick | 1 | 2.6% | 7.7% | – |
| 38 | Carrigaline Cork | 0.9 | 6.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% |
| 39 | Mullingar Westmeath | 0.8 | 8.9% | 3.3% | – |
| 40 | Letterkenny Donegal | 0.7 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Crumlin’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 Crumlin
The biggest is Eamonn Ceannt Park, 15 ha (38 acres).
All 8 named parks and woods by size: 57 ha (140 acres) and 10 km of path
Parks & gardens 57 ha
The two biggest, Eamonn Ceannt Park and Lansdowne Valley Park, are 49% of the named green space and carry 4 km of path between them.
Lansdowne Valley Park
Park or garden
12 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.2 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Brickfield Park
Park or garden
11 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Crumlin
Directionsto a point inside
Pearse Memorial Park
Park or garden
7.3 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
0.7 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stanaway Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
6.2 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bangor Circle
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
2.9 ha0.5 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
James's Walk
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
1.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.6 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Jim Mitchell Park
Park or garden · 350 m outside town
0.4 ha0.4 km of path
1.6 km north-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 Crumlin 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%)
Crumlin100%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
South Dublin Bay SAC is the nearest protected area, 4.7 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 Crumlin0%
Within 5 km0%
Co. Dublin towns0.2%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Crumlin. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 1.3% 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
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 8.4 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
8.4 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
76 km of footpaths cross Crumlin
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
76 km
over 14.3 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
0.8%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
5
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CrumlinCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths5.4
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CrumlinCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland0.8%
0%50%100%
Crumlin has more footpath per km² than 77% of Irish towns and less woodland than 87% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
5 waymarked trails start near Crumlin
76 km of footpaths are mapped in Crumlin and the kilometre around it, 5.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayGreenway
Grand Canal Way117.1 km
National Famine Way168.6 km
Royal Canal Greenway Walking Trail121.4 km
Royal Canal Way146.3 km
Royal Canal Greenway - Drumcondra - Ashtown - Castleknock8.9 km
One cycling or paddling trail also starts 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Crumlin: 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 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 55 | 62 | 57 | 65 | 61 | 76 | 85 | 73 |
April is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 85 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Crumlin →
Things to do
4 viewpoints and 1 waterfall
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.
4Viewpoints5.7× the typical Irish town, per resident1Waterfalls3Picnic sites63Playgrounds2.5× the typical Irish town, per resident2Dog parks
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Crumlin has 5.7× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 63
games roomin town
Directionskindergarden playgroundin town
Directionssoft areain town
DirectionsWeaver's Park playground0.8 km from town
DirectionsMarkievicz Playground1.2 km from town
DirectionsThe Lair1.6 km from town
DirectionsThe Spotty Playground1.9 km from town
DirectionsRanelagh Gardens Playground1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 55 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Bark Park0.9 km from town
DirectionsDog walking area of Belgrave Square1.8 km from town
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
7 gardens and nature sites to visit near Crumlin
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
War Memorial GardensGarden · 1.1 km from town
Its pageIveagh GardensGarden · 1.7 km from town
Its pageSaint Stephen's GreenGarden · 1.9 km from town
Its pageMerrion SquareGarden · 2.4 km from town
Its pageNational Botanic GardensGarden · 4.5 km from town
Its pageSaint Enda's ParkGarden · 4.8 km from town
Its pageSaint Anne's ParkGarden · 8.3 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Crumlin
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
KimmageInchicoreKilmainhamWalkinstownDolphins BarnPerrystownCrumlin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crumlin | 100% | 4.2 | 5.4 | 0% |
| Kimmage 1.3 km | 100% | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0% |
| Inchicore 1.4 km | 75% | 7.8 | 4.5 | 0% |
| Kilmainham 1.4 km | 100% | 76.5 | 7.7 | 0% |
| Walkinstown 1.4 km | 100% | 6.5 | 2.8 | 0% |
| Dolphins Barn 1.6 km | 100% | 40.8 | 8.4 | 0% |
| Perrystown 1.9 km | 100% | 15.4 | 3.6 | 0% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Crumlin. Kilmainham, Dolphins Barn and Perrystown have at least twice Crumlin’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 Crumlin
What is the biggest park in Crumlin?
Eamonn Ceannt Park, 15 ha (38 acres), just outside the built-up area. Lansdowne Valley Park (12 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 Crumlin?
2 protected sites lie within 5 km, though together they cover under 1% of the land. The nearest is South Dublin Bay SAC, 4.7 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Crumlin?
5 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Grand Canal Way, National Famine Way and Royal Canal Greenway Walking Trail.
How many people in Crumlin 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 Crumlin?
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 Crumlin near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 8.4 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Crumlin?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 4 viewpoints, 1 waterfall and 3 picnic sites; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Crumlin’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).