First pick
Hartstown Park
Park or garden
27 ha5.6 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.6 km of path
1.5 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jamip29 · CC BY-SA 4.098%near a park
Outdoors in Mulhuddart · parks, paths & countryside
Mulhuddart has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 Irish towns
179 km of footpaths run through the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 6.6 for every square kilometre. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 16 km away. 3 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Mulhuddart, among them the National Famine Way and Royal Canal Way.
Near a park
98%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
7.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
179 km
6.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
4%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Mulhuddart?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A neighbourhood of footpaths6.6 km of path per km², more than 88% of Irish towns. The typical town has 2.1.A park on every doorstep98% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 16 km south.
Mulhuddart’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by parks close to every home.
Against other towns
How Mulhuddart 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 walk98%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
64out of 100
Public green space7.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
71out of 100
Footpaths6.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
89out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland4%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
68out 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
Mulhuddart has the 8th 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
Mulhuddart6.6
Towns its size4.0
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Mulhuddart7.5
Towns its size4.2
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Mulhuddart98%
Towns its size97%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Mulhuddart stands out most for park space per resident: only 13 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 Mulhuddart’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 Mulhuddart
The biggest is Hartstown Park, 27 ha (67 acres).
All 9 named parks and woods by size: 96 ha (238 acres) and 18 km of path
Parks & gardens 89 haWoods 7.2 ha
The two biggest, Hartstown Park and Lady's Well Park / Mick Walsh Park, are 46% of the named green space and carry 9 km of path between them.
Lady's Well Park / Mick Walsh Park
Park or garden
17 ha3.2 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
0.8 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Waterville Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
14 ha3.2 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
1.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Littlepace Park
Park or garden
9.8 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
1.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Castle Curragh Park
Park or garden
11 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mulhuddart
Directionsto a point inside
Corduff Park
Park or garden
7.4 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cherryfield Park
Park or garden · 130 m outside town
2.1 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
2.0 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Tyrrelstown
Wood or forest · 250 m outside town
7.2 ha
1.6 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Hartstown ParkPark or garden · 27 ha · 5.6 km of path
DirectionsLady's Well Park / Mick Walsh ParkPark or garden · 17 ha · 3.2 km of path
DirectionsWaterville ParkPark or garden · 14 ha · 3.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLittlepace ParkPark or garden · 9.8 ha · 2.6 km of path
DirectionsCastle Curragh ParkPark or garden · 11 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsCorduff ParkPark or garden · 7.4 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsCherryfield ParkPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsTyrrelstownWood or forest · 7.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsTUD Blanchardstown Horticulture GardenPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsNamed 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 Mulhuddart 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 (98%)Further (1.6%)
Mulhuddart98%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
About 300 people live further than that. 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 Mulhuddart
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 Mulhuddart.
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 Mulhuddart
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
179 km
over 27 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
4%
about 1.1 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
3
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MulhuddartCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths6.6
048 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MulhuddartCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland4%
0%50%100%
Mulhuddart has more footpath per km² than 89% of Irish towns and more woodland than 68% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
3 waymarked trails start near Mulhuddart
179 km of footpaths are mapped in Mulhuddart and the kilometre around it, 6.6 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
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
National
The Royal Canal Way6.2 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 Mulhuddart: 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 | 56 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 68 | 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 Mulhuddart →
Things to do
46 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: Mulhuddart has 1.8× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 46
Waterville Park Playground0.3 km from town
DirectionsMillenium Play Ground0.6 km from town
DirectionsOngar Children's Playground1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 43 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
A garden or nature site to visit near Mulhuddart
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Saint Stephen's GreenGarden · 10.0 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Mulhuddart
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
BlanchardstownHollystownClonsillaOngarCarpenterstownCloneeMulhuddart
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulhuddart | 98% | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0% |
| Blanchardstown 1.6 km | 95% | 8.1 | 7.0 | 0% |
| Hollystown 1.9 km | 55% | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0% |
| Clonsilla 2.2 km | 78% | 3.8 | 6.4 | 0.1% |
| Ongar 3.1 km | 96% | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.2% |
| Carpenterstown 3.3 km | 97% | 39.8 | 7.3 | 0% |
| Clonee 3.4 km | 100% | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Mulhuddart. Carpenterstown has at least twice Mulhuddart’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 Mulhuddart
What is the biggest park in Mulhuddart?
Hartstown Park, 27 ha (67 acres). Lady's Well Park / Mick Walsh Park (17 ha) is second. 9 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Mulhuddart?
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 Mulhuddart live near a park?
98% 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 Mulhuddart?
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 Mulhuddart 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.
Sources
Where Mulhuddart’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).