First pick
Tymon Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
131 ha22.1 km of path
4 h 55 minto walk all 22.1 km of path
1.6 km south-westfrom the centre
Mayor's MileTymon LaneEnchanted Walk
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: O'Dea · CC BY-SA 4.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Perrystown · parks, paths & countryside
Perrystown has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 Irish towns
There are 15.4 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Perrystown, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 6.8 km away. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 100% of residents.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
15.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
41 km
3.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
1.8%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Perrystown?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam15.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 91% of Irish towns.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Hills with a view3 mapped viewpoints, about 11× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 6.8 km south.
Perrystown’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by parks close to every home.
Against other towns
How Perrystown 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 space15.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
91out of 100
Footpaths3.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
64out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland1.8%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
34out 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
Perrystown has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (6,597 to 8,707 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
Perrystown3.6
Towns its size2.2
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Perrystown15.4
Towns its size3.3
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Perrystown100%
Towns its size97%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Perrystown stands out most for park space per resident: none of the other 39 has 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 | South Gate Cork | 6.8 | 1% | 1.3% | – |
| 5 | Grand Canal Dock Dublin | 6.6 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 16% |
| 6 | Dubber Dublin | 5.7 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 7 | Ballybough Dublin | 5.5 | 1.4% | 1% | 9% |
| 8 | Booterstown Dublin | 5.4 | 2.2% | 0.2% | 29% |
| 9 | Turner's Cross Cork | 5.3 | 2.5% | 1.3% | – |
| 10 | Clongriffin Dublin | 5 | 0.2% | 6.6% | 31% |
| 11 | Cherry Orchard Dublin | 4.6 | 0.5% | 0% | – |
| 12 | Santry Dublin | 4.4 | 2.8% | 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 | Farranshone Limerick | 2.8 | 1.5% | 11% | – |
| 17 | Walkinstown Dublin | 2.8 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 18 | Dalkey Dublin | 2.6 | 3.5% | 0.2% | 60% |
| 19 | Kinsealy-Drinan Dublin | 2.3 | 1.8% | 1.1% | 8.3% |
| 20 | Howth Dublin | 2.2 | 2.4% | 18% | 75% |
| 21 | Dunboyne Meath | 2.2 | 2.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 22 | Hollyhill and Ballincolly Cork | 2.1 | 7.2% | 0.5% | – |
| 23 | Frankfield and Grange Cork | 2.1 | 4.3% | 2.1% | – |
| 24 | Kilcock Kildare | 1.7 | 2.8% | 0% | – |
| 25 | Ballyvolane Cork | 1.6 | 6.7% | 2.8% | – |
| 26 | Dunshaughlin Meath | 1.5 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 27 | Monaghan Monaghan | 1.3 | 8.7% | 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 | Youghal Cork | 0.9 | 0.6% | 13% | 29% |
| 32 | New Ross Wexford | 0.9 | 7.3% | 5.4% | – |
| 33 | Fermoy Cork | 0.8 | 6.3% | 4.8% | – |
| 34 | Clane Kildare | 0.6 | 1.9% | 1.5% | – |
| 35 | Thurles Tipperary | 0.5 | 2.8% | 1.2% | – |
| 36 | Newcastle West Limerick | 0.5 | 1.5% | 7% | – |
| 37 | Bandon Cork | 0.4 | 5.6% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Edenderry Offaly | 0.4 | 7% | 1.7% | – |
| 39 | Ballinasloe Galway | 0.3 | 3.7% | 9.6% | – |
| 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 Perrystown’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 Perrystown
The biggest is Tymon Park, 131 ha (325 acres).
All 5 named parks and woods by size: 148 ha (366 acres) and 25 km of path
Parks & gardens 148 ha
The two biggest, Tymon Park and Greenhills Park, are 93% of the named green space and carry 23 km of path between them.
Greenhills Park
Park or garden
6.6 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
1.0 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stanaway Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
6.2 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ravensdale Park
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
1.1 ha0.3 km of path
1.6 km eastfrom 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 Perrystown 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%)
Perrystown100%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
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 Perrystown
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 Perrystown.
National Parks
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 6.8 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
6.8 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
41 km of footpaths cross Perrystown
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
41 km
over 11.2 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
1.8%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
3
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PerrystownCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths3.6
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PerrystownCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland1.8%
0%50%100%
Perrystown has more footpath per km² than 64% of Irish towns and less woodland than 66% 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 Perrystown
41 km of footpaths are mapped in Perrystown and the kilometre around it, 3.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance way
Grand Canal Way117.1 km
Dublin Mountains Way41.2 km
Wicklow Way128.1 km
5 more waymarked walks on OpenStreetMap
NationalLocal
Tymon Park Purple Slí4.5 km
Tymon Park Red Slí3.1 km
Tymon Park Yellow Slí2.3 km
European long distance path E8 - part Ireland0.9 km
Fitwalk Circuit0.8 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 Perrystown: 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) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 55 | 62 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 77 | 87 | 76 |
April is the driest month (53 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 Perrystown →
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 32 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.
3Viewpoints10.8× the typical Irish town, per resident32Playgrounds3.2× the typical Irish town, per resident1Dog parks
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Perrystown has 10.8× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 32
Children's Playground1.4 km from town
DirectionsWoodland Activity Area1.4 km from town
Directionskindergarden playground1.5 km from town
Directionssoft area1.6 km from town
Directionsgames room1.6 km from town
DirectionsBalrothery Play Area1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 26 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
6 gardens and nature sites to visit near Perrystown
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
War Memorial GardensGarden · 3.2 km from town
Its pageSaint Enda's ParkGarden · 3.6 km from town
Its pageIveagh GardensGarden · 3.9 km from town
Its pageSaint Stephen's GreenGarden · 4.2 km from town
Its pageMerrion SquareGarden · 4.6 km from town
Its pageNational Botanic GardensGarden · 6.9 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Perrystown
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
WalkinstownTempleogueKimmageCrumlinTerenureInchicorePerrystown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrystown | 100% | 15.4 | 3.6 | 0% |
| Walkinstown 1.1 km | 100% | 6.5 | 2.8 | 0% |
| Templeogue 1.1 km | 100% | 16.9 | 5.2 | 0.1% |
| Kimmage 1.7 km | 100% | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0% |
| Crumlin 1.9 km | 100% | 4.2 | 5.4 | 0% |
| Terenure 2.3 km | 100% | 8.3 | 4.9 | 0% |
| Inchicore 2.4 km | 75% | 7.8 | 4.5 | 0% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Perrystown.
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 Perrystown
What is the biggest park in Perrystown?
Tymon Park, 83 ha (204 acres), just outside the built-up area. Greenhills Park (6.6 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Perrystown?
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Grand Canal Way, Dublin Mountains Way and Wicklow Way.
How many people in Perrystown 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 Perrystown?
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 Perrystown near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 6.8 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Perrystown?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 3 viewpoints; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Perrystown’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).