First pick
Phoenix Park
Park or garden
704 ha93.1 km of path
20 h 40 minto walk all 93.1 km of path
3.3 km westfrom the centre
Khyber RoadTinkler's PathKaziranga Forest Trail+2 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cityswift · CC BY 2.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Stoneybatter · parks, paths & countryside
Stoneybatter has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 Irish towns
Parks and playing fields in Stoneybatter add up to 38.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1. Footpaths add up to 80 km in the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 7.5 for every square kilometre. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 12 km away.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
38.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
80 km
7.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
1.6%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Stoneybatter?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam38.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 96% of Irish towns.A neighbourhood of footpaths7.5 km of path per km², more than 94% of Irish towns. The typical town has 2.1.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Hills with a view5 mapped viewpoints, about 7× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.
Stoneybatter’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by dense footpaths.
Against other towns
How Stoneybatter 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 space38.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
97out of 100
Footpaths7.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
95out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland1.6%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
29out 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
Stoneybatter has the 5th most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (15,588 to 22,549 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 Tullamore (0.7 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Stoneybatter7.5
Towns its size3.6
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Stoneybatter38.8
Towns its size4.2
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Stoneybatter100%
Towns its size98%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Stoneybatter stands out most for park space per resident: only 2 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 | Tallaght Dublin | 8.8 | 3.8% | 0.6% | – |
| 3 | Old Bawn Dublin | 8.5 | 3% | 1.8% | – |
| 4 | Dolphins Barn Dublin | 8.4 | 2.9% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Stoneybatter Dublin | 7.5 | 1.6% | 0% | – |
| 6 | The Liberties Dublin | 7.4 | 0.5% | 0% | – |
| 7 | Carpenterstown Dublin | 7.3 | 11% | 0% | – |
| 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 East Dublin | 5.9 | 2.3% | 0.1% | 13% |
| 15 | Rathfarnham Dublin | 5.5 | 4.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 16 | Crumlin Dublin | 5.4 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 17 | Templeogue Dublin | 5.2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 18 | Cabinteely Dublin | 5.1 | 7.6% | 1.1% | 29% |
| 19 | East Wall Dublin | 4.1 | 1% | 3.5% | 27% |
| 20 | Maynooth Kildare | 3.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 21 | Sandymount Dublin | 3.6 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 35% |
| 22 | Leixlip Kildare | 3.6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | – |
| 23 | Clontarf East Dublin | 3.1 | 3% | 6.1% | 38% |
| 24 | Dún Laoghaire Dublin | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 56% |
| 25 | Beaumont Dublin | 2.9 | 2% | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 26 | Celbridge Kildare | 2.4 | 6.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 27 | Malahide Dublin | 2.4 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 32% |
| 28 | Greystones-Delgany Wicklow | 2.2 | 11% | 5% | 35% |
| 29 | Douglas Cork | 1.7 | 4.6% | 5% | – |
| 30 | Ashbourne Meath | 1.6 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Knocknacarra Galway | 1.6 | 3.4% | 32% | 34% |
| 32 | Ballincollig Cork | 1.3 | 8.4% | 0% | – |
| 33 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Meath | 1.2 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 39% |
| 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 | Letterkenny Donegal | 0.7 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| 40 | Tullamore Offaly | 0.7 | 10% | 3.8% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Stoneybatter’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 Stoneybatter
The biggest is Phoenix Park, 704 ha (1,739 acres).
All 12 named parks and woods by size: 713 ha (1,762 acres) and 97 km of path
Parks & gardens 713 ha
The two biggest, Phoenix Park and King's Inns Park, are 99% of the named green space and carry 94 km of path between them. 11 of the 12 are under 2 ha.
Croppies Acre Memorial Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
0.6 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Blessington Street Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
King's Inns Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bridgefoot Street Park
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
0.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Blessington Street Basin
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cultural Garden
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Stoneybatter
Directionsto a point inside
Saint Audoen's Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
0.5 ha0.4 km of path
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Phoenix ParkPark or garden · 704 ha · 93.1 km of path
DirectionsCroppies Acre Memorial ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBlessington Street ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsKing's Inns ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsBridgefoot Street ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsBlessington Street BasinPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsCultural GardenPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsSaint Audoen's ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGreat Western Square ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsFour Master's ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsRoyal Canal ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsCivic GardensPark or garden · 0.2 ha · just outside town
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
Everyone in Stoneybatter 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%)
Stoneybatter100%
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 and River Tolka Estuary SPA is the nearest protected area, 2.8 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 Stoneybatter0%
Within 5 km0%
Co. Dublin towns0.2%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Stoneybatter. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 1.1% 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 12 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
12 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
80 km of footpaths cross Stoneybatter
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
80 km
over 10.7 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
1.6%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
5
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
StoneybatterCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths7.5
04.59 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
StoneybatterCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland1.6%
0%50%100%
Stoneybatter has more footpath per km² than 95% of Irish towns and less woodland than 71% 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 Stoneybatter
80 km of footpaths are mapped in Stoneybatter and the kilometre around it, 7.5 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
Royal Canal Greenway Walking Trail121.4 km
Grand Canal Way117.1 km
One cycling or paddling trail also starts within 5 km.
2 more waymarked walks on OpenStreetMap
NationalOther waymarked
The Royal Canal Way4.7 km
Icon Walk0.3 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 Stoneybatter: 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) | 62 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 55 | 64 | 60 | 68 | 62 | 76 | 84 | 72 |
April is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 84 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Stoneybatter →
Things to do
5 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.
5Viewpoints7.3× the typical Irish town, per resident1Waterfalls7Picnic sites98Playgrounds4× the typical Irish town, per resident1Dog parks
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Stoneybatter has 7.3× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Former swimming area1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 98
Play Forest0.6 km from town
DirectionsHamilton Gardens Public Playground0.8 km from town
DirectionsHill Street Playground0.9 km from town
DirectionsWeaver's Park playground0.9 km from town
DirectionsThe Giant's Garden1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 93 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Bark Park0.8 km from town
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
6 gardens and nature sites to visit near Stoneybatter
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
National Botanic GardensGarden · 1.3 km from town
Its pageWar Memorial GardensGarden · 1.5 km from town
Its pageSaint Stephen's GreenGarden · 1.5 km from town
Its pageIveagh GardensGarden · 1.6 km from town
Its pageMerrion SquareGarden · 1.7 km from town
Its pageSaint Anne's ParkGarden · 6.2 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Stoneybatter
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
PhibsboroughCabra EastO'Connell StreetParnell SquareTemple BarThe LibertiesStoneybatter
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneybatter | 100% | 38.8 | 7.5 | 0% |
| Phibsborough 0.9 km | 100% | 1.3 | 7.6 | 0% |
| Cabra East 1.2 km | 91% | 56.9 | 8.0 | 0% |
| O'Connell Street 1.3 km | 100% | 1.6 | 8.1 | 0.1% |
| Parnell Square 1.3 km | 100% | 1.0 | 6.6 | 0.1% |
| Temple Bar 1.4 km | 100% | 3.1 | 7.9 | 0.1% |
| The Liberties 1.5 km | 100% | 0.9 | 7.4 | 0% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Stoneybatter.
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 Stoneybatter
What is the biggest park in Stoneybatter?
Phoenix Park, 704 ha (1,739 acres). King's Inns Park (1.8 ha) is second. 15 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Stoneybatter?
2 protected sites lie within 5 km, though together they cover under 1% of the land. The nearest is South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA, 2.8 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Stoneybatter?
5 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 Stoneybatter 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 Stoneybatter?
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 Stoneybatter near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 12 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Stoneybatter?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 5 viewpoints, 1 waterfall and 7 picnic sites; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Stoneybatter’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).