First pick
Sean Walsh Park
Park or garden
24 ha6.5 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.5 km of path
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Tallaght · parks, paths & countryside
Tallaght has more footpath per square kilometre than 9 in 10 Irish towns
Footpaths add up to 142 km in the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 8.8 for every square kilometre. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 4.8 km away. 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
9.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
142 km
8.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
0.6%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Glenasmole Valley SAC
Woodland
3.8%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Tallaght?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A neighbourhood of footpaths8.8 km of path per km², more than 99% 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.Room to roam9.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 77% of Irish towns.Hills with a view3 mapped viewpoints, about 5× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.
Tallaght’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by parks close to every home.
Against other towns
How Tallaght 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 space9.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
78out of 100
Footpaths8.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
100out of 100
Protected for nature0.6%of the land within 5 km
40out of 100
Woodland3.8%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
63out 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
Tallaght has the most footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (13,245 to 18,369 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Tallaght (8.8 km per km²) to Mallow (0.6 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Tallaght8.8
Towns its size3.7
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Tallaght9.2
Towns its size4.6
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Tallaght100%
Towns its size96%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Tallaght stands out most for path per km²: none of the other 39 has more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallaght Dublin | 8.8 | 3.8% | 0.6% | – |
| 2 | Cabra East Dublin | 8 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Deansrath Dublin | 7.9 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 4 | Ballyowen Dublin | 7.5 | 6% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Stillorgan Dublin | 6.5 | 3% | 0.1% | 17% |
| 6 | Ashtown Dublin | 6.3 | 6.9% | 0% | – |
| 7 | Ballinteer Dublin | 6.2 | 7.1% | 2.8% | – |
| 8 | Dundrum Dublin | 6.2 | 4.7% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| 9 | Clonskeagh Dublin | 6 | 2.7% | 0.1% | 16% |
| 10 | Rathmines East Dublin | 5.9 | 2.3% | 0.1% | 13% |
| 11 | Knocklyon Dublin | 5.8 | 4.7% | 3.2% | – |
| 12 | Whitehall Dublin | 5.6 | 2.6% | 0.3% | – |
| 13 | Rathfarnham Dublin | 5.5 | 4.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 14 | Templeogue Dublin | 5.2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 15 | Cabinteely Dublin | 5.1 | 7.6% | 1.1% | 29% |
| 16 | Sallynoggin Dublin | 5 | 2% | 0.3% | 47% |
| 17 | Kimmage Dublin | 4.3 | 0.1% | 0% | – |
| 18 | Ongar Dublin | 4.2 | 2.7% | 0.2% | – |
| 19 | East Wall Dublin | 4.1 | 1% | 3.5% | 27% |
| 20 | Belmayne Dublin | 3.8 | 1.9% | 5.2% | 25% |
| 21 | Maynooth Kildare | 3.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 22 | Mahon Cork | 3.6 | 6.1% | 5.3% | – |
| 23 | Leixlip Kildare | 3.6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | – |
| 24 | Clontarf West Dublin | 3.2 | 2.2% | 3.5% | 17% |
| 25 | Bishopstown Cork | 3.2 | 6% | 0.2% | – |
| 26 | Dún Laoghaire Dublin | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 56% |
| 27 | Corbally and King's Island Limerick | 3 | 3.7% | 9.5% | – |
| 28 | Darndale Dublin | 2.7 | 1.9% | 3.7% | 11% |
| 29 | Castletroy Limerick | 2.4 | 1.8% | 6.6% | – |
| 30 | Ashbourne Meath | 1.6 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Midleton Cork | 1.6 | 2.6% | 4.5% | – |
| 32 | Ballybane Galway | 1.5 | 3.9% | 12% | 15% |
| 33 | Killarney Kerry | 1.3 | 14% | 34% | – |
| 34 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Meath | 1.2 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 39% |
| 35 | Clonmel Tipperary | 1.1 | 14% | 3.9% | – |
| 36 | Carrigaline Cork | 0.9 | 6.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% |
| 37 | Cobh Cork | 0.8 | 3.5% | 13% | 23% |
| 38 | Tullamore Offaly | 0.7 | 10% | 3.8% | – |
| 39 | Arklow Wicklow | 0.7 | 5.7% | 0.3% | 34% |
| 40 | Mallow Cork | 0.6 | 5.1% | 3.2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Tallaght’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 Tallaght
The biggest is Sean Walsh Park, 24 ha (60 acres).
All 6 named parks and woods by size: 95 ha (234 acres) and 20 km of path
Parks & gardens 95 ha
The two biggest, Sean Walsh Park and Ballymount Park, are 49% of the named green space and carry 11 km of path between them.
Ballymount Park
Park or garden
22 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
2.3 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
St. Mark's GAA Field
Park or garden
17 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bancroft Park
Park or garden
12 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
1.7 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Jobstown Park
Park or garden
12 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Whitestown Stream Park
Park or garden
8.3 ha3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
1.7 km south-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 Tallaght 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%)
Tallaght100%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Glenasmole Valley SAC is the nearest protected area, 2.9 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 Tallaght0%
Within 5 km0.6%
Co. Dublin towns0.2%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Tallaght. 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 4.8 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
4.8 km south-east223 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 Tallaght
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
142 km
over 16.1 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
3.8%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
4
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
TallaghtCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths8.8
05.511 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TallaghtCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland3.8%
0%50%100%
Tallaght has more footpath per km² than 100% of Irish towns and more woodland than 63% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
4 waymarked trails start near Tallaght
142 km of footpaths are mapped in Tallaght and the kilometre around it, 8.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayWalking trail
Dublin Mountains Way41.2 km
Grand Canal Way117.1 km
Massey's Estate - Nature trail2.5 km
Slievethoul Lugg Walk6.9 km
For a shorter walk, the Slievethoul Lugg Walk is 6.9 km, graded easy.
4 more waymarked walks on OpenStreetMap
Local
Tymon Park Purple Slí4.5 km
Tymon Park Red Slí3.1 km
Tymon Park Yellow Slí2.3 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 Tallaght: 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 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 72 | 62 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 65 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 84 | 93 | 83 |
April is the driest month (57 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 93 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Tallaght →
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 55 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.
3Viewpoints5.3× the typical Irish town, per resident3Picnic sites55Playgrounds2.7× the typical Irish town, per resident3Dog parks
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Tallaght has 5.3× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 55
Sean Walsh Playground0.1 km from town
DirectionsBallymount Playground0.4 km from town
DirectionsBalrothery Play Area1.0 km from town
DirectionsNew Playground1.1 km from town
DirectionsWoodland Activity Area1.7 km from town
DirectionsChildren's Playground1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 49 playgrounds 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 Tallaght
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Saint Stephen's GreenGarden · 7.8 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Tallaght
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
Old BawnKilnamanaghFettercairnBohernabreenaJobstownFirhouseTallaght
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallaght | 100% | 9.2 | 8.8 | 0.6% |
| Old Bawn 1.5 km | 100% | 10.4 | 8.5 | 1.8% |
| Kilnamanagh 1.8 km | 100% | 26.9 | 7.4 | 0.5% |
| Fettercairn 2.1 km | 94% | 16.2 | 7.0 | 0.4% |
| Bohernabreena 2.5 km | 94% | 28.8 | 4.3 | 5% |
| Jobstown 2.6 km | 99% | 7.6 | 6.3 | 2.2% |
| Firhouse 2.9 km | 94% | 20.0 | 6.8 | 4.2% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Tallaght. Kilnamanagh, Bohernabreena and Firhouse have at least twice Tallaght’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 Tallaght
What is the biggest park in Tallaght?
Ballymount Park, 22 ha (53 acres), just outside the built-up area. Sean Walsh Park (20 ha) is second. 7 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Tallaght?
2 protected sites lie within 5 km, though together they cover under 1% of the land. The nearest is Glenasmole Valley SAC, 2.9 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Tallaght?
4 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Dublin Mountains Way, Grand Canal Way and Massey's Estate - Nature trail.
How many people in Tallaght 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 Tallaght?
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 Tallaght near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 4.8 km south-east of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Tallaght?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 3 viewpoints and 3 picnic sites; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Tallaght’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).