First pick
Newbridge Town Park
Park or garden
3.9 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Bad Lippspringe Way
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.066%near a park
Outdoors in Newbridge · parks, paths & countryside
Newbridge borders Mouds Bog SAC
Protected sites cover 4.9% of the land within 5 km; the nearest is Mouds Bog SAC. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 18 km away. Parks and playing fields in Newbridge add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Near a park
66%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
1.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
19 km
0.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
4.9%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Mouds Bog SAC
Woodland
1.6%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Newbridge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected land nearbyMouds Bog SAC reaches the edge of Newbridge.Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 18 km east.Less park per person1.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Newbridge’s strongest suit is protected land close by, followed by Wicklow Mountains National Park close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Against other towns
How Newbridge 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 walk66%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
16out of 100
Public green space1.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
8out of 100
Footpaths0.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
17out of 100
Protected for nature4.9%of the land within 5 km
72out of 100
Woodland1.6%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
28out 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
Newbridge has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (18,369 to 27,923 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 Portlaoise (0.6 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Newbridge0.6
Towns its size2.7
Co. Kildare towns1.0
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Newbridge1.1
Towns its size4.0
Co. Kildare towns2.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Newbridge66%
Towns its size95%
Co. Kildare towns79%
Typical Irish town92%
Newbridge falls furthest behind on path per km², where 38 of the 39 others do better.
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 | Blanchardstown Dublin | 7 | 3.8% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Lucan Dublin | 6.8 | 7.3% | 0.2% | – |
| 9 | Mulhuddart Dublin | 6.6 | 4% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Ballymun Dublin | 6.5 | 2.6% | 0% | – |
| 11 | Clonsilla Dublin | 6.4 | 3% | 0.1% | – |
| 12 | Jobstown Dublin | 6.3 | 1.9% | 2.2% | – |
| 13 | Rathmines West Dublin | 6 | 1.7% | 0.1% | 5.8% |
| 14 | Crumlin Dublin | 5.4 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 15 | Clondalkin Dublin | 4.6 | 3.3% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Stepaside Dublin | 4.3 | 15% | 6.4% | 5.9% |
| 17 | Sandymount Dublin | 3.6 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 35% |
| 18 | Clontarf East Dublin | 3.1 | 3% | 6.1% | 38% |
| 19 | Kilkenny Kilkenny | 3.1 | 3.8% | 2.4% | – |
| 20 | Beaumont Dublin | 2.9 | 2% | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 21 | Celbridge Kildare | 2.4 | 6.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 22 | Malahide Dublin | 2.4 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 32% |
| 23 | Greystones-Delgany Wicklow | 2.2 | 11% | 5% | 35% |
| 24 | Balbriggan Dublin | 2.1 | 1.6% | 0% | 37% |
| 25 | Naas Kildare | 1.9 | 1.4% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Douglas Cork | 1.7 | 4.6% | 5% | – |
| 27 | Knocknacarra Galway | 1.6 | 3.4% | 32% | 34% |
| 28 | Ballincollig Cork | 1.3 | 8.4% | 0% | – |
| 29 | Athlone Westmeath | 1.3 | 6.1% | 14% | – |
| 30 | Sligo Sligo | 1.2 | 6.1% | 9.5% | 18% |
| 31 | Tralee Kerry | 1.1 | 2.4% | 21% | 6.4% |
| 32 | Clonmel Tipperary | 1.1 | 14% | 3.9% | – |
| 33 | Wexford Wexford | 1.1 | 3.8% | 13% | 22% |
| 34 | Dooradoyle Limerick | 1 | 2.6% | 7.7% | – |
| 35 | Carlow Carlow | 0.9 | 1.3% | 2% | – |
| 36 | Mullingar Westmeath | 0.8 | 8.9% | 3.3% | – |
| 37 | Ennis Clare | 0.7 | 9.6% | 7.8% | – |
| 38 | Letterkenny Donegal | 0.7 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| 39 | Newbridge Kildare | 0.6 | 1.6% | 4.9% | – |
| 40 | Portlaoise Laois | 0.6 | 2.6% | 1.1% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Newbridge’s urban area.
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 Newbridge
The biggest is Newbridge Town Park, 3.9 ha (10 acres).
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
7 in 10 Newbridge residents live 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 (66%)Further (35%)
Newbridge66%
Co. Kildare towns79%
Typical Irish town92%
About 8,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
The 2 protected sites within 5 km of Newbridge
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 Newbridge0%
Within 5 km4.9%
Co. Kildare towns0.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Newbridge. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 17% 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 18 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
18 km 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
19 km of footpaths cross Newbridge
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
19 km
over 30.9 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
1.6%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
NewbridgeCo. Kildare townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NewbridgeCo. Kildare townsTypical Irish town
Woodland1.6%
0%50%100%
Newbridge has less footpath per km² than 83% of Irish towns and less woodland than 72% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
Footpaths in and around Newbridge
19 km of footpaths are mapped in Newbridge and the kilometre around it, 0.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
No waymarked trail starts within 5 km of Newbridge; its footpaths are counted above.
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 Newbridge: 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) | 8.1 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 80 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 60 | 71 | 70 | 78 | 74 | 95 | 95 | 89 |
May is the driest month (60 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.6 hours of daylight in December, and 95 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. The climate in Newbridge →
Things to do
1 hill or peak and 5 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.
The highest named top on the map is Semaphore Hill, at 147 m, 1.6 km from town.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Semaphore Hill147 m · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Pollardstown Fen Nature Reserve144 ha · 1.8 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Newbridge Town Parkin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 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 Newbridge
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Pollardstown FenNature site · 1.6 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Newbridge
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
AthgarvanCurragh CampKilcullenKildareCarraghKilmeageNewbridge
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
In Carragh, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Kilcullen and Carragh have at least twice Newbridge’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 Newbridge
What is the biggest park in Newbridge?
Newbridge Town Park, 3.9 ha (10 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Newbridge?
Yes: 4.9% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 2 sites. Mouds Bog SAC reaches Newbridge.
How many people in Newbridge live near a park?
66% 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 Newbridge?
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 Newbridge near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 18 km east of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Newbridge?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 hill or peak, 1 nature reserve and 1 picnic site; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Newbridge’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).