First pick
Fair Green
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.049%near a park
Outdoors in Ardee · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Ardee
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 49% of residents. There are 1.1 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Ardee, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. 16 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.9 for every square kilometre.
Near a park
49%
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
16 km
0.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
0.8%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Stabannan-Braganstown SPA
Against other towns
How Ardee 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 walk49%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
2out of 100
Public green space1.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
6out of 100
Footpaths0.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
27out of 100
Protected for nature0.8%of the land within 5 km
41out of 100
Woodland0.7%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
11out 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
Ardee has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (4,905 to 6,051 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From St Stephen's Green (7.4 km per km²) to Clonakilty (0.3 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Ardee0.9
Towns its size1.7
Co. Louth towns1.0
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Ardee1.1
Towns its size4.3
Co. Louth towns1.1
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Ardee49%
Towns its size83%
Co. Louth towns74%
Typical Irish town92%
Ardee falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 35 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Stephen's Green Dublin | 7.4 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 11% |
| 2 | Portobello Dublin | 7.2 | 1.2% | 0.1% | 8.8% |
| 3 | Gillabbey Cork | 7.1 | 2.6% | 0.5% | – |
| 4 | Glasheen Cork | 6.4 | 2.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 5 | Ballyboden Dublin | 5.9 | 4.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 6 | Edmondstown Dublin | 5.1 | 7.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 7 | Ballinlough Cork | 4.9 | 3.2% | 3.8% | – |
| 8 | Rathgar Dublin | 4.8 | 3.5% | 0.1% | – |
| 9 | Knocknaheeny Cork | 4.7 | 2.4% | 0.2% | – |
| 10 | Knockrea Cork | 4.7 | 3.1% | 3.7% | – |
| 11 | Woodquay and Nuns Island Galway | 4.5 | 0.7% | 14% | 32% |
| 12 | Inchicore Dublin | 4.5 | 3.9% | 0% | – |
| 13 | Fair Hill Cork | 4 | 4.4% | 0.4% | – |
| 14 | Ayrfield Dublin | 3.8 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 19% |
| 15 | Garryowen Limerick | 3.4 | 0.5% | 9.6% | – |
| 16 | Salthill Galway | 3.3 | 1% | 15% | 46% |
| 17 | Harmonstown Dublin | 3.2 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 23% |
| 18 | Galvone Limerick | 2.9 | 0.7% | 8.3% | – |
| 19 | Sutton Dublin | 2.5 | 0.7% | 12% | 48% |
| 20 | Carrigtwohill Cork | 1.8 | 5.1% | 12% | – |
| 21 | Ballinfoile and Terryland Galway | 1.7 | 2.1% | 22% | 13% |
| 22 | Rathcoole Dublin | 1.6 | 2.4% | 0% | – |
| 23 | Blessington Wicklow | 1.4 | 10% | 1.9% | – |
| 24 | Glounthaune Cork | 1.2 | 8% | 6.1% | – |
| 25 | Passage West-Monkstown Cork | 1.2 | 3.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 26 | Inishkenny Cork | 1.1 | 4.2% | 0.2% | – |
| 27 | Ballybeg Waterford | 1 | 1.2% | 4.1% | – |
| 28 | Ardee Louth | 0.9 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 29 | Kinsale Cork | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 21% |
| 30 | Ferrybank Kilkenny | 0.8 | 4.1% | 6.6% | – |
| 31 | Monasterevin Kildare | 0.6 | 16% | 2% | – |
| 32 | Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary | 0.5 | 9.9% | 4% | – |
| 33 | Ballybofey-Stranorlar Donegal | 0.4 | 7.7% | 2.3% | – |
| 34 | Carrickmacross Monaghan | 0.3 | 5.5% | 0% | – |
| 35 | Tipperary Tipperary | 0.3 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 36 | Mountmellick Laois | 0.3 | 0.5% | 3.4% | – |
| 37 | Tullow Carlow | 0.3 | 0.4% | 1.7% | – |
| 38 | Roscrea Tipperary | 0.3 | 3.4% | 7.9% | – |
| 39 | Oranmore Galway | 0.3 | 2% | 5.2% | 13% |
| 40 | Clonakilty Cork | 0.3 | 1.8% | 3.3% | 7.1% |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Ardee’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 Ardee
The biggest is Fair Green, 1.2 ha (3 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
5 in 10 Ardee 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 (49%)Further (51%)
Ardee49%
Co. Louth towns74%
Typical Irish town92%
About 2,800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Stabannan-Braganstown SPA is the nearest protected area, 3.9 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 Ardee0%
Within 5 km0.8%
Co. Louth towns3.6%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Ardee. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 2.3% 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.
Stabannan-Braganstown SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 2.5 km² · 3.9 km from the edge
NPWS pageProtected 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 68 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
68 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
16 km of footpaths cross Ardee
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
16 km
over 17.3 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
0.7%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ArdeeCo. Louth townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.9
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ArdeeCo. Louth townsTypical Irish town
Woodland0.7%
0%50%100%
Ardee has less footpath per km² than 73% of Irish towns and less woodland than 89% 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 Ardee
16 km of footpaths are mapped in Ardee and the kilometre around it, 0.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
No waymarked trail starts within 5 km of Ardee; 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 Ardee: 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 65 | 85 | 87 | 80 |
April is the driest month (57 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.4 hours of daylight in December, and 87 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Ardee →
Things to do
3 hills and peaks and 1 playground
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 Snipe Hill, at 41 m, in town.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Snipe Hill41 m · in town
DirectionsStoney Lane Hill48 m · in town
DirectionsSilver Hill49 m · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Ardee
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
DunleerCastlebellingham-KilsaranDromiskinTullyallenSlaneCarrickmacrossArdee
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardee | 49% | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8% |
| Dunleer 9.6 km | 48% | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0% |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran 10 km | 76% | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.6% |
| Dromiskin 12 km | 100% | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.8% |
| Tullyallen 15 km | 73% | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.6% |
| Slane 16 km | 100% | 11.0 | 0.8 | 3.1% |
| Carrickmacross 18 km | 64% | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0% |
In Dromiskin, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Tullyallen and Slane have at least twice Ardee’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 Ardee
What is the biggest park in Ardee?
Fair Green, 1.2 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Ardee?
One protected site lies within 5 km, though it covers under 1% of the land. The nearest is Stabannan-Braganstown SPA, 3.9 km from the edge of town.
How many people in Ardee live near a park?
49% 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 Ardee?
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 Ardee near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 68 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Ardee?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 3 hills and peaks; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Ardee’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).