First pick
Castle Fields
Park or garden
5.6 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Enniscrone
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Enniscrone · parks, paths & countryside
Enniscrone is on the coast
The sea makes up 38% of the area within 5 km. There are 8.6 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Enniscrone, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. 2 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Enniscrone, among them the Enniscrone Coastal Loop and The Warren Way.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
8.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
7 km
0.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
2.6%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC
The sea
38%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Enniscrone?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast38% of the area within 5 km is sea.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam8.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 75% of Irish towns.Few mapped footpaths0.5 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Enniscrone’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Enniscrone 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 space8.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
76out of 100
Footpaths0.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
14out of 100
Protected for nature2.6%of the land within 5 km
55out of 100
Woodland0.1%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
2out of 100
The sea38%of the area within 5 km
95out 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
Enniscrone has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (1,291 to 3,141 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ballybrack (8.6 km per km²) to Sixmilebridge (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Enniscrone0.5
Towns its size0.7
Co. Sligo towns1.2
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Enniscrone8.6
Towns its size4.1
Co. Sligo towns4.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Enniscrone100%
Towns its size87%
Co. Sligo towns98%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Enniscrone stands out most for park space per resident: only 11 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 24 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballybrack Dublin | 8.6 | 8% | 0.2% | 36% |
| 2 | Sunday's Well Cork | 7.3 | 2.7% | 0.4% | – |
| 3 | Blackpool Cork | 6.6 | 3% | 1.4% | – |
| 4 | Carna Dublin | 5.4 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Taylor's Hill Galway | 5.1 | 1.2% | 15% | 37% |
| 6 | Togher Cork | 5 | 1.5% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Decies Dublin | 4.8 | 7.2% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mayfield Cork | 4.7 | 5.3% | 3.3% | – |
| 9 | Kylemore Dublin | 4 | 3% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Edenmore Dublin | 2.8 | 3.6% | 5.9% | 24% |
| 11 | Ballynanty Limerick | 2.5 | 5.7% | 12% | – |
| 12 | Claddagh Galway | 2.4 | 0.2% | 17% | 46% |
| 13 | Murrough Galway | 2.3 | 5.1% | 10% | 26% |
| 14 | Grange Upper Waterford | 1.4 | 1.5% | 6.6% | – |
| 15 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 17 | Bantry Cork | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | 18% |
| 18 | Ballina Tipperary | 0.9 | 1.8% | 4.7% | – |
| 19 | Moate Westmeath | 0.7 | 2.4% | 2.4% | – |
| 20 | Callan Kilkenny | 0.7 | 0.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 21 | Kingscourt Cavan | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 22 | Kenmare Kerry | 0.6 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 23 | Athboy Meath | 0.6 | 1.1% | 1.5% | – |
| 24 | Bundoran Donegal | 0.5 | 2% | 5.1% | 35% |
| 25 | Enniscrone Sligo | 0.5 | 0.1% | 2.6% | 38% |
| 26 | Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Carlow | 0.5 | 3.9% | 2.9% | – |
| 27 | Skibbereen Cork | 0.5 | 1.7% | 1.6% | – |
| 28 | Kinnegad Westmeath | 0.3 | 4.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 29 | Donegal Donegal | 0.3 | 4% | 4.1% | 12% |
| 30 | Boyle Roscommon | 0.3 | 3.2% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Bailieborough Cavan | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Castleisland Kerry | 0.3 | 1.7% | 12% | – |
| 33 | Kanturk Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 5.1% | – |
| 34 | Baltinglass Wicklow | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 35 | Ballyhaunis Mayo | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.4% | – |
| 36 | Kilrush Clare | 0.2 | 9.8% | 37% | – |
| 37 | Ballyjamesduff Cavan | 0.2 | 7.6% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Gort Galway | 0.2 | 4.3% | 24% | – |
| 39 | Carndonagh Donegal | 0.1 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| 40 | Sixmilebridge Clare | 0 | 0.7% | 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 Enniscrone’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 Enniscrone
The biggest is Castle Fields, 5.6 ha (14 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
Everyone in Enniscrone 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%)
Enniscrone100%
Co. Sligo towns98%
Typical Irish town92%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Protected sites cover 2.6% of the land within 5 km of Enniscrone
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 Enniscrone5.5%
Within 5 km2.6%
Co. Sligo towns9.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Enniscrone. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 3.5% 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
Wild Nephin National Park is 22 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
Wild Nephin National Park
22 km west171 km²
National Park
Connemara National Park
88 km south-west21 km²
National Park
Glenveagh National Park
96 km north-east155 km²
3 of Ireland’s six National Parks are within 100 km of Enniscrone.
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
7 km of footpaths cross Enniscrone
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
7.1 km
over 13.7 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
2
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
EnniscroneCo. Sligo townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
EnniscroneCo. Sligo townsTypical Irish town
Woodland0.1%
0%50%100%
Enniscrone has less footpath per km² than 86% of Irish towns and less woodland than 98% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
2 waymarked trails start near Enniscrone
7 km of footpaths are mapped in Enniscrone and the kilometre around it, 0.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Enniscrone Coastal Loop1.6 km
The Warren Way1.8 km
One cycling or paddling trail also starts within 5 km.
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 Enniscrone: 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 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 123 | 103 | 89 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 85 | 96 | 93 | 117 | 137 | 135 |
April is the driest month (71 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 18 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.4 hours of daylight in December, and 137 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Enniscrone →
The coast
The coast and bathing waters near Enniscrone
38% of the area within 5 km of Enniscrone is sea. One bathing water is within 5 km.
Enniscrone BeachExcellent (2025) · 0.2 km from town
beaches.ieOne of the 1 is rated excellent: Enniscrone Beach.
Bathing water classes: EPA, latest season (CC BY 4.0). Sea: the area outside CSO and ONS land outlines. Check today’s water quality on beaches.ie
Things to do
1 viewpoint and 4 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.
Per resident, playgrounds stand out most: Enniscrone has 2.4× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Enniscrone Playground & Crazy Golfin town
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Atlantic Caravan Park0.1 km from town
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
A garden or nature site to visit near Enniscrone
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Inishcrone (Enniscrone) PierNature site · In Enniscrone
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Enniscrone
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
BallinaCrossmolinaEnniscrone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enniscrone | 100% | 8.6 | 0.5 | 2.6% |
| Ballina 12 km | 83% | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.5% |
| Crossmolina 19 km | 79% | 3.0 | 0.1 | 7.2% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Enniscrone.
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 Enniscrone
What is the biggest park in Enniscrone?
Castle Fields, 5.6 ha (14 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Enniscrone?
Yes: 2.6% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 2 sites. Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC reaches Enniscrone.
What are the best walks near Enniscrone?
2 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Enniscrone Coastal Loop and The Warren Way.
Where can you swim near Enniscrone?
The nearest bathing water is Enniscrone Beach, 0.2 km from town: Excellent (2025). Check beaches.ie before swimming: a notice can close a beach for the day.
How many people in Enniscrone 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 Enniscrone?
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 Enniscrone near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wild Nephin National Park, 22 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 171 km². 2 more are within 100 km.
What is there to do outdoors around Enniscrone?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Enniscrone’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
- Bathing water. EPA: bathing water quality, 2025 season
- 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).