First pick
Coolnamuck Woods East
Wood or forest
73 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
3.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: 2ManyCats4Me · CC073%near a park
Outdoors in Carrick-on-Suir · parks, paths & countryside
The South Leinster Way runs through Carrick-on-Suir
7 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Carrick-on-Suir, among them the South Leinster Way and East Munster Way. Footpaths add up to 13 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.5 for every square kilometre. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 73% of residents.
Near a park
73%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
3.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
13 km
0.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
4%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Lower River Suir SAC
Woodland
9.9%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Carrick-on-Suir?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On a long-distance trailThe South Leinster Way passes through.Protected land nearbyLower River Suir SAC reaches the edge of Carrick-on-Suir.Few mapped footpaths0.5 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Carrick-on-Suir’s strongest suit is the South Leinster Way, followed by protected land close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Carrick-on-Suir 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 walk73%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
24out of 100
Public green space3.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
42out of 100
Footpaths0.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
14out of 100
Protected for nature4%of the land within 5 km
67out of 100
Woodland9.9%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
94out 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
Carrick-on-Suir has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (5,226 to 6,322 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 Oranmore (0.3 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Carrick-on-Suir0.5
Towns its size2.1
Co. Tipperary towns0.5
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Carrick-on-Suir3.3
Towns its size4.4
Co. Tipperary towns3.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Carrick-on-Suir73%
Towns its size93%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Carrick-on-Suir falls furthest behind on path per km², where 33 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 | The Glen Cork | 5.7 | 4% | 1.8% | – |
| 7 | Edmondstown Dublin | 5.1 | 7.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 8 | Ballinlough Cork | 4.9 | 3.2% | 3.8% | – |
| 9 | Rathgar Dublin | 4.8 | 3.5% | 0.1% | – |
| 10 | Knocknaheeny Cork | 4.7 | 2.4% | 0.2% | – |
| 11 | Knockrea Cork | 4.7 | 3.1% | 3.7% | – |
| 12 | Inchicore Dublin | 4.5 | 3.9% | 0% | – |
| 13 | Ayrfield Dublin | 3.8 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 19% |
| 14 | Garryowen Limerick | 3.4 | 0.5% | 9.6% | – |
| 15 | Salthill Galway | 3.3 | 1% | 15% | 46% |
| 16 | Marino Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 2.8% | 10% |
| 17 | Harmonstown Dublin | 3.2 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 23% |
| 18 | Galvone Limerick | 2.9 | 0.7% | 8.3% | – |
| 19 | Dock Limerick | 2.5 | 1.3% | 12% | – |
| 20 | Sutton Dublin | 2.5 | 0.7% | 12% | 48% |
| 21 | Lisduggan Waterford | 1.8 | 0% | 5.8% | – |
| 22 | Carrigtwohill Cork | 1.8 | 5.1% | 12% | – |
| 23 | Ballinfoile and Terryland Galway | 1.7 | 2.1% | 22% | 13% |
| 24 | Rathcoole Dublin | 1.6 | 2.4% | 0% | – |
| 25 | Sallins Kildare | 1.6 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Blessington Wicklow | 1.4 | 10% | 1.9% | – |
| 27 | Passage West-Monkstown Cork | 1.2 | 3.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 28 | Inishkenny Cork | 1.1 | 4.2% | 0.2% | – |
| 29 | Ballybeg Waterford | 1 | 1.2% | 4.1% | – |
| 30 | Ardee Louth | 0.9 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 31 | Kinsale Cork | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 21% |
| 32 | Ferrybank Kilkenny | 0.8 | 4.1% | 6.6% | – |
| 33 | Monasterevin Kildare | 0.6 | 16% | 2% | – |
| 34 | Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary | 0.5 | 9.9% | 4% | – |
| 35 | Ballybofey-Stranorlar Donegal | 0.4 | 7.7% | 2.3% | – |
| 36 | Loughrea Galway | 0.4 | 1.7% | 4.7% | – |
| 37 | Carrickmacross Monaghan | 0.3 | 5.5% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Tipperary Tipperary | 0.3 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 39 | Roscrea Tipperary | 0.3 | 3.4% | 7.9% | – |
| 40 | Oranmore Galway | 0.3 | 2% | 5.2% | 13% |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Carrick-on-Suir’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 Carrick-on-Suir
The biggest is Coolnamuck Woods East, 73 ha (181 acres).
All 4 named parks and woods by size: 158 ha (390 acres) and 2 km of path
Parks & gardens 3.5 haWoods 154 ha
The two biggest, Crehanagh Woods and Coolnamuck Woods East, are 98% of the named green space.
Castle Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Carrick-on-Suir
Directionsto a point inside
The Green
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Carrick-on-Suir
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
7 in 10 Carrick-on-Suir 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 (73%)Further (28%)
Carrick-on-Suir73%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
About 1,600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
4% of the land around Carrick-on-Suir is protected for nature
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 Carrick-on-Suir13%
Within 5 km4%
Co. Tipperary towns3.4%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Carrick-on-Suir. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 2% 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.
Lower River Suir SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 72 km² · reaches Carrick-on-Suir
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 92 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
92 km north-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
13 km of footpaths cross Carrick-on-Suir
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
13 km
over 24.8 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
9.9%
about 2.5 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
7
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Carrick-on-SuirCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Carrick-on-SuirCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Woodland9.9%
0%50%100%
Carrick-on-Suir has less footpath per km² than 86% of Irish towns and more woodland than 94% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
7 waymarked trails start near Carrick-on-Suir
13 km of footpaths are mapped in Carrick-on-Suir and the kilometre around it, 0.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayWalking trail
South Leinster Way103.6 km
East Munster Way69.0 km
Suir Blueway - Deerpark to Carrick on Suir1.0 km
Suir Blueway - Kilsheelan to Deerpark11.5 km
Clongam Loop4.6 km
Hussian Gap Loop4.5 km
Tower Hill Loop3.2 km
The South Leinster Way (104 km end to end) passes through Carrick-on-Suir. For a shorter walk, the Suir Blueway - Kilsheelan to Deerpark is 11.5 km, graded easy. 2 cycling or paddling trails also start within 5 km.
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
National
European long distance path E8 - part Ireland9.8 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 Carrick-on-Suir: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 114 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 118 | 120 | 116 |
May is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.7 hours of daylight in December, and 120 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Carrick-on-Suir →
Things to do
1 hill or peak 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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Carrigfenoagh0.3 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 Carrick-on-Suir
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
PiltownPortlawMooncoinCarrick-on-Suir
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
In Portlaw, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here.
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 Carrick-on-Suir
What is the biggest park in Carrick-on-Suir?
Castle Park, 1.8 ha (5 acres). The Green (1.7 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Carrick-on-Suir?
Yes: 4% of the land within 5 km is protected, in one site. Lower River Suir SAC reaches Carrick-on-Suir.
What are the best walks near Carrick-on-Suir?
7 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the South Leinster Way, East Munster Way and Suir Blueway - Deerpark to Carrick on Suir.
How many people in Carrick-on-Suir live near a park?
73% 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 Carrick-on-Suir?
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 Carrick-on-Suir near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 92 km north-east of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Carrick-on-Suir?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 hill or peak; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Carrick-on-Suir’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).