First pick
Tikincor Wood
Wood or forest
56 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
4.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Santista1982 · Public domain78%near a park
Outdoors in Clonmel · parks, paths & countryside
Clonmel is more wooded than 9 in 10 Irish towns
Mapped woodland takes up 14% of Clonmel and the kilometre around it. 7 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Clonmel, among them the East Munster Way and Suir Blueway - Clonmel Carey’s Slip to Kilsheelan. There are 1.7 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Clonmel, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town.
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
1.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
51 km
1.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
3.9%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Lower River Suir SAC
Woodland
14%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Clonmel?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wooded country14% mapped woodland in and around town, more than 97% of Irish towns.Hills close by4 named hills of 200 m or more within 2 km; the highest, Long Hill, is 404 m.Protected land nearbyLower River Suir SAC reaches the edge of Clonmel.Less park per person1.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Clonmel’s strongest suit is its woods, followed by the hills close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Against other towns
How Clonmel 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 walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
32out of 100
Public green space1.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
17out of 100
Footpaths1.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
33out of 100
Protected for nature3.9%of the land within 5 km
67out of 100
Woodland14%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
98out 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
Clonmel has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (15,207 to 22,340 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 Tullamore (0.7 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Clonmel1.1
Towns its size3.6
Co. Tipperary towns0.5
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Clonmel1.7
Towns its size4.2
Co. Tipperary towns3.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Clonmel78%
Towns its size98%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Clonmel falls furthest behind on path per km², where 35 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 | Tallaght Dublin | 8.8 | 3.8% | 0.6% | – |
| 3 | Old Bawn Dublin | 8.5 | 3% | 1.8% | – |
| 4 | Dolphins Barn Dublin | 8.4 | 2.9% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Stoneybatter Dublin | 7.5 | 1.6% | 0% | – |
| 6 | The Liberties Dublin | 7.4 | 0.5% | 0% | – |
| 7 | Carpenterstown Dublin | 7.3 | 11% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mulhuddart Dublin | 6.6 | 4% | 0% | – |
| 9 | Stillorgan Dublin | 6.5 | 3% | 0.1% | 17% |
| 10 | Ballymun Dublin | 6.5 | 2.6% | 0% | – |
| 11 | Ballinteer Dublin | 6.2 | 7.1% | 2.8% | – |
| 12 | Dundrum Dublin | 6.2 | 4.7% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| 13 | Rathmines East Dublin | 5.9 | 2.3% | 0.1% | 13% |
| 14 | Rathfarnham Dublin | 5.5 | 4.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 15 | Crumlin Dublin | 5.4 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Templeogue Dublin | 5.2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 17 | Cabinteely Dublin | 5.1 | 7.6% | 1.1% | 29% |
| 18 | Kimmage Dublin | 4.3 | 0.1% | 0% | – |
| 19 | East Wall Dublin | 4.1 | 1% | 3.5% | 27% |
| 20 | Maynooth Kildare | 3.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 21 | Sandymount Dublin | 3.6 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 35% |
| 22 | Leixlip Kildare | 3.6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | – |
| 23 | Clontarf West Dublin | 3.2 | 2.2% | 3.5% | 17% |
| 24 | Clontarf East Dublin | 3.1 | 3% | 6.1% | 38% |
| 25 | Dún Laoghaire Dublin | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 56% |
| 26 | Beaumont Dublin | 2.9 | 2% | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 27 | Celbridge Kildare | 2.4 | 6.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 28 | Malahide Dublin | 2.4 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 32% |
| 29 | Greystones-Delgany Wicklow | 2.2 | 11% | 5% | 35% |
| 30 | Douglas Cork | 1.7 | 4.6% | 5% | – |
| 31 | Ashbourne Meath | 1.6 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Knocknacarra Galway | 1.6 | 3.4% | 32% | 34% |
| 33 | Ballincollig Cork | 1.3 | 8.4% | 0% | – |
| 34 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Meath | 1.2 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 39% |
| 35 | Sligo Sligo | 1.2 | 6.1% | 9.5% | 18% |
| 36 | Clonmel Tipperary | 1.1 | 14% | 3.9% | – |
| 37 | Wexford Wexford | 1.1 | 3.8% | 13% | 22% |
| 38 | Dooradoyle Limerick | 1 | 2.6% | 7.7% | – |
| 39 | Carrigaline Cork | 0.9 | 6.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% |
| 40 | Tullamore Offaly | 0.7 | 10% | 3.8% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Clonmel’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 Clonmel
The biggest is Tikincor Wood, 56 ha (139 acres).
All 5 named parks and woods by size: 102 ha (253 acres) and 6 km of path
Parks & gardens 7.0 haWoods 95 ha
The two biggest, Tikincor Wood and Carricknabrone Wood, are 87% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them.
Richard Mulcahy Town Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
1.8 km eastfrom the centre
Clonmel and Carrick on Suir Greenway
Directionsto a point inside
Denis Burke Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
The Woods
Wood or forest
5.9 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.5 km north-eastfrom 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
8 in 10 Clonmel 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 (78%)Further (22%)
Clonmel78%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
About 4,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Protected sites cover 3.9% of the land within 5 km of Clonmel
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 Clonmel5.9%
Within 5 km3.9%
Co. Tipperary towns3.4%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Clonmel. 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 Clonmel
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 104 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
104 km north-east223 km²
None of Ireland’s six National Parks is within 100 km of Clonmel; the nearest is shown.
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
51 km of footpaths cross Clonmel
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
51 km
over 45.6 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
14%
about 6.3 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
7
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ClonmelCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths1.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ClonmelCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
Clonmel has less footpath per km² than 67% of Irish towns and more 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
Clonmel is on the East Munster Way
51 km of footpaths are mapped in Clonmel and the kilometre around it, 1.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayWalking trail
East Munster Way69.0 km
Suir Blueway - Clonmel Carey’s Slip to Kilsheelan7.0 km
Suir Blueway - Clonmel Suir Side to Carey’s Slip2.5 km
Marlfield Woods - Fox Covert2.8 km
Marlfield Woods - Glenbawn2.5 km
Glenpatrick - Glenpatrick Bridge Loop8.3 km
Suir Blueway - Kilsheelan to Deerpark11.5 km
The East Munster Way (69 km end to end) passes through Clonmel. For a shorter walk, the Suir Blueway - Clonmel Carey’s Slip to Kilsheelan is 7.0 km, graded easy. 2 cycling or paddling trails also start within 5 km.
2 more waymarked walks on OpenStreetMap
NationalLocal
European long distance path E8 - part Ireland16.9 km
Marlfield Heritage Trail2.7 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 Clonmel: 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 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 98 | 76 | 73 | 67 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 78 | 75 | 108 | 109 | 103 |
May is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.7 hours of daylight in December, and 109 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Clonmel →
Things to do
1 viewpoint, 6 hills and peaks and 1 waterfall
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 Kilmacomma Hill, at 211 m, 0.7 km from town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 6
Kilmacomma Hill211 m · 0.7 km from town
DirectionsLaheirke0.7 km from town
DirectionsScrouthea Hill338 m · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsLong Hill404 m · 1.1 km from town
DirectionsKnockinadotha387 m · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsRaven's Rock1.7 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
The Prison Waterfall1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Clonmel
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
FethardCahirClonmel
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
In Fethard, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Fethard has at least twice Clonmel’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 Clonmel
What is the biggest park in Clonmel?
Richard Mulcahy Town Park, 5.2 ha (13 acres). Denis Burke Park (1.8 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Clonmel?
Yes: 3.9% of the land within 5 km is protected, in one site. Lower River Suir SAC reaches Clonmel.
What are the best walks near Clonmel?
7 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the East Munster Way, Suir Blueway - Clonmel Carey’s Slip to Kilsheelan and Suir Blueway - Clonmel Suir Side to Carey’s Slip.
How many people in Clonmel live near a park?
78% 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 Clonmel?
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 Clonmel near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 104 km north-east of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Clonmel?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint, 6 hills and peaks and 1 waterfall; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Clonmel’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).