First pick
Newtown Wood
Wood or forest
54 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
1.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.052%near a park
Outdoors in Coolgreany · parks, paths & countryside
Woods cover more of Coolgreany than of 9 in 10 Irish towns
Mapped woodland takes up 12% of Coolgreany and the kilometre around it. 14 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Coolgreany, among them the Abbey Wood Trail and Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Linear Trail. 52% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field.
Near a park
52%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
5.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
3 km
0.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
12%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Coolgreany?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wooded country12% mapped woodland in and around town, more than 95% of Irish towns.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Coolgreany’s strongest suit is its woods. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Coolgreany 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 walk52%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
3out of 100
Public green space5.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
60out of 100
Footpaths0.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
13out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland12%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
96out 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
Coolgreany has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (395 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
Coolgreany0.4
Towns its size0.7
Co. Wexford towns0.7
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Coolgreany5.1
Towns its size4.1
Co. Wexford towns2.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Coolgreany52%
Towns its size83%
Co. Wexford towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Coolgreany stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 35 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 | Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Carlow | 0.5 | 3.9% | 2.9% | – |
| 26 | Skibbereen Cork | 0.5 | 1.7% | 1.6% | – |
| 27 | Coolgreany Wexford | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 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 Coolgreany’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 Coolgreany
The biggest is Newtown Wood, 54 ha (133 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 Coolgreany 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 (52%)Further (48%)
Coolgreany52%
Co. Wexford towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
No protected site lies within 5 km of Coolgreany
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.
No site protected for nature lies within 5 km of Coolgreany.
National Parks
Wicklow Mountains 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
Wicklow Mountains National Park
22 km north-west223 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
3 km of footpaths cross Coolgreany
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
3.1 km
over 7 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
12%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
14
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CoolgreanyCo. Wexford townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CoolgreanyCo. Wexford townsTypical Irish town
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
Coolgreany has less footpath per km² than 87% of Irish towns and more woodland than 96% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
14 waymarked trails start near Coolgreany
3 km of footpaths are mapped in Coolgreany and the kilometre around it, 0.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Abbey Wood Trail2.8 km
Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Linear Trail2.4 km
Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Old Mass Path Trail2.9 km
Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Bluebell Trail2.4 km
Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Beech Trail1.2 km
Kilanerin - Kilanerin/Curragh Woods Trail5.8 km
Kilanerin - Curragh Woods Loop3.0 km
Raheenleagh Trails - Bann River Trail4.6 km
Raheenleagh Trails - Croghan Trail3.7 km
Raheenleagh Trails - Forde Farmhouse Trail3.2 km
Arklow Loops Glenart Walk9.9 km
Glenart Wood Walk3.7 km
Kilanerin - Kilanerin Woods Loop2.8 km
Arklow Loops Town Walk4.3 km
For a shorter walk, the Kilanerin - Kilanerin/Curragh Woods Trail is 5.8 km, graded moderate.
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 Coolgreany: 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 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 109 | 85 | 84 | 80 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 90 | 88 | 123 | 138 | 122 |
May is the driest month (75 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.6 hours of daylight in December, and 138 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Coolgreany →
Things to do
4 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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 4
Plus 4 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 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 Coolgreany
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
ArklowGoreyAughrimCourtownTinahelyCarnewCoolgreany
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
In Arklow, 89% 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 Coolgreany
What are the best walks near Coolgreany?
14 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Abbey Wood Trail, Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Linear Trail and Coolgreany Ballyfad Wood Old Mass Path Trail.
How many people in Coolgreany live near a park?
52% 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 Coolgreany?
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 Coolgreany near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 22 km north-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Coolgreany?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 4 hills and peaks; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Coolgreany’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
- 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).