First pick
Courtown Woods
Wood or forest
49 ha4.1 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.1 km of path
1.7 km northfrom the centre
Chestnut WalkTop WalkBroadwalk
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Simon Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.069%near a park
Outdoors in Courtown · parks, paths & countryside
Courtown is on the coast
The sea makes up 37% of the area within 5 km. 7 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Courtown, among them the Courtown Woods Trails - River Walk and Courtown Woods Trails - Top Walk. Parks and playing fields in Courtown add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Near a park
69%
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
9 km
0.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
8.6%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
The sea
37%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Courtown?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast37% of the area within 5 km is sea.Less park per person1.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Courtown’s strongest suit is the sea. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Against other towns
How Courtown 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 walk69%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
19out of 100
Public green space1.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
6out of 100
Footpaths0.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
15out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland8.6%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
91out of 100
The sea37%of the area within 5 km
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
Courtown has the 10th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (3,744 to 5,000 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Chapelizod (7.8 km per km²) to Charleville (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Courtown0.6
Towns its size1.6
Co. Wexford towns0.7
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Courtown1.1
Towns its size5.4
Co. Wexford towns2.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Courtown69%
Towns its size79%
Co. Wexford towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Courtown falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 38 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapelizod Dublin | 7.8 | 11% | 0% | – |
| 2 | Gurranebraher Cork | 7.4 | 1.6% | 0.5% | – |
| 3 | St Luke's Cork | 6 | 3.5% | 2.8% | – |
| 4 | Farranree Cork | 6 | 3% | 0.5% | – |
| 5 | Montenotte Cork | 5.5 | 5.6% | 3.5% | – |
| 6 | Newcastle Galway | 5.4 | 1.7% | 15% | 29% |
| 7 | Shanakiel Cork | 5.3 | 5.7% | 0.1% | – |
| 8 | Tramore Cork | 4.7 | 4.6% | 3.7% | – |
| 9 | Saggart Dublin | 4.6 | 2% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Woodquay and Nuns Island Galway | 4.5 | 0.7% | 14% | 32% |
| 11 | Dangan Galway | 4.3 | 3.9% | 18% | 21% |
| 12 | Mervue Galway | 4.3 | 3.6% | 11% | 25% |
| 13 | Bohernabreena Dublin | 4.3 | 2.9% | 5% | – |
| 14 | Tivoli Cork | 4 | 7% | 4.8% | – |
| 15 | Fair Hill Cork | 4 | 4.4% | 0.4% | – |
| 16 | Prospect and Newtown Pery Limerick | 3.6 | 1.5% | 9.9% | – |
| 17 | Poleberry Waterford | 2.4 | 0.6% | 7.2% | – |
| 18 | Castlegar Galway | 1.8 | 1.4% | 16% | 16% |
| 19 | Rathbane Limerick | 1.8 | 1.1% | 6% | – |
| 20 | Glanmire Cork | 1.7 | 13% | 6.6% | – |
| 21 | Kilcoole Wicklow | 1.5 | 4.3% | 5.8% | 37% |
| 22 | Glounthaune Cork | 1.2 | 8% | 6.1% | – |
| 23 | Athenry Galway | 1.2 | 1.2% | 0% | – |
| 24 | Lehenagh Cork | 1.2 | 2.5% | 0.3% | – |
| 25 | Newcastle Dublin | 1.1 | 0.9% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Grange Waterford | 1 | 0.8% | 5% | – |
| 27 | Castleblayney Monaghan | 1 | 3.8% | 0% | – |
| 28 | Kilcullen Kildare | 0.8 | 5.3% | 0% | – |
| 29 | Kill Kildare | 0.8 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 30 | Birr Offaly | 0.8 | 14% | 5.2% | – |
| 31 | Courtown Wexford | 0.6 | 8.6% | 0% | 37% |
| 32 | Claremorris Mayo | 0.4 | 7.1% | 0% | – |
| 33 | Macroom Cork | 0.4 | 4.9% | 3.9% | – |
| 34 | Duleek Meath | 0.4 | 0.1% | 1.3% | – |
| 35 | Cashel Tipperary | 0.4 | 1.8% | 1.4% | – |
| 36 | Listowel Kerry | 0.4 | 2.3% | 4.8% | – |
| 37 | Mitchelstown Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Mountmellick Laois | 0.3 | 0.5% | 3.4% | – |
| 39 | Carrick-On-Shannon Leitrim | 0.2 | 2% | 0% | – |
| 40 | Charleville Cork | 0 | 0.3% | 0.2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Courtown’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 Courtown
The biggest is Courtown Woods, 49 ha (122 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
7 in 10 Courtown 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 (69%)Further (31%)
Courtown69%
Co. Wexford towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
About 1,400 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 Courtown
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 Courtown.
National Parks
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 34 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
34 km north223 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
9 km of footpaths cross Courtown
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
9.5 km
over 17.1 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
8.6%
about 1.5 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
7
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CourtownCo. Wexford townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CourtownCo. Wexford townsTypical Irish town
Woodland8.6%
0%50%100%
Courtown has less footpath per km² than 85% of Irish towns and more woodland than 91% 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 Courtown
9 km of footpaths are mapped in Courtown and the kilometre around it, 0.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Courtown Woods Trails - River Walk2.0 km
Courtown Woods Trails - Top Walk1.2 km
Courtown Woods Trails - High Cross Walk0.8 km
Courtown Woods Trails - Canal Walk0.7 km
Courtown - Kiltennel Trail2.4 km
Tara Hill - Slí an t-Suaimhnis4.9 km
Tara Hill - Slí na n-Óg4.3 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 Courtown: 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 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 90 | 68 | 64 | 65 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 81 | 73 | 101 | 113 | 98 |
May is the driest month (61 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.7 hours of daylight in December, and 113 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Courtown →
The coast
The coast and bathing waters near Courtown
37% of the area within 5 km of Courtown is sea. 2 bathing waters are within 5 km, each with its latest class.
Courtown, North BeachExcellent (2025) · 0.1 km from town
beaches.ieBallymoney, North BeachGood (2025) · 3.7 km from town
beaches.ieOne of the 2 is rated excellent: Courtown, North 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 hills and peaks
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.
1Viewpoints4Hills and peaks1Picnic sites5Playgroundsabout the typical Irish town, per resident1Campsites2Slipways
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 4
Plus 4 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Courtown Woods Picnic Areain town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
3 gardens and nature sites to visit near Courtown
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Springmount Garden CentreGarden · 3.9 km from town
Its pageKilmurry Nursery and GardenGarden · 4.4 km from town
Its pageWells House & GardensGarden · 12 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Courtown
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
GoreyArklowFernsCourtown
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. Arklow and Ferns have at least twice Courtown’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 Courtown
What are the best walks near Courtown?
7 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Courtown Woods Trails - River Walk, Courtown Woods Trails - Top Walk and Courtown Woods Trails - High Cross Walk.
Where can you swim near Courtown?
The nearest bathing water is Courtown, North Beach, 0.1 km from town: Excellent (2025). Check beaches.ie before swimming: a notice can close a beach for the day.
How many people in Courtown live near a park?
69% 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 Courtown?
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 Courtown near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 34 km north of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Courtown?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint, 4 hills and peaks and 1 picnic site; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Courtown’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).