First pick
Gorey Park
Park or garden
5.8 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Gorey
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.088%near a park
Outdoors in Gorey · parks, paths & countryside
13 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Gorey
14 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.7 for every square kilometre. There are 1.8 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Gorey, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 30 km away.
Near a park
88%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
1.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
14 km
0.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
0.5%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Slaney River Valley SAC
Woodland
3.9%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Against other towns
How Gorey 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 walk88%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
42out of 100
Public green space1.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
19out of 100
Footpaths0.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
19out of 100
Protected for nature0.5%of the land within 5 km
38out of 100
Woodland3.9%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
66out 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
Gorey has the 6th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (9,895 to 13,456 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Kilmainham (7.7 km per km²) to Enniscorthy (0.4 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Gorey0.7
Towns its size3.4
Co. Wexford towns0.7
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Gorey1.8
Towns its size3.1
Co. Wexford towns2.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Gorey88%
Towns its size94%
Co. Wexford towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Gorey falls furthest behind on path per km², where 34 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilmainham Dublin | 7.7 | 7.3% | 0% | – |
| 2 | Phibsborough Dublin | 7.6 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Kilnamanagh Dublin | 7.4 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 4 | Fettercairn Dublin | 7 | 3.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 5 | Palmerston Dublin | 6.9 | 8.6% | 0% | – |
| 6 | Firhouse Dublin | 6.8 | 4.4% | 4.2% | – |
| 7 | Ronanstown Dublin | 6.6 | 0.7% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Parnell Square Dublin | 6.6 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 5.6% |
| 9 | Ballsbridge Dublin | 6.3 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 18% |
| 10 | Ballygall Dublin | 6.3 | 1.4% | 0% | – |
| 11 | Summerhill Dublin | 6 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 8.5% |
| 12 | Foxrock Dublin | 5.8 | 5.3% | 0.2% | 25% |
| 13 | Churchtown Dublin | 5.6 | 3.3% | 0.1% | – |
| 14 | Drumcondra Dublin | 5.6 | 1.6% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| 15 | Finglas South Dublin | 5.6 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Sallynoggin Dublin | 5 | 2% | 0.3% | 47% |
| 17 | Terenure Dublin | 4.9 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 18 | Blackrock Dublin | 4.7 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 30% |
| 19 | Ongar Dublin | 4.2 | 2.7% | 0.2% | – |
| 20 | Shankill Dublin | 3.6 | 12% | 3.8% | 28% |
| 21 | Hollystown Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 0% | – |
| 22 | Portmarnock Dublin | 2.7 | 0.8% | 7.9% | 44% |
| 23 | Skerries Dublin | 2 | 1.7% | 0% | 53% |
| 24 | Shannon Clare | 1.8 | 3.9% | 35% | – |
| 25 | Ratoath Meath | 1.3 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Kildare Kildare | 1.1 | 0.4% | 1.8% | – |
| 27 | Wicklow Wicklow | 1.1 | 0.9% | 4.3% | 38% |
| 28 | Rush Dublin | 1.1 | 0.4% | 3.7% | 51% |
| 29 | Castlebar Mayo | 1 | 3.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 30 | Athy Kildare | 0.9 | 0.3% | 1.6% | – |
| 31 | Ballina Mayo | 0.8 | 3.3% | 3.5% | – |
| 32 | Tramore Waterford | 0.8 | 0.9% | 3.9% | 34% |
| 33 | Dungarvan Waterford | 0.7 | 0.7% | 1.8% | 19% |
| 34 | Arklow Wicklow | 0.7 | 5.7% | 0.3% | 34% |
| 35 | Gorey Wexford | 0.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 36 | Cavan Cavan | 0.6 | 6.7% | 5.1% | – |
| 37 | Longford Longford | 0.6 | 2.7% | 5.6% | – |
| 38 | Mallow Cork | 0.6 | 5.1% | 3.2% | – |
| 39 | Nenagh Tipperary | 0.4 | 1.8% | 0% | – |
| 40 | Enniscorthy Wexford | 0.4 | 6.9% | 2.1% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Gorey’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 Gorey
The biggest is Gorey Park, 5.8 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
9 in 10 Gorey 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 (88%)Further (12%)
Gorey88%
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
Slaney River Valley SAC is the nearest protected area, 1.3 km away
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 Gorey0%
Within 5 km0.5%
Co. Wexford towns2.1%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Gorey. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Slaney River Valley SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 59 km² · 1.3 km from the edge
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 30 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
30 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
14 km of footpaths cross Gorey
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
14 km
over 20.4 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
3.9%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
13
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GoreyCo. Wexford townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GoreyCo. Wexford townsTypical Irish town
Woodland3.9%
0%50%100%
Gorey has less footpath per km² than 81% of Irish towns and more woodland than 66% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
13 waymarked trails start near Gorey
14 km of footpaths are mapped in Gorey and the kilometre around it, 0.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Ramsfort Wood Deerpark Trail2.0 km
Ramsfort Wood Sweet Walk Trail1.1 km
Tara Hill - Slí an t-Suaimhnis4.9 km
Tara Hill - Slí na n-Óg4.3 km
Courtown Woods Trails - High Cross Walk0.8 km
Courtown Woods Trails - River Walk2.0 km
Courtown Woods Trails - Top Walk1.2 km
Kilanerin - Kilanerin/Curragh Woods Trail5.8 km
Kilanerin - Kilanerin Woods Loop2.8 km
Courtown Woods Trails - Canal Walk0.7 km
Courtown - Kiltennel Trail2.4 km
Kilanerin - Curragh Woods Loop3.0 km
Mount Nebo Trail4.7 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 Gorey: 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 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 104 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 91 | 82 | 116 | 129 | 113 |
May is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.6 hours of daylight in December, and 129 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Gorey →
The coast
Bathing waters near Gorey
3.4% of the area within 5 km of Gorey is sea. 2 bathing waters are within 5 km, each with its latest class.
Ballymoney, North BeachGood (2025) · 4.2 km from town
beaches.ieCourtown, North BeachExcellent (2025) · 4.4 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
8 hills and peaks and 6 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.
The highest named top on the map is Gorey Hill, at 127 m, 0.1 km from town.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 8
Gorey Hill127 m · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsCarriganeagh Rock1.3 km from town
DirectionsBanoge Hill87 m · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsAsk Hill164 m · 1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
2 gardens and nature sites to visit near Gorey
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Kilmurry Nursery and GardenGarden · 1.6 km from town
Its pageSpringmount Garden CentreGarden · 3.9 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Gorey
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
CourtownCarnewArklowFernsTinahelyGorey
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Gorey. Ferns has at least twice Gorey’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 Gorey
What is the biggest park in Gorey?
Gorey Park, 5.8 ha (14 acres). Peoples Park (0.3 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 Gorey?
One protected site lies within 5 km, though it covers under 1% of the land. The nearest is Slaney River Valley SAC, 1.3 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Gorey?
13 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Ramsfort Wood Deerpark Trail, Ramsfort Wood Sweet Walk Trail and Tara Hill - Slí an t-Suaimhnis.
Where can you swim near Gorey?
The nearest bathing water is Ballymoney, North Beach, 4.2 km from town: Good (2025). Check beaches.ie before swimming: a notice can close a beach for the day.
How many people in Gorey live near a park?
88% 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 Gorey?
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 Gorey near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 30 km north of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Gorey?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 8 hills and peaks; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Gorey’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).