Lisnaskea’s biggest
Lisnaskea GAA
Playing field
1.2 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lisnaskea
Directionsto the park
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Lisnaskea · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Lisnaskea lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 4 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.3 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Lisnaskea add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Lisnaskea has no Outdoors Grade: Northern Ireland’s towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
4 km
0.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical town in England and Wales 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Lisnaskea?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.On a National TrailThe Ulster Way passes through.
Lisnaskea’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Ulster Way.
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Lisnaskea’s settlement.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · DAERA
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Lisnaskea
The biggest is Lisnaskea GAA, 1.2 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Lisnaskea’s homes are to a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (NISRA Census 2021 data zones against OpenStreetMap’s parks).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Lisnaskea100%
Fermanagh and Omagh towns80%
Towns in England and Wales83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 755 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lisnaskea is on the Ulster Way
4 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lisnaskea and the kilometre around it, 0.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
National
Ulster Way4.1 km
The Ulster Way, a national route, passes Lisnaskea.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Lisnaskea: May to September
The town’s 1991–2020 averages (Met Office HadUK-Grid) and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15 °C or more and little rain for the town.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 109 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 80 | 93 | 80 | 105 | 105 | 114 |
April is the driest month (68 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 114 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Lisnaskea →
Things to do
4 playgrounds
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
EnniskillenLisnaskea
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisnaskea | – | 1.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Enniskillen 10.1 mi | – | 2.6 | 80% | 0% |
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Lisnaskea
What is the biggest park in Lisnaskea?
Lisnaskea GAA, 1.2 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Lisnaskea near an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?
No Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Lisnaskea.
What are the best walks near Lisnaskea?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Ulster Way.
How many people in Lisnaskea live near a park?
100% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NISRA Census 2021 data zones against OpenStreetMap’s parks). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Lisnaskea?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How is the Outdoors Grade worked out?
From five measures, each placed among UK towns of 1,000 or more: public green space per resident, the share living near a park, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Lisnaskea’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lisnaskea’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks and green space: © OpenStreetMap contributors (parks, public gardens, pitches and recreation grounds, playgrounds), Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik’s Ireland and Northern Ireland extract. Ordnance Survey’s OpenStreetMap covers Great Britain only.
- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: DAERA (Northern Ireland Environment Agency) boundaries, areas and designation dates, via Open Data NI, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik, October 2026. Places over the border are marked Republic of Ireland.
- Historic parks, listed buildings and monuments: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division, via Open Data NI, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rain and temperature: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the town; daylight calculated from its latitude.
- The sea: ONS Countries (December 2024) and Tailte Éireann provinces (CC BY 4.0, © Tailte Éireann) as land. Residents near a park: NISRA Census 2021 data zones.
- Grade: Northern Ireland towns have no Outdoors Grade yet.
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