Omagh’s biggestHistoric park · Grade A
Glencree Park
Park or garden
7.9 ha (20 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Omagh
Directionsto the park
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Omagh · parks, paths & countryside
76% of Omagh’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Sperrin AONB begins 1.1 mi from the town’s edge. Footpaths add up to 23 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.6 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Omagh add up to 2.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Omagh has no Outdoors Grade: Northern Ireland’s towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
2.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
76%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
23 km
0.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical town in England and Wales 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
13%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Sperrin AONB
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Omagh?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close bySperrin AONB starts 1.1 mi north-east.Historic parks3 registered historic parks and gardens, including Creevenagh (Creevanagh).
Omagh’s strongest suit is Sperrin AONB close by, followed by its historic parks.
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Omagh’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 Omagh
The biggest is Glencree Park, 7.9 ha (20 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 11 ha (28 acres) and 1 km of path
Parks & gardens 11 ha
The two biggest, Glencree Park and Gortview Close Park, are 81% of the named green space.
Gortview Close Park
Park or garden
1.4 ha (3 acres)0.5 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the park
Omagh Boating Lake
Park or garden
2.1 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Omagh
Directionsto the park
Close to home
How close Omagh’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 (76%)Further (24%)
Omagh76%
Fermanagh and Omagh towns80%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 5,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 32 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 639 residents.
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Sperrin AONB is 1.1 mi away
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the settlement; circle size shows each one’s area. Northern Ireland has no National Parks.
AONBThe 5 km the grade counts
13% of the land within 5 km of Omagh is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Omagh
23 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Omagh and the kilometre around it, 0.6 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.
Local
Killyclougher Burn Walk1.8 km
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
3 historic parks, and what stands in them
HED’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Omagh’s named parks.
Registered park · Grade A
Glencree Park
7.9 ha. Part of Lisnamallard (Millbank) House, a registered historic park (Grade A). 0 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
Registered · Grade ACreevenagh (Creevanagh)5.4 ha
Registered · Grade BEdenfel11 ha
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OpenStreetMap outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. HED, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Omagh: 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) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 117 | 94 | 85 | 70 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 93 | 81 | 108 | 114 | 125 |
April is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 125 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. The climate in Omagh →
Things to do
32 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
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Fireagh Picnic Area0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 32
Plus 32 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Omagh
What is the biggest park in Omagh?
Glencree Park, 7.9 ha (20 acres), with 0.6 km of path. Gortview Close Park (1.4 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Omagh near an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?
The nearest protected landscape is Sperrin AONB, 1.1 mi north-east of the town’s edge. It covers 1,182 km² and was designated in 2008.
What are the best walks near Omagh?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Killyclougher Burn Walk.
How many people in Omagh live near a park?
76% 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 Omagh?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Omagh are historic?
Creevenagh (Creevanagh) (Grade A), Lisnamallard (Millbank) House (Grade A) and Edenfel (Grade B) are on HED’s register of parks and gardens.
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 Omagh’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Omagh’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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