The sea makes up 38% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Arbroath add up to 3.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 102 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.7 for every square kilometre. Arbroath has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
The biggest is Springfield Park, 27 ha (67 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 12 named parks by size: 60 ha (148 acres) and 12 km of path
Parks & gardens 54 haPlaying fields 5.6 ha
The two biggest, Springfield Park and West Links, are 63% of the named green space and carry 6 km of path between them. 4 of the 12 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Arbroath’s biggest
Springfield Park
Park or garden
27 ha (67 acres)5.1 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.1 km of path
38 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi south-eastfrom the centre
St. John's Methodist Church, 15 Ponderlaw Street Grade II*
9 in 10 Arbroath 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 (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (86%)Further (14%)
Arbroath86%
Angus towns86%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 3,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 26 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 903 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Arbroath
102 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Arbroath and the kilometre around it, 3.7 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.
Other waymarked
Arbroath to Auchmithie Coastal Path4.9 km
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Arbroath: June and 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)
7.4
9.4
11.6
14.1
16.4
17.7
17.2
15.1
12.6
10.2
8.0
6.8
High (°C)
7
8
9
11
14
16
19
18
16
13
10
7
Rain (mm)
61
48
44
45
53
60
68
79
52
82
72
58
March is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 82 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. The climate in Arbroath →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Arbroath
38% of the area within 5 km of Arbroath is sea. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Arbroath
What is the biggest park in Arbroath?
Springfield Park, 27 ha (67 acres), with 5.1 km of path. West Links (10 ha) is second. 12 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Arbroath near a National Park?
No National Park or National Scenic Area is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Arbroath.
What are the best walks near Arbroath?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Arbroath to Auchmithie Coastal Path. Springfield Park alone has 5.1 km of path.
How many people in Arbroath live near a park?
86% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Arbroath?
June and 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, National Park or National Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Arbroath’s overall grade.
National Parks and National Scenic Areas: Scottish Government and NatureScot boundaries (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms; the 40 National Scenic Areas), clipped to land, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0