Davenham’s biggest
Vickersway Park
Park or garden · 400 m outside town
1.6 ha (4 acres)1.0 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.4 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Davenham · parks, paths & countryside
Davenham has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
Footpaths add up to 83 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 4.5 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Davenham add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 88% of residents. Davenham grades B− for the outdoors: #22 of 46 in Cheshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
88%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
83 km
4.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Peak District National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Davenham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.5 km of path per km², more than 88% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Less park per person1.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Davenham’s strongest suit is dense footpaths. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Davenham grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Davenham, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B−
Better than 46% of UK towns#22 of 46 in Cheshire · 37th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
22out of
100
100
A park within a walk88%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
63out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
88out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
42out of
100
100
Graded, never part of the overall grade (like History and Civic life). It measures what is mapped: OS Open Greenspace leaves out woodland and open-access land that isn’t a park, and OpenStreetMap’s rural paths are more complete in some places than others.
Towns its size
Davenham is 37th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 13,200 to 14,500 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Outdoors score: the share of UK towns each one beats
Footpath, km per km²
Davenham4.5
Towns its size3.2
Cheshire towns2.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Davenham1.3
Towns its size2.2
Cheshire towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Davenham88%
Towns its size82%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Davenham stands out most for path per km²: only 10 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 48 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farncombe Surrey | A+ | 5.7 | 92% | 3.8 | 54% |
| 2 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 3 | Sidmouth Devon | A | 2.6 | 73% | 2.9 | 60% |
| 4 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 5 | Abergavenny Gwent | A | 3.2 | 83% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 6 | Wellington Somerset | A | 2.2 | 99% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 7 | Wick West Sussex | A | 1.3 | 91% | 3 | 25% |
| 8 | Stoke Gifford Gloucestershire | A− | 5.7 | 87% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 9 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 10 | Addlestone Surrey | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Heckmondwike West Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 12 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 13 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 14 | Churchdown Gloucestershire | A− | 2.2 | 92% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 15 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Bacup Lancashire | A− | 2.5 | 94% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 19 | Audenshaw Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.6 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Verwood Dorset | B+ | 5.7 | 41% | 3.9 | 13% |
| 21 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 3.5 | 18% |
| 23 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 25 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Gomersal and Birkenshaw West Yorkshire | B | 3.2 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 27 | West Kirby Merseyside | B | 1.9 | 68% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 30 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 33 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 34 | Midsomer Norton Somerset | B− | 1.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 35 | Sheerness Kent | B− | 3 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Leicestershire | B− | 3.4 | 73% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Davenham Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Knutsford Cheshire | C+ | 2.6 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 40 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 41 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Buckley Clwyd | C+ | 2.6 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 45 | Birtley Tyne and Wear | C | 1.4 | 71% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Flitwick Bedfordshire | C | 0.8 | 59% | 3.9 | 3% |
| 47 | Syston Leicestershire | C | 1.4 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Ferndown Dorset | C | 0.7 | 13% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Rhondda Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Brough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Porth Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.8 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Halstead Essex | D | 0.6 | 73% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Northallerton North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 70% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | New Rossington and Rossington South Yorkshire | D | 0.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Whittlesey Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 73% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Village Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 72% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Davenham’s built-up area.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · Contains OS data © Crown copyright · Natural England / NRW
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Davenham
The biggest is Vickersway Park, 1.6 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 4 ha (9 acres) and 1 km of path
Parks & gardens 1.6 haPlaying fields 1.7 haPlay spaces 0.3 ha
The two biggest, Vickersway Park and Butchers Sile Playing Field, are 79% of the named green space. 5 of the 5 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Butchers Sile Playing Field
Playing field
1.3 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Davenham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Playground
Playing field
0.5 ha (1 acres)0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Davenham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Old Hall Road Play Area
Play space
0.3 ha (1 acres)
0.6 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Britten Crescent Playground
Play space
0.0 ha (0 acres)
1.1 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Davenham 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 (Census 2021 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (88%)Further (12%)
Davenham88%
Towns its size82%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 49 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 282 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 16 mi away
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the built-up area; circle size shows each one’s area. National Landscapes were called Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty until 2023.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Davenham
83 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Davenham and the kilometre around it, 4.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalOther waymarked
Cheshire Circuit10.2 km
Weaver Way10.2 km
Dane Valley Way7.9 km
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk6.2 km
3 regional routes pass through, including the Cheshire Circuit, Weaver Way and Dane Valley Way.
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 Davenham: 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 57 | 53 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 84 | 77 | 84 |
March is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 84 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Davenham →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 49 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK town its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Davenham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Tranmere Beach22 mi from Davenham’s edge
DirectionsWader Point24 mi from Davenham’s edge
DirectionsStone Beach24 mi from Davenham’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach South24 mi from Davenham’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach North24 mi from Davenham’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 4
Wildlife Corridor0.1 ha · in town
DirectionsMarshall's Arm Local Nature Reserve17 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsCarey Park37 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Hartford Picnic Area0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 49
Old Hall Road Play Areain town
DirectionsToddlers Play Areain town
DirectionsWeaver Park0.1 mi from town
DirectionsBelmont Road Play Area0.4 mi from town
DirectionsJames Street Play Area0.7 mi from town
DirectionsElizabethan Way Play Area1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 43 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
New Hall Farm0.1 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
HartfordNorthwichRudheathBarntonWeaverhamLostock GralamDavenham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Northwich, 1.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 92% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Northwich, Rudheath and Barnton have at least twice Davenham’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Davenham
What is the biggest park in Davenham?
Vickersway Park, 1.6 ha (4 acres), with 1 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Butchers Sile Playing Field (1.3 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Davenham near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 16 mi east of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Davenham?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Cheshire Circuit, Weaver Way and Dane Valley Way.
What is the nearest beach to Davenham?
Tranmere Beach, 22 mi from the edge of the town, then Wader Point (24 mi). Davenham itself is inland.
How many people in Davenham live near a park?
88% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (Census 2021 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical UK town is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Davenham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Davenham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 88% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 22% (1.3 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Landscape within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Davenham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Davenham’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks and green space: Ordnance Survey OS Open Greenspace (parks and gardens, playing fields, play spaces, and their access points). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- National Parks and National Landscapes: Natural England and Natural Resources Wales boundaries, areas and designation dates, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik, 16 October 2026.
- Historic parks, listed buildings and monuments: Historic England, National Heritage List for England, 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) boundaries clipped to mean high water. Residents near a park: ONS Census 2021 output areas.
- Grade: TownRatings’ Outdoors Grade, ranked against UK towns only.
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