Frodsham’s biggestHistoric park · Grade II
Castle Park
Park or garden
8.6 ha (21 acres)1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
12 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Frodsham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Frodsham · parks, paths & countryside
Frodsham has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
74 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.4 for every square kilometre. 67% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Frodsham add up to 2.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Frodsham grades B+ for the outdoors: #9 of 46 in Cheshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
67%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
74 km
4.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
The sea
8%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Frodsham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.4 km of path per km², more than 87% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Historic parksCastle Park, Frodsham is a registered historic park (Grade II).Parks can be a walk away33% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Frodsham’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by its historic parks. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Frodsham grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Frodsham, 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 71% of UK towns#9 of 46 in Cheshire · 23rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
60out of
100
100
A park within a walk67%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
27out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
87out of
100
100
The sea8%of the area within 5 km
85out 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
Frodsham is 23rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 8,700 to 9,500 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
Frodsham4.4
Towns its size3.3
Cheshire towns2.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Frodsham2.5
Towns its size2.7
Cheshire towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Frodsham67%
Towns its size85%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Frodsham stands out most for path per km²: only 10 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 46 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swanage Dorset | A+ | 6.9 | 95% | 4.2 | 47% |
| 2 | Worsbrough South Yorkshire | A | 10.1 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 3 | Brynteg Clwyd | A | 8.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 4 | Ilfracombe Devon | A | 2 | 86% | 3 | 28% |
| 5 | Killamarsh Derbyshire | A | 10.6 | 97% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 6 | Bordon Hampshire | A | 8.6 | 54% | 6.7 | 49% |
| 7 | Linthwaite and Slaithwaite West Yorkshire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.8 | 12% |
| 8 | New Mills Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 84% | 5.1 | 34% |
| 9 | Warlingham Surrey | A | 4.2 | 81% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 10 | Greasby Merseyside | A | 5.9 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 11 | Whiteley Hampshire | A− | 3 | 52% | 4.4 | 2% |
| 12 | Hetton-le-Hole Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.8 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Shelf and Northowram West Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 88% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Billingshurst West Sussex | A− | 2.9 | 95% | 3.1 | 3% |
| 15 | Ryton Tyne and Wear | A− | 5.5 | 85% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Thurnscoe South Yorkshire | A− | 9.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Shaftesbury Dorset | A− | 2.8 | 92% | 2.3 | 44% |
| 18 | Aveley Essex | A− | 3.4 | 84% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 19 | Shanklin Isle of Wight | A− | 1.4 | 33% | 4.5 | 29% |
| 20 | Irthlingborough Northamptonshire | A− | 4.7 | 94% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Alfreton Derbyshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 22 | Winnersh Berkshire | B+ | 9.6 | 80% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Frodsham Cheshire | B+ | 2.5 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Sandiacre Derbyshire | B+ | 2.6 | 94% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Hayle Cornwall | B+ | 1.4 | 72% | 3.4 | 6% |
| 27 | Banstead Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 66% | 5.2 | 3% |
| 28 | Cinderford Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 4.7 | 4% |
| 29 | Ashbourne Derbyshire | B | 1.9 | 92% | 2.7 | 14% |
| 30 | Cockermouth Cumbria | B | 2.6 | 81% | 2.2 | 42% |
| 31 | Pontllanfraith Gwent | B | 3.7 | 93% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Ampthill Bedfordshire | B | 6.8 | 71% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Hemsworth West Yorkshire | B | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Gatley Greater Manchester | B | 5.7 | 66% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 35 | Clay Cross Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 36 | South Kirkby West Yorkshire | B | 3 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Marlborough Wiltshire | B | 1.2 | 72% | 3.8 | 100% |
| 38 | Tiptree Essex | B | 2.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Perton Staffordshire | B | 2.4 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Yaxley Cambridgeshire | B− | 2.6 | 90% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Hornsea East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 90% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Whitnash Warwickshire | B− | 2 | 95% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Cullompton Devon | B− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Hook Hampshire | B− | 2.4 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 45 | West End and Chobham Surrey | B− | 3.3 | 65% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Caister-on-Sea Norfolk | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 2.1 | 21% |
| 47 | Wideopen Tyne and Wear | C+ | 2.1 | 75% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Okehampton Devon | C+ | 0.9 | 85% | 2.2 | 37% |
| 49 | Barwell Leicestershire | C | 1.7 | 90% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Milnrow Greater Manchester | C | 2.9 | 58% | 3 | 0% |
| 51 | Kinmel Bay Clwyd | C | 1.8 | 76% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Totnes Devon | C | 0.4 | 65% | 3.3 | 11% |
| 53 | Ferryhill County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Pencoed Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Sileby Leicestershire | C− | 1 | 80% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Shifnal Shropshire | D | 1 | 89% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Brandon Suffolk | D | 0.8 | 39% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Littleport Cambridgeshire | D | 1 | 71% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Harworth and Bircotes Nottinghamshire | D | 1.9 | 64% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirkham Lancashire | D− | 1.3 | 66% | 1.3 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Frodsham’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 Frodsham
The biggest is Castle Park, 8.6 ha (21 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 16 ha (39 acres) and 3 km of path
Parks & gardens 10 haPlaying fields 5.8 ha
The two biggest, Castle Park and Saltworks Farm Playing Fields, are 91% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them.
Saltworks Farm Playing Fields
Playing field
5.8 ha (14 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Marshlands Tree Garden
Park or garden
1.0 ha (2 acres)0.4 km of path
0.4 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Kingsley Green
Park or garden
0.5 ha (1 acres)
1.2 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Frodsham 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 (67%)Further (33%)
Frodsham67%
Towns its size85%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
About 3,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 607 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
7 waymarked walks pass through or near Frodsham
74 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Frodsham and the kilometre around it, 4.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Cheshire Circuit13.2 km
North Cheshire Way11.0 km
Eddisbury Way5.7 km
Sandstone Trail5.1 km
Delamere Way4.1 km
Weaver Way2.7 km
Longster Trail1.0 km
6 regional routes pass through, including the Cheshire Circuit, North Cheshire Way, Eddisbury Way and Sandstone Trail.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A historic park in the middle of Frodsham
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Frodsham’s named parks.
Registered park · Grade II
Castle Park
8.6 ha. Part of Castle Park, Frodsham, a registered historic park (Grade II). 0 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Frodsham: May to July 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 70 | 69 | 80 | 76 | 87 | 80 | 83 |
March is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 87 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. The climate in Frodsham →
The coast
Frodsham is near the sea
8% of the area within 5 km of Frodsham is sea.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 15 playgrounds
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.
3Viewpoints3Hills and peaks3.1× towns its size1Nature reserves2Picnic sites15Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size1Slipways
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Mersey View0.1 mi from town
DirectionsFrodsham War Memorial0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Frodsham Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsWoodhouse Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsFoxhill0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Frodsham Woods44 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 15
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
KingsleyHelsbyRuncornEltonHaleHale BankFrodsham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Runcorn, 2.8 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 87% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Hale Bank has at least twice Frodsham’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Frodsham
What is the biggest park in Frodsham?
Castle Park, 8.6 ha (21 acres), with 1.9 km of path. Saltworks Farm Playing Fields (5.8 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Frodsham near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Frodsham.
What are the best walks near Frodsham?
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Cheshire Circuit, North Cheshire Way and Eddisbury Way.
How many people in Frodsham live near a park?
67% 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 Frodsham?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Frodsham are historic?
Castle Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Frodsham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 87% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 60% (2.5 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 Frodsham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Frodsham’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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