Photo: Delusion23 · CC BY-SA 3.0Parks and walks in High Legh
6 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 0.8 for every square kilometre. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 50% of residents. Parks and playing fields in High Legh add up to 1.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. High Legh grades D− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
High Legh grades D− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is High Legh, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
How High Legh compares with UK villages of 1,100 to 1,200
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
High Legh falls furthest behind on path per km², where 50 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corton Suffolk | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3 | 5% |
| 2 | Bathford Somerset | A+ | 4.8 | 100% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 3 | Upton St Leonards Gloucestershire | A+ | 5.2 | 80% | 7.5 | 43% |
| 4 | Halmer End and Alsagers Bank Staffordshire | A | 33.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 5 | Ovingham Northumberland | A | 6.5 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Dove Holes Derbyshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 52% |
| 7 | Wenvoe South Glamorgan | A− | 5.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Rock Cornwall | A− | 3.2 | 39% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 9 | Camber East Sussex | A− | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 5% |
| 10 | Gotherington Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.7 | 72% | 3.7 | 33% |
| 11 | St Erth Cornwall | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 12 | Walton Somerset | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Slinfold West Sussex | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Oakley Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 15 | High Pittington County Durham | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 16 | Huntley Gloucestershire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Acomb Northumberland | B | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 18 | Curdworth Warwickshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 19 | Bishop Middleham County Durham | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Plaxtol Kent | B− | 2.6 | 57% | 2.5 | 40% |
| 21 | Kelly Bray Cornwall | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 22% |
| 22 | Thurlton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 0.7 | 39% |
| 23 | Romsley Worcestershire | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 24 | Latchingdon Essex | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 25 | Grovesend West Glamorgan | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Child Okeford Dorset | C+ | 1.7 | 45% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 27 | Grampound Road Cornwall | C+ | 3.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Gainford County Durham | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Lacey Green and Loosley Row Buckinghamshire | C+ | 2.1 | 27% | 2.4 | 82% |
| 30 | Wadworth South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 31 | St Cleer Cornwall | C | 3 | 29% | 1.6 | 32% |
| 32 | Hunston West Sussex | C | 1.8 | 65% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 33 | Three Legged Cross Dorset | C | 1.5 | 77% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 34 | Stoke Hammond Buckinghamshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Llanerchymedd Gwynedd | C | 4.2 | 64% | 0.6 | 4% |
| 36 | Cold Norton Essex | C | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Swindon Staffordshire | C | 2.5 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Mannings Heath West Sussex | C | 1 | 71% | 1.9 | 44% |
| 39 | Hordle Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 41% |
| 40 | North Newbald East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Maiden Newton Dorset | C− | 1.1 | 27% | 2 | 100% |
| 42 | Wetheral Cumbria | C− | 3.8 | 51% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Owston Ferry Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Crowle Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 34% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Eastrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Guilsfield Powys | C− | 3.6 | 71% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Fochriw Gwent | C− | 1 | 73% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | D | 0.8 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Long Whatton Leicestershire | D | 2.8 | 63% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Ullesthorpe Leicestershire | D | 1.5 | 75% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Benwick Cambridgeshire | D | 0.3 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Orwell Cambridgeshire | D | 1.2 | 78% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Ramsey Island Essex | D | 1.4 | 39% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Pelynt Cornwall | D | 0 | 0% | 0.6 | 13% |
| 55 | Chawley Oxfordshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Great Doddington Northamptonshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | High Legh Cheshire | D− | 1.9 | 50% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Austrey Warwickshire | D− | 1.7 | 0% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | East Keswick West Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Clipsham Rutland | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is High Legh’s built-up area.
5 in 10 High Legh 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).
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
The Peak District National Park is 15 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.
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths in and around High Legh
6 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in High Legh and the kilometre around it, 0.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of High Legh; its footpaths are on the map above.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in High Legh: May to September
The village’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) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 64 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 75 | 93 | 84 | 92 |
March is the driest month (56 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 93 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in High Legh →
2 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
High Legh is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Legh | D− | 1.9 | 50% | 0% |
| Lymm 2.3 mi | B− | 3.6 | 89% | 0% |
| Appleton Thorn 3.8 mi | B+ | 5.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Bowdon 3.9 mi | C | 1.8 | 81% | 0% |
| Partington 4.4 mi | B | 2.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Pickmere 4.8 mi | D− | 0.4 | 71% | 0% |
| Knutsford 4.8 mi | C+ | 2.6 | 83% | 0% |
Appleton Thorn, 3.8 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Appleton Thorn has at least twice High Legh’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in High Legh
Is High Legh near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 15 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What is the nearest beach to High Legh?
Wader Point, 16 mi from the edge of the village, then Stone Beach (16 mi). High Legh itself is inland.
How many people in High Legh live near a park?
50% 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 High Legh?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is High Legh good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 4% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 41% (1.9 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 High Legh’s overall grade.
Where High Legh’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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