Weaverham’s biggest
Lake House Field
Playing field
2.1 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Weaverham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Mark Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Weaverham · parks, paths & countryside
81% of Weaverham’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Weaverham add up to 0.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 32 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.0 for every square kilometre. Weaverham grades C− for the outdoors: #33 of 46 in Cheshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
81%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
32 km
3.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Outdoors grade
Weaverham grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Weaverham, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C−
Better than 19% of UK towns#33 of 46 in Cheshire · 49th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space0.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
7out of
100
100
A park within a walk81%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
48out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
61out 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
Weaverham is 49th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 6,000 to 6,600 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
Weaverham3.0
Towns its size2.8
Cheshire towns2.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Weaverham0.7
Towns its size2.1
Cheshire towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Weaverham81%
Towns its size81%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
Weaverham falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 57 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netley Hampshire | A+ | 16.3 | 100% | 4.1 | 4% |
| 2 | Stone Kent | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 3 | Wingerworth Derbyshire | A | 9 | 86% | 4 | 0% |
| 4 | Shotton Clwyd | A | 4.5 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 5 | Boldon Colliery Tyne and Wear | A | 5.3 | 95% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 6 | Bedwas Gwent | A | 4.4 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 7 | Broad Blunsdon Wiltshire | A− | 5.2 | 93% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Barnton Cheshire | A− | 10 | 94% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Marston Moretaine Bedfordshire | A− | 17.4 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Alcester Warwickshire | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 11 | Ackworth Moor Top West Yorkshire | A− | 4.6 | 91% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 12 | Whitfield Kent | A− | 2.3 | 79% | 2.5 | 32% |
| 13 | Paulton Somerset | A− | 2.1 | 96% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Burghfield Common Berkshire | A− | 2.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 8% |
| 15 | Broadbridge Heath West Sussex | B+ | 1.6 | 95% | 4.3 | 3% |
| 16 | Milford and Witley Surrey | B+ | 2.6 | 54% | 3.7 | 78% |
| 17 | Cawston Warwickshire | B+ | 3.6 | 98% | 3 | 0% |
| 18 | Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 3.6 | 45% |
| 19 | Crofton West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.6 | 95% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Axminster Devon | B | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 66% |
| 21 | Hindhead Surrey | B | 1.7 | 37% | 5.9 | 66% |
| 22 | Galleywood Essex | B | 10.3 | 61% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Throckley Tyne and Wear | B | 3.1 | 89% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Wixams Bedfordshire | B | 5.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 25 | East Wittering West Sussex | B | 1.1 | 78% | 1.9 | 27% |
| 26 | Oundle Northamptonshire | B− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Bovey Tracey Devon | B− | 2.2 | 66% | 2.5 | 55% |
| 28 | Yapton West Sussex | B− | 1.8 | 63% | 2 | 15% |
| 29 | Upton West Yorkshire | B− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Danbury Essex | B− | 3.9 | 34% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Ushaw Moor and Bearpark County Durham | C+ | 1.6 | 82% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 32 | South Molton Devon | C+ | 2.2 | 96% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 33 | Denmead Hampshire | C+ | 1.4 | 72% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 34 | Annesley Woodhouse Nottinghamshire | C+ | 1.1 | 96% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Kirby Cross Essex | C+ | 2.4 | 44% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Waltham Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.2 | 84% | 1.3 | 19% |
| 37 | Oakdale Gwent | C+ | 5.2 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Lower Willingdon East Sussex | C+ | 0.8 | 57% | 4.2 | 33% |
| 39 | Tetbury Gloucestershire | C+ | 1.2 | 66% | 2.6 | 88% |
| 40 | Malton North Yorkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 43% | 2.4 | 24% |
| 41 | Strensall North Yorkshire | C | 1.3 | 89% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Bowdon Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 43 | Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes Dyfed | C | 9.7 | 70% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Ottery St Mary Devon | C− | 1.2 | 71% | 1.7 | 34% |
| 45 | Gildersome West Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 81% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Studley Warwickshire | C− | 1.6 | 63% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Ashingdon Essex | C− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Great Shelford and Stapleford Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.6 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Weaverham Cheshire | C− | 0.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 50 | Boston Spa West Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 86% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Cottenham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.3 | 86% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Washingborough and Heighington Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 66% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Staplehurst Kent | D | 1.3 | 70% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 54 | Wem Shropshire | D | 1.2 | 77% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Aintree Merseyside | D | 1.3 | 43% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Selston Nottinghamshire | D | 0.9 | 61% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Earls Barton Northamptonshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Thurcroft South Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 56% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Abercynon Mid Glamorgan | D− | 1.1 | 55% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Tadcaster North Yorkshire | D− | 0.6 | 58% | 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 Weaverham’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 Weaverham
The biggest is Lake House Field, 2.1 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Weaverham’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 (Census 2021 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (81%)Further (20%)
Weaverham81%
Towns its size81%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
About 1,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 18 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 348 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Weaverham
32 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Weaverham and the kilometre around it, 3.0 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
Weaver Way6.8 km
Cheshire Circuit6.8 km
North Cheshire Way5.7 km
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk5.4 km
Delamere Way2.8 km
4 regional routes pass through, including the Weaver Way, Cheshire Circuit, North Cheshire Way and Delamere 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 Weaverham: 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) | 64 | 54 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 65 | 65 | 71 | 66 | 82 | 75 | 80 |
March is the driest month (50 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 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 Weaverham →
Things to do
18 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
Weaverham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Tranmere Beach19 mi from Weaverham’s edge
DirectionsBrazil Bank24 mi from Weaverham’s edge
DirectionsWader Point24 mi from Weaverham’s edge
DirectionsStone Beach24 mi from Weaverham’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach South24 mi from Weaverham’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
Picnic sites 1
Saltersford Locks0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 18
Hartford Grange Play Area0.6 mi from town
DirectionsRowan Rise Play Area0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 16 playgrounds 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.
BarntonHartfordCuddingtonNorthwichDavenhamRudheathWeaverham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Northwich, 2.4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 92% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Barnton, Hartford and Cuddington have at least twice Weaverham’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Weaverham
What is the biggest park in Weaverham?
Lake House Field, 2.1 ha (5 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Weaverham near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Weaverham.
What are the best walks near Weaverham?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Weaver Way, Cheshire Circuit and North Cheshire Way.
What is the nearest beach to Weaverham?
Tranmere Beach, 19 mi from the edge of the town, then Brazil Bank (24 mi). Weaverham itself is inland.
How many people in Weaverham live near a park?
81% 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 Weaverham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Weaverham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 61% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 7% (0.7 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 Weaverham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Weaverham’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.