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Outdoors in Connah's Quay · parks, paths & countryside

Almost everyone in Connah's Quay lives within a 5-minute walk of a park

A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 97% of residents. Parks and playing fields in Connah's Quay add up to 5.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape begins 4.8 mi from the town’s edge. Connah's Quay grades A for the outdoors: #8 of 39 in Clwyd. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.

9named parks 4.8 mito Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley 2waymarked walks

Green space

5.8 ha

per 1,000 residents

Typical UK town 2.1

Near a park

97%

of residents within 400 m

Typical UK town 83%

Footpaths

76 km

2.8 km per km², town + 1 km

Typical UK town 3.0 per km²

Protected landscape

of the land within 5 km

Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley starts 4.8 mi out, past the 5 km

The sea

of the area within 5 km

Character

What kind of outdoors town is Connah's Quay?

Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.

A park on every doorstep97% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam5.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 89% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape starts 4.8 mi south-west.On a National TrailThe Wales Coast Path passes through.

Connah's Quay’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.

Outdoors grade

Connah's Quay grades A for the outdoors

Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Connah's Quay, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.

Better than 90% of UK towns#8 of 39 in Clwyd · 8th of 60 UK towns its size

Public green space5.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces

90out of
100

A park within a walk97%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)

77out of
100

National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley begins just past 5 km

31out of
100

Footpaths2.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it

54out of
100

The sea6%of the area within 5 km

84out of
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

Connah's Quay is 8th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors

The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,800 to 17,800 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

Connah's Quay2.8

Towns its size3.3

Clwyd towns2.3

All UK towns3.0

Green space, ha per 1,000 residents

Connah's Quay5.8

Towns its size2.3

Clwyd towns1.9

All UK towns2.1

Residents within 400 m of a park

Connah's Quay97%

Towns its size85%

Clwyd towns83%

All UK towns83%

Against towns its size, Connah's Quay stands out most for park space per resident: only 6 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 39 of the others do better.

Show as a table

	Town	Outdoors	Green space	Near a park	Path per km²	Protected
1	Prestatyn Clwyd	A⁺	3.3	92%	2.9	14%
2	Cirencester Gloucestershire	A⁺	4.3	95%	4.1	48%
3	Dorking Surrey	A	4.4	75%	7	57%
4	Clitheroe Lancashire	A	3	98%	3.1	59%
5	Hadfield Derbyshire	A	2.4	91%	4.5	36%
6	Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and Wear	A	9.6	98%	4.8	0%
7	Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire	A	1.9	100%	3.9	35%
8	Connah's Quay Clwyd	A	5.8	97%	2.8	0%
9	Bedlington Northumberland	A	5.1	94%	2.8	0%
10	Clifton Greater Manchester	A	10	92%	4.4	0%
11	Bredbury and Woodley Greater Manchester	A	4.8	94%	4.8	0%
12	Lewes East Sussex	A	1.9	83%	4.6	75%
13	Euxton Lancashire	A⁻	3.7	98%	3.5	0%
14	Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey	B⁺	7.3	76%	4.9	0%
15	South Woodham Ferrers Essex	B⁺	7.8	93%	3	0%
16	Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire	B⁺	5.5	85%	3.6	0%
17	Weybridge Surrey	B⁺	3.9	80%	4.4	0%
18	Wombwell South Yorkshire	B⁺	2.4	92%	4.5	0%
19	Burnham-on-Sea Somerset	B⁺	2.1	79%	3.5	0%
20	Swanley Kent	B⁺	1.8	78%	4.2	20%
21	Swinton South Yorkshire	B⁺	3	97%	3.1	0%
22	Liversedge West Yorkshire	B⁺	2	98%	4.3	0%
23	Tyldesley Greater Manchester	B	2.3	97%	3.5	0%
24	Brackley Northamptonshire	B	2.7	100%	2.6	0%
25	Haydock Merseyside	B	6.8	86%	2.7	0%
26	Westbury Wiltshire	B	1.4	97%	3.3	1%
27	Amersham Buckinghamshire	B	1.8	62%	3.7	64%
28	Patchway Gloucestershire	B	2.5	80%	5.4	0%
29	Haslingden Lancashire	B	1.8	89%	5.5	0%
30	Cobham Surrey	B	3.1	49%	4	1%
31	Wimborne Minster Dorset	B	2.7	51%	3.6	17%
32	Penrith Cumbria	B	1.6	91%	2.9	9%
33	Bangor Gwynedd	B	0.9	79%	2.7	11%
34	Wymondham Norfolk	B	2.8	97%	2.6	0%
35	Minster (Swale) Kent	B	2.5	89%	1.2	0%
36	Bramhall Greater Manchester	B⁻	4.7	71%	3.4	0%
37	St Ives Cambridgeshire	B⁻	1.7	95%	3.7	0%
38	Biddulph Staffordshire	B⁻	3.3	86%	2.7	0%
39	Baildon West Yorkshire	B⁻	2	71%	7.5	0%
40	Heysham Lancashire	B⁻	1.4	83%	2.2	0%
41	Ramsbottom Greater Manchester	C⁺	2.1	74%	4.1	0%
42	South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire	C⁺	1.7	90%	3.2	0%
43	Royston Hertfordshire	C⁺	1.3	83%	4.1	0%
44	Aldridge West Midlands	C⁺	3	83%	2.1	0%
45	Bodmin Cornwall	C⁺	1.1	87%	2.4	3%
46	Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent	C	1.2	54%	3.3	21%
47	Streetly West Midlands	C	7.5	58%	2	0%
48	Bourne Lincolnshire	C	1.3	70%	4.6	0%
49	Ripon North Yorkshire	C	1	75%	2.4	17%
50	Nailsea Somerset	C	1.1	65%	5.4	0%
51	Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan	C	1.5	85%	2.5	0%
52	Maltby South Yorkshire	C⁻	1.8	78%	2.5	0%
53	Hale Greater Manchester	C⁻	2.4	50%	2.6	0%
54	Stone Staffordshire	C⁻	1.5	86%	2.1	0%
55	North Hykeham Lincolnshire	C⁻	2.4	60%	2.3	0%
56	Saffron Walden Essex	C⁻	1.1	63%	3.9	0%
57	Louth Lincolnshire	C⁻	0.6	76%	1.3	47%
58	Oswestry Shropshire	C⁻	1.3	88%	2	0%
59	Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire	C⁻	1.5	60%	1.6	3%
60	Carmarthen Dyfed	D	1.6	76%	1.6	0%

The map

Parks, footpaths & countryside

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Connah's Quay’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 Connah's Quay

The biggest is Parc Gwepra, 61 ha (150 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.

All 9 named parks by size: 87 ha (216 acres) and 15 km of path

Parks & gardens 76 haPlaying fields 11 haPlay spaces 0.2 ha

The two biggest, Parc Gwepra and Taliesin Nature Reserve, are 78% of the named green space and carry 12 km of path between them. 5 of the 9 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.

Connah's Quay’s biggest

Parc Gwepra

Park or garden

61 ha (150 acres)10.2 km of path

2 h 15 minto walk all 10.2 km of path

85 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

0.5 mi south-eastfrom the centre

Wepre Park Carpark - Waterfall PathFlintshire 303/20/20 (Wepre Park)

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Taliesin Nature Reserve

Park or garden · 170 m outside town

7.6 ha (19 acres)1.8 km of path

25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path

11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

0.8 mi south-eastfrom the centre

Nature reserve

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Parc Ganolog

Playing field

9.5 ha (24 acres)1.5 km of path

20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path

13 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

Centralin the middle of Connah's Quay

Directionsto the nearest entrance

The Gathering Grounds Wood

Park or garden

3.9 ha (10 acres)0.5 km of path

6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

Centralin the middle of Connah's Quay

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Golftyn Park

Park or garden

1.4 ha (4 acres)0.6 km of path

10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path

2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

0.7 mi northfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Dyffryn Llwyni

Park or garden

1.9 ha (5 acres)

3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

Centralin the middle of Connah's Quay

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Connah's Quay Town F C

Playing field

1.6 ha (4 acres)

2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

0.7 mi north-eastfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Festival Gardens

Park or garden

0.5 ha (1 acres)0.3 km of path

0.6 mi north-eastfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

All 9 named parks and green spaces

Parc GwepraPark or garden · 61 ha · 10.2 km of path

Directions

Taliesin Nature ReservePark or garden · 7.6 ha · 1.8 km of path · just outside town

Directions

Parc GanologPlaying field · 9.5 ha · 1.5 km of path

Directions

The Gathering Grounds WoodPark or garden · 3.9 ha · 0.5 km of path

Directions

Golftyn ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.6 km of path

Directions

Dyffryn LlwyniPark or garden · 1.9 ha

Directions

Connah's Quay Town F CPlaying field · 1.6 ha

Directions

Festival GardensPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path

Directions

King George Street Play AreaPlay space · 0.2 ha · just outside town

Directions

Close to home

How close Connah's Quay’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 (97%)Further (4%)

Connah's Quay97%

Towns its size85%

Clwyd towns83%

All UK towns83%

About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 37 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 453 residents.

National Parks & National Landscapes

The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 4.8 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

National Landscape

Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley

4.8 mi south-west389 km²since 2011

Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Connah's Quay scores 0% on it even though the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 4.8 mi away.

Footpaths & waymarked walks

Connah's Quay is on the Wales Coast Path

76 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Connah's Quay and the kilometre around it, 2.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.

National

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route9.3 km

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border1.7 km

The Wales Coast Path, a national route, passes Connah's Quay.

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 Connah's Quay: 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	19	21	21	18	15	11	8
Rain (mm)	58	54	53	51	55	62	60	63	66	78	78	79

April is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 79 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 34 nights a year. The climate in Connah's Quay →

The coast

Connah's Quay is near the sea

6% of the area within 5 km of Connah's Quay is sea.

The Wales Coast Path passes the town.

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 37 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.

3Viewpoints2.9× towns its size 1Waterfalls 2Nature reserves 37Playgrounds1.4× towns its size 2Slipways

Every named place, with directions

Viewpoints 3

Burton Point1.1 mi from town

Directions

Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.

Waterfalls 1

Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.

Nature reserves 2

Taliesin Nature Reserve2.7 ha · 0.2 mi from town

Directions

RSPB Burton Mere1.0 mi from town

Directions

Playgrounds 37

McAlpines Park1.2 mi from town

Directions

Plus 36 playgrounds without a name on the map.

Slipways 2

Plus 2 slipways 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.

ShottonNorthop HallAstonHawardenGarden CityNorthopConnah's Quay

ABCDOutdoors Grade

Town	Outdoors	Green space, ha per 1,000	Near a park	Protected within 5 km
Connah's Quay	A	5.8	97%	0%
Shotton 1.1 mi	A	4.5	100%	0%
Northop Hall 1.4 mi	B	2.6	100%	0%
Aston 1.6 mi	B⁻	4.4	37%	0%
Hawarden 2.3 mi	B⁻	3.7	81%	0%
Garden City 2.4 mi	D⁻	1.5	58%	0%
Northop 2.8 mi	D	1.6	70%	0%

Shotton, 1.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.

Questions about the outdoors in Connah's Quay

What is the biggest park in Connah's Quay?

Parc Gwepra, 61 ha (150 acres), with 10.2 km of path. Taliesin Nature Reserve (7.6 ha) is second. 9 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.

Is Connah's Quay near a National Park?

The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 4.8 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.

What are the best walks near Connah's Quay?

2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route and King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border. Parc Gwepra alone has 10.2 km of path.

How many people in Connah's Quay live near a park?

97% 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 Connah's Quay?

May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

Is Connah's Quay good for walking?

About average for paths: 2.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 54% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 90% (5.8 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 Connah's Quay’s overall grade.

Sources

Where Connah's Quay’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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