Mold’s biggest
Bailey Hill
Park or garden
2.1 ha (5 acres)0.4 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Mold
Peak The Bailey Hill, Mold monument
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Mold · parks, paths & countryside
86% of Mold’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape begins 0.6 mi from the town’s edge. Footpaths add up to 28 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.6 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Mold add up to 1.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Mold grades C+ for the outdoors: #27 of 39 in Clwyd. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
86%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
28 km
1.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
17%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Mold?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape starts 0.6 mi south-west.Few mapped footpaths1.6 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Mold’s strongest suit is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Mold grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Mold, 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 42% of UK towns#27 of 39 in Clwyd · 40th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
43out of
100
100
A park within a walk86%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
59out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape17%of the land within 5 km
76out of
100
100
Footpaths1.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
19out 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
Mold is 40th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 9,300 to 10,500 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
Mold1.6
Towns its size3.1
Clwyd towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Mold1.9
Towns its size2.4
Clwyd towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Mold86%
Towns its size84%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Mold falls furthest behind on path per km², where 54 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caldicot Gwent | A+ | 4.2 | 92% | 3 | 2% |
| 2 | Bordon Hampshire | A | 8.6 | 54% | 6.7 | 49% |
| 3 | South Merstham Surrey | A | 3.7 | 84% | 3.7 | 20% |
| 4 | Beccles Suffolk | A | 4.5 | 87% | 3.2 | 20% |
| 5 | Nuthall and Watnall Nottinghamshire | A | 6.3 | 97% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire | A | 2.8 | 88% | 3.7 | 21% |
| 7 | Godalming Surrey | A− | 4.6 | 73% | 3.1 | 66% |
| 8 | Southborough Kent | A− | 2.8 | 94% | 2.5 | 57% |
| 9 | Whiteley Hampshire | A− | 3 | 52% | 4.4 | 2% |
| 10 | Thurmaston Leicestershire | A− | 10.4 | 89% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 11 | Esher Surrey | A− | 6.9 | 86% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Kings Hill Kent | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 13 | Padiham Lancashire | A− | 1.5 | 95% | 4.5 | 18% |
| 14 | Bingham Nottinghamshire | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Whitwick Leicestershire | A− | 4.2 | 84% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Egglescliffe County Durham | A− | 4.9 | 94% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Aveley Essex | A− | 3.4 | 84% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Yarm North Yorkshire | A− | 3.3 | 96% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Pelsall West Midlands | B+ | 6.1 | 95% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Corfe Mullen Dorset | B+ | 3.1 | 72% | 3.5 | 13% |
| 21 | Woodbridge Suffolk | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 3.9 | 30% |
| 22 | Sandiacre Derbyshire | B+ | 2.6 | 94% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Cranleigh Surrey | B | 2.5 | 20% | 4.3 | 38% |
| 24 | Shildon County Durham | B | 2.8 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Pontllanfraith Gwent | B | 3.7 | 93% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Ludlow Shropshire | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2.1 | 16% |
| 27 | North Wingfield and Holmewood Derbyshire | B | 2.7 | 84% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Great Dunmow Essex | B | 2 | 92% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Queensbury West Yorkshire | B | 2.6 | 91% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Immingham Lincolnshire | B | 2 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Pembroke Dock Dyfed | B− | 1.7 | 80% | 1.1 | 25% |
| 32 | Yaxley Cambridgeshire | B− | 2.6 | 90% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Caernarfon Gwynedd | B− | 1.7 | 83% | 1.4 | 14% |
| 34 | Horbury West Yorkshire | B− | 2.5 | 75% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Mildenhall Suffolk | B− | 2.1 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Monmouth Gwent | B− | 1.5 | 69% | 3.1 | 45% |
| 37 | Radstock Somerset | B− | 1.1 | 93% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 38 | Knottingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 88% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Whitchurch Shropshire | B− | 2.7 | 86% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Mold Clwyd | C+ | 1.9 | 86% | 1.6 | 17% |
| 41 | Brandon County Durham | C+ | 2.2 | 72% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Raunds Northamptonshire | C+ | 4.7 | 74% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Crook County Durham | C+ | 1.5 | 85% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Lydney Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.1 | 52% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Abertillery Gwent | C | 2.4 | 69% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Diss Norfolk | C | 1.5 | 80% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Barnham West Sussex | C | 1.3 | 70% | 2.3 | 32% |
| 48 | Kippax West Yorkshire | C | 1.4 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Shepton Mallet Somerset | C | 1.2 | 70% | 2.8 | 1% |
| 50 | Catshill Worcestershire | C | 1.4 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Prudhoe Northumberland | C− | 1.7 | 37% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Polegate East Sussex | C− | 0.8 | 64% | 2.2 | 24% |
| 53 | West Moors Dorset | C− | 0.9 | 33% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Haxby North Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 59% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Sherborne Dorset | D | 1.2 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Broughton Astley Leicestershire | D | 1 | 82% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Burton Latimer Northamptonshire | D | 0.9 | 62% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Pocklington East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.6 | 65% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Pheasey West Midlands | D− | 0.9 | 40% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Ponteland Northumberland | D− | 1.1 | 36% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Mold’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 Mold
The biggest is Bailey Hill, 2.1 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Parc Alun
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.4 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Mold’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 (86%)Further (14%)
Mold86%
Towns its size84%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
About 1,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 39 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 254 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 0.6 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
0.6 mi south-west389 km²since 201117% of the land within 5 km
17% of the land within 5 km of Mold is National Park or National Landscape, more than 75% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Mold
28 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Mold and the kilometre around it, 1.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Llwybr Clawdd Wat8.9 km
The regional route here is the Llwybr Clawdd Wat.
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 Mold: 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) | 8.1 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 73 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 61 | 64 | 71 | 89 | 86 | 97 |
February is the driest month (58 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 97 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Mold →
Things to do
39 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
Mold is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
East Hoyle Bank14 mi from Mold’s edge
DirectionsTranmere Beach15 mi from Mold’s edge
DirectionsRhyl Sands17 mi from Mold’s edge
DirectionsHorton's Nose Nature Reserve17 mi from Mold’s edge
DirectionsBrazil Bank19 mi from Mold’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. Natural Resources Wales tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Bailey Hill, at 143 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Mold.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 5
Bailey Hill143 m (469 ft) · in town
DirectionsGwern-Y-Mynydd285 m (935 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPrenbrigog172 m (564 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsBryn-Eithin206 m (676 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsBryngwyn336 m (1,102 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 39
Plus 39 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park 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.
Mynydd IsaSoughtonBuckleyNorthopNorthop HallLeeswoodMold
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mold | C+ | 1.9 | 86% | 17% |
| Mynydd Isa 1.3 mi | C | 0.9 | 87% | 3% |
| Soughton 1.6 mi | D | 0.4 | 67% | 3% |
| Buckley 2.7 mi | C+ | 2.6 | 82% | 0% |
| Northop 2.9 mi | D | 1.6 | 70% | 0% |
| Northop Hall 3.2 mi | B | 2.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Leeswood 3.3 mi | C+ | 4.0 | 83% | 2% |
Northop Hall, 3.2 miles away, grades B, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Leeswood has at least twice Mold’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Mold
What is the biggest park in Mold?
Bailey Hill, 2.1 ha (5 acres). Parc Alun (0.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Mold near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 0.6 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
What are the best walks near Mold?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Llwybr Clawdd Wat.
What is the nearest beach to Mold?
East Hoyle Bank, 14 mi from the edge of the town, then Tranmere Beach (15 mi). Mold itself is inland.
How many people in Mold live near a park?
86% 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 Mold?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Mold good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 19% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 43% (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 Mold’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Mold’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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