Liskeard’s biggest
Castle Park
Playing field
2.4 ha (6 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Liskeard
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Liskeard · parks, paths & countryside
89% of Liskeard’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 2.1 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Liskeard add up to 0.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 48 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.7 for every square kilometre. Liskeard grades C+ for the outdoors: #27 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
89%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
48 km
2.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
6%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Liskeard?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside both waysCornwall starts 2.1 mi north, Tamar Valley 5.7 mi south-east.Less park per person0.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Liskeard’s strongest suit is two protected landscapes close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Liskeard grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Liskeard, 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 40% of UK towns#27 of 35 in Cornwall · 36th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space0.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
8out of
100
100
A park within a walk89%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
66out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape6%of the land within 5 km
68out of
100
100
Footpaths2.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
50out 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
Liskeard is 36th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 10,300 to 11,500 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
Liskeard2.7
Towns its size3.1
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Liskeard0.8
Towns its size1.9
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Liskeard89%
Towns its size82%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Liskeard falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 55 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weybourne Surrey | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 6.1 | 14% |
| 2 | West End Hampshire | A | 9.1 | 100% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 3 | Brierfield Lancashire | A | 2.1 | 92% | 5.6 | 18% |
| 4 | Penryn Cornwall | A | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 5 | Great Harwood Lancashire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 6 | Godalming Surrey | A− | 4.6 | 73% | 3.1 | 66% |
| 7 | Soham Cambridgeshire | A− | 4.7 | 97% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 8 | Conisbrough South Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Platt Bridge and Abram Greater Manchester | A− | 3.7 | 98% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Royston South Yorkshire | A− | 7.9 | 97% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Romiley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.9 | 80% | 3.8 | 1% |
| 12 | Southwater West Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 82% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 13 | Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire | A− | 4 | 85% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Chadwell St Mary Essex | A− | 3.2 | 97% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 15 | Whitwick Leicestershire | A− | 4.2 | 84% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Kearsley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 17 | Uppermill Greater Manchester | A− | 2.4 | 70% | 4.8 | 27% |
| 18 | Tidworth Wiltshire | B+ | 3.7 | 90% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 19 | Pelsall West Midlands | B+ | 6.1 | 95% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire | B+ | 1.9 | 76% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 21 | Barnoldswick Lancashire | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 4 | 2% |
| 22 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | B+ | 9 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 23 | Cranleigh Surrey | B | 2.5 | 20% | 4.3 | 38% |
| 24 | Corsham Wiltshire | B | 1.9 | 81% | 3 | 31% |
| 25 | Baldock Hertfordshire | B | 2.1 | 91% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Warmsworth South Yorkshire | B | 2.7 | 79% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Great Dunmow Essex | B | 2 | 92% | 4 | 0% |
| 28 | Gillingham Dorset | B | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 29 | Sandbach Cheshire | B− | 2.5 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Helston Cornwall | B− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 21% |
| 31 | Mossley Greater Manchester | B− | 0.9 | 74% | 4.5 | 14% |
| 32 | Oswaldtwistle Lancashire | B− | 1.1 | 94% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Filton Gloucestershire | B− | 3.3 | 40% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Cambourne Cambridgeshire | B− | 0.7 | 91% | 7.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Baglan West Glamorgan | C+ | 2.5 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Liskeard Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 89% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 37 | Bolsover Derbyshire | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 38 | Selsey West Sussex | C | 1.6 | 79% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Earl Shilton Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 98% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Sandy Bedfordshire | C | 0.9 | 76% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Brimington Derbyshire | C | 1.2 | 72% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Ulverston Cumbria | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.8 | 8% |
| 43 | Towcester Northamptonshire | C | 1.3 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Epping Essex | C− | 1.2 | 70% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Attleborough Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Hexham Northumberland | C− | 1.5 | 64% | 2 | 9% |
| 47 | Cleveleys Lancashire | C− | 0.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Downham Market Norfolk | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Chatteris Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Lutterworth Leicestershire | C− | 1.7 | 83% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Cheadle Staffordshire | C− | 1.7 | 90% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 52 | West Moors Dorset | C− | 0.9 | 33% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 53 | New Ollerton and Ollerton Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.8 | 80% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Dinnington South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 55 | Leominster Herefordshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Newtown Powys | D | 2.3 | 65% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Sherborne Dorset | D | 1.2 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Longton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Burton Latimer Northamptonshire | D | 0.9 | 62% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Tonyrefail Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 48% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Liskeard’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 Liskeard
The biggest is Castle Park, 2.4 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 4 ha (10 acres) and 1 km of path
Parks & gardens 1.0 haPlaying fields 3.1 ha
The two biggest, Castle Park and Thorn Park, are 73% of the named green space. 3 of the 4 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Thorn Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha (1 acres)0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Liskeard
PlaygroundThorn ParkThhorn Parke CrescentThorn Terrace
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Westbourne Gardens
Park or garden
0.5 ha (1 acres)0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Liskeard
2 listedWestbourne GardensWestbourne Lane
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Rapsons Field
Playing field
0.6 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Liskeard
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Liskeard’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 (89%)Further (11%)
Liskeard89%
Towns its size82%
Cornwall towns81%
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; 17 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 641 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Cornwall and Tamar Valley both start about 6 miles from Liskeard
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
6% of the land within 5 km of Liskeard is National Park or National Landscape, more than 68% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Liskeard
48 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Liskeard and the kilometre around it, 2.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Liskeard; 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Liskeard: 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 162 | 127 | 108 | 96 | 84 | 88 | 97 | 115 | 103 | 158 | 172 | 177 |
May is the driest month (84 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 177 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 24 nights a year. The climate in Liskeard →
Things to do
17 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
Liskeard is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Millendreath Beach5.7 mi from Liskeard’s edge
DirectionsPlaidy Beach5.8 mi from Liskeard’s edge
DirectionsEast Looe Beach6.2 mi from Liskeard’s edge
DirectionsSeaton Beach6.4 mi from Liskeard’s edge
DirectionsSamphire Beach7.0 mi from Liskeard’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
Nature reserves 1
Liskeard Old Road Conservation Park0.4 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 17
Jack Bice Playgroundin town
DirectionsMispickle Road Play Areain town
DirectionsThorn Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 14 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.
St CleerDobwallsPensilvaPelyntLooeCallingtonLiskeard
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Callington, 7.3 miles away, grades B, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. St Cleer, Pensilva and Callington have at least twice Liskeard’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Liskeard
What is the biggest park in Liskeard?
Castle Park, 2.4 ha (6 acres), with 0.8 km of path. Thorn Park (0.5 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Liskeard near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 13 mi east of the town’s edge. It covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Cornwall National Landscape, 2.1 mi away.
What is the nearest beach to Liskeard?
Millendreath Beach, 5.7 mi from the edge of the town, then Plaidy Beach (5.8 mi). Liskeard itself is inland.
How many people in Liskeard live near a park?
89% 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 Liskeard?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Liskeard good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 50% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 8% (0.8 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 Liskeard’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Liskeard’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.