Easington’s biggest
Welfare Park
Playing field
6.9 ha (17 acres)0.3 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Easington
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Easington · parks, paths & countryside
Easington is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 28% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Easington add up to 5.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 94% of residents. Easington grades A− for the outdoors: #2 of 52 in County Durham. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
94%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
32 km
2.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
The sea
28%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Easington?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast28% of the area within 5 km is sea; 6 beaches mapped.Room to roam5.0 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 87% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Easington’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Easington grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Easington, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 84% of UK towns#2 of 52 in County Durham · 13th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space5.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
87out of
100
100
A park within a walk94%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
73out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
37out of
100
100
The sea28%of the area within 5 km
92out 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
Easington is 13th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 6,700 to 7,300 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
Easington2.2
Towns its size2.8
County Durham towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Easington5.0
Towns its size2.1
County Durham towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Easington94%
Towns its size77%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Easington stands out most for park space per resident: only 7 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 45 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheringham Norfolk | A+ | 11.6 | 74% | 3.4 | 32% |
| 2 | Acrefair and Cefn-mawr Clwyd | A | 6.5 | 96% | 2.9 | 36% |
| 3 | Anstey Leicestershire | A | 12.9 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 4 | Liphook Hampshire | A | 3.1 | 86% | 3.8 | 64% |
| 5 | Bishop's Waltham Hampshire | A | 2.6 | 93% | 3.4 | 55% |
| 6 | East Boldon and West Boldon Tyne and Wear | A | 3.4 | 96% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 7 | Ibstock Leicestershire | A | 8.5 | 96% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Bourne End Buckinghamshire | A | 2.9 | 87% | 4 | 19% |
| 9 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | A | 4.9 | 50% | 2.8 | 22% |
| 10 | Gwersyllt Clwyd | A | 14.6 | 96% | 2.5 | 2% |
| 11 | Ashley Heath Dorset | A | 24.2 | 68% | 4 | 15% |
| 12 | Darfield South Yorkshire | A | 4 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 13 | Easington County Durham | A− | 5 | 94% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 14 | Walton-on-the-Naze Essex | A− | 3.2 | 96% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Horden County Durham | A− | 2.1 | 82% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Shiremoor Tyne and Wear | A− | 2.5 | 76% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Torpoint Cornwall | A− | 2.2 | 84% | 1.6 | 26% |
| 18 | Whitworth Lancashire | B+ | 2.5 | 96% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Blackwater Hampshire | B+ | 10.6 | 74% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Kiveton Park South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.8 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Fence Houses Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.8 | 81% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 22 | Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.7 | 82% | 2.2 | 9% |
| 23 | Burley in Wharfedale West Yorkshire | B | 1.6 | 81% | 3.5 | 35% |
| 24 | Malmesbury Wiltshire | B | 2 | 86% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 25 | Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire | B− | 1 | 75% | 3.8 | 58% |
| 26 | Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire | B− | 2.7 | 89% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 27 | Wincanton Somerset | B− | 1.4 | 88% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 28 | Balsall Common West Midlands | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 29 | Cranfield Bedfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 72% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Borrowash Derbyshire | B− | 2.8 | 85% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Bollington Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 56% | 4.1 | 31% |
| 32 | Blackheath West Midlands | C+ | 2.5 | 57% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Allerton Bywater West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 78% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 34 | North Baddesley Hampshire | C+ | 1.7 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Chipping Norton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 67% | 2.4 | 73% |
| 36 | Poringland Norfolk | C+ | 1.3 | 91% | 2.1 | 5% |
| 37 | Murton County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 38 | West Mersea Essex | C+ | 1.9 | 69% | 2 | 0% |
| 39 | Rawdon West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.7 | 67% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Bolton-le-Sands Lancashire | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 1.6 | 23% |
| 41 | Thrapston Northamptonshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Radcliffe on Trent Nottinghamshire | C | 2.5 | 76% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Hattersley Greater Manchester | C | 0.9 | 52% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 44 | Farnham Common and Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire | C | 1 | 55% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Waddington Lincolnshire | C | 2.3 | 87% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Hagley Worcestershire | C | 1.7 | 90% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Crewkerne Somerset | C | 0.5 | 66% | 2.8 | 21% |
| 48 | Rhoose South Glamorgan | C | 2 | 43% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Great Wakering Essex | C | 1.1 | 47% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Aylsham Norfolk | C | 2.6 | 74% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Hethersett Norfolk | C | 2.1 | 65% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Market Warsop Nottinghamshire | C | 2.1 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Hollywood Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 54% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Culcheth Cheshire | C− | 1.7 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Wellesbourne Warwickshire | D | 1.1 | 88% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Coleshill Warwickshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Keyworth Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.3 | 58% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Staffordshire | D− | 1.6 | 49% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Featherstone Staffordshire | D− | 1.2 | 52% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Albrighton Shropshire | D− | 0.8 | 32% | 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 Easington’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 Easington
The biggest is Welfare Park, 6.9 ha (17 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Oak Road Neighbourhood Park
Park or garden
2.7 ha (7 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Easington
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Easington 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).
Within 400 m (94%)Further (6%)
Easington94%
Towns its size77%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 16 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 436 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Easington is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
32 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Easington and the kilometre around it, 2.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalLocal
King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South Bents7.1 km
Durham Coastal Path7.1 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Easington. Close to home, the Durham Coastal Path has 7 km of local walk within 2 km of the town.
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 Easington: June, July and 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) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 46 | 42 | 39 | 47 | 46 | 62 | 56 | 67 | 52 | 63 | 71 | 56 |
March is the driest month (39 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Easington →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Easington
28% of the area within 5 km of Easington is sea. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 3 with a name.
Shippersea Bay0.8 mi from town
DirectionsHawthorn Hive1.1 mi from town
DirectionsBlast Beach1.6 mi from town
DirectionsThe King Charles III England 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
16 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.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 16
Plus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
The Barn at Easington0.6 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
PeterleeHordenShotton CollierySouth HettonMurtonHaswellEasington
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easington | A− | 5.0 | 94% | 0% |
| Peterlee 1.7 mi | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 0% |
| Horden 1.8 mi | A− | 2.1 | 82% | 0% |
| Shotton Colliery 2.7 mi | D− | 0.9 | 40% | 0% |
| South Hetton 3.0 mi | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Murton 3.1 mi | C+ | 2.1 | 54% | 0% |
| Haswell 3.2 mi | C+ | 3.2 | 100% | 0% |
Easington grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Easington
What is the biggest park in Easington?
Welfare Park, 6.9 ha (17 acres). Oak Road Neighbourhood Park (2.7 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Easington near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Easington.
What are the best walks near Easington?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South Bents and Durham Coastal Path.
How many people in Easington live near a park?
94% 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 Easington?
June, July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Easington good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 37% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 87% (5.0 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 Easington’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Easington’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.