Dearham’s biggest
Pottery Park
Playing field
1.2 ha (3 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Dearham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Dearham · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Dearham
The Solway Coast National Landscape begins 1.1 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Dearham add up to 0.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The sea makes up 18% of the area within 5 km. Dearham grades C for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
72%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
14 km
1.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
6%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Solway Coast National Landscape
The sea
18%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Dearham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside both waysSolway Coast starts 1.1 mi north-west, Lake District 3.6 mi east.Less park per person0.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Dearham’s strongest suit is two protected landscapes close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Dearham grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Dearham, 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 29% of UK towns30th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space0.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
6out of
100
100
A park within a walk72%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
33out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape6%of the land within 5 km
69out of
100
100
Footpaths1.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
15out of
100
100
The sea18%of the area within 5 km
89out 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.
Villages its size
Dearham is 30th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,200 to 2,400 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
Dearham1.4
Villages its size1.8
Cumbria towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Dearham0.6
Villages its size1.8
Cumbria towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Dearham72%
Villages its size82%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
Dearham falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 56 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reydon Suffolk | A+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.6 | 49% |
| 2 | Radford Semele Warwickshire | A | 12.3 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 3 | Millbrook Cornwall | A− | 2 | 100% | 1.1 | 19% |
| 4 | Picket Piece Hampshire | A− | 3.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 33% |
| 5 | Cannington Somerset | A− | 2.8 | 88% | 3.2 | 3% |
| 6 | Y Felinheli Gwynedd | B+ | 4.9 | 65% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 7 | Hall Green West Yorkshire | B+ | 7.5 | 82% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Nant-y-moel Mid Glamorgan | B | 7 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Pen-y-fai Mid Glamorgan | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Stalbridge Dorset | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Narberth Dyfed | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 4% |
| 12 | Creech St Michael Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Dormansland Surrey | B− | 2.5 | 70% | 2.3 | 33% |
| 14 | Upper Halliford Surrey | B− | 5.1 | 44% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 15 | Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire | B− | 3.8 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Riccall North Yorkshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Wiveliscombe Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 18 | Ashurst Hampshire | B− | 0.9 | 65% | 3.6 | 72% |
| 19 | Debenham Suffolk | C+ | 1 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 20 | St Dennis Cornwall | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 21 | Osbaldwick North Yorkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 70% | 5 | 0% |
| 22 | Padstow Cornwall | C+ | 0.6 | 33% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 23 | Pentyrch South Glamorgan | C+ | 2.6 | 50% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Bramford Suffolk | C+ | 3.2 | 76% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Mickleton Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 52% | 2.1 | 45% |
| 26 | Witchford Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Lingwood Norfolk | C+ | 1.2 | 73% | 2.6 | 26% |
| 28 | Stanton Suffolk | C | 2.6 | 87% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Woolavington Somerset | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Dearham Cumbria | C | 0.6 | 72% | 1.4 | 6% |
| 31 | West Rainton County Durham | C | 2.1 | 73% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Bletchingley Surrey | C | 0.5 | 10% | 3.9 | 18% |
| 33 | Wardley Greater Manchester | C− | 0.6 | 88% | 3 | 0% |
| 34 | Stanford in the Vale Oxfordshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Credenhill Herefordshire | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Roche Cornwall | C− | 2.8 | 81% | 1 | 0% |
| 37 | Marshfield Gwent | C− | 1 | 85% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Hathern Leicestershire | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Knowsley Merseyside | C− | 3.1 | 77% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Creigiau South Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Kings Sutton Northamptonshire | C− | 1.8 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Collingham West Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Reepham Norfolk | C− | 2.3 | 66% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Stilton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Coates and Eastrea Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Dinnington Tyne and Wear | C− | 1.6 | 89% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Brown Edge Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Goxhill Lincolnshire | C− | 1.5 | 69% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Usk Gwent | C− | 3.5 | 56% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Eastry Kent | D | 2 | 77% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Netherton (Wakefield) West Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 27% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 52 | St Stephen Cornwall | D | 1.2 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Fishburn County Durham | D | 1.5 | 76% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Burton upon Stather Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 75% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Belton Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 67% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Tattenhall Cheshire | D− | 1.8 | 28% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Ixworth Suffolk | D− | 1 | 73% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Hingham Norfolk | D− | 1.9 | 13% | 1 | 0% |
| 59 | Norton South Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 63% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Leven East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.2 | 64% | 0.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Dearham’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 Dearham
The biggest is Pottery Park, 1.2 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Dearham 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 (72%)Further (28%)
Dearham72%
Villages its size82%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 293 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Solway Coast and Lake District both start about 4 miles from Dearham
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
Solway Coast
1.1 mi north-west123 km²since 19646% of the land within 5 km
Official site6% of the land within 5 km of Dearham is National Park or National Landscape, more than 68% of UK towns. Lake District National Park covers 2,362 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Dearham
14 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Dearham and the kilometre around it, 1.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Dearham; 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 Dearham: May to September
The village’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 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 95 | 79 | 73 | 57 | 62 | 73 | 83 | 93 | 90 | 120 | 109 | 107 |
April is the driest month (57 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 120 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Dearham →
The coast
Dearham is near the sea
18% of the area within 5 km of Dearham is sea.
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
8 playgrounds
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Crosby Hill88 m (289 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 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.
MaryportGreat Broughton and Little BroughtonFlimbySeatonCockermouthStainburnDearham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dearham | C | 0.6 | 72% | 6% |
| Maryport 1.6 mi | A− | 1.4 | 100% | 5% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton 2.6 mi | C | 1.2 | 85% | 1% |
| Flimby 2.9 mi | A | 1.7 | 100% | 2% |
| Seaton 4.4 mi | B+ | 2.5 | 87% | 0% |
| Cockermouth 4.6 mi | B | 2.6 | 81% | 42% |
| Stainburn 5.2 mi | C− | 0.1 | 72% | 0% |
Flimby, 2.9 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Maryport, Great Broughton and Little Broughton and Flimby have at least twice Dearham’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Dearham
What is the biggest park in Dearham?
Pottery Park, 1.2 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Dearham near a National Park?
Yes. Lake District National Park begins 3.6 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 2,362 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Solway Coast National Landscape, 1.1 mi away.
How many people in Dearham live near a park?
72% 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 Dearham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Dearham good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 15% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 6% (0.6 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 Dearham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Dearham’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.