Staveley’s biggest
The Ayland
Playing field
1.6 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Staveley
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Staveley · parks, paths & countryside
Staveley is inside the Lake District National Park
Parks and playing fields in Staveley add up to 1.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 85% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Staveley grades B for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
85%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
22 km
2.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
89%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Lake District National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Staveley?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside the Lake District National ParkStaveley sits inside it: 2,362 km² of protected landscape.Less park per person1.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Staveley’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Staveley grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Staveley, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 63% of UK towns18th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
34out of
100
100
A park within a walk85%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
56out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape89%of the land within 5 km
98out of
100
100
Footpaths2.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
46out 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.
Villages its size
Staveley is 18th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,400 to 1,500 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
Staveley2.5
Villages its size2.0
Cumbria towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Staveley1.7
Villages its size1.9
Cumbria towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Staveley85%
Villages its size79%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Staveley stands out most for path per km²: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 37 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Runton and Beeston Regis Norfolk | A+ | 25 | 100% | 4.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Sandridge Hertfordshire | A+ | 18.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 3 | Charlton Down Dorset | A | 4 | 100% | 2.3 | 58% |
| 4 | Newburn Tyne and Wear | A | 12.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 5 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 100% | 1 | 68% |
| 6 | Balcombe West Sussex | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.2 | 90% |
| 7 | Three Crosses West Glamorgan | A | 2.4 | 100% | 1.3 | 39% |
| 8 | Sedbergh Cumbria | A | 1.9 | 83% | 5 | 92% |
| 9 | Heath and Reach Bedfordshire | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Llandovery Dyfed | A− | 13.3 | 100% | 1 | 22% |
| 11 | Denham Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Knowle Hampshire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.1 | 7% |
| 13 | Twyford Hampshire | A− | 6.8 | 49% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 14 | Little Kingshill Buckinghamshire | A− | 6.5 | 50% | 2.9 | 90% |
| 15 | Holme Cumbria | A− | 2.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 25% |
| 16 | Burnhope County Durham | B+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Horspath Oxfordshire | B | 14 | 54% | 5 | 0% |
| 18 | Staveley Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 85% | 2.5 | 89% |
| 19 | Hellifield North Yorkshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 38% |
| 20 | Alconbury Cambridgeshire | B | 5.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 21 | Pont Rhyd-y-cyff Mid Glamorgan | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Houghton Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Netherne on-the-Hill Surrey | B− | 1.6 | 40% | 5.9 | 19% |
| 24 | Gosfield Essex | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 25 | Nether Stowey Somerset | C+ | 1.9 | 18% | 3 | 39% |
| 26 | Pirton Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 57% | 2.3 | 24% |
| 27 | Sutton Valence Kent | C+ | 5.6 | 71% | 1 | 1% |
| 28 | Killinghall North Yorkshire | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.6 | 7% |
| 29 | Lavendon Buckinghamshire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 30 | Castor and Ailsworth Cambridgeshire | C | 3.4 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 31 | Ryhall Rutland | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Connor Downs Cornwall | C | 0.5 | 79% | 0.7 | 8% |
| 33 | Newborough Cambridgeshire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Eythorne Kent | C | 0.5 | 79% | 2.5 | 9% |
| 35 | Ticehurst East Sussex | C | 1.4 | 75% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 36 | Brabourne Lees Kent | C | 0.9 | 0% | 3.2 | 34% |
| 37 | Patrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3.6 | 79% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Warton Warwickshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Cogenhoe Northamptonshire | C− | 1.5 | 78% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 40 | Burniston North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 0.9 | 49% |
| 41 | Ruishton Somerset | C− | 0.6 | 60% | 2.7 | 4% |
| 42 | Denbury Devon | C− | 2.8 | 24% | 0.7 | 3% |
| 43 | Marnhull Dorset | C− | 1.8 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 44 | Pontyberem Dyfed | C− | 4.7 | 58% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 45 | East Rainton Tyne and Wear | D | 1.4 | 34% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Hook East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 19% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 47 | North Somercotes Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 44% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Pontyates Dyfed | D | 4.6 | 39% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Keadby Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 84% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Flore Northamptonshire | D | 1.6 | 62% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Westonzoyland Somerset | D | 3.1 | 30% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Copplestone Devon | D | 1.1 | 88% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Blakedown Worcestershire | D | 0.8 | 79% | 2 | 0% |
| 54 | Gosberton Lincolnshire | D | 1.1 | 86% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Four Crosses Powys | D− | 1.9 | 53% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Sturton by Stow Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 41% | 1 | 0% |
| 57 | Markham Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Guilden Sutton Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 56% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Shadwell West Yorkshire | D− | 0.3 | 25% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Woodford Northamptonshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Staveley’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 Staveley
The biggest is The Ayland, 1.6 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
8 in 10 Staveley 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 (85%)Further (15%)
Staveley85%
Villages its size79%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Staveley
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 Park
Lake District
Staveley is inside it2,362 km²since 195189% of the land within 5 km
Official site89% of the land within 5 km of Staveley is National Park or National Landscape, more than 98% of UK towns. Lake District National Park covers 2,362 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Staveley
22 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Staveley and the kilometre around it, 2.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Westmorland and Furness Way: Stage 4 (The Lake District Link)6.4 km
Dales Way6.4 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Westmorland and Furness Way: Stage 4 (The Lake District Link) and Dales Way.
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 Staveley: 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) | 7.9 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 186 | 151 | 125 | 88 | 90 | 99 | 117 | 143 | 139 | 181 | 190 | 207 |
April is the driest month (88 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 207 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 54 nights a year. The climate in Staveley →
Things to do
2 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Staveley is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Beach19 mi from Staveley’s edge
DirectionsMallows Bay21 mi from Staveley’s edge
DirectionsHalf Moon Bay23 mi from Staveley’s edge
DirectionsDouble Mills Beach29 mi from Staveley’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.
Up high. Dan Hill, at 162 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Staveley.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 10
Dan Hill162 m (531 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsReston Scar255 m (837 ft) · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsElf Howe188 m (617 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsHugill Fell265 m (869 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsKerris Hill230 m (755 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsCowan Head141 m (463 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsHigh Knott275 m (902 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsBorwick Hill249 m (817 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Ings Kippers0.7 mi from town
DirectionsFroste Hall / Frost Hole Campground0.8 mi from town
DirectionsWindermere Camping and Caravanning Club0.9 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.
WindermereBowness-on-WindermereKendalAmblesideLevensMilnthorpeStaveley
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley | B | 1.7 | 85% | 89% |
| Windermere 3.4 mi | A+ | 3.0 | 94% | 100% |
| Bowness-on-Windermere 4.0 mi | B | 1.7 | 76% | 100% |
| Kendal 4.7 mi | C+ | 0.9 | 67% | 33% |
| Ambleside 7.0 mi | A+ | 6.9 | 92% | 100% |
| Levens 7.5 mi | B | 0.8 | 100% | 53% |
| Milnthorpe 10.4 mi | C | 2.2 | 49% | 39% |
Ambleside, 7 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 92% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Ambleside has at least twice Staveley’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Staveley
What is the biggest park in Staveley?
The Ayland, 1.6 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Staveley?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Westmorland and Furness Way: Stage 4 (The Lake District Link) and Dales Way.
What is the nearest beach to Staveley?
The Beach, 19 mi from the edge of the village, then Mallows Bay (21 mi). Staveley itself is inland.
How many people in Staveley live near a park?
85% 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 Staveley?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Staveley good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 46% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 34% (1.7 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 Staveley’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Staveley’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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