Barlborough’s biggest
Barlborough Country Park
Playing field
7.8 ha (19 acres)1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Barlborough
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Village Cross · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Barlborough · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Barlborough lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Barlborough add up to 4.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 19 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Barlborough grades B for the outdoors: #29 of 59 in Derbyshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
2.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Peak District National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Barlborough?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam4.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 84% of UK towns.Historic parksBarlborough Hall is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Barlborough’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Barlborough grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Barlborough, 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 towns#29 of 59 in Derbyshire · 20th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space4.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
84out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
30out 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
Barlborough is 20th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,700 to 3,000 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
Barlborough2.0
Towns its size2.2
Derbyshire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Barlborough4.4
Towns its size1.9
Derbyshire towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Barlborough100%
Towns its size79%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Barlborough stands out most for park space per resident: only 6 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 36 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halling Kent | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.6 | 54% |
| 2 | Rudloe Wiltshire | A+ | 7.3 | 91% | 4 | 45% |
| 3 | Bruton Somerset | A | 9.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 1% |
| 4 | Hartshill Warwickshire | A | 19 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Mortimer Berkshire | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.5 | 37% | 6.8 | 29% |
| 7 | Kingsclere Hampshire | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 50% |
| 8 | Wargrave Berkshire | A− | 4 | 100% | 2 | 11% |
| 9 | Threemilestone Cornwall | A− | 3.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 10 | Knighton Powys | A− | 2.7 | 81% | 3.4 | 34% |
| 11 | East Saltdean East Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 0% | 4.9 | 44% |
| 12 | Congresbury Somerset | A− | 8.5 | 67% | 3.5 | 10% |
| 13 | Holywell Green and Stainland West Yorkshire | A− | 4 | 89% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Charfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 100% | 3 | 22% |
| 15 | Almondsbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 7.9 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 16 | South Hetton County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Hertford Heath Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Mundesley Norfolk | B | 1.8 | 79% | 1.5 | 24% |
| 19 | Charlbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 66% | 2.4 | 65% |
| 20 | Barlborough Derbyshire | B | 4.4 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 21 | Newport Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Rockwell Green Somerset | B | 1 | 90% | 3.2 | 24% |
| 23 | Scholes (near Cleckheaton) West Yorkshire | B | 4 | 89% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Tollesbury Essex | B− | 2 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Chalgrove Oxfordshire | B− | 4.1 | 85% | 1.2 | 4% |
| 26 | Aston Clwyd | B− | 4.4 | 37% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Waltham Chase Hampshire | B− | 2 | 75% | 2.2 | 39% |
| 28 | Great Totham Essex | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Over Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Bluntisham and Colne Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.3 | 88% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire | C+ | 3.8 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Alderholt Dorset | C | 1.9 | 43% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 33 | Collingham Nottinghamshire | C | 2.4 | 78% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Gwynedd | C | 0.8 | 71% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 35 | Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire | C | 1.5 | 88% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Trimdon County Durham | C | 1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 37 | East Goscote Leicestershire | C | 2.9 | 75% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Corbridge Northumberland | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Maerdy Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Alrewas Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 66% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Tuxford Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 42 | Mere Wiltshire | C− | 1.6 | 34% | 1.5 | 54% |
| 43 | Weedon Bec Northamptonshire | C− | 1.1 | 87% | 2 | 0% |
| 44 | Thorngumbald East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Catterall Lancashire | D | 1 | 47% | 1.9 | 9% |
| 46 | Croston Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Gamlingay Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 32% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Sherburn County Durham | D | 0.2 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Scotter Lincolnshire | D | 2.6 | 61% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 50 | Berinsfield Oxfordshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 2.1 | 11% |
| 51 | Terrington St Clement Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 53% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Seghill Northumberland | D | 0.2 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Pevensey Bay East Sussex | D | 0.5 | 0% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | East Ayton and West Ayton North Yorkshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.2 | 33% |
| 55 | West Winch Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 73% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Hunmanby North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 33% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Pickmere Cheshire | D− | 0.4 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Langstone Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Feltwell Norfolk | D− | 1.1 | 63% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Greetham Rutland | D− | 0.9 | 30% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Barlborough’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 Barlborough
The biggest is Barlborough Country Park, 7.8 ha (19 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Slayley Green
Park or garden
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Barlborough
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Doreens Garden
Park or garden
0.0 ha (0 acres)
0.4 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Barlborough’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 (100%)Further (0%)
Barlborough100%
Towns its size79%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 260 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 9.8 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
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Barlborough
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Barlborough and the kilometre around it, 2.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Other waymarked
The Miners Way2.1 km
Barlborough Heritage Trail1.6 km
The Chaffinch Trail1.1 km
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Barlborough
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Barlborough’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIBarlborough Hall0.7 ha
Heritage walks
Barlborough Heritage Trail 1.6 km
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Barlborough: 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 48 | 42 | 47 | 49 | 63 | 58 | 56 | 52 | 64 | 68 | 65 |
March is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 68 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Barlborough →
Things to do
11 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
Barlborough is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach12 mi from Barlborough’s edge
DirectionsDoncaster Lakeside Beach17 mi from Barlborough’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside17 mi from Barlborough’s edge
DirectionsSea Lions18 mi from Barlborough’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
Playgrounds 11
Plus 11 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.
ClowneRenishawHarthillKillamarshCreswellWhitwellBarlborough
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Killamarsh, 2.9 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 97% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Killamarsh has at least twice Barlborough’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Barlborough
What is the biggest park in Barlborough?
Barlborough Country Park, 7.8 ha (19 acres), with 1.1 km of path. Slayley Green (1.5 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Barlborough near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 9.8 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Barlborough?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the The Miners Way, Barlborough Heritage Trail and The Chaffinch Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Barlborough?
The Beach, 12 mi from the edge of the town, then Doncaster Lakeside Beach (17 mi). Barlborough itself is inland.
How many people in Barlborough live near a park?
100% 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 Barlborough?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Barlborough are historic?
Barlborough Hall (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Barlborough good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 30% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 84% (4.4 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 Barlborough’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Barlborough’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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