Bolsover’s biggest
Hornscroft Park
Park or garden
2.7 ha (7 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Bolsover
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bolsover · parks, paths & countryside
85% of Bolsover’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Bolsover add up to 1.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 60 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.9 for every square kilometre. Bolsover grades C+ for the outdoors: #46 of 59 in Derbyshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
85%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
60 km
2.9 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
Outdoors grade
Bolsover grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bolsover, 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 37% of UK towns#46 of 59 in Derbyshire · 37th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
42out of
100
100
A park within a walk85%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
58out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
57out 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
Bolsover is 37th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 10,600 to 11,800 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
Bolsover2.9
Towns its size3.0
Derbyshire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bolsover1.9
Towns its size1.8
Derbyshire towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bolsover85%
Towns its size80%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minehead Somerset | A+ | 1.4 | 95% | 4.3 | 47% |
| 2 | Weybourne Surrey | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 6.1 | 14% |
| 3 | West End Hampshire | A | 9.1 | 100% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 4 | Holyhead Gwynedd | A | 3.4 | 78% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 5 | Brierfield Lancashire | A | 2.1 | 92% | 5.6 | 18% |
| 6 | Penryn Cornwall | A | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 7 | Emsworth Hampshire | A | 2.3 | 56% | 3.7 | 51% |
| 8 | Sandown Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 74% | 4.5 | 28% |
| 9 | Great Harwood Lancashire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 10 | Bradwell Norfolk | A− | 2 | 80% | 2.7 | 31% |
| 11 | Conisbrough South Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Royston South Yorkshire | A− | 7.9 | 97% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Romiley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.9 | 80% | 3.8 | 1% |
| 14 | Southwater West Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 82% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 15 | Uppermill Greater Manchester | A− | 2.4 | 70% | 4.8 | 27% |
| 16 | Kearsley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 17 | Cleckheaton West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 98% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire | B+ | 1.9 | 76% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 19 | Barnoldswick Lancashire | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 4 | 2% |
| 20 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | B+ | 9 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Oxted Surrey | B | 2.1 | 84% | 2.8 | 28% |
| 22 | Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.4 | 70% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 23 | Buckhurst Hill Essex | B | 4.5 | 64% | 6.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Corsham Wiltshire | B | 1.9 | 81% | 3 | 31% |
| 25 | Warmsworth South Yorkshire | B | 2.7 | 79% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Gillingham Dorset | B | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 27 | Shirebrook Derbyshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Sandbach Cheshire | B− | 2.5 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Helston Cornwall | B− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 21% |
| 30 | Mossley Greater Manchester | B− | 0.9 | 74% | 4.5 | 14% |
| 31 | Oswaldtwistle Lancashire | B− | 1.1 | 94% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Lymm Cheshire | B− | 3.6 | 89% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Leatherhead Surrey | B− | 1 | 72% | 3.9 | 24% |
| 34 | Filton Gloucestershire | B− | 3.3 | 40% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Cambourne Cambridgeshire | B− | 0.7 | 91% | 7.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Liskeard Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 89% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 37 | Bolsover Derbyshire | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 38 | Stanwell Surrey | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Selsey West Sussex | C | 1.6 | 79% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Earl Shilton Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 98% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Sandy Bedfordshire | C | 0.9 | 76% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Brimington Derbyshire | C | 1.2 | 72% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Ulverston Cumbria | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.8 | 8% |
| 44 | Towcester Northamptonshire | C | 1.3 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Featherstone West Yorkshire | C | 2 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Epping Essex | C− | 1.2 | 70% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Attleborough Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Hexham Northumberland | C− | 1.5 | 64% | 2 | 9% |
| 49 | Cleveleys Lancashire | C− | 0.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Downham Market Norfolk | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Chatteris Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Cheadle Staffordshire | C− | 1.7 | 90% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Dinnington South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 54 | New Ollerton and Ollerton Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.8 | 80% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Leominster Herefordshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Newtown Powys | D | 2.3 | 65% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Longton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Wetherby West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 14% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Tonyrefail Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 48% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Watton Norfolk | D− | 0.5 | 28% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bolsover’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 Bolsover
The biggest is Hornscroft Park, 2.7 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
King George's Field
Playing field
1.3 ha (3 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Bolsover
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Bolsover Skate Park
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Bolsover
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Bolsover’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 (85%)Further (15%)
Bolsover85%
Towns its size80%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
About 1,600 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 660 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 8.2 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
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Bolsover
60 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bolsover and the kilometre around it, 2.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Local
Chesterfield Round Walk1.3 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 Bolsover
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Bolsover’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IBolsover Castle1.9 ha
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 Bolsover: 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 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 55 | 47 | 53 | 56 | 74 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 79 | 79 | 78 |
March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 79 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Bolsover →
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
Bolsover is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach9.6 mi from Bolsover’s edge
DirectionsDoncaster Lakeside Beach20 mi from Bolsover’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside20 mi from Bolsover’s edge
DirectionsSea Lions21 mi from Bolsover’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
Snipe Bog3.4 ha · in town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 17
Plus 17 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.
DuckmantonGlapwellClowneLangwithShirebrookCreswellBolsover
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolsover | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 0% |
| Duckmanton 2.2 mi | C | 1.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Glapwell 3.0 mi | C− | 2.2 | 60% | 0% |
| Clowne 3.2 mi | C− | 1.4 | 67% | 0% |
| Langwith 3.3 mi | A | 19.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Shirebrook 3.4 mi | B | 1.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Creswell 3.5 mi | B+ | 2.7 | 100% | 0% |
Langwith, 3.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Langwith has at least twice Bolsover’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Bolsover
What is the biggest park in Bolsover?
Hornscroft Park, 2.7 ha (7 acres), with 0.6 km of path. King George's Field (1.3 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Bolsover near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 8.2 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 Bolsover?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Chesterfield Round Walk.
What is the nearest beach to Bolsover?
The Beach, 9.6 mi from the edge of the town, then Doncaster Lakeside Beach (20 mi). Bolsover itself is inland.
How many people in Bolsover 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 Bolsover?
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 Bolsover are historic?
Bolsover Castle (Grade I) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Bolsover good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 57% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 42% (1.9 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 Bolsover’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bolsover’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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