Grassmoor’s biggest
Hunloke Country Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
45 ha (110 acres)4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
63 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.1 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Grassmoor · parks, paths & countryside
Grassmoor has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Grassmoor add up to 6.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 39 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 4.7 for every square kilometre. The Peak District National Park begins 4.6 mi from the town’s edge. Grassmoor grades A− for the outdoors: #18 of 59 in Derbyshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
6.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
85%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
39 km
4.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Peak District starts 4.6 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Grassmoor?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam6.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 92% of UK towns.A town of footpaths4.7 km of path per km², more than 89% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Countryside close byThe Peak District National Park starts 4.6 mi west.
Grassmoor’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by dense footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Grassmoor grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Grassmoor, 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 81% of UK towns#18 of 59 in Derbyshire · 12th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space6.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
92out of
100
100
A park within a walk85%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
57out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Peak District begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
90out 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
Grassmoor is 12th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,400 to 3,700 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
Grassmoor4.7
Towns its size2.7
Derbyshire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Grassmoor6.8
Towns its size2.2
Derbyshire towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Grassmoor85%
Towns its size83%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Grassmoor stands out most for park space per resident: only 4 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tutshill and Sedbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 87% | 4.5 | 32% |
| 2 | Lane End Buckinghamshire | A+ | 3.1 | 92% | 4.7 | 90% |
| 3 | Goring Oxfordshire | A+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 98% |
| 4 | Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Gloucestershire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 51% |
| 5 | Lingfield Surrey | A | 3.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 16% |
| 6 | Talke and Talke Pits Staffordshire | A | 16.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 7 | Bishopston West Glamorgan | A | 3 | 47% | 3.1 | 41% |
| 8 | Kingsbury Warwickshire | A− | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 9 | Shenley Hertfordshire | A− | 6.1 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Westward Ho! Devon | A− | 12.3 | 63% | 1.7 | 18% |
| 11 | Taff's Well Mid Glamorgan | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 12 | Grassmoor Derbyshire | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Church Stretton Shropshire | A− | 2.2 | 68% | 4.7 | 92% |
| 14 | Essington Staffordshire | B+ | 6.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Blaenau Ffestiniog Gwynedd | B+ | 3.6 | 70% | 2.5 | 78% |
| 16 | St Asaph Clwyd | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 9% |
| 17 | Water Orton Warwickshire | B+ | 5.3 | 82% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Hartley Wintney Hampshire | B+ | 6.1 | 82% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Chartham Kent | B | 2.3 | 67% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 20 | Roade Northamptonshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Brockenhurst Hampshire | B | 1.8 | 63% | 3.3 | 98% |
| 22 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | B | 1 | 48% | 2.9 | 38% |
| 23 | Sturminster Newton Dorset | B | 1.4 | 85% | 3.6 | 5% |
| 24 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 2.3 | 66% |
| 25 | Belton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 48% |
| 26 | Theydon Bois Essex | B− | 2.4 | 70% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Burtonwood Cheshire | B− | 3.3 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Castle Cary Somerset | B− | 2.2 | 91% | 3 | 0% |
| 29 | Worlingham Suffolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 24% |
| 30 | Pilsley and Lower Pilsley Derbyshire | B− | 1.9 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Bembridge Isle of Wight | B− | 1.5 | 50% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 32 | Penllergaer West Glamorgan | B− | 21 | 83% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Langport Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Kirkheaton West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 92% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Broomfield Essex | C+ | 2.7 | 45% | 5 | 0% |
| 36 | Fradley Staffordshire | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Woodstock Oxfordshire | C+ | 1 | 80% | 3 | 11% |
| 38 | Boreham Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Hatfield Peverel Essex | C | 2 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 40 | Thorpe Willoughby North Yorkshire | C | 0.4 | 92% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Cosby Leicestershire | C | 1.6 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | C | 2.9 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Marden Kent | C | 1.8 | 71% | 2.1 | 3% |
| 44 | Goff's Oak Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Bramhope West Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 0% | 2.7 | 2% |
| 46 | Holsworthy Devon | C− | 2.7 | 84% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Lytchett Matravers Dorset | C− | 1.2 | 83% | 1.2 | 5% |
| 48 | Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.3 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Willand Devon | C− | 0.9 | 88% | 0.6 | 1% |
| 50 | Pwllheli Gwynedd | C− | 0.1 | 23% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 51 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.2 | 89% | 2 | 0% |
| 52 | Hoveton and Wroxham Norfolk | D | 1.4 | 65% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 53 | Witham St Hughs Lincolnshire | D | 0.7 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Chapel St Leonards Lincolnshire | D | 0.4 | 53% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Lanchester County Durham | D | 1.4 | 70% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | D | 0.8 | 44% | 3 | 0% |
| 57 | Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Cherry Willingham Lincolnshire | D | 1 | 79% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Wollaston Northamptonshire | D− | 1.2 | 11% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Barlby North Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Grassmoor’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 Grassmoor
The biggest is Hunloke Country Park, 45 ha (110 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Grassmoor Country Park
Park or garden
34 ha (83 acres)6.7 km of path
1 h 30 minto walk all 6.7 km of path
47 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Grassmoor
Five Pits Trail
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Barnes Park
Playing field
2.7 ha (7 acres)0.4 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Grassmoor
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Grassmoor 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%)
Grassmoor85%
Towns its size83%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 28 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 126 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 4.6 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Grassmoor scores 0% on it even though the Peak District National Park is 4.6 mi away. Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Grassmoor
39 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Grassmoor and the kilometre around it, 4.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
LocalOther waymarked
Chesterfield Round Walk4.6 km
North Wingfield Walk2.0 km
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 Grassmoor: 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) | 8.1 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 67 | 62 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 71 | 57 | 63 | 62 | 81 | 82 | 83 |
May is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 83 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Grassmoor →
Things to do
28 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
Grassmoor is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach14 mi from Grassmoor’s edge
DirectionsDoncaster Lakeside Beach24 mi from Grassmoor’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside24 mi from Grassmoor’s edge
DirectionsSea Lions25 mi from Grassmoor’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 2
Avenue Washlands6.8 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 28
Alderman Park Play Area0.9 mi from town
DirectionsKirby Close Play Area1.0 mi from town
DirectionsHeather Vale Road Play Area1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 25 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.
Old TuptonNorth Wingfield and HolmewoodWingerworthClay CrossPilsley and Lower PilsleyChesterfieldGrassmoor
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassmoor | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 0% |
| Old Tupton 1.2 mi | C+ | 2.3 | 73% | 0% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood 1.4 mi | B | 2.7 | 84% | 0% |
| Wingerworth 1.5 mi | A | 9.0 | 86% | 0% |
| Clay Cross 2.5 mi | B | 2.6 | 88% | 0% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley 3.0 mi | B− | 1.9 | 91% | 0% |
| Chesterfield 3.4 mi | A− | 2.7 | 86% | 4% |
Wingerworth, 1.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 86% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Grassmoor
What is the biggest park in Grassmoor?
Hunloke Country Park, 45 ha (110 acres), with 4.2 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Grassmoor Country Park (34 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Grassmoor near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 4.6 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 Grassmoor?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Chesterfield Round Walk and North Wingfield Walk. Hunloke Country Park alone has 4.2 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Grassmoor?
The Beach, 14 mi from the edge of the town, then Doncaster Lakeside Beach (24 mi). Grassmoor itself is inland.
How many people in Grassmoor 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 Grassmoor?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Grassmoor good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 90% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 92% (6.8 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 Grassmoor’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Grassmoor’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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