Staveley’s biggest
Poolsbrook Country Park
Park or garden
73 ha (180 acres)6.7 km of path
1 h 30 minto walk all 6.7 km of path
102 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Staveley
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Staveley · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Staveley lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Staveley add up to 6.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Peak District National Park begins 6.2 mi from the town’s edge. Footpaths add up to 100 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.7 for every square kilometre. Staveley grades A for the outdoors: #12 of 59 in Derbyshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
6.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
100 km
3.7 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 6.2 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Staveley?
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 roam6.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 91% of UK towns.A town of footpaths3.7 km of path per km², more than 75% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Countryside close byThe Peak District National Park starts 6.2 mi west.
Staveley’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Staveley grades A 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.
A
Better than 88% of UK towns#12 of 59 in Derbyshire · 11th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space6.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
92out 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 · Peak District begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
76out 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
Staveley is 11th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 14,400 to 16,000 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
Staveley3.7
Towns its size3.6
Derbyshire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Staveley6.6
Towns its size2.7
Derbyshire towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Staveley100%
Towns its size84%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Staveley stands out most for park space per resident: only 6 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saltash Cornwall | A+ | 2.4 | 96% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 2 | Lymington Hampshire | A+ | 2.8 | 89% | 3.3 | 56% |
| 3 | Hythe Kent | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 4 | 31% |
| 4 | Otley West Yorkshire | A+ | 5.8 | 93% | 4.4 | 26% |
| 5 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 6 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 7 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 8 | Swanscombe Kent | A+ | 3.3 | 90% | 8.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Kesgrave Suffolk | A | 3.3 | 97% | 4.7 | 14% |
| 10 | Petersfield Hampshire | A | 3.2 | 93% | 3.2 | 100% |
| 11 | Staveley Derbyshire | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 12 | Penzance Cornwall | A | 1.6 | 96% | 2.3 | 34% |
| 13 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Stapleford Nottinghamshire | A | 3.5 | 95% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Skipton North Yorkshire | A | 1.7 | 99% | 4.2 | 25% |
| 16 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Frimley Surrey | A− | 2.9 | 99% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 20 | Tredegar Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 21 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 96% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Risca Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 94% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 23 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Chertsey Surrey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 26 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Uckfield East Sussex | B+ | 2.9 | 47% | 4.9 | 22% |
| 28 | Neston Cheshire | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 30 | Somercotes and Swanwick Derbyshire | B+ | 3.6 | 95% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 39% |
| 32 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 33 | Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 35 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Crowthorne Berkshire | B | 4.7 | 60% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Redruth Cornwall | B− | 1.5 | 78% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 39 | Hoyland South Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Knaresborough North Yorkshire | B− | 2.3 | 87% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Mexborough South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Aberystwyth Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Teignmouth Devon | B− | 1.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | East Ardsley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 91% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Herne Kent | C+ | 1.2 | 54% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 78% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Darton South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.5 | 86% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 49 | South Hayling Hampshire | C+ | 1 | 65% | 1.4 | 26% |
| 50 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Hockley and Hawkwell Essex | C+ | 1.6 | 85% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Kidlington Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.9 | 81% | 3 | 2% |
| 53 | Garforth West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Alsager Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 73% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Taverham and Drayton Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Shepshed Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 69% | 2.2 | 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 Poolsbrook Country Park, 73 ha (180 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 6 named parks by size: 89 ha (220 acres) and 9 km of path
Parks & gardens 85 haPlaying fields 4.2 ha
The two biggest, Poolsbrook Country Park and Ringwood Park, are 93% of the named green space and carry 8 km of path between them.
Ringwood Park
Park or garden
9.8 ha (24 acres)1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
14 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Mastin Moor Community Garden
Park or garden
1.3 ha (3 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.9 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
King George V Memorial Field
Playing field
2.0 ha (5 acres)0.3 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Staveley
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Staveley Welfare Sports Club
Playing field
2.2 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Victoria Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha (2 acres)0.3 km of path
0.7 mi north-eastfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Staveley’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%)
Staveley100%
Towns its size84%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 35 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 433 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 6.2 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Staveley scores 0% on it even though the Peak District National Park is 6.2 mi away. Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
9 waymarked walks pass through or near Staveley
100 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Staveley and the kilometre around it, 3.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Cuckoo Way9.6 km
Chesterfield Round Walk9.5 km
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur - alternative route)6.5 km
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)6.4 km
Trans-Pennine Trail (Beighton to Staveley spur)2.5 km
Whittington and the Handleys2.4 km
Barlborough Heritage Trail1.6 km
The Chaffinch Trail1.1 km
The Miners Way0.8 km
Close to home, the Chesterfield Round Walk has 10 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur - alternative route), Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur) and Trans-Pennine Trail (Beighton to Staveley spur).
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 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 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 48 | 42 | 47 | 49 | 63 | 58 | 56 | 52 | 64 | 68 | 65 |
March is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °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 43 nights a year. The climate in Staveley →
Things to do
35 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
Staveley is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach13 mi from Staveley’s edge
DirectionsDoncaster Lakeside Beach18 mi from Staveley’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside18 mi from Staveley’s edge
DirectionsSea Lions19 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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Bluebank Pools1.3 ha · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 35
Poolsbrook Country Park Playground0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 34 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
BrimingtonDuckmantonRenishawEckingtonChesterfieldBarlboroughStaveley
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley | A | 6.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Brimington 1.4 mi | C | 1.2 | 72% | 0% |
| Duckmanton 1.5 mi | C | 1.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Renishaw 2.8 mi | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Eckington 3.0 mi | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 0% |
| Chesterfield 3.4 mi | A− | 2.7 | 86% | 4% |
| Barlborough 3.5 mi | B | 4.4 | 100% | 0% |
Staveley grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Staveley
What is the biggest park in Staveley?
Poolsbrook Country Park, 73 ha (180 acres), with 6.7 km of path. Ringwood Park (9.8 ha) is second. 6 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Staveley near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 6.2 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 Staveley?
9 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Cuckoo Way, Chesterfield Round Walk and Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur - alternative route). Poolsbrook Country Park alone has 6.7 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Staveley?
The Beach, 13 mi from the edge of the town, then Doncaster Lakeside Beach (18 mi). Staveley itself is inland.
How many people in Staveley 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 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?
For paths, yes: 3.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 76% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 92% (6.6 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 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.
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.