Lockerbie’s biggest
McJerrow Public Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.3 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lockerbie
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: StaraBlazkova · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Lockerbie · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Lockerbie
18 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.2 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Lockerbie add up to 1.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 66% of residents. Lockerbie has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
1.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
66%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
18 km
1.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical town in England and Wales 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Nith Estuary National Scenic Area
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Lockerbie?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On a long-distance trailThe Annandale Way passes through.Parks can be a walk away34% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Lockerbie’s strongest suit is the Annandale Way. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Lockerbie’s locality.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · Contains OS data © Crown copyright · Scottish Government, NatureScot
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Lockerbie
The biggest is McJerrow Public Park, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
King Edward Park
Playing field
2.5 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lockerbie
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Lockerbie 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 (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (66%)Further (34%)
Lockerbie66%
Dumfries and Galloway towns87%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 1,500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 551 residents.
National Parks & National Scenic Areas
The Nith Estuary National Scenic Area is 8.4 mi away
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the locality; circle size shows each one’s area. National Scenic Areas are Scotland’s finest landscapes, chosen by NatureScot.
National ParkNational Scenic AreaThe 5 km the grade counts
National Scenic Area
Nith Estuary
8.4 mi south90 km²since 1980
National Scenic Area
East Stewartry Coast
18 mi south-west57 km²since 1980
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lockerbie is on the Annandale Way
18 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Lockerbie and the kilometre around it, 1.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
National
Annandale Way12.0 km
The Annandale Way, a national route, passes Lockerbie.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Lockerbie: 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) | 7.7 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 116 | 92 | 83 | 64 | 70 | 80 | 94 | 105 | 87 | 125 | 113 | 113 |
April is the driest month (64 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 125 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 52 nights a year. The climate in Lockerbie →
Things to do
8 playgrounds
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 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.
LocharbriggsAnnanDumfriesLockerbie
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockerbie | – | 1.0 | 66% | 0% |
| Locharbriggs 9.0 mi | – | 2.3 | 87% | 0% |
| Annan 10.1 mi | – | 2.4 | 87% | 7% |
| Dumfries 10.8 mi | – | 4.0 | 90% | 10% |
Locharbriggs, Annan and Dumfries have at least twice Lockerbie’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Lockerbie
What is the biggest park in Lockerbie?
McJerrow Public Park, 1.5 ha (4 acres). King Edward Park (2.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Lockerbie near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Nith Estuary National Scenic Area, 8.4 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 90 km² and was designated in 1980.
What are the best walks near Lockerbie?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Annandale Way.
How many people in Lockerbie live near a park?
66% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Lockerbie?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
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 Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Lockerbie’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lockerbie’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 Scenic Areas: Scottish Government and NatureScot boundaries (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms; the 40 National Scenic Areas), clipped to land, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, tracks, core paths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik’s Scotland extract, October 2026.
- Historic gardens, listed buildings and monuments: Historic Environment Scotland designations, 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: NRS Scotland’s Census 2022 output areas.
- Grade: Scottish towns have no Outdoors Grade yet.
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.