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Photo: Paul McIlroy · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Kelty add up to 4.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 37 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.1 for every square kilometre. Kelty has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Kelty’s locality.
The biggest is Lochore Meadows Country Park, 362 ha (894 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 985 residents.
37 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Kelty and the kilometre around it, 3.1 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.
The regional route here is the Fife Pilgrim Way.
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.
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) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 103 | 86 | 76 | 59 | 62 | 78 | 86 | 92 | 77 | 112 | 97 | 105 |
April is the driest month (59 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 112 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 63 nights a year. The climate in Kelty →
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Kelty is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Check the water before you swim. SEPA tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. The Bing, at 188 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Kelty.
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 6 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelty | – | 4.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans 2.1 mi | – | 3.0 | 91% | 0% |
| Ballingry 2.9 mi | – | 24.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Lochgelly 2.9 mi | – | 2.8 | 98% | 0% |
| Crossgates 3.6 mi | – | 0.3 | 80% | 0% |
| Cardenden and Auchterderran 4.8 mi | – | 2.6 | 91% | 0% |
| Dunfermline 5.0 mi | – | 2.8 | 94% | 0% |
Ballingry has at least twice Kelty’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Lochore Meadows Country Park, 362 ha (894 acres), with 18.5 km of path, just outside the locality. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
No National Park or National Scenic Area is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Kelty.
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Fife Pilgrim Way. Lochore Meadows Country Park alone has 18.5 km of path.
Scart Island, 4.3 mi from the edge of the town, then Burleigh Sands (5.1 mi). Kelty itself is inland.
100% 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%.
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
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 Kelty’s overall grade.
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