Goosnargh’s biggest
Rogerson Gardens Play Area
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.5 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Dr Greg · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Goosnargh · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Goosnargh lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Forest Of Bowland National Landscape begins 2.2 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Goosnargh add up to 2.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 26 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.5 for every square kilometre. Goosnargh grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
26 km
2.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
6%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Forest Of Bowland National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Goosnargh?
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.Countryside close byThe Forest Of Bowland National Landscape starts 2.2 mi north.
Goosnargh’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape close by.
Outdoors grade
Goosnargh grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Goosnargh, 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 77% of UK towns12th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
57out 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 Landscape6%of the land within 5 km
69out of
100
100
Footpaths2.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
47out 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.
Villages its size
Goosnargh is 12th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 2,000 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
Goosnargh2.5
Villages its size2.3
Lancashire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Goosnargh2.4
Villages its size2.2
Lancashire towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Goosnargh100%
Villages its size80%
Lancashire towns85%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Goosnargh stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badshot Lea Surrey | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 5.2 | 25% |
| 2 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | A+ | 4.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 65% |
| 3 | Brading Isle of Wight | A+ | 2.9 | 84% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 4 | Scholes (near Hade Edge) West Yorkshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.7 | 16% |
| 5 | Chilworth Surrey | A+ | 10.8 | 80% | 6.1 | 59% |
| 6 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 7 | Colwall Stone Herefordshire | A | 4.5 | 67% | 5.5 | 64% |
| 8 | Bagworth Leicestershire | A | 11 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Newell Green Berkshire | A | 22.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Ravenstone Leicestershire | A− | 5.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Lower Broadheath Worcestershire | A− | 6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Goosnargh Lancashire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 6% |
| 13 | Lyminge Kent | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 2.1 | 90% |
| 14 | Flamborough East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Waddesdon Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 16 | Highnam Gloucestershire | B+ | 12 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Mevagissey Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.9 | 29% |
| 18 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.8 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Chinley Derbyshire | B+ | 1.2 | 78% | 4.4 | 53% |
| 20 | Hathersage Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 58% | 4.5 | 100% |
| 21 | Partridge Green West Sussex | B | 2.1 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Westham East Sussex | B | 3.8 | 18% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Little Eaton Derbyshire | B | 4.6 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 24 | Shurdington Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 47% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 25 | Horrabridge Devon | B | 1.4 | 83% | 2.7 | 92% |
| 26 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 27 | Chilcompton Somerset | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 28 | Stanwick Northamptonshire | B− | 7.9 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Ingrave and Herongate Essex | B− | 5 | 51% | 4 | 0% |
| 30 | Wrea Green Lancashire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Whitland Dyfed | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire | B− | 3.4 | 64% | 1.2 | 88% |
| 33 | Oxenhope West Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Wickham Bishops Essex | C+ | 3.4 | 91% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Hockley Heath West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Northiam East Sussex | C+ | 2.2 | 76% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 38 | Stratton Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 23% | 3 | 8% |
| 39 | Milnthorpe Cumbria | C | 2.2 | 49% | 2 | 39% |
| 40 | Sleights North Yorkshire | C | 0.9 | 30% | 1.5 | 80% |
| 41 | Rode Heath Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Newton Poppleford Devon | C | 1.4 | 44% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 43 | Toft Hill and High Etherley County Durham | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Hemingbrough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Littlethorpe Leicestershire | C− | 0.4 | 57% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Thornton-le-Dale North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 58% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 47 | Brompton-on-Swale North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 71% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Manby Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 49 | Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 50 | Newton Longville Buckinghamshire | D | 2.9 | 18% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Dunholme Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Salfords Surrey | D | 1.3 | 12% | 3 | 0% |
| 53 | Little Plumstead Norfolk | D | 0.6 | 64% | 1 | 16% |
| 54 | Wragby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 55 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Colnbrook Berkshire | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Shippon Oxfordshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Burstwick East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Goosnargh’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 Goosnargh
The biggest is Rogerson Gardens Play Area, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Goosnargh’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%)
Goosnargh100%
Villages its size80%
Lancashire towns85%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 473 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Forest Of Bowland National Landscape is 2.2 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
National Landscape
Forest Of Bowland
2.2 mi north806 km²since 19646% of the land within 5 km
Official site6% of the land within 5 km of Goosnargh is National Park or National Landscape, more than 68% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Goosnargh
26 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Goosnargh and the kilometre around it, 2.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Goosnargh; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Goosnargh: May to September
The village’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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 101 | 89 | 74 | 61 | 67 | 80 | 90 | 105 | 104 | 123 | 115 | 131 |
April is the driest month (61 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 131 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Goosnargh →
Things to do
4 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Goosnargh is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Half Moon Bay17 mi from Goosnargh’s edge
DirectionsMallows Bay19 mi from Goosnargh’s edge
DirectionsTreasure Beach20 mi from Goosnargh’s edge
DirectionsCar Park Beach21 mi from Goosnargh’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach North21 mi from Goosnargh’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
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 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.
BroughtonGrimsarghBartonLongridgeFulwoodPrestonGoosnargh
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Goosnargh grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Goosnargh
What is the biggest park in Goosnargh?
Rogerson Gardens Play Area, 0.1 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Goosnargh near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape, 2.2 mi north of the village’s edge. It covers 806 km² and was designated in 1964.
What is the nearest beach to Goosnargh?
Half Moon Bay, 17 mi from the edge of the village, then Mallows Bay (19 mi). Goosnargh itself is inland.
How many people in Goosnargh 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 Goosnargh?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Goosnargh good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 47% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 57% (2.4 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 Goosnargh’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Goosnargh’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.