Haslingden’s biggest
Victoria Park
Park or garden
4.4 ha (11 acres)1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Haslingden
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Carroll Pierce · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Haslingden · parks, paths & countryside
Haslingden has more footpath per square kilometre than 9 in 10 UK towns
Footpaths add up to 120 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 5.5 for every square kilometre. 89% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Haslingden add up to 1.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Haslingden grades B for the outdoors: #32 of 65 in Lancashire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
89%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
120 km
5.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Forest Of Bowland National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Haslingden?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths5.5 km of path per km², more than 95% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Less park per person1.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Haslingden’s strongest suit is dense footpaths. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Haslingden grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Haslingden, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 60% of UK towns#32 of 65 in Lancashire · 32nd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
37out of
100
100
A park within a walk89%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
66out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths5.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
96out 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
Haslingden is 32nd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,100 to 17,000 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
Haslingden5.5
Towns its size3.3
Lancashire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Haslingden1.8
Towns its size2.4
Lancashire towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Haslingden89%
Towns its size86%
Lancashire towns85%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Haslingden stands out most for path per km²: only 1 of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 41 of the others do better.
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 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 3 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 4 | Swanscombe Kent | A+ | 3.3 | 90% | 8.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Clitheroe Lancashire | A | 3 | 98% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 6 | Hadfield Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 91% | 4.5 | 36% |
| 7 | Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and Wear | A | 9.6 | 98% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 35% |
| 9 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | A | 5.8 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Staveley Derbyshire | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 12 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 13 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 96% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Risca Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 94% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 18 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 19 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 20 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 22 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 23 | Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 24 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 30 | Crowthorne Berkshire | B | 4.7 | 60% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 34 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 35 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 37 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | B− | 1.7 | 95% | 3.7 | 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 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Teignmouth Devon | B− | 1.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | East Ardsley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 91% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 45 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 47 | South Hayling Hampshire | C+ | 1 | 65% | 1.4 | 26% |
| 48 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Hockley and Hawkwell Essex | C+ | 1.6 | 85% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Bodmin Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 51 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 52 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 54 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 55 | Alsager Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | North Hykeham Lincolnshire | C− | 2.4 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Haslingden’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 Haslingden
The biggest is Victoria Park, 4.4 ha (11 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 8 named parks by size: 10 ha (25 acres) and 3 km of path
Parks & gardens 7.7 haPlaying fields 2.4 haPlay spaces 0.0 ha
The two biggest, Victoria Park and Greenfield Memorial Gardens, are 51% of the named green space and carry 2 km of path between them. 6 of the 8 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Greenfield Memorial Gardens
Park or garden
0.8 ha (2 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Haslingden
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Worsley Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha (3 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Haslingden St Mary's Football Club
Playing field
2.4 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Haslingden
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Harry Grady Community Open Space
Park or garden
0.4 ha (1 acres)0.2 km of path
0.7 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Pit Heads Pocket Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha (1 acres)
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Memorial Grounds
Park or garden
0.5 ha (1 acres)
1 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Clod Lane Play Area
Play space
0.0 ha (0 acres)
0.8 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Haslingden 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 (89%)Further (11%)
Haslingden89%
Towns its size86%
Lancashire towns85%
All UK towns83%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 16 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,000 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Forest Of Bowland National Landscape is 6.8 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
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 Haslingden
120 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Haslingden and the kilometre around it, 5.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Rossendale Way16.4 km
Irwell Sculpture Trail7.1 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Rossendale Way and Irwell Sculpture Trail.
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 Haslingden: June 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 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 146 | 126 | 105 | 83 | 82 | 96 | 103 | 116 | 118 | 142 | 146 | 168 |
May is the driest month (82 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 168 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Haslingden →
Things to do
16 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
Haslingden is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Car Park Beach6.6 mi from Haslingden’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach North6.7 mi from Haslingden’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach South6.7 mi from Haslingden’s edge
DirectionsStone Beach6.8 mi from Haslingden’s edge
DirectionsWader Point6.9 mi from Haslingden’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.
Hills and peaks 8
Top o'Slate0.1 mi from town
DirectionsTor Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsCribden Hill401 m (1,316 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsDearden Moor0.7 mi from town
DirectionsBurnt Hill0.8 mi from town
Directions13 Stone Hill0.9 mi from town
DirectionsMusbury Heights1.0 mi from town
DirectionsBull Hill1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 16
Clod Lane Children's Play Areain town
DirectionsSnig Hole Play Areain town
DirectionsGround work bamboo tunnel.0.4 mi from town
DirectionsFall Barn play area1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 12 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.
RawtenstallEdenfieldAccringtonOswaldtwistleRamsbottomHoddlesdenHaslingden
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haslingden | B | 1.8 | 89% | 0% |
| Rawtenstall 2.0 mi | B | 1.9 | 83% | 0% |
| Edenfield 2.2 mi | B− | 2.7 | 69% | 0% |
| Accrington 4.0 mi | A− | 2.6 | 79% | 0% |
| Oswaldtwistle 4.3 mi | B− | 1.1 | 94% | 0% |
| Ramsbottom 4.3 mi | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 0% |
| Hoddlesden 4.3 mi | A | 11.4 | 100% | 0% |
Hoddlesden, 4.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hoddlesden has at least twice Haslingden’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Haslingden
What is the biggest park in Haslingden?
Victoria Park, 4.4 ha (11 acres), with 1.5 km of path. Greenfield Memorial Gardens (0.8 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Haslingden near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 15 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape, 6.8 mi away.
What are the best walks near Haslingden?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Rossendale Way and Irwell Sculpture Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Haslingden?
Car Park Beach, 6.6 mi from the edge of the town, then Creek Beach North (6.7 mi). Haslingden itself is inland.
How many people in Haslingden live near a park?
89% 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 Haslingden?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Haslingden good for walking?
For paths, yes: 5.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 96% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 37% (1.8 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 Haslingden’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Haslingden’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.