Grimsby’s biggestHistoric park · Grade II*
People's Park
Park or garden
9.9 ha (25 acres)1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
14 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi eastfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Grimsby · parks, paths & countryside
Grimsby is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 33% of the area within 5 km. The Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape begins 1.9 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Grimsby add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Grimsby grades B− for the outdoors: #6 of 61 in Lincolnshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
75%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
151 km
2.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
3%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape
The sea
33%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Grimsby?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast33% of the area within 5 km is sea; 8 beaches mapped.Countryside close byThe Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape starts 1.9 mi south-west.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.Less park per person1.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Grimsby’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Grimsby grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Grimsby, 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 52% of UK towns#6 of 61 in Lincolnshire · 41st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
20out of
100
100
A park within a walk75%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape3%of the land within 5 km
66out of
100
100
Footpaths2.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
41out of
100
100
The sea33%of the area within 5 km
93out 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
Grimsby is 41st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 68,100 to 108,500 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
Grimsby2.4
Towns its size3.8
Lincolnshire towns1.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Grimsby1.3
Towns its size2.5
Lincolnshire towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Grimsby75%
Towns its size86%
Lincolnshire towns71%
All UK towns83%
Grimsby falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 57 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hastings East Sussex | A+ | 3.1 | 76% | 4.3 | 42% |
| 2 | Burnley Lancashire | A+ | 3.4 | 95% | 5.7 | 7% |
| 3 | Dartford Kent | A | 3.9 | 72% | 5.1 | 1% |
| 4 | Ashford Kent | A | 2.7 | 94% | 5.2 | 23% |
| 5 | Guildford Surrey | A | 2.8 | 86% | 6.1 | 31% |
| 6 | Eastbourne East Sussex | A | 2 | 75% | 4.3 | 23% |
| 7 | Chatham Kent | A | 1.6 | 78% | 6.4 | 26% |
| 8 | Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire | A | 3 | 95% | 3.6 | 18% |
| 9 | Bath Somerset | A | 1.8 | 89% | 5.6 | 50% |
| 10 | Harlow Essex | A | 3.7 | 99% | 8.2 | 0% |
| 11 | Barnsley South Yorkshire | A | 4.3 | 95% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Bracknell Berkshire | A | 3.7 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Gosport Hampshire | A | 3 | 85% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 14 | South Shields Tyne and Wear | A | 2.4 | 80% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 15 | Weston-super-Mare Somerset | A− | 1.2 | 87% | 3.7 | 8% |
| 16 | Chesterfield Derbyshire | A− | 2.7 | 86% | 4.4 | 4% |
| 17 | Stevenage Hertfordshire | A− | 3 | 98% | 7.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire | A− | 5.2 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 19 | Lowestoft Suffolk | A− | 1.8 | 79% | 3 | 17% |
| 20 | Aylesbury Buckinghamshire | A− | 1.8 | 88% | 9.5 | 5% |
| 21 | Carlisle Cumbria | A− | 3.2 | 91% | 3.1 | 4% |
| 22 | St Albans Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 95% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Harrogate North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 86% | 3.6 | 6% |
| 24 | Redditch Worcestershire | A− | 4.1 | 84% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Bedford Bedfordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 88% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Wakefield West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.9 | 86% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 27 | High Wycombe Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.6 | 68% | 5.4 | 67% |
| 28 | Salford Greater Manchester | B | 2 | 91% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Wythenshawe Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 84% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Corby Northamptonshire | B | 3.4 | 96% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 31 | St Helens Merseyside | B | 3.4 | 91% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Wallasey Merseyside | B | 1.9 | 90% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Preston Lancashire | B | 3 | 80% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Rotherham South Yorkshire | B | 3.1 | 73% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Wigan Greater Manchester | B | 2.7 | 81% | 4 | 0% |
| 36 | Hartlepool County Durham | B− | 1.7 | 73% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Nuneaton Warwickshire | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Rugby Warwickshire | B− | 2.8 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Tamworth Staffordshire | B− | 2.7 | 89% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | West Bromwich West Midlands | B− | 2.7 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Grimsby Lincolnshire | B− | 1.3 | 75% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 42 | Halifax West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 86% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Bury Greater Manchester | B− | 2.4 | 82% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Stafford Staffordshire | B− | 1.9 | 70% | 3.1 | 11% |
| 45 | Royal Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | B− | 6.1 | 64% | 3 | 0% |
| 46 | Lincoln Lincolnshire | B− | 2.5 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Stockton-on-Tees County Durham | C+ | 2 | 83% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Woking Surrey | C+ | 1.7 | 67% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Shrewsbury Shropshire | C+ | 1.6 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Walsall West Midlands | C+ | 2.5 | 75% | 3 | 0% |
| 51 | Darlington County Durham | C+ | 2.2 | 87% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Worcester Worcestershire | C | 1.5 | 77% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Bognor Regis West Sussex | C | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Doncaster South Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 72% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Solihull West Midlands | C | 2.9 | 54% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Scunthorpe Lincolnshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Chester Cheshire | C | 1.6 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Crewe Cheshire | C | 1.6 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Southport Merseyside | C− | 1.4 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Burton upon Trent Staffordshire | C− | 1.9 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Grimsby’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 Grimsby
The biggest is People's Park, 9.9 ha (25 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 10 named parks by size: 48 ha (119 acres) and 6 km of path
Parks & gardens 28 haPlaying fields 20 ha
The biggest is People's Park, 9.9 ha (25 acres); no single park dominates.
Grant Thorold Park
Park or garden
3.7 ha (9 acres)1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.4 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Barrett Recreation Ground
Playing field
11 ha (27 acres)
15 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Sidney Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
4.9 ha (12 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.9 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Duke of York Gardens
Park or garden
3.8 ha (9 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Sussex Recreation Ground
Playing field · 20 m outside town
5.5 ha (13 acres)1.0 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
2.4 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Kingston Gardens
Park or garden
2.8 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Hardy Recreation Ground
Playing field
3.8 ha (9 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.4 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 10 named parks and green spaces
People's ParkPark or garden · 9.9 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsGrant Thorold ParkPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsBarrett Recreation GroundPlaying field · 11 ha
DirectionsSidney ParkPark or garden · 4.9 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsDuke of York GardensPark or garden · 3.8 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsSussex Recreation GroundPlaying field · 5.5 ha · 1.0 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsKingston GardensPark or garden · 2.8 ha
DirectionsHardy Recreation GroundPlaying field · 3.8 ha
DirectionsSutherland ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsCapes Recreation GroundPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsClose to home
7 in 10 Grimsby 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 (75%)Further (25%)
Grimsby75%
Towns its size86%
Lincolnshire towns71%
All UK towns83%
About 22,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 46 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,868 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape is 1.9 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
Lincolnshire Wolds
1.9 mi south-west559 km²since 19733% of the land within 5 km
Official site3% of the land within 5 km of Grimsby is National Park or National Landscape, more than 66% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Grimsby is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
151 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Grimsby and the kilometre around it, 2.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
Nev Cole Way10.1 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Mablethorpe to Humber Bridge5.2 km
Silver Lincs Way4.1 km
Healing Hobble3.5 km
Wanderlust Way3.0 km
European long distance path E8 - part Netherlands1.0 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Grimsby. The regional route here is the Nev Cole Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A historic park in the middle of Grimsby
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Grimsby’s named parks.
Registered park · Grade II*
People's Park
9.9 ha. A registered historic park (Grade II*). 1 listed structure stands inside it or at its edge.
IISmethurst Memorial
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Grimsby: 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 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 43 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 59 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 57 | 61 | 56 |
March is the driest month (36 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 61 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 28 nights a year. The climate in Grimsby →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Grimsby
33% of the area within 5 km of Grimsby is sea. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
The King Charles III England Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
46 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
The Waterfall0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 46
Ford's Avenue Open Space0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 45 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Cherry Garth Scout Campsite1.0 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 3
Plus 3 slipways 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.
CleethorpesWalthamHumberston and New WalthamHealingLacebyHolton le ClayGrimsby
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | B− | 1.3 | 75% | 3% |
| Cleethorpes 2.4 mi | A− | 3.0 | 84% | 0% |
| Waltham 2.9 mi | C+ | 2.2 | 84% | 19% |
| Humberston and New Waltham 3.1 mi | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 1% |
| Healing 3.1 mi | B− | 2.0 | 78% | 1% |
| Laceby 3.2 mi | C | 1.6 | 64% | 18% |
| Holton le Clay 3.9 mi | C− | 2.0 | 59% | 8% |
Cleethorpes, 2.4 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 84% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Cleethorpes and Humberston and New Waltham have at least twice Grimsby’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Grimsby
What is the biggest park in Grimsby?
People's Park, 9.9 ha (25 acres), with 1.9 km of path. Grant Thorold Park (3.7 ha) is second. 10 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Grimsby near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape, 1.9 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 559 km² and was designated in 1973.
What are the best walks near Grimsby?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Nev Cole Way, King Charles III England Coast Path: Mablethorpe to Humber Bridge and Silver Lincs Way.
How many people in Grimsby live near a park?
75% 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 Grimsby?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Grimsby are historic?
People's Park (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Grimsby good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 41% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 20% (1.3 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 Grimsby’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Grimsby’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.