Bebington’s biggest
Eastham Country Park
Park or garden
44 ha (110 acres)7.2 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.2 km of path
62 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Green Lane
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Church of St Andrew · Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bebington · parks, paths & countryside
Bebington is on the coast
The sea makes up 20% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Bebington add up to 3.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 112 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.2 for every square kilometre. Bebington grades B+ for the outdoors: #9 of 25 in Merseyside. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
86%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
112 km
2.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape
The sea
20%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Bebington?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast20% of the area within 5 km is sea; 10 beaches mapped.Historic parksThe Dell, The Diamond and the Causeway, Port Sunlight is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Bebington’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by its historic parks.
Outdoors grade
Bebington grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bebington, 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 66% of UK towns#9 of 25 in Merseyside · 30th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
69out of
100
100
A park within a walk86%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
58out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
36out of
100
100
The sea20%of the area within 5 km
90out 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
Bebington is 30th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 48,700 to 67,600 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
Bebington2.2
Towns its size3.5
Merseyside towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bebington3.0
Towns its size2.3
Merseyside towns3.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bebington86%
Towns its size86%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Bebington stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 52 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folkestone Kent | A+ | 2.3 | 95% | 4.9 | 45% |
| 2 | Rochester Kent | A+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.6 | 23% |
| 3 | Lancaster Lancashire | A+ | 2.4 | 96% | 3.5 | 22% |
| 4 | Runcorn Cheshire | A | 4.9 | 87% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 5 | Scarborough North Yorkshire | A | 2.4 | 86% | 3.1 | 17% |
| 6 | Cannock Staffordshire | A | 5.5 | 88% | 3.5 | 26% |
| 7 | Gravesend Kent | A | 1.4 | 84% | 6.4 | 14% |
| 8 | Barry South Glamorgan | A | 2.9 | 94% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Weymouth Dorset | A | 2.6 | 55% | 3.5 | 35% |
| 10 | Sittingbourne Kent | A | 1.9 | 93% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 11 | Banbury Oxfordshire | A | 2.6 | 96% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Farnborough Hampshire | A | 4 | 77% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 13 | Paignton Devon | A | 1.8 | 84% | 3.1 | 20% |
| 14 | Tynemouth Tyne and Wear | A− | 2.2 | 85% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Hereford Herefordshire | A− | 2.6 | 92% | 3.6 | 6% |
| 16 | Christchurch Dorset | A− | 2.1 | 70% | 3.3 | 14% |
| 17 | Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent | A− | 2.2 | 93% | 2.7 | 73% |
| 18 | Crosby Merseyside | A− | 4.6 | 89% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Dudley West Midlands | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Washington Tyne and Wear | A− | 4.5 | 90% | 4 | 0% |
| 21 | Mansfield Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.7 | 93% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Carlton Nottinghamshire | B+ | 4.9 | 82% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Dewsbury West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 92% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Bootle Merseyside | B+ | 2.1 | 93% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Canterbury Kent | B+ | 1.6 | 77% | 5.7 | 19% |
| 26 | Torquay Devon | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Thundersley and South Benfleet Essex | B+ | 3.2 | 69% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Maidenhead Berkshire | B+ | 1.8 | 83% | 4.1 | 3% |
| 29 | Yeovil Somerset | B+ | 2 | 90% | 3.2 | 2% |
| 30 | Bebington Merseyside | B+ | 3 | 86% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshire | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Huyton with Roby Merseyside | B+ | 3.7 | 89% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Ellesmere Port Cheshire | B | 2.8 | 90% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Wokingham Berkshire | B | 4 | 84% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Horsham West Sussex | B | 1.5 | 83% | 3.9 | 19% |
| 36 | Widnes Cheshire | B | 3 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Beeston Nottinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 77% | 6 | 0% |
| 38 | Taunton Somerset | B | 1.2 | 80% | 4.9 | 16% |
| 39 | Sale Greater Manchester | B | 2 | 86% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria | B | 2 | 91% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Macclesfield Cheshire | B | 1.8 | 80% | 3.3 | 18% |
| 42 | Altrincham Greater Manchester | B | 2.2 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire | B | 2.2 | 80% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Margate Kent | B | 1.8 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Brentwood Essex | B− | 3.9 | 69% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Bloxwich West Midlands | B− | 3.6 | 74% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Kettering Northamptonshire | B− | 2.1 | 90% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Smethwick West Midlands | C+ | 2 | 88% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Wellingborough Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.7 | 95% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Hinckley Leicestershire | C+ | 1.8 | 87% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Halesowen West Midlands | C+ | 2.1 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Willenhall West Midlands | C+ | 3.4 | 66% | 3 | 0% |
| 53 | Kingswinford West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 71% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Clacton-on-Sea Essex | C | 1.7 | 73% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Loughborough Leicestershire | C | 1.4 | 73% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Durham County Durham | C | 1.1 | 68% | 6 | 0% |
| 57 | Stourbridge West Midlands | C | 1.9 | 72% | 3 | 0% |
| 58 | Keighley West Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 73% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Kidderminster Worcestershire | D | 1.2 | 72% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Bridgend Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.9 | 78% | 2 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bebington’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 Bebington
The biggest is Eastham Country Park, 44 ha (110 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 14 named parks by size: 167 ha (413 acres) and 25 km of path
Parks & gardens 153 haPlaying fields 14 ha
The two biggest, Eastham Country Park and Eastham Country Park, are 53% of the named green space and carry 14 km of path between them. 3 of the 14 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Eastham Country Park
Park or garden
44 ha (110 acres)7.2 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.2 km of path
62 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Green Lane
Directionsto the nearest entrance
River Park
Park or garden
26 ha (64 acres)4.0 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
36 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Nature reserve
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Brotherton Park
Park or garden
18 ha (45 acres)3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
26 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Bebington
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Mayer Park
Park or garden
6.7 ha (16 acres)1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
New Ferry Park
Park or garden
4.9 ha (12 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi northfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Walker Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
5.6 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
2.8 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Higher Bebington Recreation Ground
Playing field
4.4 ha (11 acres)
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 14 named parks and green spaces
Eastham Country ParkPark or garden · 44 ha · 7.2 km of path
DirectionsEastham Country ParkPark or garden · 44 ha · 7.2 km of path
DirectionsRiver ParkPark or garden · 26 ha · 4.0 km of path
DirectionsBrotherton ParkPark or garden · 18 ha · 3.7 km of path
DirectionsMayer ParkPark or garden · 6.7 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsNew Ferry ParkPark or garden · 4.9 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsWalker ParkPark or garden · 5.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsHigher Bebington Recreation GroundPlaying field · 4.4 ha
DirectionsAnselmians Rugby ClubPlaying field · 3.9 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsBromborough Recreation GroundPlaying field · 2.4 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsTorr Recreation GroundPlaying field · 3.6 ha
DirectionsMarfords ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha
DirectionsEastham Rake Play AreaPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsCourtney ParkPark or garden · 0.1 ha · just outside town
DirectionsClose to home
9 in 10 Bebington 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 (86%)Further (15%)
Bebington86%
Towns its size86%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
About 8,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 32 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,800 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 12 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
Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley
12 mi south-west389 km²since 2011
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Bebington
112 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bebington and the kilometre around it, 2.2 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
Wirral Circular Trail17.1 km
Wirral Way2.1 km
North Cheshire Way1.8 km
3 regional routes pass through, including the Wirral Circular Trail, Wirral Way and North Cheshire 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 registered historic park in Bebington
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Bebington’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIThe Dell, The Diamond and the Causeway, Port Sunlight2.7 ha
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 Bebington: 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 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 86 | 76 | 83 |
March is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 86 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 27 nights a year. The climate in Bebington →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Bebington
20% of the area within 5 km of Bebington is sea. 10 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 1 with a name.
Tranmere Beach0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSea: 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
32 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
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Prenton Hill81 m (266 ft) · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsMount Manisty0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
New Ferry Butterfly Parkin town
DirectionsPort Sunlight River Park21 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 32
Plus 29 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.
Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester)BirkenheadHeswallNestonEllesmere PortGreasbyBebington
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebington | B+ | 3.0 | 86% | 0% |
| Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) 3.2 mi | C− | 4.2 | 60% | 0% |
| Birkenhead 3.7 mi | B+ | 3.1 | 71% | 0% |
| Heswall 4.2 mi | C− | 1.1 | 56% | 0% |
| Neston 4.3 mi | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 0% |
| Ellesmere Port 5.6 mi | B | 2.8 | 90% | 0% |
| Greasby 5.6 mi | A | 5.9 | 74% | 0% |
Greasby, 5.6 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 74% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Bebington
What is the biggest park in Bebington?
Eastham Country Park, 44 ha (110 acres), with 7.2 km of path. Eastham Country Park (44 ha) is second. 14 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Bebington near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 12 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
What are the best walks near Bebington?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wirral Circular Trail, Wirral Way and North Cheshire Way. Eastham Country Park alone has 7.2 km of path.
How many people in Bebington live near a park?
86% 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 Bebington?
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 Bebington are historic?
The Dell, The Diamond and the Causeway, Port Sunlight (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Bebington good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 36% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 69% (3.0 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 Bebington’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bebington’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.