Cronton’s biggest
Pex Hill Country Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
7.6 ha (19 acres)1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi eastfrom the centre
Viewpoint
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Cronton · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Cronton lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Cronton add up to 6.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 24 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 3.5 for every square kilometre. Cronton grades A for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
6.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
24 km
3.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Cronton?
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.Room to roam6.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 91% of UK towns.
Cronton’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Cronton grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Cronton, 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 86% of UK towns9th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space6.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
92out 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 Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
71out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 3.7% sea, under the 5% that counts
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
Cronton is 9th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,300 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
Cronton3.5
Villages its size1.9
Merseyside towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Cronton6.8
Villages its size2.5
Merseyside towns3.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Cronton100%
Villages its size100%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Cronton stands out most for park space per resident: only 5 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastington Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 22% |
| 2 | Holmbridge West Yorkshire | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 4.2 | 45% |
| 3 | Kirton Suffolk | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 2.3 | 50% |
| 4 | Hoddlesden Lancashire | A | 11.4 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Otterbourne Hampshire | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3.2 | 25% |
| 6 | Rotherfield East Sussex | A | 5.6 | 100% | 1.7 | 91% |
| 7 | Thurgoland South Yorkshire | A | 2.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 8 | Haydon Bridge Northumberland | A | 7.2 | 100% | 1.7 | 26% |
| 9 | Cronton Merseyside | A | 6.8 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Chew Magna Somerset | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 15% |
| 11 | Millhouse Green South Yorkshire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.6 | 18% |
| 12 | Nutley East Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 75% | 4.5 | 80% |
| 13 | East Hanney Oxfordshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 1.8 | 4% |
| 14 | Caldy Merseyside | A− | 19.3 | 47% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Thorpe Surrey | A− | 5.2 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Bonds Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 17 | Herstmonceux East Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 36% |
| 18 | Felsted Essex | A− | 7.5 | 81% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Tregarth Gwynedd | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.9 | 23% |
| 20 | Bierton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 5.8 | 70% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Walberton West Sussex | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 39% |
| 22 | Sharpness Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Canewdon Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Billy Row County Durham | B | 2.3 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Stoke Holy Cross Norfolk | B | 2.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Horton Kirby Kent | B | 5.9 | 78% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 27 | Keinton Mandeville Somerset | B | 3.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Kilgetty Dyfed | B | 1 | 100% | 0.9 | 18% |
| 29 | Talgarth Powys | B | 5.7 | 71% | 1.5 | 52% |
| 30 | Alconbury Weald Cambridgeshire | B | 5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Portreath Cornwall | B | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 32 | Corse Gloucestershire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 33 | Clarborough Nottinghamshire | B | 4 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Oxfordshire | B− | 2.5 | 72% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 35 | Wyton Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.9 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Gilmorton Leicestershire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 37 | Chulmleigh Devon | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 38 | East Morton West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 89% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Trimdon Grange County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Crondall Hampshire | C+ | 3.6 | 73% | 1.8 | 1% |
| 41 | Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire | C+ | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 42 | Clehonger Herefordshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Thorpe on the Hill West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.2 | 64% | 4 | 0% |
| 44 | Ashill Norfolk | C+ | 3.7 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Westhampnett West Sussex | C | 0.2 | 79% | 2.6 | 33% |
| 46 | Lavenham Suffolk | C | 4.2 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Ampleforth North Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 27% | 1.7 | 95% |
| 48 | Medomsley County Durham | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Bradfield Essex | C | 1.4 | 27% | 1.5 | 35% |
| 50 | Warwick Bridge Cumbria | C | 6.5 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 51 | West Clandon Surrey | C | 1.9 | 49% | 2.1 | 28% |
| 52 | Clifton upon Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 53 | South Killingholme Lincolnshire | C | 1.7 | 68% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Crays Hill Essex | C− | 10.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Little Downham Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.8 | 61% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Trewoon Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 71% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 57 | Walesby Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.1 | 50% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Sutton on Trent Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.5 | 39% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Helpston Cambridgeshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Prees Higher Heath Shropshire | D− | 0.7 | 26% | 0.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Cronton’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 Cronton
The biggest is Pex Hill Country Park, 7.6 ha (19 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Cronton’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%)
Cronton100%
Villages its size100%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 13 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 95 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Cronton
24 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Cronton and the kilometre around it, 3.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Cronton; 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 Cronton: 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) | 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 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 73 | 61 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 70 | 74 | 84 | 79 | 94 | 84 | 90 |
April is the driest month (55 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 94 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 31 nights a year. The climate in Cronton →
Things to do
13 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
Cronton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Tranmere Beach9.7 mi from Cronton’s edge
DirectionsBrazil Bank13 mi from Cronton’s edge
DirectionsCrosby Beach13 mi from Cronton’s edge
DirectionsEast Hoyle Bank17 mi from Cronton’s edge
DirectionsTaylor's Bank17 mi from Cronton’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
Pex Hill0.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Sunny Side Naturist Camp0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
WidnesPrescotHale BankHuyton with RobySt HelensHaleCronton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Cronton grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Cronton
What is the biggest park in Cronton?
Pex Hill Country Park, 7.6 ha (19 acres), with 1.4 km of path, just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Cronton near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Cronton.
What is the nearest beach to Cronton?
Tranmere Beach, 9.7 mi from the edge of the village, then Brazil Bank (13 mi). Cronton itself is inland.
How many people in Cronton 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 Cronton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Cronton good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 71% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 92% (6.8 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 Cronton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Cronton’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.