Crosby’s biggest
Rimrose Valley Country Park
Park or garden
116 ha (288 acres)6.1 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6.1 km of path
163 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Crosby
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Tony Grist · Public domainA−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Crosby · parks, paths & countryside
Crosby is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 31% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Crosby add up to 4.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 89% of residents. Crosby grades A− for the outdoors: #4 of 25 in Merseyside. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
89%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
80 km
2.3 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
31%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Crosby?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast31% of the area within 5 km is sea; 37 beaches mapped.Room to roam4.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 84% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Crosby’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Crosby grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Crosby, 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 81% of UK towns#4 of 25 in Merseyside · 15th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space4.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
85out of
100
100
A park within a walk89%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
65out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
38out of
100
100
The sea31%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
Crosby is 15th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 44,300 to 57,600 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
Crosby2.3
Towns its size3.5
Merseyside towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Crosby4.6
Towns its size2.3
Merseyside towns3.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Crosby89%
Towns its size83%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Crosby stands out most for park space per resident: only 3 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 51 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 | Havant Hampshire | A+ | 3.6 | 84% | 5.8 | 30% |
| 3 | Lancaster Lancashire | A+ | 2.4 | 96% | 3.5 | 22% |
| 4 | Andover Hampshire | A | 2.7 | 91% | 4.4 | 21% |
| 5 | Salisbury Wiltshire | A | 2.7 | 94% | 3.9 | 22% |
| 6 | Wrexham Clwyd | A | 3.8 | 92% | 3.9 | 2% |
| 7 | Barry South Glamorgan | A | 2.9 | 94% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Weymouth Dorset | A | 2.6 | 55% | 3.5 | 35% |
| 9 | Wallsend Tyne and Wear | A | 6 | 93% | 5.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Sittingbourne Kent | A | 1.9 | 93% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 11 | Banbury Oxfordshire | A | 2.6 | 96% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Bletchley Buckinghamshire | A | 4.1 | 91% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 13 | Eastleigh Hampshire | A− | 3 | 76% | 4.9 | 17% |
| 14 | Christchurch Dorset | A− | 2.1 | 70% | 3.3 | 14% |
| 15 | Crosby Merseyside | A− | 4.6 | 89% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent | A− | 2.2 | 93% | 2.7 | 73% |
| 17 | Washington Tyne and Wear | A− | 4.5 | 90% | 4 | 0% |
| 18 | Ashton-under-Lyne Greater Manchester | A− | 3.1 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 19 | Carlton Nottinghamshire | B+ | 4.9 | 82% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Bootle Merseyside | B+ | 2.1 | 93% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Canterbury Kent | B+ | 1.6 | 77% | 5.7 | 19% |
| 22 | West Molesey Surrey | B+ | 4.4 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 23 | Torquay Devon | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Thundersley and South Benfleet Essex | B+ | 3.2 | 69% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Bridgwater Somerset | B+ | 1.9 | 86% | 3.7 | 2% |
| 26 | Yeovil Somerset | B+ | 2 | 90% | 3.2 | 2% |
| 27 | Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshire | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Batley West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 94% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Cwmbrân Gwent | B+ | 2.1 | 84% | 3.7 | 1% |
| 30 | Middleton Greater Manchester | B+ | 3.5 | 80% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Horsham West Sussex | B | 1.5 | 83% | 3.9 | 19% |
| 32 | Wokingham Berkshire | B | 4 | 84% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Leigh Greater Manchester | B | 5.3 | 77% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Beeston Nottinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 77% | 6 | 0% |
| 35 | Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria | B | 2 | 91% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Macclesfield Cheshire | B | 1.8 | 80% | 3.3 | 18% |
| 37 | Winchester Hampshire | B | 1.2 | 79% | 3.8 | 35% |
| 38 | Altrincham Greater Manchester | B | 2.2 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire | B | 2.2 | 80% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Castleford West Yorkshire | B | 2.3 | 92% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 41 | Brentwood Essex | B− | 3.9 | 69% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Bloxwich West Midlands | B− | 3.6 | 74% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Oldbury West Midlands | B− | 3 | 68% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Tipton West Midlands | B− | 1.9 | 79% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Smethwick West Midlands | C+ | 2 | 88% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Hinckley Leicestershire | C+ | 1.8 | 87% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Wellingborough Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.7 | 95% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Willenhall West Midlands | C+ | 3.4 | 66% | 3 | 0% |
| 49 | Kingswinford West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 71% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 50 | King's Lynn Norfolk | C+ | 1.3 | 80% | 2.2 | 23% |
| 51 | Clacton-on-Sea Essex | C | 1.7 | 73% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Kirkby Merseyside | C | 2.2 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Grays Essex | C | 1.2 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Durham County Durham | C | 1.1 | 68% | 6 | 0% |
| 55 | Stourbridge West Midlands | C | 1.9 | 72% | 3 | 0% |
| 56 | Keighley West Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 73% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Boston Lincolnshire | C− | 2.1 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Kidderminster Worcestershire | D | 1.2 | 72% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Grantham Lincolnshire | D | 0.9 | 69% | 2.7 | 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 Crosby’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 Crosby
The biggest is Rimrose Valley Country Park, 116 ha (288 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 17 named parks by size: 158 ha (390 acres) and 12 km of path
Parks & gardens 149 haPlaying fields 8.5 ha
The two biggest, Rimrose Valley Country Park and Moorside Park, are 78% of the named green space and carry 8 km of path between them. 10 of the 17 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Moorside Park
Park or garden
6.6 ha (16 acres)2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Crosby
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Victoria Park
Park or garden
7.4 ha (18 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Crosby
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Blundellsands Park
Park or garden
8.3 ha (21 acres)0.2 km of path
12 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Coronation Park
Park or garden
3.0 ha (7 acres)0.4 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Marine Garden
Park or garden
1.4 ha (3 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Beach Lawn Garden
Park or garden
1.2 ha (3 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Brook Vale Playing Field
Playing field
3.4 ha (8 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 17 named parks and green spaces
Rimrose Valley Country ParkPark or garden · 116 ha · 6.1 km of path
DirectionsMoorside ParkPark or garden · 6.6 ha · 2.1 km of path
DirectionsVictoria ParkPark or garden · 7.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsBlundellsands ParkPark or garden · 8.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsCoronation ParkPark or garden · 3.0 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsMarine GardenPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBeach Lawn GardenPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBrook Vale Playing FieldPlaying field · 3.4 ha
DirectionsWaterloo Grammar School Playing FieldPlaying field · 3.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsAdelaide GardenPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsAlexandra ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha
DirectionsPotter's Barn ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha
DirectionsBowersdale ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsWaterloo Football ClubPlaying field · 1.9 ha
DirectionsMerrilocks ParkPark or garden · 0.1 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsBlundell GreenPark or garden · 0.1 ha
DirectionsMartin's GardenPark or garden · 0.1 ha
DirectionsClose to home
9 in 10 Crosby 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%)
Crosby89%
Towns its size83%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
About 6,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 36 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,395 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 15 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
15 mi south-west389 km²since 2011
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Crosby is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
80 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Crosby and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegional
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to Liverpool11.0 km
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)1.7 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border1.1 km
Wirral Circular Trail1.1 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Crosby. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool) and Wirral Circular 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 Crosby: May to August
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) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 65 | 53 | 47 | 49 | 54 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 82 | 90 | 84 | 89 |
March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 90 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 31 nights a year. The climate in Crosby →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Crosby
31% of the area within 5 km of Crosby is sea. 37 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
Crosby Beach0.1 mi from town
DirectionsBrazil Bank1.8 mi from town
DirectionsThe 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
4 viewpoints and 36 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.
4Viewpoints2.2× towns its size1Hills and peaks4Nature reserves1.9× towns its size36Playgrounds0.7× towns its size1Dog parks
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Ince Blundell Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 4
Crosby Coastal Park1.6 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsSeaforth Nature Reserve30 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsLunt Meadows Nature Reserve0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve more.
Playgrounds 36
Moorside Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsWorkout equipment0.4 mi from town
DirectionsFernbank Playground1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 33 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Copy Farm Dog Park1.2 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.
LitherlandBootleHightownAintreeMaghullLydiateCrosby
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Litherland, 1.2 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 94% 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 Crosby
What is the biggest park in Crosby?
Rimrose Valley Country Park, 116 ha (288 acres), with 6.1 km of path. Moorside Park (6.6 ha) is second. 17 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Crosby near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 15 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
What are the best walks near Crosby?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to Liverpool, Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool) and King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border. Rimrose Valley Country Park alone has 6.1 km of path.
How many people in Crosby 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 Crosby?
May to August: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Crosby good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 38% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 85% (4.6 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 Crosby’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Crosby’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.