Greasby’s biggest
Arrowe
Park or garden
99 ha (244 acres)5.8 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.8 km of path
139 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Greasby · parks, paths & countryside
Greasby has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Greasby add up to 5.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The sea makes up 24% of the area within 5 km. 50 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.6 for every square kilometre. Greasby grades A for the outdoors: #3 of 25 in Merseyside. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
74%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
50 km
3.6 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
24%
of the area within 5 km
Outdoors grade
Greasby grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Greasby, 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 85% of UK towns#3 of 25 in Merseyside · 10th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space5.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
90out of
100
100
A park within a walk74%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
73out of
100
100
The sea24%of the area within 5 km
91out 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
Greasby is 10th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 8,800 to 9,600 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
Greasby3.6
Towns its size3.3
Merseyside towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Greasby5.9
Towns its size2.6
Merseyside towns3.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Greasby74%
Towns its size85%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Greasby stands out most for park space per resident: only 10 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 40 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swanage Dorset | A+ | 6.9 | 95% | 4.2 | 47% |
| 2 | Worsbrough South Yorkshire | A | 10.1 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 3 | Brynteg Clwyd | A | 8.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 4 | Ilfracombe Devon | A | 2 | 86% | 3 | 28% |
| 5 | Killamarsh Derbyshire | A | 10.6 | 97% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 6 | Bordon Hampshire | A | 8.6 | 54% | 6.7 | 49% |
| 7 | Linthwaite and Slaithwaite West Yorkshire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.8 | 12% |
| 8 | New Mills Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 84% | 5.1 | 34% |
| 9 | Warlingham Surrey | A | 4.2 | 81% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 10 | Greasby Merseyside | A | 5.9 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 11 | Whiteley Hampshire | A− | 3 | 52% | 4.4 | 2% |
| 12 | Thurmaston Leicestershire | A− | 10.4 | 89% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Hetton-le-Hole Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.8 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Esher Surrey | A− | 6.9 | 86% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Shelf and Northowram West Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 88% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Billingshurst West Sussex | A− | 2.9 | 95% | 3.1 | 3% |
| 17 | Thurnscoe South Yorkshire | A− | 9.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Shaftesbury Dorset | A− | 2.8 | 92% | 2.3 | 44% |
| 19 | Aveley Essex | A− | 3.4 | 84% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Shanklin Isle of Wight | A− | 1.4 | 33% | 4.5 | 29% |
| 21 | Irthlingborough Northamptonshire | A− | 4.7 | 94% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 22 | Winnersh Berkshire | B+ | 9.6 | 80% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Frodsham Cheshire | B+ | 2.5 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Sandiacre Derbyshire | B+ | 2.6 | 94% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Hayle Cornwall | B+ | 1.4 | 72% | 3.4 | 6% |
| 27 | Banstead Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 66% | 5.2 | 3% |
| 28 | Ashbourne Derbyshire | B | 1.9 | 92% | 2.7 | 14% |
| 29 | Cockermouth Cumbria | B | 2.6 | 81% | 2.2 | 42% |
| 30 | Pontllanfraith Gwent | B | 3.7 | 93% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Hemsworth West Yorkshire | B | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Gatley Greater Manchester | B | 5.7 | 66% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Clay Cross Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 34 | South Kirkby West Yorkshire | B | 3 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Marlborough Wiltshire | B | 1.2 | 72% | 3.8 | 100% |
| 36 | Tiptree Essex | B | 2.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Perton Staffordshire | B | 2.4 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 38 | Yaxley Cambridgeshire | B− | 2.6 | 90% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Whitnash Warwickshire | B− | 2 | 95% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 40 | Cullompton Devon | B− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Knottingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 88% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Hook Hampshire | B− | 2.4 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | West End and Chobham Surrey | B− | 3.3 | 65% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Caister-on-Sea Norfolk | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 2.1 | 21% |
| 45 | Wideopen Tyne and Wear | C+ | 2.1 | 75% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Okehampton Devon | C+ | 0.9 | 85% | 2.2 | 37% |
| 47 | Brandon County Durham | C+ | 2.2 | 72% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Barwell Leicestershire | C | 1.7 | 90% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Milnrow Greater Manchester | C | 2.9 | 58% | 3 | 0% |
| 50 | Kinmel Bay Clwyd | C | 1.8 | 76% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Totnes Devon | C | 0.4 | 65% | 3.3 | 11% |
| 52 | Ferryhill County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Pencoed Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Sileby Leicestershire | C− | 1 | 80% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Shifnal Shropshire | D | 1 | 89% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Brandon Suffolk | D | 0.8 | 39% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Littleport Cambridgeshire | D | 1 | 71% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Harworth and Bircotes Nottinghamshire | D | 1.9 | 64% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Pheasey West Midlands | D− | 0.9 | 40% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirkham Lancashire | D− | 1.3 | 66% | 1.3 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Greasby’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 Greasby
The biggest is Arrowe, 99 ha (244 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 9 named parks by size: 157 ha (388 acres) and 15 km of path
Parks & gardens 143 haPlaying fields 14 haPlay spaces 0.0 ha
The two biggest, Arrowe and Royden Park, are 81% of the named green space and carry 10 km of path between them. 3 of the 9 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Royden Park
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
28 ha (69 acres)4.3 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.3 km of path
39 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Upton Meadow
Park or garden
16 ha (40 acres)3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
23 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Coronation Park
Playing field
7.4 ha (18 acres)1.0 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Greasby
Coronation Park
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Upton Cricket Club
Playing field · 120 m outside town
3.2 ha (8 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Irby Cricket Club
Playing field · 10 m outside town
2.4 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Millcroft Ground
Playing field
0.9 ha (2 acres)
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Green
Park or garden
0.0 ha (0 acres)
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 9 named parks and green spaces
ArrowePark or garden · 99 ha · 5.8 km of path
DirectionsRoyden ParkPark or garden · 28 ha · 4.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsUpton MeadowPark or garden · 16 ha · 3.7 km of path
DirectionsCoronation ParkPlaying field · 7.4 ha · 1.0 km of path
DirectionsUpton Cricket ClubPlaying field · 3.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsIrby Cricket ClubPlaying field · 2.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsMillcroft GroundPlaying field · 0.9 ha
DirectionsThe GreenPark or garden · 0.0 ha
DirectionsUpton Pines Play AreaPlay space · 0.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsClose to home
7 in 10 Greasby 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 (74%)Further (26%)
Greasby74%
Towns its size85%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
About 2,300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 26 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 353 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 8.7 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
8.7 mi west389 km²since 2011
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Greasby
50 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Greasby and the kilometre around it, 3.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Greasby; 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 Greasby: 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 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 86 | 82 | 84 |
March is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °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 17 nights a year. The climate in Greasby →
The coast
Greasby is near the sea
24% of the area within 5 km of Greasby is sea. 10 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
East Hoyle Bank2.6 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
3 viewpoints and 26 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
Hills and peaks 1
Thurstaston Hill91 m (299 ft) · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Thurstaston Common38 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 26
Lower Cage1.0 mi from town
DirectionsMiddle Cage1.0 mi from town
DirectionsUpper Cage1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 23 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite 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.
MeolsWest KirbyCaldyBirkenheadHoylakeHeswallGreasby
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasby | A | 5.9 | 74% | 0% |
| Meols 2.4 mi | A | 3.1 | 100% | 0% |
| West Kirby 2.4 mi | B | 1.9 | 68% | 0% |
| Caldy 2.5 mi | A− | 19.3 | 47% | 0% |
| Birkenhead 2.6 mi | B+ | 3.1 | 71% | 0% |
| Hoylake 2.8 mi | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 0% |
| Heswall 2.8 mi | C− | 1.1 | 56% | 0% |
Meols, 2.4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Caldy has at least twice Greasby’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Greasby
What is the biggest park in Greasby?
Arrowe, 99 ha (244 acres), with 5.8 km of path. Royden Park (28 ha) is second. 9 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Greasby near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 8.7 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
How many people in Greasby live near a park?
74% 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 Greasby?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Greasby good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 73% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 90% (5.9 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 Greasby’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Greasby’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.