Prescot’s biggest
Stadt Moers Country Park
Park or garden
87 ha (214 acres)8.2 km of path
1 h 50 minto walk all 8.2 km of path
121 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Prescot · parks, paths & countryside
94% of Prescot’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Prescot add up to 3.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 71 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.4 for every square kilometre. Prescot grades B for the outdoors: #15 of 25 in Merseyside. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
94%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
71 km
2.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Outdoors grade
Prescot grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Prescot, 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 57% of UK towns#15 of 25 in Merseyside · 40th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
76out of
100
100
A park within a walk94%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
73out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
43out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
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.
Towns its size
Prescot is 40th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 34,700 to 44,400 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
Prescot2.4
Towns its size3.8
Merseyside towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Prescot3.5
Towns its size2.4
Merseyside towns3.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Prescot94%
Towns its size83%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Prescot stands out most for park space per resident: only 13 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 | Locks Heath Hampshire | A+ | 3.5 | 91% | 3.7 | 4% |
| 2 | Dover Kent | A+ | 3 | 86% | 2.9 | 29% |
| 3 | Hyde Greater Manchester | A | 4.3 | 91% | 3.9 | 1% |
| 4 | Epsom Surrey | A | 5.7 | 80% | 4.8 | 2% |
| 5 | Aldershot Hampshire | A | 3.4 | 77% | 6.3 | 17% |
| 6 | Skelmersdale Lancashire | A | 7.8 | 91% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 7 | Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.2 | 29% |
| 8 | Haywards Heath West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 84% | 4.2 | 44% |
| 9 | Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex | A | 1.7 | 83% | 3.4 | 13% |
| 10 | Ilkeston Derbyshire | A | 3.7 | 98% | 5 | 0% |
| 11 | Llanelli Dyfed | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 2.4 | 18% |
| 12 | Trowbridge Wiltshire | A− | 2.3 | 91% | 4.3 | 3% |
| 13 | Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire | A− | 4.3 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 14 | Accrington Lancashire | A− | 2.6 | 79% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Chorley Lancashire | A− | 5 | 88% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Bamber Bridge Lancashire | A− | 6.4 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Hoddesdon Hertfordshire | A− | 6.5 | 82% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Exmouth Devon | A− | 1.4 | 82% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 19 | Leyland Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 91% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Cheshunt Hertfordshire | B+ | 4.8 | 79% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 21 | Waterlooville Hampshire | B+ | 1 | 66% | 5.2 | 18% |
| 22 | Chippenham Wiltshire | B+ | 2.8 | 76% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 23 | Newbury Berkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 81% | 3.3 | 50% |
| 24 | Hatfield Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.8 | 84% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Fleet Hampshire | B+ | 3.3 | 79% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Pudsey West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 94% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Hucknall Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 28 | Aberdare Mid Glamorgan | B+ | 4.6 | 84% | 1.8 | 19% |
| 29 | Rowley Regis West Midlands | B+ | 4.1 | 71% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Hitchin Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 4.4 | 10% |
| 31 | West Bridgford Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 86% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Wigston Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | B | 3 | 81% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear | B | 1.9 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Warwick Warwickshire | B | 3 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Denton Greater Manchester | B | 2.4 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire | B | 2.3 | 80% | 6.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Ramsgate Kent | B | 1.2 | 89% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Borehamwood Hertfordshire | B | 1.8 | 97% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Prescot Merseyside | B | 3.5 | 94% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Bicester Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 99% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Blyth Northumberland | B | 1.6 | 83% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Fareham Hampshire | B | 1.1 | 48% | 4 | 2% |
| 44 | Chadderton Greater Manchester | B | 1.9 | 87% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Redcar North Yorkshire | B− | 2.6 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Bury St Edmunds Suffolk | B− | 3 | 78% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Eccles Greater Manchester | B− | 2.7 | 93% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Lytham St Anne's Lancashire | B− | 2.4 | 83% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Canvey Island Essex | B− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Tonbridge Kent | B− | 2.1 | 65% | 2.6 | 38% |
| 51 | Braintree Essex | B− | 1.7 | 89% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Camberley Surrey | C+ | 2 | 73% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Urmston Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.7 | 79% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Neath West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 80% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Long Eaton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Grays Essex | C | 1.2 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Worksop Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.3 | 75% | 3 | 0% |
| 60 | Bromsgrove Worcestershire | C− | 1.4 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Prescot’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 Prescot
The biggest is Stadt Moers Country Park, 87 ha (214 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 7 named parks by size: 101 ha (249 acres) and 10 km of path
Parks & gardens 90 haPlaying fields 11 ha
The two biggest, Stadt Moers Country Park and King George V Memorial Playing Field, are 93% of the named green space and carry 8 km of path between them. 3 of the 7 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
King George V Memorial Playing Field
Playing field
7.3 ha (18 acres)0.1 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi north-westfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Henley Memorial Park
Park or garden
2.3 ha (6 acres)0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Prescot
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Prescot Cricket Ground
Playing field · 220 m outside town
3.4 ha (8 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Whitestone Millennium Green
Park or garden
1.1 ha (3 acres)0.4 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Fazakerley Gardens
Park or garden
0.2 ha (1 acres)
1.1 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Rainhill Eco
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.9 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Prescot’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 (94%)Further (6%)
Prescot94%
Towns its size83%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
About 2,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 57 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 688 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Prescot
71 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Prescot and the kilometre around it, 2.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Prescot; 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 Prescot: 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) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 77 | 65 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 71 | 76 | 82 | 82 | 100 | 90 | 97 |
April is the driest month (57 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 100 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Prescot →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 57 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
2Viewpoints5Hills and peaks5.2× towns its size2Picnic sites57Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size1Dog parks1Campsites
The nearest beaches
Prescot is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Tranmere Beach8.3 mi from Prescot’s edge
DirectionsCrosby Beach10 mi from Prescot’s edge
DirectionsBrazil Bank11 mi from Prescot’s edge
DirectionsTaylor's Bank14 mi from Prescot’s edge
DirectionsEast Hoyle Bank15 mi from Prescot’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
Hills and peaks 5
Blundells Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsRiding Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsHag Brow97 m (318 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsKnowsley Park0.7 mi from town
DirectionsDream1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 57
Bryer Road Community Gardenin town
DirectionsChildren's Play Areain town
DirectionsChildren's Play Area Brook Roadin town
DirectionsChildren's Play Area Browns Field Prescotin town
DirectionsChildren's Play Area Eaton Street Parkin town
DirectionsLickers Lane Playgroundin town
DirectionsThe Children's Play Area Henley Parkin town
DirectionsThe Children's Play Area Lysander Roadin town
DirectionsPlus 49 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
My Dog Paddock0.2 mi from town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Sunny Side Naturist Camp0.7 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.
CrontonHuyton with RobySt HelensKnowsleyWidnesHale BankPrescot
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Cronton, 2.2 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hale Bank has at least twice Prescot’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Prescot
What is the biggest park in Prescot?
Stadt Moers Country Park, 87 ha (214 acres), with 8.2 km of path. King George V Memorial Playing Field (7.3 ha) is second. 7 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Prescot near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Prescot.
What is the nearest beach to Prescot?
Tranmere Beach, 8.3 mi from the edge of the town, then Crosby Beach (10 mi). Prescot itself is inland.
How many people in Prescot live near a park?
94% 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 Prescot?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Prescot good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 43% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 76% (3.5 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 Prescot’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Prescot’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.