Wallasey’s biggest
Central Park
Park or garden
19 ha (46 acres)3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
26 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Playground 1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Grain Warehouse to North of Grain Warehouse Dock · Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Wallasey · parks, paths & countryside
Wallasey is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 37% of the area within 5 km. 90% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Footpaths add up to 109 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Wallasey grades B for the outdoors: #14 of 25 in Merseyside. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
90%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
109 km
2.1 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
37%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Wallasey?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast37% of the area within 5 km is sea; 36 beaches mapped.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Wallasey’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by the King Charles III England Coast Path.
Outdoors grade
Wallasey grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Wallasey, 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 60% of UK towns#14 of 25 in Merseyside · 32nd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
43out of
100
100
A park within a walk90%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
67out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
35out of
100
100
The sea37%of the area within 5 km
95out 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
Wallasey is 32nd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 68,100 to 108,500 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
Wallasey2.1
Towns its size3.8
Merseyside towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Wallasey1.9
Towns its size2.5
Merseyside towns3.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Wallasey90%
Towns its size86%
Merseyside towns87%
All UK towns83%
Wallasey falls furthest behind on path per km², where 57 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hastings East Sussex | A+ | 3.1 | 76% | 4.3 | 42% |
| 2 | Burnley Lancashire | A+ | 3.4 | 95% | 5.7 | 7% |
| 3 | Dartford Kent | A | 3.9 | 72% | 5.1 | 1% |
| 4 | Ashford Kent | A | 2.7 | 94% | 5.2 | 23% |
| 5 | Guildford Surrey | A | 2.8 | 86% | 6.1 | 31% |
| 6 | Eastbourne East Sussex | A | 2 | 75% | 4.3 | 23% |
| 7 | Chatham Kent | A | 1.6 | 78% | 6.4 | 26% |
| 8 | Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire | A | 3 | 95% | 3.6 | 18% |
| 9 | Bath Somerset | A | 1.8 | 89% | 5.6 | 50% |
| 10 | Harlow Essex | A | 3.7 | 99% | 8.2 | 0% |
| 11 | Barnsley South Yorkshire | A | 4.3 | 95% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Bracknell Berkshire | A | 3.7 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Gosport Hampshire | A | 3 | 85% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 14 | South Shields Tyne and Wear | A | 2.4 | 80% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 15 | Weston-super-Mare Somerset | A− | 1.2 | 87% | 3.7 | 8% |
| 16 | Chesterfield Derbyshire | A− | 2.7 | 86% | 4.4 | 4% |
| 17 | Stevenage Hertfordshire | A− | 3 | 98% | 7.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire | A− | 5.2 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 19 | Lowestoft Suffolk | A− | 1.8 | 79% | 3 | 17% |
| 20 | Aylesbury Buckinghamshire | A− | 1.8 | 88% | 9.5 | 5% |
| 21 | Carlisle Cumbria | A− | 3.2 | 91% | 3.1 | 4% |
| 22 | St Albans Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 95% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Harrogate North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 86% | 3.6 | 6% |
| 24 | Redditch Worcestershire | A− | 4.1 | 84% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Bedford Bedfordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 88% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Wakefield West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.9 | 86% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 27 | High Wycombe Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.6 | 68% | 5.4 | 67% |
| 28 | Salford Greater Manchester | B | 2 | 91% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Wythenshawe Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 84% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Corby Northamptonshire | B | 3.4 | 96% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 31 | St Helens Merseyside | B | 3.4 | 91% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Wallasey Merseyside | B | 1.9 | 90% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Preston Lancashire | B | 3 | 80% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Rotherham South Yorkshire | B | 3.1 | 73% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Wigan Greater Manchester | B | 2.7 | 81% | 4 | 0% |
| 36 | Hartlepool County Durham | B− | 1.7 | 73% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Nuneaton Warwickshire | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Rugby Warwickshire | B− | 2.8 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Tamworth Staffordshire | B− | 2.7 | 89% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | West Bromwich West Midlands | B− | 2.7 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Grimsby Lincolnshire | B− | 1.3 | 75% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 42 | Halifax West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 86% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Bury Greater Manchester | B− | 2.4 | 82% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Stafford Staffordshire | B− | 1.9 | 70% | 3.1 | 11% |
| 45 | Royal Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | B− | 6.1 | 64% | 3 | 0% |
| 46 | Lincoln Lincolnshire | B− | 2.5 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Stockton-on-Tees County Durham | C+ | 2 | 83% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Woking Surrey | C+ | 1.7 | 67% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Shrewsbury Shropshire | C+ | 1.6 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Walsall West Midlands | C+ | 2.5 | 75% | 3 | 0% |
| 51 | Darlington County Durham | C+ | 2.2 | 87% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Worcester Worcestershire | C | 1.5 | 77% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Bognor Regis West Sussex | C | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Doncaster South Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 72% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Solihull West Midlands | C | 2.9 | 54% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Scunthorpe Lincolnshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Chester Cheshire | C | 1.6 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Crewe Cheshire | C | 1.6 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Southport Merseyside | C− | 1.4 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Burton upon Trent Staffordshire | C− | 1.9 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Wallasey’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 Wallasey
The biggest is Central Park, 19 ha (46 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 23 named parks by size: 96 ha (236 acres) and 12 km of path
Parks & gardens 75 haPlaying fields 21 ha
The biggest is Central Park, 19 ha (46 acres); no single park dominates. 13 of the 23 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Cross Lane
Park or garden
14 ha (35 acres)0.1 km of path
20 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Upton Park
Park or garden
13 ha (31 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
18 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
2.1 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Harrison Park
Park or garden
9.4 ha (23 acres)1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
13 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Moreton Linear Park
Park or garden
5.8 ha (14 acres)1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
2.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Vale Park
Park or garden
4.0 ha (10 acres)1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Tower Grounds
Playing field
5.1 ha (13 acres)0.4 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.7 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
North Seacombe Recreation Ground
Playing field
1.7 ha (4 acres)1.0 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 23 named parks and green spaces
Central ParkPark or garden · 19 ha · 3.3 km of path
DirectionsCross LanePark or garden · 14 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsUpton ParkPark or garden · 13 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsHarrison ParkPark or garden · 9.4 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsMoreton Linear ParkPark or garden · 5.8 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsVale ParkPark or garden · 4.0 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsTower GroundsPlaying field · 5.1 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsNorth Seacombe Recreation GroundPlaying field · 1.7 ha · 1.0 km of path
DirectionsMarine ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsEarlston GardensPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsThe WallacrePlaying field · 4.3 ha
DirectionsThe BreckPark or garden · 1.9 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOakdale ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsBelvidere Recreation GroundPlaying field · 3.6 ha
DirectionsElleray ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOxton Road Playing FieldsPlaying field · 2.9 ha
DirectionsThe Delph Recreation GroundPlaying field · 1.9 ha
DirectionsSaughall Grange Recreation GroundPlaying field · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsWallasey Cricket ClubPlaying field · 1.4 ha
DirectionsFlynn's PiecePark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsGorse Millennium GreenPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsWallasey GrangePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSt Hilary GardensPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsClose to home
9 in 10 Wallasey 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 (90%)Further (10%)
Wallasey90%
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; 59 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,451 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 9.5 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
9.5 mi south-west389 km²since 2011
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Wallasey is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
109 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Wallasey and the kilometre around it, 2.1 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
Wirral Circular Trail23.0 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border14.0 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to Liverpool2.9 km
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)1.2 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Wallasey. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Wirral Circular Trail and Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington).
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 Wallasey: 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 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 53 | 48 | 51 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 83 | 80 | 81 |
March is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 83 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 17 nights a year. The climate in Wallasey →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Wallasey
37% of the area within 5 km of Wallasey is sea. 36 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 5 with a name.
Brazil Bank0.7 mi from town
DirectionsTranmere Beach1.5 mi from town
DirectionsEast Hoyle Bank1.9 mi from town
DirectionsCrosby Beach2.8 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
2 viewpoints and 59 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.
2Viewpoints2Hills and peaks1Nature reserves1Picnic sites59Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Gorse Hill57 m (187 ft) · in town
DirectionsBidston Hill70 m (230 ft) · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Ditton Lane Nature Area0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 59
Bubblesin town
DirectionsCentral Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsSeacombe Parkin town
DirectionsBirkenhead Park Playground0.7 mi from town
DirectionsMidghall Street Playground1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 54 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.
BirkenheadGreasbyMeolsLitherlandBootleCrosbyWallasey
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallasey | B | 1.9 | 90% | 0% |
| Birkenhead 2.4 mi | B+ | 3.1 | 71% | 0% |
| Greasby 3.5 mi | A | 5.9 | 74% | 0% |
| Meols 4.3 mi | A | 3.1 | 100% | 0% |
| Litherland 4.7 mi | A | 7.3 | 94% | 0% |
| Bootle 4.8 mi | B+ | 2.1 | 93% | 0% |
| Crosby 5.0 mi | A− | 4.6 | 89% | 0% |
Litherland, 4.7 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 94% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Greasby, Litherland and Crosby have at least twice Wallasey’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Wallasey
What is the biggest park in Wallasey?
Central Park, 19 ha (46 acres), with 3.3 km of path. Cross Lane (14 ha) is second. 23 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Wallasey near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 9.5 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
What are the best walks near Wallasey?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wirral Circular Trail, King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border and King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to Liverpool. Central Park alone has 3.3 km of path.
How many people in Wallasey live near a park?
90% 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 Wallasey?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Wallasey good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 35% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 43% (1.9 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 Wallasey’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Wallasey’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.