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Outdoors in Coatbridge · parks, paths & countryside
87% of Coatbridge’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
179 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 5.0 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Coatbridge add up to 4.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Coatbridge has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
The biggest is Drumpellier Country Park, 212 ha (525 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 8 named parks by size: 241 ha (596 acres) and 34 km of path
Parks & gardens 235 haPlaying fields 5.9 ha
The two biggest, Drumpellier Country Park and Dunbeth Public Park, are 93% of the named green space and carry 29 km of path between them. 3 of the 8 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Coatbridge’s biggest
Drumpellier Country Park
Park or garden
212 ha (525 acres)26.6 km of path
5 h 55 minto walk all 26.6 km of path
297 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
3 hills and peaks PlaygroundGarnheath West PathMeadhan PathLochan Path+5 paths
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (87%)Further (13%)
Coatbridge87%
North Lanarkshire towns85%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 5,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 97 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 436 residents.
National Parks & National Scenic Areas
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is 18 mi away
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the locality; circle size shows each one’s area. National Scenic Areas are Scotland’s finest landscapes, chosen by NatureScot.
National ParkNational Scenic AreaThe 5 km the grade counts
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Coatbridge
179 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Coatbridge and the kilometre around it, 5.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
The North Calder Heritage Trail7.7 km
Seven Lochs Trail2.7 km
Strathkelvin Railway Path1.8 km
The regional route here is the Strathkelvin Railway Path.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Coatbridge: 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)
7.6
9.5
11.6
14.1
16.3
17.5
17.0
15.0
12.6
10.3
8.1
7.0
High (°C)
6
7
9
12
15
18
19
19
16
13
9
7
Rain (mm)
101
88
76
57
62
63
81
91
81
105
99
103
April is the driest month (57 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 105 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Coatbridge →
Things to do
7 viewpoints, 97 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Bargeddie has at least twice Coatbridge’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Coatbridge
What is the biggest park in Coatbridge?
Drumpellier Country Park, 212 ha (525 acres), with 26.6 km of path. Dunbeth Public Park (11 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Coatbridge near a National Park?
Yes. Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park begins 18 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
What are the best walks near Coatbridge?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the The North Calder Heritage Trail, Seven Lochs Trail and Strathkelvin Railway Path. Drumpellier Country Park alone has 26.6 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Coatbridge?
Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot), 5.9 mi from the edge of the town, then Sandy Bays (6.0 mi). Coatbridge itself is inland.
How many people in Coatbridge live near a park?
87% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Coatbridge?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
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 Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Coatbridge’s overall grade.
National Parks and National Scenic Areas: Scottish Government and NatureScot boundaries (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms; the 40 National Scenic Areas), clipped to land, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dunbeth Road, Municipal Buildings, Including Boundary Walls,_Railings, Gatepiers and Gates · Photo: ML5 · Public domain