Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Chris Upson · CC BY-SA 2.063 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Stepps add up to 4.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 75% of residents. Stepps has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Stepps’ locality.
The biggest is Hogganfield Park, 59 ha (145 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
About 1,900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 54 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 142 residents.
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.
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
63 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Stepps and the kilometre around it, 4.4 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.
Close to home, the Seven Lochs Trail has 8 km of local walk within 2 km of the town.
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.
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) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 121 | 103 | 92 | 64 | 67 | 76 | 93 | 105 | 96 | 125 | 113 | 128 |
April is the driest month (64 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 128 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 49 nights a year. The climate in Stepps →
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Stepps is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Check the water before you swim. SEPA tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Woodhead, at 105 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Stepps.
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 49 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepps | – | 4.0 | 75% | 0% |
| Chryston 1.7 mi | – | 0.8 | 68% | 0% |
| Gartcosh 2.2 mi | – | 1.1 | 90% | 0% |
| Lenzie 2.4 mi | – | 3.6 | 90% | 0% |
| Moodiesburn 2.9 mi | – | 1.0 | 64% | 0% |
| Bishopbriggs 3.1 mi | – | 2.5 | 88% | 0% |
| Bargeddie 3.3 mi | – | 10.7 | 90% | 0% |
Bargeddie has at least twice Stepps’ green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Hogganfield Park, 59 ha (145 acres), with 4.8 km of path, just outside the locality. Bluebell Play Park (1.9 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park begins 15 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Seven Lochs Trail and Provan Hall Trail. Hogganfield Park alone has 4.8 km of path.
Netherlee Stone Beach, 6.8 mi from the edge of the town, then Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot) (8.0 mi). Stepps itself is inland.
75% 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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
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 Stepps’ overall grade.
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