Photo: Iain Macaulay · CC BY-SA 2.0Almost everyone in Eggborough lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 10 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.0 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Eggborough add up to 1.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Eggborough grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Eggborough?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Eggborough’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Eggborough grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Eggborough, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Eggborough is 43rd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,300 to 2,500 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Eggborough stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 56 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rawnsley Staffordshire | A+ | 17.7 | 100% | 3.7 | 36% |
| 2 | Wolsingham County Durham | A+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 55% |
| 3 | Eton Berkshire | A | 22.9 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 4 | Aldeburgh Suffolk | A | 2.3 | 88% | 2.3 | 41% |
| 5 | Lyndhurst Hampshire | A | 3.6 | 73% | 4.3 | 100% |
| 6 | St Margaret's at Cliffe Kent | A | 2.3 | 90% | 2.4 | 15% |
| 7 | Old Stratford Northamptonshire | A | 9.8 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Rowhedge Essex | A | 1.6 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Little Clacton Essex | A− | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Awsworth Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 11 | Upton upon Severn Worcestershire | A− | 4.9 | 90% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 12 | Colerne Wiltshire | A− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.4 | 84% |
| 13 | West Wick Somerset | A− | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 14 | Tanfield Lea County Durham | A− | 3.8 | 89% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Higher Folds Greater Manchester | A− | 2.8 | 90% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 16 | Sway Hampshire | B+ | 2.9 | 38% | 4 | 74% |
| 17 | Kington Herefordshire | B+ | 3.9 | 89% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 18 | Williton Somerset | B+ | 1.1 | 88% | 2.1 | 31% |
| 19 | Cotford St Luke Somerset | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 6% |
| 20 | Henlow Bedfordshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Chattenden Kent | B | 1.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Farndon Nottinghamshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Middlestown and Overton West Yorkshire | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Alresford Essex | B− | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Watlington Oxfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 67% | 2.4 | 55% |
| 26 | Wootton (Vale of White Horse) Oxfordshire | B− | 3.4 | 84% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 27 | Redlynch and Woodfalls Wiltshire | B− | 2.1 | 34% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 28 | Riccall North Yorkshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Kelvedon Hatch Essex | B− | 7.3 | 77% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Llanrwst Clwyd | C+ | 2.2 | 75% | 1.6 | 45% |
| 31 | Renishaw Derbyshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Shelley Essex | C+ | 0.7 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 33 | Hendreforgan Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.7 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Grendon Warwickshire | C+ | 8.1 | 71% | 2 | 0% |
| 35 | Coven Staffordshire | C+ | 3.6 | 87% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Ruspidge Gloucestershire | C+ | 2 | 46% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Whittington Staffordshire | C | 7.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Great Houghton South Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Pontycymer Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.2 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Tycroes Dyfed | C | 3.5 | 80% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 41 | South Milford North Yorkshire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Bugle Cornwall | C− | 1.8 | 92% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Eggborough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.5 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 44 | Hambleton Lancashire | C− | 2.3 | 14% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Wilstead Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 88% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) Cheshire | C− | 4.2 | 60% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Upper Heyford Oxfordshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Aberfan Mid Glamorgan | C− | 4.5 | 58% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Cornforth County Durham | C− | 1.9 | 66% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Maulden Bedfordshire | D | 0.9 | 55% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 51 | East Harling Norfolk | D | 1.7 | 85% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Llanhilleth Gwent | D | 1.3 | 71% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Mawsley Village Northamptonshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 2 | 0% |
| 54 | Leyburn North Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 22% | 2 | 16% |
| 55 | Broughton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 45% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Parbold Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 36% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Aston-on-Trent Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 44% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Myerscough Smithy Lancashire | D | 0.5 | 45% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Garden City Clwyd | D− | 1.5 | 58% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Shipdham Norfolk | D− | 1 | 59% | 0.8 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Eggborough’s built-up area.
How close Eggborough’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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 14 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 174 residents.
Footpaths in and around Eggborough
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Eggborough and the kilometre around it, 1.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Eggborough; 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.
The best walking months in Eggborough: May to September
The village’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 | |
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| Daylight (h) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 44 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 58 | 52 | 64 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 51 |
February is the driest month (38 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 64 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Eggborough →
14 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Eggborough is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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
Playgrounds 14
Plus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggborough | C− | 1.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Knottingley 3.9 mi | B− | 2.7 | 88% | 0% |
| Byram 4.6 mi | D | 2.1 | 19% | 0% |
| Hambleton 4.7 mi | D− | 0.1 | 52% | 0% |
| Holmfield 4.7 mi | C+ | 2.8 | 74% | 0% |
| Thorpe Willoughby 4.8 mi | C | 0.4 | 92% | 0% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam 5.0 mi | D | 2.7 | 40% | 0% |
Knottingley, 3.9 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: 88% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Eggborough
Is Eggborough near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Eggborough.
What is the nearest beach to Eggborough?
Doncaster Lakeside Beach, 13 mi from the edge of the village, then Beach at Doncaster Lakeside (13 mi). Eggborough itself is inland.
How many people in Eggborough live near a park?
100% 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 Eggborough?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Eggborough good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 7% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 28% (1.5 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 Eggborough’s overall grade.
Where Eggborough’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.
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