Photo: Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and walks in Leeming Bar
Footpaths add up to 8 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 0.9 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Leeming Bar add up to 0.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. No park or playing field is mapped within a 5-minute walk of homes in Leeming Bar. Leeming Bar grades D− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Leeming Bar grades D− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Leeming Bar, 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.
How Leeming Bar compares with UK villages of 1,000 to 1,100
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,100 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Leeming Bar falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 54 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giggleswick North Yorkshire | A+ | 14.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 75% |
| 2 | Lympne Kent | A+ | 4 | 100% | 2.7 | 34% |
| 3 | Uplyme Devon | A+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 61% |
| 4 | Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire | A+ | 11 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 5 | Bromham Wiltshire | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 6 | Blagdon Somerset | A | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 62% |
| 7 | Colney Heath Hertfordshire | A | 8.7 | 100% | 7.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Alston Cumbria | A | 5.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 100% |
| 9 | Newnham Gloucestershire | A | 4.2 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Heather Leicestershire | A | 16.9 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Blockley Gloucestershire | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 86% |
| 12 | Silverdale Lancashire | A | 2.3 | 46% | 3.9 | 76% |
| 13 | North Curry Somerset | A | 6.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 14 | Furness Vale Derbyshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 5 | 36% |
| 15 | Old Langho Lancashire | A− | 7.6 | 73% | 2.9 | 20% |
| 16 | Chedgrave Norfolk | A− | 3 | 100% | 1.7 | 26% |
| 17 | Plumpton Green East Sussex | A− | 4.6 | 54% | 3.6 | 37% |
| 18 | Cwmgwrach West Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 19 | Calver Derbyshire | B+ | 2.2 | 44% | 4.8 | 99% |
| 20 | Hyde Heath Buckinghamshire | B+ | 5.4 | 68% | 2.1 | 81% |
| 21 | Groombridge East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 77% | 2.8 | 92% |
| 22 | Crowlas Cornwall | B+ | 3.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 23% |
| 23 | Blackfordby Leicestershire | B+ | 3.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 24 | Five Ash Down East Sussex | B+ | 2.8 | 0% | 4.1 | 43% |
| 25 | Avening Gloucestershire | B | 0.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 97% |
| 26 | Flamstead Hertfordshire | B | 2.1 | 82% | 2.7 | 33% |
| 27 | Fishtoft Lincolnshire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Nanpean Cornwall | B | 4.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Sharnford Leicestershire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Tackley Oxfordshire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Ettington Warwickshire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Coopersale Essex | B− | 1.1 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Carleton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | C+ | 0.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 10% |
| 34 | Chillington Devon | C+ | 0.6 | 78% | 1.3 | 55% |
| 35 | Milford Derbyshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Draycott Somerset | C+ | 2.1 | 68% | 2.1 | 46% |
| 37 | Sutterton Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Upper Basildon Berkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 0% | 2 | 97% |
| 39 | Weston Staffordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1 | 4% |
| 40 | Simister Greater Manchester | C | 16.6 | 0% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 41 | Little Melton Norfolk | C | 4.2 | 72% | 2 | 0% |
| 42 | Hilton Cambridgeshire | C | 6.8 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Huby (Hambleton) North Yorkshire | C | 2.4 | 75% | 1.5 | 2% |
| 44 | Freethorpe Norfolk | C− | 2.3 | 26% | 0.7 | 61% |
| 45 | Kimbolton Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Stebbing Essex | C− | 2.4 | 70% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | North Leverton with Habblesthorpe Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Tolleshunt Knights Essex | C− | 3.4 | 41% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Gorefield Cambridgeshire | D | 2.9 | 67% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 50 | Snitterfield Warwickshire | D | 2.4 | 63% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Crundale Dyfed | D | 1.5 | 57% | 0.5 | 5% |
| 52 | Napton on the Hill Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 69% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Aberporth Dyfed | D | 0.6 | 38% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Wisbech St Mary Cambridgeshire | D | 1.8 | 69% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Horsham St Faith Norfolk | D | 0.9 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Hockliffe Bedfordshire | D− | 1.2 | 49% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | South Hykeham Lincolnshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Pencader Dyfed | D− | 1.2 | 30% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Netheravon Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Leeming Bar North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 0.9 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Leeming Bar’s built-up area.
Few Leeming Bar 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).
About 1,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 133 residents.
The Nidderdale National Landscape is 6.5 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.
Yorkshire Dales National Park covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
Footpaths in and around Leeming Bar
8 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Leeming Bar and the kilometre around it, 0.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Leeming Bar; 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 Leeming Bar: 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 7.9 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 44 | 60 | 58 | 67 | 59 | 66 | 67 | 60 |
March is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 67 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 54 nights a year. The climate in Leeming Bar →
8 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
Leeming Bar 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
Viewpoints 1
Playgrounds 8
Plus 7 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.
Romanby, 4.9 miles away, grades B, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Leeming, Bedale and Romanby have at least twice Leeming Bar’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Leeming Bar
Is Leeming Bar near a National Park?
Yes. Yorkshire Dales National Park begins 8.3 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Nidderdale National Landscape, 6.5 mi away.
What is the nearest beach to Leeming Bar?
Pebble Beach, 10 mi from the edge of the village, then Coatham Sands (29 mi). Leeming Bar itself is inland.
How many people in Leeming Bar live near a park?
0% 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 Leeming Bar?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Leeming Bar good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 6% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 8% (0.7 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 Leeming Bar’s overall grade.
Where Leeming Bar’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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