Riccall’s biggest
Riccall Millennium Green
Park or garden
0.4 ha (1 acres)0.2 km of path
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Riccall · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Riccall lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Riccall add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 14 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Riccall grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
14 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Howardian Hills National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Riccall grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Riccall, 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 49% of UK towns22nd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
67out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
23out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 1% sea, under the 5% that counts
42out 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.
Villages its size
Riccall is 22nd 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.
Outdoors score: the share of UK towns each one beats
Footpath, km per km²
Riccall1.7
Villages its size2.2
North Yorkshire towns2.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Riccall2.9
Villages its size1.8
North Yorkshire towns1.7
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Riccall100%
Villages its size88%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Riccall stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 40 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reydon Suffolk | A+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.6 | 49% |
| 2 | Wolsingham County Durham | A+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 55% |
| 3 | Aldeburgh Suffolk | A | 2.3 | 88% | 2.3 | 41% |
| 4 | St Margaret's at Cliffe Kent | A | 2.3 | 90% | 2.4 | 15% |
| 5 | Old Stratford Northamptonshire | A | 9.8 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Upton upon Severn Worcestershire | A− | 4.9 | 90% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 7 | Colerne Wiltshire | A− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.4 | 84% |
| 8 | West Wick Somerset | A− | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 9 | Tanfield Lea County Durham | A− | 3.8 | 89% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Sway Hampshire | B+ | 2.9 | 38% | 4 | 74% |
| 11 | Kington Herefordshire | B+ | 3.9 | 89% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 12 | Williton Somerset | B+ | 1.1 | 88% | 2.1 | 31% |
| 13 | Cotford St Luke Somerset | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 6% |
| 14 | Nant-y-moel Mid Glamorgan | B | 7 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Chattenden Kent | B | 1.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Middlestown and Overton West Yorkshire | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Stalbridge Dorset | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Narberth Dyfed | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 4% |
| 19 | Watlington Oxfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 67% | 2.4 | 55% |
| 20 | Wootton (Vale of White Horse) Oxfordshire | B− | 3.4 | 84% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 21 | Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire | B− | 3.8 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 22 | Riccall North Yorkshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Ashurst Hampshire | B− | 0.9 | 65% | 3.6 | 72% |
| 24 | St Dennis Cornwall | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Padstow Cornwall | C+ | 0.6 | 33% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 26 | Pentyrch South Glamorgan | C+ | 2.6 | 50% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 27 | Renishaw Derbyshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Shelley Essex | C+ | 0.7 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Witchford Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Grendon Warwickshire | C+ | 8.1 | 71% | 2 | 0% |
| 31 | Coven Staffordshire | C+ | 3.6 | 87% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Ruspidge Gloucestershire | C+ | 2 | 46% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Lingwood Norfolk | C+ | 1.2 | 73% | 2.6 | 26% |
| 34 | Pontycymer Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.2 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 35 | South Milford North Yorkshire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Dearham Cumbria | C | 0.6 | 72% | 1.4 | 6% |
| 37 | Bletchingley Surrey | C | 0.5 | 10% | 3.9 | 18% |
| 38 | Bugle Cornwall | C− | 1.8 | 92% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Hambleton Lancashire | C− | 2.3 | 14% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Eggborough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.5 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Wilstead Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 88% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Marshfield Gwent | C− | 1 | 85% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Hathern Leicestershire | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Knowsley Merseyside | C− | 3.1 | 77% | 1 | 0% |
| 45 | Aberfan Mid Glamorgan | C− | 4.5 | 58% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Cornforth County Durham | C− | 1.9 | 66% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Collingham West Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Stilton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Dinnington Tyne and Wear | C− | 1.6 | 89% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Brown Edge Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Eastry Kent | D | 2 | 77% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 52 | St Stephen Cornwall | D | 1.2 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Leyburn North Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 22% | 2 | 16% |
| 54 | Fishburn County Durham | D | 1.5 | 76% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Parbold Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 36% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Aston-on-Trent Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 44% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Burton upon Stather Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 75% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Myerscough Smithy Lancashire | D | 0.5 | 45% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Garden City Clwyd | D− | 1.5 | 58% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Leven East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.2 | 64% | 0.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Riccall’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 Riccall
The biggest is Riccall Millennium Green, 0.4 ha (1 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Riccall’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).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Riccall100%
Villages its size88%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Howardian Hills National Landscape is 16 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Riccall
14 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Riccall and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York)5.4 km
Camino Ingles to Santiago2.2 km
Riccall Round Walk 22.0 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York) and Camino Ingles to Santiago.
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 Riccall: 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 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 57 | 57 | 63 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 53 |
March is the driest month (40 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 63 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Riccall →
Things to do
2 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
Riccall is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
York Beach8.2 mi from Riccall’s edge
DirectionsDoncaster Lakeside Beach22 mi from Riccall’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside22 mi from Riccall’s edge
DirectionsSea Lions23 mi from Riccall’s edge
DirectionsPebble Beach29 mi from Riccall’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
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
Nature reserves 1
Three Hagges Woodmeadow10 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsCampsites 1
South Newlands Farm0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
BarlbyCawoodSelbyNorth DuffieldBraytonThorpe WilloughbyRiccall
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riccall | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Barlby 2.3 mi | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 0% |
| Cawood 2.9 mi | D | 1.9 | 60% | 0% |
| Selby 3.6 mi | C− | 1.6 | 81% | 0% |
| North Duffield 4.0 mi | C | 2.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Brayton 4.6 mi | C | 0.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Thorpe Willoughby 4.9 mi | C | 0.4 | 92% | 0% |
Riccall grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Riccall
What is the biggest park in Riccall?
Riccall Millennium Green, 0.4 ha (1 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Riccall near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Howardian Hills National Landscape, 16 mi north of the village’s edge. It covers 204 km² and was designated in 1987.
What are the best walks near Riccall?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York), Camino Ingles to Santiago and Riccall Round Walk 2.
What is the nearest beach to Riccall?
York Beach, 8.2 mi from the edge of the village, then Doncaster Lakeside Beach (22 mi). Riccall itself is inland.
How many people in Riccall 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 Riccall?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Riccall good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 23% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 67% (2.9 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 Riccall’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Riccall’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.