Hucknall’s biggest
Leen Valley Country Park
Park or garden
32 ha (80 acres)1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
45 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.1 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Hucknall · parks, paths & countryside
Hucknall has more footpath per square kilometre than 8 in 10 UK towns
118 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.0 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Hucknall add up to 3.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 87% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Hucknall grades B+ for the outdoors: #21 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
87%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
118 km
4.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Peak District National Park
Outdoors grade
Hucknall grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Hucknall, 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 67% of UK towns#21 of 49 in Nottinghamshire · 28th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
70out of
100
100
A park within a walk87%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
61out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
80out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
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.
Towns its size
Hucknall is 28th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 32,500 to 39,600 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
Hucknall4.0
Towns its size3.9
Nottinghamshire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Hucknall3.0
Towns its size2.5
Nottinghamshire towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Hucknall87%
Towns its size85%
Nottinghamshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Hucknall stands out most for park space per resident: only 18 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locks Heath Hampshire | A+ | 3.5 | 91% | 3.7 | 4% |
| 2 | Great Malvern Worcestershire | A+ | 3.9 | 90% | 6 | 38% |
| 3 | Dover Kent | A+ | 3 | 86% | 2.9 | 29% |
| 4 | Hyde Greater Manchester | A | 4.3 | 91% | 3.9 | 1% |
| 5 | Epsom Surrey | A | 5.7 | 80% | 4.8 | 2% |
| 6 | Burgess Hill West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 87% | 5 | 27% |
| 7 | Skelmersdale Lancashire | A | 7.8 | 91% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Ilkeston Derbyshire | A | 3.7 | 98% | 5 | 0% |
| 9 | Redhill Surrey | A− | 2.2 | 91% | 4.3 | 14% |
| 10 | Rustington West Sussex | A− | 2.1 | 78% | 2.7 | 25% |
| 11 | Dunstable Bedfordshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 8 | 29% |
| 12 | Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire | A− | 4.3 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 13 | Caversham Berkshire | A− | 2.5 | 77% | 4.3 | 32% |
| 14 | Accrington Lancashire | A− | 2.6 | 79% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Chorley Lancashire | A− | 5 | 88% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Nelson Lancashire | A− | 1.8 | 85% | 5.2 | 15% |
| 17 | St Neots Cambridgeshire | A− | 3.5 | 91% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Didcot Oxfordshire | A− | 1.6 | 88% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 19 | Exmouth Devon | A− | 1.4 | 82% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 20 | Leyland Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 91% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Waterlooville Hampshire | B+ | 1 | 66% | 5.2 | 18% |
| 22 | Chippenham Wiltshire | B+ | 2.8 | 76% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 23 | Fulwood Lancashire | B+ | 3.5 | 87% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Swadlincote Derbyshire | B+ | 4.1 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Fleet Hampshire | B+ | 3.3 | 79% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Lichfield Staffordshire | B+ | 2.7 | 82% | 3.1 | 2% |
| 27 | Pudsey West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 94% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Hucknall Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Aberdare Mid Glamorgan | B+ | 4.6 | 84% | 1.8 | 19% |
| 30 | Hitchin Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 4.4 | 10% |
| 31 | Rowley Regis West Midlands | B+ | 4.1 | 71% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 32 | West Bridgford Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 86% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Brighouse West Yorkshire | B | 2.5 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Wigston Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Billingham County Durham | B | 4.7 | 86% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear | B | 1.9 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Warwick Warwickshire | B | 3 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Denton Greater Manchester | B | 2.4 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Letchworth Hertfordshire | B | 2.2 | 85% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Loughton Essex | B | 2.9 | 74% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 91% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Bicester Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 99% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Prescot Merseyside | B | 3.5 | 94% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Chadderton Greater Manchester | B | 1.9 | 87% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Caerphilly Gwent | B | 2.6 | 82% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Morecambe Lancashire | B− | 0.8 | 84% | 2.2 | 2% |
| 47 | Redcar North Yorkshire | B− | 2.6 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Canvey Island Essex | B− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Tonbridge Kent | B− | 2.1 | 65% | 2.6 | 38% |
| 50 | Camberley Surrey | C+ | 2 | 73% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Billericay Essex | C+ | 4.1 | 70% | 3 | 0% |
| 52 | Winsford Cheshire | C+ | 1.3 | 92% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Pontefract West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.6 | 84% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater Surrey | C+ | 2.2 | 69% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Morley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.2 | 87% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Horndean Hampshire | C+ | 0.9 | 57% | 3.3 | 53% |
| 57 | Long Eaton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Bilston West Midlands | C− | 1.5 | 76% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Bromsgrove Worcestershire | C− | 1.4 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Hucknall’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 Hucknall
The biggest is Leen Valley Country Park, 32 ha (80 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Titchfield Park
Playing field
11 ha (27 acres)4.1 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.1 km of path
15 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Hucknall
2 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Merlin Park
Park or garden
7.4 ha (18 acres)0.5 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Hucknall 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).
Within 400 m (87%)Further (13%)
Hucknall87%
Towns its size85%
Nottinghamshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 5,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 30 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,195 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 15 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
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Hucknall
118 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Hucknall and the kilometre around it, 4.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalOther waymarked
Robin Hood Way19.3 km
Broxtowe Country Trail12.7 km
Hucknall Road Walkway1.5 km
The regional route here is the Robin Hood Way.
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 Hucknall: 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 62 | 76 | 74 | 72 |
March is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 76 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Hucknall →
Things to do
30 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK town its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
4Hills and peaks4× towns its size6Nature reserves2.8× towns its size30Playgrounds0.7× towns its size
The nearest beaches
Hucknall is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach9.6 mi from Hucknall’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
Hills and peaks 4
Long Hill0.0 mi from town
DirectionsLeiver's Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsBeacon Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsMisk Hill153 m (502 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 6
Springfield Corner0.7 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsMoorbridge Pond Nature Reserve1.2 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsSeller's Wood19 ha · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsSnape Wood Nature Reserve2.3 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsWatnall Spinney1.0 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsKimberley Meadow Nature Reserve0.3 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 30
Nabbs Lane Playgroundin town
DirectionsOceans of Funin town
DirectionsWashdyke Recreation Groundin town
DirectionsBulwell Hall Park Play Area0.7 mi from town
DirectionsRise Park Play Area0.8 mi from town
DirectionsCommercial Road Play Area1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 24 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Bestwood VillageNewsteadNuthall and WatnallKimberleyAnnesley WoodhouseEastwoodHucknall
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall | B+ | 3.0 | 87% | 0% |
| Bestwood Village 1.5 mi | A | 43.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Newstead 2.8 mi | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Nuthall and Watnall 3.0 mi | A | 6.3 | 97% | 0% |
| Kimberley 3.2 mi | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Annesley Woodhouse 3.7 mi | C+ | 1.1 | 96% | 0% |
| Eastwood 3.9 mi | B+ | 2.6 | 93% | 0% |
Bestwood Village, 1.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Bestwood Village and Nuthall and Watnall have at least twice Hucknall’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Hucknall
What is the biggest park in Hucknall?
Leen Valley Country Park, 32 ha (80 acres), with 1.7 km of path. Titchfield Park (11 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Hucknall near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 15 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Hucknall?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Robin Hood Way, Broxtowe Country Trail and Hucknall Road Walkway.
What is the nearest beach to Hucknall?
The Beach, 9.6 mi from the edge of the town. Hucknall itself is inland.
How many people in Hucknall live near a park?
87% 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 Hucknall?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Hucknall good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 80% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 70% (3.0 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 Hucknall’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Hucknall’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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