Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Worksop add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 75% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. 131 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.0 for every square kilometre. Worksop grades C− for the outdoors: #36 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Worksop, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 37,800 to 49,900 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Worksop falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 54 of the 59 others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havant Hampshire | A+ | 3.6 | 84% | 5.8 | 30% |
| 2 | Andover Hampshire | A | 2.7 | 91% | 4.4 | 21% |
| 3 | Wrexham Clwyd | A | 3.8 | 92% | 3.9 | 2% |
| 4 | Salisbury Wiltshire | A | 2.7 | 94% | 3.9 | 22% |
| 5 | Aldershot Hampshire | A | 3.4 | 77% | 6.3 | 17% |
| 6 | Wallsend Tyne and Wear | A | 6 | 93% | 5.7 | 0% |
| 7 | Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.2 | 29% |
| 8 | Haywards Heath West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 84% | 4.2 | 44% |
| 9 | Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex | A | 1.7 | 83% | 3.4 | 13% |
| 10 | Ilkeston Derbyshire | A | 3.7 | 98% | 5 | 0% |
| 11 | Bletchley Buckinghamshire | A | 4.1 | 91% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Eastleigh Hampshire | A− | 3 | 76% | 4.9 | 17% |
| 13 | Llanelli Dyfed | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 2.4 | 18% |
| 14 | Trowbridge Wiltshire | A− | 2.3 | 91% | 4.3 | 3% |
| 15 | Christchurch Dorset | A− | 2.1 | 70% | 3.3 | 14% |
| 16 | Ashton-under-Lyne Greater Manchester | A− | 3.1 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Chorley Lancashire | A− | 5 | 88% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 18 | Bamber Bridge Lancashire | A− | 6.4 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Hoddesdon Hertfordshire | A− | 6.5 | 82% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Leyland Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 91% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Cheshunt Hertfordshire | B+ | 4.8 | 79% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Newbury Berkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 81% | 3.3 | 50% |
| 23 | Hatfield Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.8 | 84% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 24 | West Molesey Surrey | B+ | 4.4 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Thundersley and South Benfleet Essex | B+ | 3.2 | 69% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Bridgwater Somerset | B+ | 1.9 | 86% | 3.7 | 2% |
| 27 | Rowley Regis West Midlands | B+ | 4.1 | 71% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Batley West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 94% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Cwmbrân Gwent | B+ | 2.1 | 84% | 3.7 | 1% |
| 30 | Middleton Greater Manchester | B+ | 3.5 | 80% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Leigh Greater Manchester | B | 5.3 | 77% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | B | 3 | 81% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire | B | 2.3 | 80% | 6.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Ramsgate Kent | B | 1.2 | 89% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Borehamwood Hertfordshire | B | 1.8 | 97% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Winchester Hampshire | B | 1.2 | 79% | 3.8 | 35% |
| 37 | Altrincham Greater Manchester | B | 2.2 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Prescot Merseyside | B | 3.5 | 94% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Blyth Northumberland | B | 1.6 | 83% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Castleford West Yorkshire | B | 2.3 | 92% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 41 | Fareham Hampshire | B | 1.1 | 48% | 4 | 2% |
| 42 | Bury St Edmunds Suffolk | B− | 3 | 78% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Oldbury West Midlands | B− | 3 | 68% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Eccles Greater Manchester | B− | 2.7 | 93% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Lytham St Anne's Lancashire | B− | 2.4 | 83% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Canvey Island Essex | B− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Braintree Essex | B− | 1.7 | 89% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Tipton West Midlands | B− | 1.9 | 79% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Willenhall West Midlands | C+ | 3.4 | 66% | 3 | 0% |
| 50 | Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Urmston Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.7 | 79% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 52 | King's Lynn Norfolk | C+ | 1.3 | 80% | 2.2 | 23% |
| 53 | Neath West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 80% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Long Eaton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Kirkby Merseyside | C | 2.2 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Grays Essex | C | 1.2 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Keighley West Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 73% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Boston Lincolnshire | C− | 2.1 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Worksop Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.3 | 75% | 3 | 0% |
| 60 | Grantham Lincolnshire | D | 0.9 | 69% | 2.7 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Worksop’s built-up area.
The biggest is Memorial Avenue Gardens, 4.3 ha (11 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 (Census 2021 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
About 11,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 28 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,551 residents.
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.
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
131 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Worksop and the kilometre around it, 3.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Close to home, the North West Clumber Walk: A Tale of Two Bridges, Clumber Park has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 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.
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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 51 | 40 | 39 | 48 | 46 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 54 | 63 | 66 | 60 |
March is the driest month (39 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 66 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Worksop →
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.
Worksop is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Plus 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worksop | C− | 1.3 | 75% | 0% |
| Shireoaks 1.8 mi | C | 1.5 | 78% | 0% |
| Woodsetts 2.9 mi | B− | 2.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Carlton in Lindrick 3.1 mi | B+ | 9.0 | 95% | 0% |
| Whitwell 4.0 mi | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Langold 4.4 mi | B+ | 13.0 | 100% | 0% |
| South Anston 4.7 mi | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
South Anston, 4.7 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Carlton in Lindrick, Langold and South Anston have at least twice Worksop’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Memorial Avenue Gardens, 4.3 ha (11 acres), with 2 km of path. Canch Recreation Ground (2.4 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 16 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
10 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the North West Clumber Walk: A Tale of Two Bridges, Clumber Park, Worksop Walk, Mr Straw's House and Northern Clumber Heath and Woods Walk, Clumber Park.
The Beach, 8.2 mi from the edge of the town, then Sea Lions (12 mi). Worksop itself is inland.
75% 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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
For paths, yes: 3.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 61% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 21% (1.3 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Worksop’s overall grade.
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