Kinross’ biggest
Kirkgate Park
Park or garden
6.6 ha (16 acres)1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Kinross · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Kinross
26 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 70% of residents. Parks and playing fields in Kinross add up to 2.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Kinross has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
2.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
70%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
26 km
1.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical town in England and Wales 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Kinross’ locality.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · Contains OS data © Crown copyright · Scottish Government, NatureScot
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Kinross
The biggest is Kirkgate Park, 6.6 ha (16 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Kinross 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 (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (70%)Further (30%)
Kinross70%
Perth and Kinross towns75%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 10 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 561 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Kinross
26 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Kinross and the kilometre around it, 1.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Other waymarked
Loch Leven Heritage Trail6.9 km
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A historic garden or designed landscape in Kinross
Historic Environment Scotland’s Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Kinross’ named parks.
Registered · Grade Kinross House3.0 ha
Heritage walks
Loch Leven Heritage Trail 6.9 km
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic Environment Scotland designations.
When to get out
The best walking months in Kinross: June 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) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 125 | 108 | 91 | 65 | 67 | 84 | 95 | 103 | 93 | 123 | 113 | 123 |
April is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 125 mm of rain falls in January, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 76 nights a year. The climate in Kinross →
The coast
Beaches near Kinross
0% of the area within 5 km of Kinross is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
Scart Island0.9 mi from town
DirectionsBurleigh Sands0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by SEPA; check it before swimming.
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 10 playgrounds
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 10
Plus 10 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Gallowhill Campsite0.2 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.
BallingryKeltyLochgellyCowdenbeath and LumphinnansCardenden and AuchterderranLeslieKinross
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinross | – | 2.0 | 70% | 0% |
| Ballingry 5.2 mi | – | 24.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Kelty 5.4 mi | – | 4.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Lochgelly 7.3 mi | – | 2.8 | 98% | 0% |
| Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans 7.5 mi | – | 3.0 | 91% | 0% |
| Cardenden and Auchterderran 8.0 mi | – | 2.6 | 91% | 0% |
| Leslie 8.1 mi | – | 6.8 | 84% | 0% |
Ballingry, Kelty and Leslie have at least twice Kinross’ green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Kinross
What is the biggest park in Kinross?
Kirkgate Park, 6.6 ha (16 acres), with 1.5 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Kinross near a National Park?
No National Park or National Scenic Area is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Kinross.
What are the best walks near Kinross?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Loch Leven Heritage Trail.
How many people in Kinross live near a park?
70% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Kinross?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Kinross are historic?
Kinross House (Grade ) is on Historic Environment Scotland’s Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes.
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 Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Kinross’ overall grade.
Sources
Where Kinross’ 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 Scenic Areas: Scottish Government and NatureScot boundaries (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms; the 40 National Scenic Areas), clipped to land, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, tracks, core paths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik’s Scotland extract, October 2026.
- Historic gardens, listed buildings and monuments: Historic Environment Scotland designations, 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: NRS Scotland’s Census 2022 output areas.
- Grade: Scottish towns have no Outdoors Grade yet.
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.