Scone’s biggest
Scone Recreation Park
Park or garden
5.7 ha (14 acres)1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Scone
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Lis Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Scone · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Scone
Footpaths add up to 45 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 4.0 for every square kilometre. 62% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Scone add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Scone has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
62%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
45 km
4.0 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
Nearest: River Tay (Dunkeld) National Scenic Area
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Scone?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Historic parksScone Palace is a historic garden or designed landscape.Parks can be a walk away38% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Scone’s strongest suit is its historic parks. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Scone’s 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 Scone
The biggest is Scone Recreation Park, 5.7 ha (14 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Scone 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 (62%)Further (38%)
Scone62%
Perth and Kinross towns75%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 2,000 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 522 residents.
National Parks & National Scenic Areas
The River Tay (Dunkeld) National Scenic Area is 8.4 mi away
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the locality; circle size shows each one’s area. National Scenic Areas are Scotland’s finest landscapes, chosen by NatureScot.
National ParkNational Scenic AreaThe 5 km the grade counts
National Scenic Area
River Tay (Dunkeld)
8.4 mi north-west57 km²since 1980
Footpaths & waymarked walks
6 waymarked walks pass through or near Scone
45 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Scone and the kilometre around it, 4.0 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.
Local
Scone to Perth3.3 km
River Tay Way2.8 km
Deuchny Trail2.2 km
Dunkeld to Scone1.6 km
Jubilee Trail0.7 km
Tower Trail0.7 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 Scone
Historic Environment Scotland’s Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Scone’s named parks.
Registered · Grade Scone Palace27 ha
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 Scone: May to July and 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 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 6.9 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 80 | 55 | 55 | 47 | 58 | 69 | 75 | 96 | 59 | 94 | 73 | 79 |
April is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 96 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 65 nights a year. The climate in Scone →
Things to do
3 viewpoints, 10 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Scone is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Burleigh Sands13 mi from Scone’s edge
DirectionsScart Island14 mi from Scone’s edge
DirectionsWormit Bay15 mi from Scone’s edge
DirectionsWoodhaven Beach16 mi from Scone’s edge
DirectionsGrassy Beach19 mi from Scone’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. SEPA tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 10
Plus 10 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.
PerthBridge of EarnBlairgowrieScone
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scone | – | 1.3 | 62% | 0% |
| Perth 2.4 mi | – | 1.8 | 79% | 0% |
| Bridge of Earn 5.3 mi | – | 1.7 | 93% | 0% |
| Blairgowrie 11.8 mi | – | 2.6 | 93% | 0% |
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Scone
What is the biggest park in Scone?
Scone Recreation Park, 5.7 ha (14 acres), with 1.8 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Scone near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the River Tay (Dunkeld) National Scenic Area, 8.4 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 57 km² and was designated in 1980.
What are the best walks near Scone?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Scone to Perth, River Tay Way and Deuchny Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Scone?
Burleigh Sands, 13 mi from the edge of the town, then Scart Island (14 mi). Scone itself is inland.
How many people in Scone live near a park?
62% 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 Scone?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Scone are historic?
Scone Palace (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 Scone’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Scone’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 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.