Broseley’s biggest
Woodlands Green
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.5 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Broseley · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Broseley
The Shropshire Hills National Landscape begins 1.5 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Broseley add up to 1.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 46 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.4 for every square kilometre. Broseley grades C+ for the outdoors: #9 of 19 in Shropshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
74%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
46 km
3.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
8%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Shropshire Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Broseley?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Shropshire Hills National Landscape starts 1.5 mi north-west.Less park per person1.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Broseley’s strongest suit is the Shropshire Hills National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Broseley grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Broseley, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C+
Better than 39% of UK towns#9 of 19 in Shropshire · 30th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
17out of
100
100
A park within a walk74%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape8%of the land within 5 km
70out of
100
100
Footpaths3.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
69out 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
Broseley is 30th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 5,300 to 5,900 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
Broseley3.4
Towns its size2.3
Shropshire towns2.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Broseley1.2
Towns its size1.9
Shropshire towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Broseley74%
Towns its size80%
Shropshire towns72%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Broseley stands out most for path per km²: only 13 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 45 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventnor Isle of Wight | A+ | 4.5 | 61% | 3.7 | 25% |
| 2 | Deepcar South Yorkshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 21% |
| 3 | Haworth West Yorkshire | A | 4.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 4 | Millom Cumbria | A | 2 | 82% | 3.2 | 13% |
| 5 | St Ives Cornwall | A | 0.8 | 89% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 6 | Nailsworth Gloucestershire | A− | 1.3 | 86% | 5.9 | 88% |
| 7 | Barnard Castle County Durham | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 3.4 | 1% |
| 8 | Brotton North Yorkshire | A− | 1.4 | 89% | 3 | 2% |
| 9 | Steyning West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 86% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 10 | Blaenavon Gwent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 39% |
| 11 | Henfield West Sussex | A− | 3.8 | 51% | 4.4 | 17% |
| 12 | Merley Dorset | B+ | 3.9 | 64% | 4.1 | 6% |
| 13 | Carlton in Lindrick Nottinghamshire | B+ | 9 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Kingsbridge Devon | B+ | 1.5 | 91% | 1.6 | 67% |
| 15 | Aston Clinton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.1 | 61% | 3.8 | 29% |
| 16 | Marchwood Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 87% | 1.3 | 38% |
| 17 | Cottam Lancashire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Creswell Derbyshire | B+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Willington County Durham | B+ | 4.7 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 20 | Garstang Lancashire | B | 2.4 | 89% | 2.3 | 15% |
| 21 | Askern South Yorkshire | B | 8.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 22 | East Tilbury Essex | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2 | 0% |
| 23 | Brixworth Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 94% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Shinfield Berkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Hemsby Norfolk | B | 2.5 | 51% | 1.4 | 22% |
| 26 | Llandrindod Wells Powys | B− | 4.5 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Haddenham Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Hullbridge Essex | C+ | 5.7 | 59% | 3 | 0% |
| 29 | Aylesham Kent | C+ | 0.3 | 76% | 3.4 | 33% |
| 30 | Broseley Shropshire | C+ | 1.2 | 74% | 3.4 | 8% |
| 31 | Quorndon Leicestershire | C+ | 2.7 | 81% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Rainford Merseyside | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Crawley Down West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 80% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 34 | Pontyclun Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.4 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Ruthin Clwyd | C | 2.7 | 51% | 1.5 | 31% |
| 36 | Egremont Cumbria | C | 1.1 | 63% | 1.8 | 11% |
| 37 | Wadebridge Cornwall | C | 1.8 | 74% | 1.8 | 17% |
| 38 | Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire | C | 1.1 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Four Marks Hampshire | C | 0.9 | 46% | 3 | 31% |
| 40 | Coningsby and Tattershall Lincolnshire | C | 2.7 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Durrington Wiltshire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Undy and Magor Gwent | C | 0.9 | 86% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Red Lodge Suffolk | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Ramsey Cambridgeshire | C | 2.5 | 72% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 45 | Welshpool Powys | C− | 2.6 | 82% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Ludgershall Wiltshire | C− | 0.7 | 72% | 1.9 | 32% |
| 47 | Pembury Kent | C− | 1.1 | 45% | 2 | 58% |
| 48 | Ingatestone Essex | C− | 3.2 | 56% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Abertridwr and Senghenydd Gwent | C− | 1.8 | 87% | 1 | 0% |
| 50 | Takeley and Little Canfield Essex | D | 1 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.9 | 60% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Wigton Cumbria | D | 2.4 | 65% | 1 | 0% |
| 53 | Thornton West Yorkshire | D | 0.4 | 54% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Pontardawe West Glamorgan | D | 2.3 | 60% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Brigg Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 65% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Treherbert Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.2 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Ruskington Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 70% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Bulkington Warwickshire | D | 0.9 | 76% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Eye Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirton Lincolnshire | D− | 0.6 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Broseley’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 Broseley
The biggest is Woodlands Green, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Broseley 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 (74%)Further (26%)
Broseley74%
Towns its size80%
Shropshire towns72%
All UK towns83%
About 1,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 18 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 311 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Shropshire Hills National Landscape is 1.5 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
National Landscape
Shropshire Hills
1.5 mi north-west808 km²since 19598% of the land within 5 km
Official site8% of the land within 5 km of Broseley is National Park or National Landscape, more than 69% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
10 waymarked walks pass through or near Broseley
46 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Broseley and the kilometre around it, 3.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Telford T5012.7 km
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to Worcester7.5 km
George Maw Trail, Benthall Hall6.2 km
Ironbridge Walk, Benthall Hall5.7 km
Shropshire Way - stage 083.8 km
Monarch's Way2.9 km
South Telford Heritage Trail2.9 km
Woodland and Countryside Walk, Benthall Hall2.5 km
Shropshire Way - stage 092.4 km
Parkland and Meadow Walk, Benthall Hall1.8 km
Close to home, the Telford T50 has 13 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to Worcester and Monarch's 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 Broseley: 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 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 71 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 55 | 68 | 61 | 67 | 58 | 71 | 68 | 70 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 64 nights a year. The climate in Broseley →
Things to do
18 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
The Rotunda0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Benthall Edge Picnic Site0.1 mi from town
DirectionsThe Lloyds0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 18
Plus 18 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Iron Gorge Camping0.9 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.
Much WenlockTelfordBridgnorthShifnalAlbrightonPattinghamBroseley
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broseley | C+ | 1.2 | 74% | 8% |
| Much Wenlock 3.5 mi | B− | 2.4 | 13% | 20% |
| Telford 4.8 mi | A | 3.2 | 96% | 6% |
| Bridgnorth 5.9 mi | C− | 2.4 | 66% | 0% |
| Shifnal 6.1 mi | D | 1.0 | 89% | 0% |
| Albrighton 8.2 mi | D− | 0.8 | 32% | 0% |
| Pattingham 9.3 mi | C− | 2.0 | 80% | 0% |
Telford, 4.8 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 96% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Much Wenlock, Telford and Bridgnorth have at least twice Broseley’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Broseley
What is the biggest park in Broseley?
Woodlands Green, 0.1 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Broseley near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Shropshire Hills National Landscape, 1.5 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 808 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Broseley?
10 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Telford T50, Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to Worcester and George Maw Trail, Benthall Hall.
How many people in Broseley live near a park?
74% 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 Broseley?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Broseley good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 69% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 17% (1.2 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 Broseley’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Broseley’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.