Conisbrough’s biggest
Minney Moor
Park or garden
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Conisbrough · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Conisbrough lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 99% of residents. Parks and playing fields in Conisbrough add up to 5.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 55 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.8 for every square kilometre. Conisbrough grades A− for the outdoors: #12 of 63 in South Yorkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
99%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
55 km
3.8 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
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Conisbrough?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep99% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam5.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 87% of UK towns.A town of footpaths3.8 km of path per km², more than 78% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.
Conisbrough’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Conisbrough grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Conisbrough, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 83% of UK towns#12 of 63 in South Yorkshire · 15th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space5.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
88out of
100
100
A park within a walk99%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
78out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
78out 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
Conisbrough is 15th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 10,900 to 12,000 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
Conisbrough3.8
Towns its size2.9
South Yorkshire towns3.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Conisbrough5.3
Towns its size1.9
South Yorkshire towns2.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Conisbrough99%
Towns its size83%
South Yorkshire towns89%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Conisbrough stands out most for park space per resident: only 7 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tring Hertfordshire | A+ | 5.7 | 95% | 4.8 | 57% |
| 2 | Snodland Kent | A+ | 7.7 | 97% | 4.4 | 44% |
| 3 | Chepstow Gwent | A+ | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 30% |
| 4 | Minehead Somerset | A+ | 1.4 | 95% | 4.3 | 47% |
| 5 | Weybourne Surrey | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 6.1 | 14% |
| 6 | Waltham Cross Hertfordshire | A | 10.6 | 100% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 7 | Holyhead Gwynedd | A | 3.4 | 78% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 8 | Penryn Cornwall | A | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 9 | Emsworth Hampshire | A | 2.3 | 56% | 3.7 | 51% |
| 10 | Sandown Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 74% | 4.5 | 28% |
| 11 | Great Harwood Lancashire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 12 | Dawlish Devon | A | 2.1 | 93% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Bradwell Norfolk | A− | 2 | 80% | 2.7 | 31% |
| 14 | Matlock Derbyshire | A− | 2.9 | 76% | 4.7 | 20% |
| 15 | Conisbrough South Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Southwater West Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 82% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 17 | Barton-upon-Humber Lincolnshire | A− | 5.9 | 97% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Uppermill Greater Manchester | A− | 2.4 | 70% | 4.8 | 27% |
| 19 | Kearsley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Cleckheaton West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 98% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 21 | New Milton Hampshire | B+ | 2.3 | 75% | 1.9 | 38% |
| 22 | Blandford Forum Dorset | B+ | 2.1 | 90% | 2.2 | 72% |
| 23 | Haslemere Surrey | B+ | 1 | 78% | 5.1 | 80% |
| 24 | Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire | B+ | 1.9 | 76% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 25 | Worsley Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.7 | 86% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 26 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | B+ | 9 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 27 | Oxted Surrey | B | 2.1 | 84% | 2.8 | 28% |
| 28 | Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.4 | 70% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 29 | Buckhurst Hill Essex | B | 4.5 | 64% | 6.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Warmsworth South Yorkshire | B | 2.7 | 79% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Gillingham Dorset | B | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 32 | Shirebrook Derbyshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 33 | Sandbach Cheshire | B− | 2.5 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Helston Cornwall | B− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 21% |
| 35 | Ystrad Mynach Gwent | B− | 5.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Mossley Greater Manchester | B− | 0.9 | 74% | 4.5 | 14% |
| 37 | Lymm Cheshire | B− | 3.6 | 89% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Leatherhead Surrey | B− | 1 | 72% | 3.9 | 24% |
| 39 | Cambourne Cambridgeshire | B− | 0.7 | 91% | 7.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Kingsteignton Devon | B− | 1.9 | 95% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Bolsover Derbyshire | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Stanwell Surrey | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Sandy Bedfordshire | C | 0.9 | 76% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Brimington Derbyshire | C | 1.2 | 72% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Ulverston Cumbria | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.8 | 8% |
| 46 | Towcester Northamptonshire | C | 1.3 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Featherstone West Yorkshire | C | 2 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Attleborough Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Cleveleys Lancashire | C− | 0.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Downham Market Norfolk | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Chatteris Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Cheadle Staffordshire | C− | 1.7 | 90% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Dinnington South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Codsall Staffordshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Leominster Herefordshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Sarn Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.8 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Desborough Northamptonshire | D | 0.6 | 69% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Wetherby West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 14% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Tonyrefail Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 48% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Watton Norfolk | D− | 0.5 | 28% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Conisbrough’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 Conisbrough
The biggest is Minney Moor, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Miners' Welfare Recreation Ground
Playing field
2.8 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Conisbrough
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Coronation Park
Park or garden
0.2 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Conisbrough
3 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Conisbrough’s homes are to 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 (99%)Further (2%)
Conisbrough99%
Towns its size83%
South Yorkshire towns89%
All UK towns83%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 764 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 13 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 Conisbrough
55 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Conisbrough and the kilometre around it, 3.8 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)6.0 km
Don Valley Way3.0 km
The Heron Way1.9 km
The regional route here is the Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby).
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
History inside Conisbrough’s parks
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Conisbrough’s named parks.
Park with listed buildings
Coronation Park
0.2 ha. 3 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
IIFountain and Lamp Standard at the southern entrance to Coronation ParkIISet of Stocks Resited in Coronation ParkIIWar Memorial in Coronation Park
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 England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Conisbrough: 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 46 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 46 | 63 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 60 | 61 | 56 |
March is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 63 mm of rain falls in June, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Conisbrough →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 15 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.
2Viewpoints6Nature reserves6.2× towns its size15Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size1Campsites
The nearest beaches
Conisbrough is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Doncaster Lakeside Beach4.6 mi from Conisbrough’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside4.6 mi from Conisbrough’s edge
DirectionsSea Lions7.4 mi from Conisbrough’s edge
DirectionsThe Beach22 mi from Conisbrough’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
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 6
Northcliffe Quarry LNR0.9 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsAshfield Brick Pits0.6 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsNew Edlington Brickpit0.2 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsOld Denaby Wetlands Nature Reserve19 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsDenaby Ings SSSI24 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsSprotbrough Flash Nature Reserve63 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 15
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Ferryboat Farm Fisheries And Camp Site1.2 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.
Denaby MainWarmsworthMexboroughBarnburgh and HarlingtonSwintonThrybergh and DaltonConisbrough
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conisbrough | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 0% |
| Denaby Main 0.9 mi | A | 10.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Warmsworth 1.9 mi | B | 2.7 | 79% | 0% |
| Mexborough 2.3 mi | B− | 2.0 | 97% | 0% |
| Barnburgh and Harlington 3.3 mi | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Swinton 3.4 mi | B+ | 3.0 | 97% | 0% |
| Thrybergh and Dalton 3.6 mi | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 0% |
Denaby Main, 0.9 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Conisbrough
What is the biggest park in Conisbrough?
Minney Moor, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Miners' Welfare Recreation Ground (2.8 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Conisbrough near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 13 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 Conisbrough?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby), Don Valley Way and The Heron Way.
What is the nearest beach to Conisbrough?
Doncaster Lakeside Beach, 4.6 mi from the edge of the town, then Beach at Doncaster Lakeside (4.6 mi). Conisbrough itself is inland.
How many people in Conisbrough live near a park?
99% 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 Conisbrough?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Conisbrough good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 78% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 88% (5.3 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 Conisbrough’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Conisbrough’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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