Cowie’s biggest
Welfare Park
Park or garden
3.7 ha (9 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Cowie
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Kevin Rae · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Cowie · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Cowie lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Cowie add up to 12.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. 14 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.6 for every square kilometre. The sea makes up 5% of the area within 5 km. Cowie has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
12.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
14 km
1.6 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: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
The sea
5%
of the area 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 Cowie’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 Cowie
The biggest is Welfare Park, 3.7 ha (9 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Cowie’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 (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Cowie100%
Stirling towns93%
Towns in England and Wales83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 21 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 129 residents.
National Parks & National Scenic Areas
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is 15 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 Park
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
15 mi north-west1,861 km²since 2002
Official siteLoch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Cowie
14 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Cowie and the kilometre around it, 1.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Cowie; its footpaths are on the map above.
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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Cowie: 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) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 128 | 109 | 95 | 61 | 67 | 74 | 84 | 91 | 88 | 121 | 122 | 130 |
April is the driest month (61 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 130 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Cowie →
The coast
Cowie is near the sea
5% of the area within 5 km of Cowie is sea.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by SEPA; check it before swimming.
Things to do
21 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
Hills and peaks 1
Fallin Bing0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Wester Moss Nature Reserve12 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 21
Chidren's Play Area1.1 mi from town
DirectionsMini Trim Track1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 19 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.
FallinBannockburnAlloaStirlingTullibodyLarbertCowie
ABCDOutdoors Grade
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Cowie
What is the biggest park in Cowie?
Welfare Park, 3.7 ha (9 acres), with 0.7 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Cowie near a National Park?
Yes. Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park begins 15 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
How many people in Cowie live near a park?
100% 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 Cowie?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
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 Cowie’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Cowie’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.