Coleshill’s biggest
Old Saltleians Rugby Football Club
Playing field · 240 m outside town
6.7 ha (16 acres)
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Pebble · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Coleshill · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Coleshill
53 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Coleshill add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 69% of residents. Coleshill grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
69%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
53 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cannock Chase National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Coleshill?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On a National TrailThe E2 hiking trail Birmingham passes through.Less park per person1.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Coleshill’s strongest suit is the E2 hiking trail Birmingham. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Coleshill grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Coleshill, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
D
Better than 7% of UK towns#33 of 34 in Warwickshire
Public green space1.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
22out of
100
100
A park within a walk69%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
29out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
21out 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
How Coleshill compares with UK towns of 6,400 to 7,000
The 60 UK towns and cities of 6,400 to 7,000 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
Coleshill1.7
Towns its size2.9
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Coleshill1.3
Towns its size2.1
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Coleshill69%
Towns its size80%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Coleshill falls furthest behind on path per km², where 54 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acrefair and Cefn-mawr Clwyd | A | 6.5 | 96% | 2.9 | 36% |
| 2 | Filey North Yorkshire | A | 5.9 | 89% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 3 | Bishop's Waltham Hampshire | A | 2.6 | 93% | 3.4 | 55% |
| 4 | Chalford Gloucestershire | A | 1.6 | 96% | 4.7 | 94% |
| 5 | East Boldon and West Boldon Tyne and Wear | A | 3.4 | 96% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 6 | Shotton Clwyd | A | 4.5 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 7 | Ibstock Leicestershire | A | 8.5 | 96% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | A | 4.9 | 50% | 2.8 | 22% |
| 9 | Easington County Durham | A− | 5 | 94% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Broad Blunsdon Wiltshire | A− | 5.2 | 93% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Walton-on-the-Naze Essex | A− | 3.2 | 96% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 12 | St Blazey Cornwall | A− | 2.4 | 78% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 13 | Olney Buckinghamshire | A− | 6.3 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 14 | Whitfield Kent | A− | 2.3 | 79% | 2.5 | 32% |
| 15 | Horden County Durham | A− | 2.1 | 82% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Paulton Somerset | A− | 2.1 | 96% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Shiremoor Tyne and Wear | A− | 2.5 | 76% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Whitworth Lancashire | B+ | 2.5 | 96% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Lightwater Surrey | B+ | 9.2 | 72% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 20 | Fence Houses Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.8 | 81% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 21 | North Anston South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Cleator Moor Cumbria | B+ | 3.5 | 91% | 1.9 | 11% |
| 23 | Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 3.6 | 45% |
| 24 | Groby Leicestershire | B+ | 2.1 | 96% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Peasedown St John Somerset | B+ | 1.5 | 88% | 4 | 9% |
| 26 | Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.7 | 82% | 2.2 | 9% |
| 27 | Burley in Wharfedale West Yorkshire | B | 1.6 | 81% | 3.5 | 35% |
| 28 | Braunton Devon | B | 1.6 | 78% | 2.1 | 24% |
| 29 | Hartford Cheshire | B | 2.2 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire | B− | 2.7 | 89% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Rishton Lancashire | B− | 2.2 | 94% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Wincanton Somerset | B− | 1.4 | 88% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 33 | Crigglestone and Durkar West Yorkshire | B− | 4.4 | 45% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Blackheath West Midlands | C+ | 2.5 | 57% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Allerton Bywater West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 78% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 36 | North Baddesley Hampshire | C+ | 1.7 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Chiswell Green Hertfordshire | C+ | 4 | 54% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Denmead Hampshire | C+ | 1.4 | 72% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 39 | Chipping Norton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 67% | 2.4 | 73% |
| 40 | Rawdon West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.7 | 67% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Bolton-le-Sands Lancashire | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 1.6 | 23% |
| 42 | Brampton Cambridgeshire | C | 3.2 | 61% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Market Deeping Lincolnshire | C | 1.5 | 96% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Farnham Common and Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire | C | 1 | 55% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Hattersley Greater Manchester | C | 0.9 | 52% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 46 | Waddington Lincolnshire | C | 2.3 | 87% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Rhoose South Glamorgan | C | 2 | 43% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Great Wakering Essex | C | 1.1 | 47% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Market Warsop Nottinghamshire | C | 2.1 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Lydiate Merseyside | C− | 1.5 | 90% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Ashingdon Essex | C− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Hollywood Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 54% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Culcheth Cheshire | C− | 1.7 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Holmes Chapel Cheshire | D | 0.8 | 72% | 2 | 0% |
| 55 | Pontarddulais West Glamorgan | D | 1.9 | 67% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Coleshill Warwickshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Broughton Clwyd | D− | 0.8 | 80% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Keyworth Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.3 | 58% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Staffordshire | D− | 1.6 | 49% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Albrighton Shropshire | D− | 0.8 | 32% | 1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Coleshill’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 Coleshill
The biggest is Old Saltleians Rugby Football Club, 6.7 ha (16 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Coleshill Community Centre Green
Playing field
0.5 ha (1 acres)
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Coleshill 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 (69%)Further (31%)
Coleshill69%
Towns its size80%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 2,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 26 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 259 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cannock Chase National Landscape 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Coleshill is on the E2 hiking trail Birmingham
53 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Coleshill and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
The Tame Way - River Route16.0 km
Centenary Way10.5 km
E2 hiking trail Birmingham7.9 km
Heart of England Way7.9 km
The Tame Way - Canal Route5.9 km
The E2 hiking trail Birmingham, a national route, passes Coleshill. Close to home, the The Tame Way - River Route has 16 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Centenary Way and Heart of England 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 Coleshill: May, 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) | 8.2 | 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 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 53 | 67 | 56 | 67 | 58 | 65 | 65 | 66 |
April 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 67 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Coleshill →
Things to do
26 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.
The nearest beaches
Coleshill is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
library9.5 mi from Coleshill’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
Nature reserves 4
Ladywalk Nature Reserve37 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsWhitacre Heath37 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsCole Bank Park Local Nature Reserve22 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSmiths Wood1.8 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 26
Cole End Playgroundin town
DirectionsMeriden Adventure Playground1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 24 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Yew Tree Cottage Camping and Caravan1.2 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.
Water OrtonCurdworthKingsburyMeridenHampton in ArdenHurleyColeshill
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleshill | D | 1.3 | 69% | 0% |
| Water Orton 1.6 mi | B+ | 5.3 | 82% | 0% |
| Curdworth 2.5 mi | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Kingsbury 4.8 mi | A− | 17.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Meriden 5.0 mi | C− | 1.8 | 70% | 0% |
| Hampton in Arden 5.1 mi | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 0% |
| Hurley 5.1 mi | C | 2.8 | 75% | 0% |
Kingsbury, 4.8 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Water Orton, Curdworth and Kingsbury have at least twice Coleshill’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Coleshill
What is the biggest park in Coleshill?
Old Saltleians Rugby Football Club, 6.7 ha (16 acres), just outside the built-up area. Coleshill Community Centre Green (0.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Coleshill near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 13 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Coleshill?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the The Tame Way - River Route, Centenary Way and E2 hiking trail Birmingham.
What is the nearest beach to Coleshill?
library, 9.5 mi from the edge of the town. Coleshill itself is inland.
How many people in Coleshill live near a park?
69% 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 Coleshill?
May, July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Coleshill good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 21% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 22% (1.3 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 Coleshill’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Coleshill’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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