Nuneaton’s biggest
Whittleford Park
Park or garden
52 ha (128 acres)9.5 km of path
2 h 5 minto walk all 9.5 km of path
73 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi north-westfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: John Welford · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Nuneaton · parks, paths & countryside
94% of Nuneaton’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 178 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Nuneaton add up to 2.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Nuneaton grades B− for the outdoors: #12 of 34 in Warwickshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
94%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
178 km
3.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Outdoors grade
Nuneaton grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Nuneaton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B−
Better than 54% of UK towns#12 of 34 in Warwickshire · 39th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
53out of
100
100
A park within a walk94%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
74out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
63out 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
Nuneaton is 39th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 71,300 to 110,800 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
Nuneaton3.1
Towns its size4.0
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Nuneaton2.3
Towns its size2.5
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Nuneaton94%
Towns its size86%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Nuneaton falls furthest behind on path per km², where 42 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hastings East Sussex | A+ | 3.1 | 76% | 4.3 | 42% |
| 2 | Burnley Lancashire | A+ | 3.4 | 95% | 5.7 | 7% |
| 3 | Gillingham Kent | A | 1.6 | 86% | 5.3 | 23% |
| 4 | Ashford Kent | A | 2.7 | 94% | 5.2 | 23% |
| 5 | Guildford Surrey | A | 2.8 | 86% | 6.1 | 31% |
| 6 | Eastbourne East Sussex | A | 2 | 75% | 4.3 | 23% |
| 7 | Chatham Kent | A | 1.6 | 78% | 6.4 | 26% |
| 8 | Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire | A | 3 | 95% | 3.6 | 18% |
| 9 | Bath Somerset | A | 1.8 | 89% | 5.6 | 50% |
| 10 | Harlow Essex | A | 3.7 | 99% | 8.2 | 0% |
| 11 | Barnsley South Yorkshire | A | 4.3 | 95% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Bracknell Berkshire | A | 3.7 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 13 | South Shields Tyne and Wear | A | 2.4 | 80% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Weston-super-Mare Somerset | A− | 1.2 | 87% | 3.7 | 8% |
| 15 | Chesterfield Derbyshire | A− | 2.7 | 86% | 4.4 | 4% |
| 16 | Stevenage Hertfordshire | A− | 3 | 98% | 7.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire | A− | 5.2 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 18 | Lowestoft Suffolk | A− | 1.8 | 79% | 3 | 17% |
| 19 | Aylesbury Buckinghamshire | A− | 1.8 | 88% | 9.5 | 5% |
| 20 | Carlisle Cumbria | A− | 3.2 | 91% | 3.1 | 4% |
| 21 | St Albans Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 95% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Harrogate North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 86% | 3.6 | 6% |
| 23 | Maidstone Kent | A− | 2.9 | 81% | 3.5 | 20% |
| 24 | Redditch Worcestershire | A− | 4.1 | 84% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Bedford Bedfordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 88% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Wakefield West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.9 | 86% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Oldham Greater Manchester | B+ | 1.7 | 87% | 5 | 0% |
| 28 | High Wycombe Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.6 | 68% | 5.4 | 67% |
| 29 | Birkenhead Merseyside | B+ | 3.1 | 71% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Salford Greater Manchester | B | 2 | 91% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Chelmsford Essex | B | 2.4 | 87% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Wythenshawe Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 84% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 33 | St Helens Merseyside | B | 3.4 | 91% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Wallasey Merseyside | B | 1.9 | 90% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Preston Lancashire | B | 3 | 80% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Rotherham South Yorkshire | B | 3.1 | 73% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Wigan Greater Manchester | B | 2.7 | 81% | 4 | 0% |
| 38 | Hartlepool County Durham | B− | 1.7 | 73% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Nuneaton Warwickshire | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Rugby Warwickshire | B− | 2.8 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Tamworth Staffordshire | B− | 2.7 | 89% | 3 | 0% |
| 42 | West Bromwich West Midlands | B− | 2.7 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Grimsby Lincolnshire | B− | 1.3 | 75% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 44 | Halifax West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 86% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Bury Greater Manchester | B− | 2.4 | 82% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Stafford Staffordshire | B− | 1.9 | 70% | 3.1 | 11% |
| 47 | Royal Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | B− | 6.1 | 64% | 3 | 0% |
| 48 | Lincoln Lincolnshire | B− | 2.5 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Stockton-on-Tees County Durham | C+ | 2 | 83% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Woking Surrey | C+ | 1.7 | 67% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Shrewsbury Shropshire | C+ | 1.6 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Darlington County Durham | C+ | 2.2 | 87% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Worcester Worcestershire | C | 1.5 | 77% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Doncaster South Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 72% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Solihull West Midlands | C | 2.9 | 54% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Scunthorpe Lincolnshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Chester Cheshire | C | 1.6 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Crewe Cheshire | C | 1.6 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Southport Merseyside | C− | 1.4 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Burton upon Trent Staffordshire | C− | 1.9 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Nuneaton’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 Nuneaton
The biggest is Whittleford Park, 52 ha (128 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 13 named parks by size: 141 ha (347 acres) and 24 km of path
Parks & gardens 129 haPlaying fields 11 ha
The two biggest, Whittleford Park and Hartshill Hayes Country Park, are 77% of the named green space and carry 15 km of path between them. 5 of the 13 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Hartshill Hayes Country Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
56 ha (138 acres)5.1 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.1 km of path
78 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
2.4 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Riversley Park
Park or garden
5.7 ha (14 acres)2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi eastfrom the centre
2 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Riversley Park
Park or garden
5.7 ha (14 acres)2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi eastfrom the centre
2 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Montana Walk Greenspace
Park or garden
3.0 ha (8 acres)1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi south-westfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Lingmoor Park
Park or garden
3.2 ha (8 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Stockingford Recreation Ground
Playing field
4.7 ha (12 acres)0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi south-westfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Sandon Park
Playing field
5.8 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 13 named parks and green spaces
Whittleford ParkPark or garden · 52 ha · 9.5 km of path
DirectionsHartshill Hayes Country ParkPark or garden · 56 ha · 5.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsRiversley ParkPark or garden · 5.7 ha · 2.3 km of path
DirectionsRiversley ParkPark or garden · 5.7 ha · 2.3 km of path
DirectionsMontana Walk GreenspacePark or garden · 3.0 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsLingmoor ParkPark or garden · 3.2 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsStockingford Recreation GroundPlaying field · 4.7 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsSandon ParkPlaying field · 5.8 ha
DirectionsAnker FieldsPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsGeorge Eliot Memorial GardensPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsAbbey GardensPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsMarlborough Road Recreation GroundPlaying field · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsThe Old AllotmentsPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsClose to home
How close Nuneaton’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 (94%)Further (6%)
Nuneaton94%
Towns its size86%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 5,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 46 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,931 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
11 waymarked walks pass through or near Nuneaton
178 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Nuneaton and the kilometre around it, 3.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Centenary Way18.9 km
Quarrymans Walk9.8 km
Footpath T544.9 km
Rail Trail: Bermuda Park > Bedworth4.3 km
Rail Trail: Bedworth Circular via Bulkington4.1 km
North Arden Trail - Parish Loop3.0 km
Footpath T533.0 km
North Arden Heritage Trail2.8 km
Rail Trail: George Eliot’s Nuneaton Circular2.6 km
Footpath T501.4 km
ACW Circular Walk 141.4 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Centenary Way and North Arden Heritage Trail.
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 Nuneaton: 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) | 8.2 | 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 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 58 | 69 | 67 | 63 |
March is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 69 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Nuneaton →
The coast
Beaches near Nuneaton
0% of the area within 5 km of Nuneaton is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 1 beach is mapped within 5 km.
libraryIn town
DirectionsSea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
46 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.
1Viewpoints3Hills and peaks2.6× towns its size2Nature reserves1Picnic sites46Playgrounds0.6× towns its size1Slipways
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Mount Jud158 m (518 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsHartshill Pyramid152 m (499 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsOldbury Hill188 m (617 ft) · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Whytell Pools Nature Reserve2.0 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsWindmill Hill Community Nature Reserve3.2 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 46
Buttermere Playgroundin town
DirectionsCamp Hill Basketball Courtin town
DirectionsCoronation Walk Playgroundin town
DirectionsGeorgie's Gift Play Areain town
DirectionsHelicopter Parkin town
DirectionsJubilee Playgroundin town
DirectionsSandon Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsStockingford Recreation Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 38 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
BermudaHartshillBedworthAnsleyMancetter and WitherleyBulkingtonNuneaton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 0% |
| Bermuda 1.2 mi | B | 4.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Hartshill 2.3 mi | A | 19.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Bedworth 3.2 mi | C | 1.5 | 87% | 0% |
| Ansley 3.4 mi | C− | 1.8 | 64% | 0% |
| Mancetter and Witherley 3.9 mi | B− | 3.1 | 88% | 0% |
| Bulkington 3.9 mi | D | 0.9 | 76% | 0% |
Hartshill, 2.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Bermuda and Hartshill have at least twice Nuneaton’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Nuneaton
What is the biggest park in Nuneaton?
Whittleford Park, 52 ha (128 acres), with 9.5 km of path. Hartshill Hayes Country Park (56 ha) is second. 13 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Nuneaton near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Nuneaton.
What are the best walks near Nuneaton?
11 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Centenary Way, Quarrymans Walk and Footpath T54. Whittleford Park alone has 9.5 km of path.
How many people in Nuneaton live near a park?
94% 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 Nuneaton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Nuneaton good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 63% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 53% (2.3 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 Nuneaton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Nuneaton’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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