Warwick’s biggest
St Nicholas Park
Park or garden
19 ha (46 acres)3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
26 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Warwick
Castle Bridge monument
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Warwick · parks, paths & countryside
85% of Warwick’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
144 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Warwick add up to 3.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Warwick grades B for the outdoors: #9 of 34 in Warwickshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
85%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
144 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: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Warwick?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths3.8 km of path per km², more than 76% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Historic parks4 registered historic parks and gardens, including Warwick Castle.
Warwick’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by its historic parks.
Outdoors grade
Warwick grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Warwick, 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 62% of UK towns#9 of 34 in Warwickshire · 40th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
69out of
100
100
A park within a walk85%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
57out 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
76out 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
Warwick is 40th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 33,100 to 40,700 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
Warwick3.8
Towns its size3.9
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Warwick3.0
Towns its size2.6
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Warwick85%
Towns its size85%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Warwick stands out most for park space per resident: only 25 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locks Heath Hampshire | A+ | 3.5 | 91% | 3.7 | 4% |
| 2 | Great Malvern Worcestershire | A+ | 3.9 | 90% | 6 | 38% |
| 3 | Dover Kent | A+ | 3 | 86% | 2.9 | 29% |
| 4 | Hyde Greater Manchester | A | 4.3 | 91% | 3.9 | 1% |
| 5 | Epsom Surrey | A | 5.7 | 80% | 4.8 | 2% |
| 6 | Burgess Hill West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 87% | 5 | 27% |
| 7 | Aldershot Hampshire | A | 3.4 | 77% | 6.3 | 17% |
| 8 | Skelmersdale Lancashire | A | 7.8 | 91% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.2 | 29% |
| 10 | Haywards Heath West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 84% | 4.2 | 44% |
| 11 | Ilkeston Derbyshire | A | 3.7 | 98% | 5 | 0% |
| 12 | Rustington West Sussex | A− | 2.1 | 78% | 2.7 | 25% |
| 13 | Dunstable Bedfordshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 8 | 29% |
| 14 | Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire | A− | 4.3 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 15 | Accrington Lancashire | A− | 2.6 | 79% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Chorley Lancashire | A− | 5 | 88% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Nelson Lancashire | A− | 1.8 | 85% | 5.2 | 15% |
| 18 | Bamber Bridge Lancashire | A− | 6.4 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 19 | St Neots Cambridgeshire | A− | 3.5 | 91% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Didcot Oxfordshire | A− | 1.6 | 88% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 21 | Hoddesdon Hertfordshire | A− | 6.5 | 82% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Exmouth Devon | A− | 1.4 | 82% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 23 | Leyland Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 91% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Waterlooville Hampshire | B+ | 1 | 66% | 5.2 | 18% |
| 25 | Chippenham Wiltshire | B+ | 2.8 | 76% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 26 | Fulwood Lancashire | B+ | 3.5 | 87% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Swadlincote Derbyshire | B+ | 4.1 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Fleet Hampshire | B+ | 3.3 | 79% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Pudsey West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 94% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Hucknall Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 31 | Aberdare Mid Glamorgan | B+ | 4.6 | 84% | 1.8 | 19% |
| 32 | Hitchin Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 4.4 | 10% |
| 33 | Rowley Regis West Midlands | B+ | 4.1 | 71% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 34 | West Bridgford Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 86% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Brighouse West Yorkshire | B | 2.5 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Wigston Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | B | 3 | 81% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Billingham County Durham | B | 4.7 | 86% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear | B | 1.9 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Warwick Warwickshire | B | 3 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Denton Greater Manchester | B | 2.4 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Letchworth Hertfordshire | B | 2.2 | 85% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Loughton Essex | B | 2.9 | 74% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 91% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Borehamwood Hertfordshire | B | 1.8 | 97% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Bicester Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 99% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Prescot Merseyside | B | 3.5 | 94% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Blyth Northumberland | B | 1.6 | 83% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Chadderton Greater Manchester | B | 1.9 | 87% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Caerphilly Gwent | B | 2.6 | 82% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Redcar North Yorkshire | B− | 2.6 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Canvey Island Essex | B− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 53 | Tonbridge Kent | B− | 2.1 | 65% | 2.6 | 38% |
| 54 | Camberley Surrey | C+ | 2 | 73% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Billericay Essex | C+ | 4.1 | 70% | 3 | 0% |
| 56 | Horndean Hampshire | C+ | 0.9 | 57% | 3.3 | 53% |
| 57 | Long Eaton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Bilston West Midlands | C− | 1.5 | 76% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Bromsgrove Worcestershire | C− | 1.4 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Warwick’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 Warwick
The biggest is St Nicholas Park, 19 ha (46 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 6 named parks by size: 46 ha (114 acres) and 9 km of path
Parks & gardens 46 ha
The two biggest, St Nicholas Park and Priory Park, are 65% of the named green space and carry 6 km of path between them.
Priory Park
Park or garden
11 ha (27 acres)2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
16 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Warwick
St Sepulchre's Priory monument +1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Victoria Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
8.6 ha (21 acres)2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
12 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Myton Fields
Park or garden
6.6 ha (16 acres)0.5 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Warwick
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Wych Elm Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
0.8 ha (2 acres)0.4 km of path
2 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Pageant Gardens
Park or garden
0.2 ha (1 acres)0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Warwick
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Warwick’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 (85%)Further (15%)
Warwick85%
Towns its size85%
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; 64 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 573 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 9.1 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
9 waymarked walks pass through or near Warwick
144 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Warwick 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.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Shakespeare's Avon Way15.9 km
Rail Trail: Warwick Circular12.1 km
Centenary Way11.6 km
Grand Union Canal Walk10.1 km
Millennium Way (Warks)8.8 km
Rail Trail: Warwick Parkway Circular via Hatton5.8 km
Riverside Walk5.1 km
Rail Trail: Royal Leamington Spa Circular via Offchurch3.8 km
Centenary Way - Alternative routes0.4 km
Close to home, the Rail Trail: Warwick Circular has 12 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 4 regional routes pass through, including the Shakespeare's Avon Way, Centenary Way, Grand Union Canal Walk and Millennium Way (Warks).
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
4 registered historic parks in Warwick
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Warwick’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IWarwick Castle13 ha
Registered · Grade II*Hill Close Gardens1.1 ha
Registered · Grade IIGuy's Cliffe2.7 ha
Registered · Grade IILord Leycester Hospital0.4 ha
Listed buildings insidePriory ParkSt Sepulchre's Priory and Ruined Wall to North East of the Priory
Heritage walks
Grand Union Canal Walk 10.1 km
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 Warwick: 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 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 58 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 67 | 67 | 62 |
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 67 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Warwick →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 64 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
Warwick is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
library16 mi from Warwick’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 2
Myton Pool0.6 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsWhitnash Brook4.7 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 64
Myton Green Lakeside Play Areain town
DirectionsMyton Green Canalside Play Area0.0 mi from town
DirectionsMillbank Play Area0.0 mi from town
DirectionsWindmill Road Play Area0.2 mi from town
DirectionsChesterton Gardens Play Area0.8 mi from town
DirectionsMill Gardens Play Area0.9 mi from town
DirectionsWhitnash Brook Play area1.1 mi from town
DirectionsVilliers Street Playground1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 56 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.
Hampton MagnaRoyal Leamington SpaLeek WoottonWhitnashHattonBishop's TachbrookWarwick
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | B | 3.0 | 85% | 0% |
| Hampton Magna 1.9 mi | A− | 6.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Royal Leamington Spa 2.1 mi | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 0% |
| Leek Wootton 2.4 mi | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Whitnash 2.5 mi | B− | 2.0 | 95% | 0% |
| Hatton 2.5 mi | C | 1.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook 2.8 mi | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
Hampton Magna, 1.9 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hampton Magna has at least twice Warwick’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Warwick
What is the biggest park in Warwick?
St Nicholas Park, 19 ha (46 acres), with 3.3 km of path. Priory Park (11 ha) is second. 6 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Warwick near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 9.1 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Warwick?
9 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Shakespeare's Avon Way, Rail Trail: Warwick Circular and Centenary Way. St Nicholas Park alone has 3.3 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Warwick?
library, 16 mi from the edge of the town. Warwick itself is inland.
How many people in Warwick live near a park?
85% 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 Warwick?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Warwick are historic?
Warwick Castle (Grade I), Guy's Cliffe (Grade II), Lord Leycester Hospital (Grade II) and Hill Close Gardens (Grade II*) are on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Warwick good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 76% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 69% (3.0 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 Warwick’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Warwick’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.