Winchburgh’s biggest
Auldcathie District Park
Park or garden
24 ha (58 acres)3.4 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.4 km of path
33 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Winchburgh
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Winchburgh, Main Street, Former Winchburgh Primary Schools Including Boundary Walls and Outbuildings · Photo: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Winchburgh · parks, paths & countryside
84% of Winchburgh’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Winchburgh add up to 6.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. 45 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.7 for every square kilometre. The sea makes up 10% of the area within 5 km. Winchburgh has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
6.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
84%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
45 km
3.7 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
The sea
10%
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 Winchburgh’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 Winchburgh
The biggest is Auldcathie District Park, 24 ha (58 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Winchburgh Community Garden
Park or garden
0.0 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Winchburgh
Picnic site
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Winchburgh’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 (84%)Further (16%)
Winchburgh84%
West Lothian towns90%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 13 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 330 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Winchburgh is on the Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath
45 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Winchburgh and the kilometre around it, 3.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
National
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath8.1 km
The Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath, a national route, passes Winchburgh.
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 Winchburgh: June 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) | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 79 | 73 | 69 | 52 | 50 | 73 | 72 | 82 | 68 | 99 | 87 | 91 |
May is the driest month (50 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 99 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 54 nights a year. The climate in Winchburgh →
The coast
Winchburgh is near the sea
10% of the area within 5 km of Winchburgh is sea. 7 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by SEPA; check it before swimming.
Things to do
13 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 4
Greendykes Bing189 m (620 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsGreendykes Bing South Top128 m (419 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsSouth Philpstoun Bing113 m (371 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNorth Philpstoun Bing115 m (377 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Winchburgh Community Gardenin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 3
Run Free Dog Fields - Winchburgh0.9 mi from town
DirectionsThe Paw Park - Ecclesmachan field1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park 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.
BroxburnKirklistonSouth QueensferryEast CalderLivingstonMid CalderWinchburgh
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchburgh | – | 6.0 | 84% | 0% |
| Broxburn 2.0 mi | – | 1.8 | 83% | 0% |
| Kirkliston 2.4 mi | – | 3.0 | 97% | 0% |
| South Queensferry 3.3 mi | – | 0.9 | 75% | 0% |
| East Calder 4.3 mi | – | 13.6 | 90% | 0% |
| Livingston 4.9 mi | – | 4.6 | 95% | 0% |
| Mid Calder 5.0 mi | – | 32.5 | 96% | 0% |
East Calder and Mid Calder have at least twice Winchburgh’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Winchburgh
What is the biggest park in Winchburgh?
Auldcathie District Park, 24 ha (58 acres), with 3.4 km of path. Winchburgh Community Garden (0.0 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Winchburgh near a National Park?
No National Park or National Scenic Area is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Winchburgh.
What are the best walks near Winchburgh?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath. Auldcathie District Park alone has 3.4 km of path.
How many people in Winchburgh live near a park?
84% 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 Winchburgh?
June 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 Winchburgh’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Winchburgh’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.