Coseley’s biggest
Bluebell Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
22 ha (55 acres)3.6 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.6 km of path
31 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi southfrom the centre
Viewpoint
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Whatlep · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Coseley · parks, paths & countryside
Coseley has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
103 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.7 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Coseley add up to 1.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 84% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Coseley grades C+ for the outdoors: #19 of 35 in West Midlands. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
84%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
103 km
4.7 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 Coseley?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.7 km of path per km², more than 89% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Hills with a view7 mapped viewpoints, about 5× as many per resident as the typical town its size.Less park per person1.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Coseley’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by its views. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Coseley grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Coseley, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C+
Better than 43% of UK towns#19 of 35 in West Midlands · 50th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
26out of
100
100
A park within a walk84%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
54out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
90out 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
Coseley is 50th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 23,300 to 27,100 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
Coseley4.7
Towns its size3.5
West Midlands towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Coseley1.4
Towns its size2.4
West Midlands towns2.7
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Coseley84%
Towns its size81%
West Midlands towns77%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Coseley stands out most for path per km²: only 12 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 52 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire | A+ | 5.7 | 96% | 3.7 | 1% |
| 2 | Stroud Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.6 | 79% | 5.8 | 70% |
| 3 | Falmouth Cornwall | A | 1.3 | 96% | 3.5 | 41% |
| 4 | Sevenoaks Kent | A | 8.1 | 76% | 3.8 | 70% |
| 5 | Stalybridge Greater Manchester | A | 5 | 82% | 4.8 | 12% |
| 6 | Newport Isle of Wight | A | 1.8 | 80% | 3.8 | 37% |
| 7 | Ash and Ash Vale Surrey | A | 4.3 | 72% | 5.4 | 20% |
| 8 | Huntingdon Cambridgeshire | A | 5.7 | 99% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Larkfield Kent | A− | 5.6 | 75% | 3.4 | 27% |
| 10 | Rickmansworth Hertfordshire | A− | 2.9 | 81% | 4.4 | 11% |
| 11 | Droylsden Greater Manchester | A− | 5.2 | 95% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Reigate Surrey | A− | 5.5 | 58% | 4.7 | 20% |
| 13 | Felixstowe Suffolk | A− | 2 | 88% | 1.9 | 28% |
| 14 | Tadworth and Epsom Downs Surrey | A− | 3.4 | 65% | 5.3 | 16% |
| 15 | Heanor Derbyshire | A− | 4.2 | 92% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 16 | Gorleston-on-Sea Norfolk | A− | 1.4 | 81% | 3.2 | 17% |
| 17 | Little Hulton Greater Manchester | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 18 | East Grinstead West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 87% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 19 | Wilmslow Cheshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 4 | 0% |
| 20 | Newton-le-Willows Merseyside | A− | 5.2 | 99% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Ryde Isle of Wight | A− | 1.7 | 76% | 2.6 | 19% |
| 22 | Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 74% | 2.7 | 35% |
| 23 | Ingleby Barwick North Yorkshire | B+ | 2.9 | 87% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Maldon Essex | B+ | 2.8 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Chesham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 64% |
| 26 | Herne Bay Kent | B+ | 2.3 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Portishead Somerset | B+ | 2 | 82% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Haverhill Suffolk | B+ | 2.4 | 91% | 5 | 0% |
| 29 | Longbenton Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.3 | 80% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Thatcham Berkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 87% | 3.1 | 27% |
| 31 | Fleetwood Lancashire | B+ | 2.7 | 92% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Cheadle Hulme Greater Manchester | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 33 | Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock Essex | B+ | 2.2 | 97% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Bradley Stoke Gloucestershire | B+ | 2 | 93% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Oadby Leicestershire | B+ | 3.7 | 92% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Seaford East Sussex | B+ | 0.8 | 73% | 2.8 | 52% |
| 37 | Orrell Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.1 | 77% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Newton Aycliffe County Durham | B | 2.1 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Rugeley Staffordshire | B | 1.2 | 94% | 2.7 | 37% |
| 40 | Broadstairs Kent | B | 1.7 | 76% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Rhyl Clwyd | B | 1 | 84% | 2.2 | 7% |
| 42 | Sudbury Suffolk | B | 3.8 | 77% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Rawtenstall Lancashire | B | 1.9 | 83% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Droitwich Spa Worcestershire | B | 2.5 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Thetford Norfolk | B− | 2.9 | 65% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 46 | St Austell Cornwall | B− | 1.2 | 71% | 2.5 | 7% |
| 47 | Ashton-in-Makerfield Greater Manchester | B− | 2.6 | 93% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Chester-le-Street County Durham | C+ | 1.7 | 75% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Hindley Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.5 | 77% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Coseley West Midlands | C+ | 1.4 | 84% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Newquay Cornwall | C+ | 1.6 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Horley Surrey | C+ | 1.9 | 84% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Market Harborough Leicestershire | C+ | 1.9 | 94% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Ascot Berkshire | C+ | 3.6 | 56% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Walton-on-Thames Surrey | C | 1.6 | 81% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Potters Bar Hertfordshire | C | 1.6 | 71% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Golborne Greater Manchester | C | 3 | 66% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Wickersley and Bramley South Yorkshire | C | 1.7 | 77% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Retford Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.7 | 76% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Wisbech Cambridgeshire | D | 1.2 | 79% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Coseley’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 Coseley
The biggest is Bluebell Park, 22 ha (55 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 11 named parks by size: 34 ha (85 acres) and 7 km of path
Parks & gardens 29 haPlaying fields 5.5 ha
The two biggest, Bluebell Park and Silver Jubilee Park, are 78% of the named green space and carry 5 km of path between them. 9 of the 11 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Silver Jubilee Park
Park or garden
4.6 ha (11 acres)1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Coseley
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Clayton Playing Field
Playing field
1.9 ha (5 acres)0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Coseley
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Coronation Park
Playing field · 240 m outside town
1.7 ha (4 acres)0.3 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Folkes Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
0.6 ha (2 acres)0.4 km of path
1.3 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Coronation Gardens
Park or garden · 10 m outside town
0.9 ha (2 acres)
1.2 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Greenway Road Playing Fields
Playing field · 210 m outside town
1.5 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Green
Park or garden
0.4 ha (1 acres)0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Coseley
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Bluebell ParkPark or garden · 22 ha · 3.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSilver Jubilee ParkPark or garden · 4.6 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsClayton Playing FieldPlaying field · 1.9 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsCoronation ParkPlaying field · 1.7 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsFolkes ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCoronation GardensPark or garden · 0.9 ha · just outside town
DirectionsGreenway Road Playing FieldsPlaying field · 1.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsThe GreenPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsKing George's FieldPlaying field · 0.2 ha
DirectionsKing George's FieldPlaying field · 0.2 ha
DirectionsKing George's FieldPlaying field · 0.2 ha
DirectionsClose to home
8 in 10 Coseley 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 (84%)Further (16%)
Coseley84%
Towns its size81%
West Midlands towns77%
All UK towns83%
About 4,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 66 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 382 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cannock Chase National Landscape is 9.3 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
23 waymarked walks pass through or near Coseley
103 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Coseley and the kilometre around it, 4.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Walk Tipton Heritage Trail8.4 km
The Limestone Way8.2 km
Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring7.2 km
Neptune Health Park Walk4.8 km
Bilston to Loxdale Health Walk2.9 km
Sedgley Heritage Trail 22.6 km
Dudley Public Art Heritage Trail (Wolverton Road Trail)2.4 km
Wren's Nest UNESCO Black Country Geopark Geotrail2.3 km
Dudley Architectural Heritage Trail2.2 km
Sedgley Heritage Trail 12.0 km
Dudley Time Trail1.9 km
Monarch's Way1.7 km
Weddell Wynd Circular Health Walk1.6 km
Dudley Geological Heritage Trail1.6 km
Dudley Public Art Heritage Trail (Priory Park Trail)1.4 km
The Tecton Trail1.3 km
Plus 7 more waymarked walks on the map.
Close to home, the Walk Tipton Heritage Trail has 8 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring and Monarch's 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 Coseley: 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 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 50 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 71 | 66 | 69 | 64 | 81 | 75 | 75 |
February is the driest month (50 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 81 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Coseley →
Things to do
7 viewpoints and 66 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.
7Viewpoints4.8× towns its size6Hills and peaks1Waterfalls9Nature reserves8.8× towns its size10Picnic sites10× towns its size66Playgrounds2.1× towns its size1Dog parks
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 7
Warden's View0.2 mi from town
DirectionsMurchison's View0.4 mi from town
DirectionsElephant House Viewpoint (NE Birmingham to E Wolverhampton)0.7 mi from town
DirectionsBaggeridge Toposcope1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 6
Mons Hill215 m (705 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCinder Hill226 m (741 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsWrens Nest Hill241 m (791 ft) · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsSedgley Beacon238 m (779 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsDudley Castle Hill230 m (756 ft) · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsEve Hill223 m (732 ft) · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Flamingo Falls0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 9
Cosely Canal Cut & Tunnel SINC Black Country Geosite1.5 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsCinder Hill SINC Black Country Geosite3.0 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCotwall End Valley Local Nature Reserve Black Country Geosite4.4 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsBilston Urban Village Nature Reserve1.9 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsHolloway Street Quarry SINC Black Country Geosite11 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Hill Black Country Geosite33 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsSedgley Beacon & Beacon Hill Quarries SINC Black Country Geosite21 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsAlder Coppice Local Nature Reserve8.6 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve more.
Picnic sites 10
Plus 10 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 66
Pingo's Indoor Play0.6 mi from town
DirectionsAintree Playground0.6 mi from town
DirectionsRides0.7 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Play Area0.7 mi from town
DirectionsWild Play1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 61 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 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.
SedgleyTiptonBilstonDudleyDarlastonRowley RegisCoseley
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Dudley, 2.4 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 91% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Dudley and Rowley Regis have at least twice Coseley’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Coseley
What is the biggest park in Coseley?
Bluebell Park, 22 ha (55 acres), with 3.6 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Silver Jubilee Park (4.6 ha) is second. 11 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Coseley near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 9.3 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Coseley?
23 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Walk Tipton Heritage Trail, The Limestone Way and Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring. Bluebell Park alone has 3.6 km of path.
How many people in Coseley live near a park?
84% 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 Coseley?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Coseley good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 90% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 26% (1.4 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 Coseley’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Coseley’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.