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Outdoors in Sedgley · parks, paths & countryside

Sedgley has more footpath per square kilometre than 8 in 10 UK towns

111 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.0 for every square kilometre. 65% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Sedgley add up to 1.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Sedgley grades C for the outdoors: #30 of 35 in West Midlands. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.

5named parks 9.6 mito Cannock Chase 19waymarked walks

Green space

1.5 ha

per 1,000 residents

Typical UK town 2.1

Near a park

65%

of residents within 400 m

Typical UK town 83%

Footpaths

111 km

4.0 km per km², town + 1 km

Typical UK town 3.0 per km²

Protected landscape

of the land within 5 km

Nearest: Cannock Chase National Landscape

Character

What kind of outdoors town is Sedgley?

Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.

A town of footpaths4.0 km of path per km², more than 81% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Less park per person1.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.

Sedgley’s strongest suit is dense footpaths. Where it falls short is park space per person.

Outdoors grade

Sedgley grades C for the outdoors

Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Sedgley, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.

Better than 27% of UK towns#30 of 35 in West Midlands · 51st of 60 UK towns its size

Public green space1.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces

28out of
100

A park within a walk65%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)

25out of
100

National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km

31out of
100

Footpaths4.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it

81out of
100

The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland

42out of
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

Sedgley is 51st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors

The 60 UK towns and cities of 29,400 to 34,900 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

Sedgley4.0

Towns its size3.4

West Midlands towns3.0

All UK towns3.0

Green space, ha per 1,000 residents

Sedgley1.5

Towns its size2.2

West Midlands towns2.7

All UK towns2.1

Residents within 400 m of a park

Sedgley65%

Towns its size84%

West Midlands towns77%

All UK towns83%

Against towns its size, Sedgley stands out most for path per km²: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 45 of the others do better.

Show as a table

	Town	Outdoors	Green space	Near a park	Path per km²	Protected
1	Great Malvern Worcestershire	A⁺	3.9	90%	6	38%
2	Jarrow Tyne and Wear	A⁺	5.3	90%	6.1	0%
3	Northfleet Kent	A	2	85%	7.7	4%
4	Burgess Hill West Sussex	A	2.4	87%	5	27%
5	Witney Oxfordshire	A	2.5	88%	4.6	19%
6	Prestwich Greater Manchester	A	9	94%	4.1	0%
7	Redhill Surrey	A⁻	2.2	91%	4.3	14%
8	Rustington West Sussex	A⁻	2.1	78%	2.7	25%
9	Chandler's Ford Hampshire	A⁻	2.7	80%	5.3	6%
10	Dunstable Bedfordshire	A⁻	2	78%	8	29%
11	Caversham Berkshire	A⁻	2.5	77%	4.3	32%
12	Accrington Lancashire	A⁻	2.6	79%	5.6	0%
13	Nelson Lancashire	A⁻	1.8	85%	5.2	15%
14	St Neots Cambridgeshire	A⁻	3.5	91%	4.4	0%
15	Didcot Oxfordshire	A⁻	1.6	88%	3.8	39%
16	Cleethorpes Lincolnshire	A⁻	3	84%	2.7	0%
17	Eston North Yorkshire	B⁺	2.9	93%	2.8	2%
18	Waterlooville Hampshire	B⁺	1	66%	5.2	18%
19	Harpenden Hertfordshire	B⁺	3.5	84%	2.9	2%
20	Fulwood Lancashire	B⁺	3.5	87%	3.9	0%
21	Swadlincote Derbyshire	B⁺	4.1	84%	3.8	0%
22	Chichester West Sussex	B⁺	1.6	89%	3	40%
23	Lichfield Staffordshire	B⁺	2.7	82%	3.1	2%
24	Brierley Hill West Midlands	B⁺	3.1	82%	4.6	0%
25	Pudsey West Yorkshire	B⁺	1.9	94%	5.1	0%
26	Windsor Berkshire	B	5.5	83%	3.3	0%
27	Consett County Durham	B	1.7	87%	3.1	19%
28	Brighouse West Yorkshire	B	2.5	91%	3.8	0%
29	Wigston Leicestershire	B	2.9	88%	3.6	0%
30	Billingham County Durham	B	4.7	86%	2.9	0%
31	Loughton Essex	B	2.9	74%	5.5	0%
32	Letchworth Hertfordshire	B	2.2	85%	4.8	0%
33	Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshire	B	2.1	91%	3.9	0%
34	Caerphilly Gwent	B	2.6	82%	3.8	0%
35	Morecambe Lancashire	B⁻	0.8	84%	2.2	2%
36	Radcliffe Greater Manchester	B⁻	1.7	86%	4.2	0%
37	Stanford-le-Hope Essex	B⁻	2.6	84%	1.4	0%
38	Whitstable Kent	B⁻	1.5	84%	2.3	0%
39	Billericay Essex	C⁺	4.1	70%	3	0%
40	Winsford Cheshire	C⁺	1.3	92%	3.9	0%
41	Pontefract West Yorkshire	C⁺	2.6	84%	2.6	0%
42	New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater Surrey	C⁺	2.2	69%	4.1	0%
43	Newton Abbot Devon	C⁺	2.6	62%	2.3	6%
44	Morley West Yorkshire	C⁺	1.2	87%	3.9	0%
45	Horndean Hampshire	C⁺	0.9	57%	3.3	53%
46	Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire	C	2.2	91%	2	0%
47	Bedworth Warwickshire	C	1.5	87%	2.9	0%
48	Barnstaple Devon	C	1.6	92%	2.4	0%
49	Rayleigh Essex	C	2	71%	3.1	0%
50	Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire	C	0.7	92%	2.9	0%
51	Sedgley West Midlands	C	1.5	65%	4	0%
52	Congleton Cheshire	C	1.7	72%	3.1	0%
53	Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire	C	0.8	80%	1.8	0%
54	Bilston West Midlands	C⁻	1.5	76%	2.9	0%
55	Rushden Northamptonshire	C⁻	1.5	84%	2.4	0%
56	Heywood Greater Manchester	C⁻	1.3	80%	2.8	0%
57	Bromsgrove Worcestershire	C⁻	1.4	75%	2.6	0%
58	Port Talbot West Glamorgan	C⁻	1.3	68%	1.1	0%
59	Spalding Lincolnshire	D	1.1	85%	1.5	0%
60	Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan	D	1.5	70%	1.9	0%

The map

Parks, footpaths & countryside

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Sedgley’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 Sedgley

The biggest is Baggeridge Country Park, 78 ha (192 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.

All 5 named parks by size: 149 ha (368 acres) and 18 km of path

Parks & gardens 146 haPlaying fields 2.5 ha

The two biggest, Baggeridge Country Park and Himley Park, are 96% of the named green space and carry 17 km of path between them.

Sedgley’s biggest

Baggeridge Country Park

Park or garden

78 ha (192 acres)13.7 km of path

3 h 5 minto walk all 13.7 km of path

109 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

1.1 mi westfrom the centre

Picnic site ViewpointCircularMiners Path

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Himley Park

Park or garden · 280 m outside town

65 ha (160 acres)3.5 km of path

45 minto walk all 3.5 km of path

91 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

1.8 mi south-westfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Sedgley Hall Farm 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

1.1 mi northfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Abbey Street Recreation Ground

Playing field

2.5 ha (6 acres)0.1 km of path

4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit

0.7 mi southfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Coronation Gardens

Park or garden

0.9 ha (2 acres)

0.5 mi northfrom the centre

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Close to home

6 in 10 Sedgley 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 (65%)Further (35%)

Sedgley65%

Towns its size84%

West Midlands towns77%

All UK towns83%

About 11,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 52 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 615 residents.

National Parks & National Landscapes

The Cannock Chase National Landscape is 9.6 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

National Landscape

Cannock Chase

9.6 mi north69 km²since 1958

Official site

National Landscape

Shropshire Hills

17 mi north-west808 km²since 1959

Official site

Footpaths & waymarked walks

19 waymarked walks pass through or near Sedgley

111 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Sedgley and the kilometre around it, 4.0 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

The Limestone Way8.2 km

Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring4.7 km

Sedgley Heritage Trail 22.6 km

Wren's Nest UNESCO Black Country Geopark Geotrail2.3 km

ABCD Pub Heritage Trail2.1 km

Barrow Hill Geological Walk2.0 km

Sedgley Heritage Trail 12.0 km

Dudley Architectural Heritage Trail1.8 km

Dudley Public Art Heritage Trail (Priory Park Trail)1.4 km

Dudley Time Trail1.3 km

The Blakenhall Trail1.3 km

Dudley Geological Heritage Trail1.2 km

Alder Coppice: Blue Path1.1 km

The Tecton Trail0.8 km

All Saints' Trail0.8 km

Alder Coppice: Red Path0.7 km

Plus 3 more waymarked walks on the map.

Close to home, the The Limestone Way has 8 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. The regional route here is the Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring.

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 Sedgley: 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	8
Rain (mm)	64	48	47	57	55	63	59	64	58	74	67	69

March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 74 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Sedgley →

Things to do

4 viewpoints and 52 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.

4Viewpoints4.2× towns its size 9Hills and peaks 10Nature reserves5.2× towns its size 11Picnic sites11.2× towns its size 52Playgrounds1.5× towns its size 1Dog parks 1Campsites

Every named place, with directions

Viewpoints 4

Baggeridge Toposcope0.1 mi from town

Directions

Murchison's View0.5 mi from town

Directions

Warden's View0.5 mi from town

Directions

Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.

Hills and peaks 9

Cinder Hill226 m (741 ft) · in town

Directions

Sedgley Beacon238 m (779 ft) · 0.0 mi from town

Directions

Barrow Hill179 m (587 ft) · 0.2 mi from town

Directions

Colton Hill184 m (604 ft) · 0.5 mi from town

Directions

Wrens Nest Hill241 m (791 ft) · 0.5 mi from town

Directions

Eve Hill223 m (732 ft) · 0.5 mi from town

Directions

Mons Hill215 m (705 ft) · 0.6 mi from town

Directions

Himley Hall Hill143 m (469 ft) · 0.7 mi from town

Directions

Plus 1 peak more.

Nature reserves 10

Cinder Hill SINC Black Country Geosite3.0 ha · in town

Directions

Cotwall End Valley Local Nature Reserve Black Country Geosite57 ha · in town

Directions

Holloway Street Quarry SINC Black Country Geosite11 ha · in town

Directions

Alder Coppice Local Nature Reserve8.6 ha · 0.0 mi from town

Directions

Sedgley Beacon & Beacon Hill Quarries SINC Black Country Geosite21 ha · 0.1 mi from town

Directions

Barrow Hill Local Nature Reserve Black Country Geosite36 ha · 0.1 mi from town

Directions

Ketley Quarry SSSI/ Black Country Geosite0.2 ha · 0.9 mi from town

Directions

Cosely Canal Cut & Tunnel SINC Black Country Geosite1.5 ha · 0.9 mi from town

Directions

Plus 2 nature reserves more.

Picnic sites 11

Sparrow Copse0.3 mi from town

Directions

Plus 10 picnic sites without a name on the map.

Playgrounds 52

Aintree Playground0.2 mi from town

Directions

Plus 51 playgrounds without a name on the map.

Dog parks 1

Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.

Campsites 1

Plus 1 campsite 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.

CoseleyDudleyTiptonKingswinfordWombourneBilstonSedgley

ABCDOutdoors Grade

Town	Outdoors	Green space, ha per 1,000	Near a park	Protected within 5 km
Sedgley	C	1.5	65%	0%
Coseley 1.5 mi	C⁺	1.4	84%	0%
Dudley 2.1 mi	A⁻	3.4	91%	0%
Tipton 2.9 mi	B⁻	1.9	79%	0%
Kingswinford 3.0 mi	C⁺	2.6	71%	0%
Wombourne 3.0 mi	D	0.8	78%	0%
Bilston 3.3 mi	C⁻	1.5	76%	0%

Dudley, 2.1 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 91% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Dudley has at least twice Sedgley’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.

Questions about the outdoors in Sedgley

What is the biggest park in Sedgley?

Baggeridge Country Park, 78 ha (192 acres), with 13.7 km of path. Himley Park (65 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.

Is Sedgley near a National Park?

The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 9.6 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.

What are the best walks near Sedgley?

19 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the The Limestone Way, Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring and Sedgley Heritage Trail 2. Baggeridge Country Park alone has 13.7 km of path.

How many people in Sedgley live near a park?

65% 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 Sedgley?

May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

Is Sedgley good for walking?

For paths, yes: 4.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 81% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 28% (1.5 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 Sedgley’s overall grade.

Sources

Where Sedgley’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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