Cleckheaton’s biggest
Royds Park
Park or garden
4.0 ha (10 acres)0.3 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Cleckheaton · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Cleckheaton lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 98% of residents. Footpaths add up to 79 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.7 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Cleckheaton add up to 3.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Cleckheaton grades B+ for the outdoors: #17 of 91 in West Yorkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
98%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
79 km
3.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Peak District National Park
Outdoors grade
Cleckheaton grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Cleckheaton, 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 75% of UK towns#17 of 91 in West Yorkshire · 20th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
74out of
100
100
A park within a walk98%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
78out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
75out 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
Cleckheaton is 20th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 11,100 to 12,200 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
Cleckheaton3.7
Towns its size2.8
West Yorkshire towns3.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Cleckheaton3.3
Towns its size1.9
West Yorkshire towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Cleckheaton98%
Towns its size84%
West Yorkshire towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Cleckheaton stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tring Hertfordshire | A+ | 5.7 | 95% | 4.8 | 57% |
| 2 | Snodland Kent | A+ | 7.7 | 97% | 4.4 | 44% |
| 3 | Chepstow Gwent | A+ | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 30% |
| 4 | Minehead Somerset | A+ | 1.4 | 95% | 4.3 | 47% |
| 5 | Weybourne Surrey | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 6.1 | 14% |
| 6 | Brockworth Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 95% | 5.1 | 46% |
| 7 | Waltham Cross Hertfordshire | A | 10.6 | 100% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Holyhead Gwynedd | A | 3.4 | 78% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 9 | Penryn Cornwall | A | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 10 | Emsworth Hampshire | A | 2.3 | 56% | 3.7 | 51% |
| 11 | Sandown Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 74% | 4.5 | 28% |
| 12 | Dawlish Devon | A | 2.1 | 93% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Bradwell Norfolk | A− | 2 | 80% | 2.7 | 31% |
| 14 | Matlock Derbyshire | A− | 2.9 | 76% | 4.7 | 20% |
| 15 | Conisbrough South Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Southwater West Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 82% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 17 | Barton-upon-Humber Lincolnshire | A− | 5.9 | 97% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Uppermill Greater Manchester | A− | 2.4 | 70% | 4.8 | 27% |
| 19 | Kearsley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Cleckheaton West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 98% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 21 | New Milton Hampshire | B+ | 2.3 | 75% | 1.9 | 38% |
| 22 | Blandford Forum Dorset | B+ | 2.1 | 90% | 2.2 | 72% |
| 23 | Haslemere Surrey | B+ | 1 | 78% | 5.1 | 80% |
| 24 | Bentley South Yorkshire | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Worsley Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.7 | 86% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 26 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | B+ | 9 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 27 | Oxted Surrey | B | 2.1 | 84% | 2.8 | 28% |
| 28 | Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.4 | 70% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 29 | Buckhurst Hill Essex | B | 4.5 | 64% | 6.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Warmsworth South Yorkshire | B | 2.7 | 79% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Shirebrook Derbyshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 32 | Sandbach Cheshire | B− | 2.5 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Helston Cornwall | B− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 21% |
| 34 | Ystrad Mynach Gwent | B− | 5.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Honiton Devon | B− | 1.3 | 90% | 2 | 73% |
| 36 | Mossley Greater Manchester | B− | 0.9 | 74% | 4.5 | 14% |
| 37 | Wells Somerset | B− | 1.7 | 65% | 3.4 | 26% |
| 38 | Lymm Cheshire | B− | 3.6 | 89% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Leatherhead Surrey | B− | 1 | 72% | 3.9 | 24% |
| 40 | Kingsteignton Devon | B− | 1.9 | 95% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Bolsover Derbyshire | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Stanwell Surrey | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Sandy Bedfordshire | C | 0.9 | 76% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Ulverston Cumbria | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.8 | 8% |
| 45 | Towcester Northamptonshire | C | 1.3 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Featherstone West Yorkshire | C | 2 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Attleborough Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Cleveleys Lancashire | C− | 0.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | C− | 1 | 85% | 1.4 | 8% |
| 50 | Oakham Rutland | C− | 1.8 | 86% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Downham Market Norfolk | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Cheadle Staffordshire | C− | 1.7 | 90% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Market Drayton Shropshire | C− | 1.5 | 88% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Codsall Staffordshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Leominster Herefordshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Sarn Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.8 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Desborough Northamptonshire | D | 0.6 | 69% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Wetherby West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 14% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Tonyrefail Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 48% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Watton Norfolk | D− | 0.5 | 28% | 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 Cleckheaton’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 Cleckheaton
The biggest is Royds Park, 4.0 ha (10 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 10 ha (24 acres) and 2 km of path
Parks & gardens 8.2 haPlaying fields 1.7 ha
The two biggest, Royds Park and West End Park, are 60% of the named green space. 3 of the 5 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
West End Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha (5 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Cleckheaton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Jo Cox Community Wood
Park or garden · 40 m outside town
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.5 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
King Edward VII Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.7 ha (2 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Cleckheaton
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Hartshead Moor Cricket Club
Playing field
1.7 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Cleckheaton’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 (98%)Further (2%)
Cleckheaton98%
Towns its size84%
West Yorkshire towns87%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 58 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 200 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 9.5 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
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Cleckheaton
79 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Cleckheaton and the kilometre around it, 3.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Kirklees Way16.0 km
Bronte Way12.6 km
Brighouse Boundary Walk8.1 km
Calderdale Way3.4 km
Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary Walk1.4 km
Close to home, the Brighouse Boundary Walk has 8 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Kirklees Way, Bronte Way and Calderdale 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 Cleckheaton: 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 73 | 61 | 56 | 52 | 50 | 67 | 65 | 69 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 80 |
May is the driest month (50 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 80 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. The climate in Cleckheaton →
Things to do
58 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
Cleckheaton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Treasure Beach19 mi from Cleckheaton’s edge
DirectionsCar Park Beach25 mi from Cleckheaton’s edge
DirectionsStone Beach25 mi from Cleckheaton’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach North25 mi from Cleckheaton’s edge
DirectionsCreek Beach South25 mi from Cleckheaton’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
Hills and peaks 1
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 58
Dale Lane Playground1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 57 playgrounds 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.
Scholes (near Cleckheaton)LiversedgeGomersal and BirkenshawOakenshawHeckmondwikeBrighouseCleckheaton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleckheaton | B+ | 3.3 | 98% | 0% |
| Scholes (near Cleckheaton) 1.2 mi | B | 4.0 | 89% | 0% |
| Liversedge 1.3 mi | B+ | 2.0 | 98% | 0% |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw 1.7 mi | B | 3.2 | 83% | 0% |
| Oakenshaw 1.8 mi | A− | 7.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Heckmondwike 2.4 mi | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Brighouse 3.1 mi | B | 2.5 | 91% | 0% |
Oakenshaw, 1.8 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Oakenshaw has at least twice Cleckheaton’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Cleckheaton
What is the biggest park in Cleckheaton?
Royds Park, 4.0 ha (10 acres). West End Park (2.0 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Cleckheaton near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 9.5 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Cleckheaton?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Kirklees Way, Bronte Way and Brighouse Boundary Walk.
What is the nearest beach to Cleckheaton?
Treasure Beach, 19 mi from the edge of the town, then Car Park Beach (25 mi). Cleckheaton itself is inland.
How many people in Cleckheaton live near a park?
98% 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 Cleckheaton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Cleckheaton good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 75% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 74% (3.3 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 Cleckheaton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Cleckheaton’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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