Yeadon’s biggest
Nunroyd Park
Park or garden
20 ha (50 acres)3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
28 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Yeadon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Yeadon · parks, paths & countryside
Yeadon 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, 4.6 for every square kilometre. The Nidderdale National Landscape begins 2.4 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Yeadon add up to 3.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Yeadon grades A for the outdoors: #3 of 91 in West Yorkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
94%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
103 km
4.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
2%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Nidderdale National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Yeadon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.6 km of path per km², more than 89% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Hills with a view10 mapped viewpoints, about 10× as many per resident as the typical town its size.Room to roam3.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 77% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Nidderdale National Landscape starts 2.4 mi north-west.
Yeadon’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by its views.
Outdoors grade
Yeadon grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Yeadon, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A
Better than 93% of UK towns#3 of 91 in West Yorkshire · 7th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
77out of
100
100
A park within a walk94%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
74out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape2%of the land within 5 km
65out of
100
100
Footpaths4.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
89out 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
Yeadon is 7th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 13,600 to 15,000 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
Yeadon4.6
Towns its size3.5
West Yorkshire towns3.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Yeadon3.5
Towns its size2.4
West Yorkshire towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Yeadon94%
Towns its size80%
West Yorkshire towns87%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Yeadon stands out most for park space per resident: only 18 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lymington Hampshire | A+ | 2.8 | 89% | 3.3 | 56% |
| 2 | Hythe Kent | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 4 | 31% |
| 3 | Otley West Yorkshire | A+ | 5.8 | 93% | 4.4 | 26% |
| 4 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 5 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 6 | Kesgrave Suffolk | A | 3.3 | 97% | 4.7 | 14% |
| 7 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 8 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Abergavenny Gwent | A | 3.2 | 83% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 10 | Wellington Somerset | A | 2.2 | 99% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 11 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 12 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Addlestone Surrey | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 15 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Tredegar Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 17 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Chertsey Surrey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 21 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 22 | Verwood Dorset | B+ | 5.7 | 41% | 3.9 | 13% |
| 23 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 3.5 | 18% |
| 25 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 39% |
| 26 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 27 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 29 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Gomersal and Birkenshaw West Yorkshire | B | 3.2 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 34 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 36 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 37 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 38 | Midsomer Norton Somerset | B− | 1.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Leicestershire | B− | 3.4 | 73% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Davenham Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Aberystwyth Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 43 | Herne Kent | C+ | 1.2 | 54% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 45 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Kidlington Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.9 | 81% | 3 | 2% |
| 48 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 49 | Birtley Tyne and Wear | C | 1.4 | 71% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Flitwick Bedfordshire | C | 0.8 | 59% | 3.9 | 3% |
| 51 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 73% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Halstead Essex | D | 0.6 | 73% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 57 | New Rossington and Rossington South Yorkshire | D | 0.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Whittlesey Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 73% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Shepshed Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 69% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Village Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 72% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Yeadon’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 Yeadon
The biggest is Nunroyd Park, 20 ha (50 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 6 named parks by size: 46 ha (115 acres) and 9 km of path
Parks & gardens 45 haPlaying fields 1.0 ha
The two biggest, Nunroyd Park and Tarnfield Park, are 80% of the named green space and carry 6 km of path between them.
Tarnfield Park
Park or garden
17 ha (42 acres)2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
24 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Yeadon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Engine Fields Park
Park or garden
3.2 ha (8 acres)1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Yeadon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Micklefield Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
4.1 ha (10 acres)1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Little Moor
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
1.0 ha (2 acres)
0.7 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Yeadon 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 (94%)Further (6%)
Yeadon94%
Towns its size80%
West Yorkshire towns87%
All UK towns83%
About 800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 20 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 714 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Nidderdale National Landscape is 2.4 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
Nidderdale
2.4 mi north-west601 km²since 19942% of the land within 5 km
Official site2% of the land within 5 km of Yeadon is National Park or National Landscape, more than 64% of UK towns. Yorkshire Dales National Park covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
8 waymarked walks pass through or near Yeadon
103 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Yeadon and the kilometre around it, 4.6 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
Leeds Country Way8.6 km
Welcome Way8.1 km
Airedale Way6.3 km
Ebor Way5.5 km
Dales Way Link5.3 km
Heritage Time Trail3.1 km
Chevin Geology Trail2.2 km
Calverley Millenium Way0.7 km
Close to home, the Leeds Country Way has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Airedale Way, Ebor Way and Dales Way Link.
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 Yeadon: 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 75 | 61 | 58 | 51 | 55 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 66 | 80 | 80 | 83 |
April is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 83 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Yeadon →
Things to do
10 viewpoints, 20 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.
10Viewpoints10.2× towns its size9Hills and peaks2Nature reserves2Picnic sites20Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size2Campsites
The nearest beaches
Yeadon is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Treasure Beach19 mi from Yeadon’s edge
DirectionsPebble Beach20 mi from Yeadon’s edge
DirectionsYork Beach24 mi from Yeadon’s edge
DirectionsDoncaster Lakeside Beach33 mi from Yeadon’s edge
DirectionsBeach at Doncaster Lakeside33 mi from Yeadon’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 10
Cemetery Viewpoint0.0 mi from town
DirectionsNob Hill Viewpoint0.0 mi from town
DirectionsRawdon Trig point0.4 mi from town
DirectionsCaley Crags1.2 mi from town
DirectionsSurprise View1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 5 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 9
Yeadon Hawin town
DirectionsYeadon Banks0.0 mi from town
DirectionsSodhall Hill0.2 mi from town
DirectionsGreen Gates Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsRawdon Billing231 m (758 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsCuddy Hill0.6 mi from town
DirectionsHollins Hill0.6 mi from town
DirectionsWhale Jaws Hill216 m (709 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Chevin Forest Park175 ha · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 20
Kids About Tarnin town
DirectionsYanki Doodlz Play Zone and Dinerin town
DirectionsPlus 18 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Bramhope Scout Camping Ground0.7 mi from town
DirectionsEsholt Caravan Park1.1 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
RawdonGuiseleyMenstonCalverleyOtleyBramhopeYeadon
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Otley, 3.1 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 93% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Yeadon
What is the biggest park in Yeadon?
Nunroyd Park, 20 ha (50 acres), with 3.9 km of path. Tarnfield Park (17 ha) is second. 6 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Yeadon near a National Park?
Yes. Yorkshire Dales National Park begins 8.8 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Nidderdale National Landscape, 2.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Yeadon?
8 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Leeds Country Way, Welcome Way and Airedale Way. Nunroyd Park alone has 3.9 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Yeadon?
Treasure Beach, 19 mi from the edge of the town, then Pebble Beach (20 mi). Yeadon itself is inland.
How many people in Yeadon live near a park?
94% 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 Yeadon?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Yeadon good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 89% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 77% (3.5 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 Yeadon’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Yeadon’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.