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Free Open Spaces

Places to go explore that are (nearly) free!

Sometimes we need a day out with the family that isn’t going to cost too much… maybe just the parking (and the petrol…). Check the regions below for your nearest great outdoors to explore.

North West

Greater Manchester: Jumbles Country Park, pay and display car park
Manchester: Platt Fields Park, no parking charges
Cheshire: Macclesfield Forest, pay and display car park
Merseyside: Wirral Country Park, pay and display car park
Lancashire: Wyre Estuary Country Park, no parking charges

YORKSHIRE

North York Moors National Park, parking charges apply

EAST MIDLANDS

Derbyshire: Stanage Edge, parking charges apply
Lincolnshire Hartsholme Country Park, no parking charges
Nottinghamshire: Sherwood Forest Country Park, parking charges apply
Northamptonshire: Salcey Forest, parking charges apply

BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS

Birmingham: Lickey Hills Country Park, no parking charges
West Midlands: RSPB Sandwell Valley, parking charges may apply
Warwickshire: Dassett Burton Hills Country Park, parking charges may apply
Worcestershire: The Malvern Hills, parking charges may apply
Staffordshire: Downs Banks, no parking charges
Shropshire: Mortimer Forest, no parking charges
Herefordshire: Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum, parking charges apply

EAST

Cambridgeshire: Grafham Water, parking charges may apply
Suffolk: Thetford Forest, parking charges may apply
Norfolk: Holt Country Park, parking charges may apply

SOUTH WEST

Dorset: Durlston Country Park, parking charges may apply
Devon: Stover Country Park, parking charges may apply
Cornwall: Rocky Valley, no parking charges
Bath: Bath Skyline, no parking charges
Bristol: Leigh Woods, no parking charges
Gloucestershire: Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons, no parking charges
Somerset: Ham Hill Country Park, no parking charges

HOME COUNTIES (SOUTH EAST)

Hampshire: Lepe Country Park, parking charges may apply
Kent: Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest, parking charges may apply
Essex: High Woods Country Park, parking in Turner Road
Surrey: Alice Holt Forest, parking charges may apply
Sussex: Beachy Head, parking charges may apply
Berkshire: Windsor Great Park, parking charges may apply
Oxfordshire: White Horse Hill and Uffington Castle, parking charges may apply
Wiltshire: Bratton Camp and White Horse, no parking charges


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