THE North West has been ranked England’s second-best region for sports access – and Warrington is in the Top Ten in the region.
Sport and fitness experts Runner’s Needs has carried out research comparing more than 100 English towns and cities, uncovering each one’s sports accessibility score.
The study ranks each town and city by considering the number of local sports facilities and government sports expenditure data and compares this to local physical activity rates, well-being rates and sports expenditure from the past five years.
In total, the North West has 1,492 sports facilities per 100,000 people – more per capita than any other region.
Manchester has more sports facilities per capita than any other town or city, with 460 facilties per 100,000 people. But overall, the top performing towns in the region were Burnley, which ranked 9th in England and Blackburn, which ranked 11.
Warrington with facilities like the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Victoria Park and Orford Jubilee Hub and Woolston and Great Sankey Hubs was 8th in the North West, with annual expenditure per person of £37.48 and 70 sports facilties per 100,000 people.
The town was ranked 27 in England.
