Datchet’s biggest
Upton Court Park
Park or garden
63 ha (156 acres)1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
89 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi northfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: James Emmans · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Datchet · parks, paths & countryside
Datchet has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Datchet add up to 8.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 20 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.5 for every square kilometre. 72% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Datchet grades C for the outdoors: #27 of 30 in Berkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
8.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
72%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
20 km
1.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Chilterns National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Datchet?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam8.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 94% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England passes through.Few mapped footpaths1.5 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Datchet’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Datchet grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Datchet, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C
Better than 31% of UK towns#27 of 30 in Berkshire · 39th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space8.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
94out of
100
100
A park within a walk72%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
33out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
16out 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
Datchet is 39th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 4,600 to 5,000 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
Datchet1.5
Towns its size2.7
Berkshire towns3.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Datchet8.4
Towns its size2.2
Berkshire towns2.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Datchet72%
Towns its size82%
Berkshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Datchet stands out most for park space per resident: only 4 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 53 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rye East Sussex | A+ | 3.5 | 89% | 3.5 | 46% |
| 2 | Frinton-on-Sea Essex | A+ | 7.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 3 | Windermere Cumbria | A+ | 3 | 94% | 3.6 | 100% |
| 4 | Rownhams and Nursling Hampshire | A+ | 4.9 | 86% | 6.7 | 12% |
| 5 | Marple Bridge Greater Manchester | A | 9.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 13% |
| 6 | Wilford Nottinghamshire | A | 7.7 | 93% | 9.6 | 0% |
| 7 | Wirksworth Derbyshire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 8% |
| 8 | Huntington Staffordshire | A | 3.7 | 74% | 4.6 | 27% |
| 9 | Carleton Lancashire | A | 3 | 86% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Rudheath Cheshire | A | 5.5 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Joyden's Wood Kent | A− | 2.7 | 82% | 5.6 | 4% |
| 12 | Writtle Essex | A− | 5.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Cringleford Norfolk | A− | 1.7 | 94% | 7.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Dersingham Norfolk | A− | 3.1 | 76% | 1.9 | 39% |
| 15 | Elvetham Heath Hampshire | A− | 8.7 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Liss Hampshire | A− | 2.3 | 87% | 2.6 | 98% |
| 17 | Binfield Berkshire | A− | 8.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 18 | Saxmundham Suffolk | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 3% |
| 19 | Borough Green Kent | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 1.9 | 50% |
| 20 | Bodicote Oxfordshire | B+ | 10.2 | 86% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Cranbrook Devon | B+ | 6.4 | 87% | 1.9 | 1% |
| 22 | Sturry Kent | B+ | 2.7 | 80% | 3.4 | 1% |
| 23 | Aspull Greater Manchester | B | 7.6 | 92% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Headley Down and Headley Hampshire | B | 2.1 | 55% | 3.4 | 44% |
| 25 | Coedpoeth Clwyd | B | 1.4 | 100% | 1.9 | 24% |
| 26 | Lenham and Harrietsham Kent | B− | 1.4 | 88% | 2.4 | 47% |
| 27 | Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire | B− | 1.8 | 57% | 3.5 | 37% |
| 28 | Kelvedon and Feering Essex | B− | 3.5 | 94% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Astley Greater Manchester | B− | 3.5 | 78% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Handsacre and Armitage Staffordshire | B− | 1.8 | 89% | 2.1 | 12% |
| 31 | Dudley Tyne and Wear | C+ | 2.6 | 69% | 4 | 0% |
| 32 | Bramley Hampshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Dickens Heath West Midlands | C+ | 3.2 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Stokesley North Yorkshire | C+ | 0.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 16% |
| 35 | Cross Hills North Yorkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 86% | 3 | 0% |
| 36 | Ripponden West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 75% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Edwalton Nottinghamshire | C+ | 2.1 | 58% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Shortstown Bedfordshire | C | 2.4 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Datchet Berkshire | C | 8.4 | 72% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Copthorne West Sussex | C | 1.2 | 62% | 2.9 | 13% |
| 41 | Bowburn County Durham | C | 1.5 | 71% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Minster (Thanet) Kent | C | 2.3 | 64% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Makeney Derbyshire | C | 2.1 | 56% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Mynydd Isa Clwyd | C | 0.9 | 87% | 2 | 3% |
| 45 | Northway Gloucestershire | C | 0.9 | 58% | 3.1 | 13% |
| 46 | Winterton Lincolnshire | C | 1.6 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire | C− | 1.9 | 61% | 3 | 0% |
| 48 | Barton-under-Needwood Staffordshire | C− | 2.3 | 70% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Middleton St George County Durham | C− | 1.8 | 94% | 1 | 0% |
| 50 | Sowerby North Yorkshire | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Bailrigg Lancashire | C− | 0 | 0% | 3.4 | 18% |
| 52 | Melbourne Derbyshire | C− | 1.5 | 67% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Halesworth Suffolk | C− | 1.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 54 | Tickhill South Yorkshire | D | 1.7 | 69% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 55 | South Cave East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Markfield Leicestershire | D | 0.8 | 63% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Melbourn Cambridgeshire | D | 1.2 | 45% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Fleckney Leicestershire | D | 0.8 | 63% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Chilton County Durham | D− | 1.1 | 68% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Bulford Wiltshire | D− | 0.9 | 51% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Datchet’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 Datchet
The biggest is Upton Court Park, 63 ha (156 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
The Home Park
Playing field · 320 m outside town
30 ha (75 acres)0.4 km of path
42 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.1 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Slough Rugby Football Club
Playing field · 110 m outside town
7.0 ha (17 acres)0.3 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Datchet 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 (72%)Further (28%)
Datchet72%
Towns its size82%
Berkshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 1,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 27 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 178 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Chilterns National Landscape is 8.3 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Datchet is on the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England
20 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Datchet and the kilometre around it, 1.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocalOther waymarked
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England8.2 km
Thames Path8.2 km
Jubilee River Path2.4 km
Three Castles Path2.0 km
Colne Valley Way2.0 km
The European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, a national route, passes Datchet. The regional route here is the Three Castles Path.
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 Datchet: 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 46 | 39 | 43 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 52 | 50 | 67 | 70 | 60 |
March is the driest month (39 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 70 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Datchet →
Things to do
27 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
Datchet is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Amity Beach5.1 mi from Datchet’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole11 mi from Datchet’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows11 mi from Datchet’s edge
DirectionsPenguin Beach23 mi from Datchet’s edge
DirectionsKelson Beach24 mi from Datchet’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 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve4.4 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 27
Upton Court Playground0.3 mi from town
DirectionsWestfield Estate Play Area1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 25 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
EtonOld Windsor and WraysburyColnbrookSloughPoyleWindsorDatchet
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Eton, 1.7 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Eton has at least twice Datchet’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Datchet
What is the biggest park in Datchet?
Upton Court Park, 63 ha (156 acres), with 1.9 km of path. The Home Park (30 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Datchet near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Chilterns National Landscape, 8.3 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 838 km² and was designated in 1990.
What are the best walks near Datchet?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Thames Path and Jubilee River Path.
What is the nearest beach to Datchet?
Amity Beach, 5.1 mi from the edge of the town, then Hog Hole (11 mi). Datchet itself is inland.
How many people in Datchet live near a park?
72% 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 Datchet?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Datchet good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 16% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 94% (8.4 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 Datchet’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Datchet’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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