Pangbourne’s biggest
Pangbourne Meadow
Park or garden
5.6 ha (14 acres)0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Pangbourne
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Pangbourne · parks, paths & countryside
Pangbourne is inside the North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Parks and playing fields in Pangbourne add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 61% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Pangbourne grades B− for the outdoors: #22 of 30 in Berkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
61%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
32 km
2.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
85%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Pangbourne?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside the North Wessex Downs National LandscapePangbourne sits inside it: 1,731 km² of protected landscape.On a National TrailThe European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England passes through.Parks can be a walk away39% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Pangbourne’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Pangbourne grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Pangbourne, 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 52% of UK towns#22 of 30 in Berkshire · 23rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
68out of
100
100
A park within a walk61%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
22out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape85%of the land within 5 km
98out of
100
100
Footpaths2.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
29out 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
Pangbourne is 23rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,100 to 3,400 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
Pangbourne2.0
Towns its size2.3
Berkshire towns3.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Pangbourne2.9
Towns its size1.7
Berkshire towns2.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Pangbourne61%
Towns its size78%
Berkshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Pangbourne stands out most for park space per resident: only 16 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 47 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whyteleafe Surrey | A+ | 16.3 | 100% | 4.9 | 15% |
| 2 | Bakewell Derbyshire | A | 5.5 | 91% | 2.7 | 98% |
| 3 | Bignall End Staffordshire | A | 9.1 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 4 | Broadwell and Coalway Gloucestershire | A | 2.8 | 72% | 5.5 | 38% |
| 5 | Moira Leicestershire | A | 15.5 | 86% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 6 | Neyland Dyfed | A− | 3 | 93% | 1.2 | 13% |
| 7 | Birdwell South Yorkshire | A− | 3.6 | 90% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 8 | North Petherton Somerset | B+ | 3.8 | 91% | 2.3 | 5% |
| 9 | Addingham West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.8 | 93% | 3 | 32% |
| 10 | Newlyn Cornwall | B+ | 1.5 | 67% | 3.2 | 24% |
| 11 | St Agnes Cornwall | B+ | 1 | 81% | 3 | 5% |
| 12 | Markyate Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 53% |
| 13 | Mickletown West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 93% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 14 | Elton Cheshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Madeley Staffordshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Walton West Yorkshire | B | 12.3 | 78% | 3 | 0% |
| 17 | Treeton South Yorkshire | B | 4.4 | 63% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Fishbourne West Sussex | B | 1.9 | 38% | 2.5 | 47% |
| 19 | Fernhill Heath Worcestershire | B | 3.2 | 88% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 20 | Caddington Bedfordshire | B | 1.3 | 81% | 3.6 | 33% |
| 21 | Hemingford Grey Cambridgeshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Ringmer East Sussex | B− | 1.9 | 91% | 1.8 | 37% |
| 23 | Pangbourne Berkshire | B− | 2.9 | 61% | 2 | 85% |
| 24 | Askam in Furness Cumbria | B− | 1.7 | 90% | 2 | 0% |
| 25 | Dunton Green Kent | B− | 1 | 82% | 2.7 | 69% |
| 26 | Stalham Norfolk | B− | 1.9 | 85% | 2 | 23% |
| 27 | Healing Lincolnshire | B− | 2 | 78% | 1.3 | 1% |
| 28 | Highley Shropshire | C+ | 3.4 | 73% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 29 | Pegswood Northumberland | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Milborne Port Somerset | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Leadgate County Durham | C+ | 1.5 | 91% | 1.9 | 1% |
| 32 | West Bergholt Essex | C | 1.5 | 82% | 1.8 | 9% |
| 33 | Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire | C | 0.5 | 40% | 3.4 | 50% |
| 34 | Ashburton Devon | C | 1.7 | 74% | 1 | 60% |
| 35 | Somersham Cambridgeshire | C | 2.7 | 81% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Earls Colne Essex | C | 1.4 | 91% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Bedale North Yorkshire | C | 3.6 | 78% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Adderbury and Twyford Oxfordshire | C | 1.7 | 89% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Laceby Lincolnshire | C | 1.6 | 64% | 2.1 | 18% |
| 40 | Eastchurch Kent | C | 1.9 | 72% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Sapcote Leicestershire | C− | 2.4 | 67% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria | C− | 1.2 | 63% | 2.1 | 24% |
| 43 | Bishopthorpe North Yorkshire | C− | 3.2 | 51% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Yarnton Oxfordshire | C− | 0.4 | 69% | 3 | 0% |
| 45 | Farnsfield Nottinghamshire | C− | 2 | 63% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Purton Wiltshire | C− | 0.8 | 60% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Rendlesham Suffolk | C− | 0.8 | 52% | 1.6 | 59% |
| 48 | Astwood Bank Worcestershire | C− | 0.9 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Talbot Green Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 66% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Messingham Lincolnshire | D | 3.4 | 46% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Eglwys-Brewis South Glamorgan | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Iver Buckinghamshire | D | 1.3 | 60% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Tarporley Cheshire | D | 1 | 69% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Eccleshall Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 74% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 55 | Heckington Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 56 | New Tredegar Gwent | D− | 1.4 | 68% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Headcorn Kent | D− | 1.6 | 48% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Dunnington North Yorkshire | D− | 0.8 | 44% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Upper Tean Staffordshire | D− | 0.6 | 60% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Donington Lincolnshire | D− | 0.8 | 54% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Pangbourne’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 Pangbourne
The biggest is Pangbourne Meadow, 5.6 ha (14 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Pangbourne 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 (61%)Further (39%)
Pangbourne61%
Towns its size78%
Berkshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 1,300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 14 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 234 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Pangbourne
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
North Wessex Downs
Pangbourne is inside it1,731 km²since 197255% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Chilterns
At the edge north838 km²since 199030% of the land within 5 km
Official site85% of the land within 5 km of Pangbourne is National Park or National Landscape, more than 97% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Pangbourne is on the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England
32 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Pangbourne and the kilometre around it, 2.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England6.9 km
Thames Path6.9 km
St Frideswide’s Way6.9 km
Boundary Walk, Basildon Park3.6 km
Hidden Valley, Basildon Park2.7 km
The Chiltern Way Southern Extension1.9 km
Woodland Walk, Basildon Park1.9 km
The European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, a national route, passes Pangbourne. 2 regional routes pass through, including the St Frideswide’s Way and The Chiltern Way Southern Extension.
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 Pangbourne: 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 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 71 | 51 | 44 | 52 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 56 | 52 | 74 | 80 | 70 |
March is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 80 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Pangbourne →
Things to do
3 viewpoints, 14 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
Pangbourne is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Penguin Beach23 mi from Pangbourne’s edge
DirectionsAmity Beach25 mi from Pangbourne’s edge
DirectionsThe Leys Park26 mi from Pangbourne’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 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Moor Copse71 ha · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 14
The Ruth Popper Playground0.3 mi from town
DirectionsLittle Tikes Village0.7 mi from town
DirectionsRope Play0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 4
Plus 4 slipways 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.
Upper BasildonThealeWoodcoteGoringCavershamSonning CommonPangbourne
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pangbourne | B− | 2.9 | 61% | 85% |
| Upper Basildon 2.6 mi | C+ | 2.3 | 0% | 97% |
| Theale 3.3 mi | A+ | 5.0 | 100% | 39% |
| Woodcote 3.3 mi | B+ | 1.6 | 84% | 99% |
| Goring 3.5 mi | A+ | 3.0 | 100% | 98% |
| Caversham 5.1 mi | A− | 2.5 | 77% | 32% |
| Sonning Common 5.1 mi | B+ | 2.6 | 60% | 74% |
Theale, 3.3 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Pangbourne
What is the biggest park in Pangbourne?
Pangbourne Meadow, 5.6 ha (14 acres), with 0.5 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Pangbourne?
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Thames Path and St Frideswide’s Way.
What is the nearest beach to Pangbourne?
Penguin Beach, 23 mi from the edge of the town, then Amity Beach (25 mi). Pangbourne itself is inland.
How many people in Pangbourne live near a park?
61% 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 Pangbourne?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Pangbourne good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 29% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 68% (2.9 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 Pangbourne’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Pangbourne’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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