Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Ray Stanton · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Poyle add up to 0.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 23 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Poyle grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Poyle’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Poyle, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,700 to 1,800 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Poyle stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 55 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanborough Wiltshire | A+ | 6 | 100% | 2.7 | 45% |
| 2 | Trimley St Martin Suffolk | A+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.9 | 43% |
| 3 | Wroxall Isle of Wight | A | 1.2 | 84% | 4.6 | 33% |
| 4 | Woodbury Devon | A | 3.3 | 100% | 0.9 | 26% |
| 5 | Malvern Wells Worcestershire | A | 10.8 | 37% | 5.3 | 57% |
| 6 | Elstree Hertfordshire | A | 22 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 7 | Flimby Cumbria | A | 1.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 2% |
| 8 | Grain Kent | A | 13 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 9 | Upchurch Kent | A | 4 | 76% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 10 | New Hartley Northumberland | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Hamstreet Kent | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Seascale Cumbria | A− | 2.1 | 81% | 2.2 | 27% |
| 13 | Ripley Surrey | A− | 15 | 64% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 14 | Ingleton North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 54% |
| 15 | Harthill South Yorkshire | B+ | 3.6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 16 | Appledore Devon | B+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 16% |
| 17 | Criccieth Gwynedd | B | 2.9 | 75% | 1.3 | 4% |
| 18 | Blewbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 54% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 19 | Denby Bottles Derbyshire | B | 1.4 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 20 | Rackheath Norfolk | B | 2.6 | 100% | 1 | 14% |
| 21 | South Hiendley West Yorkshire | B | 13.4 | 87% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 22 | North Benfleet Essex | B | 11 | 56% | 4 | 0% |
| 23 | East Bridgford Nottinghamshire | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Great Bentley Essex | B− | 6.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Bryn Dyfed | B− | 2.9 | 67% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 26 | Flockton West Yorkshire | B− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 27 | Shaldon Devon | B− | 1.7 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Winkfield Row Berkshire | B− | 11 | 80% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Summit Greater Manchester | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Trethomas Gwent | B− | 6.9 | 48% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Feniton Devon | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 17% |
| 32 | Dunvant West Glamorgan | C+ | 4.3 | 36% | 1.8 | 30% |
| 33 | Langho Lancashire | C+ | 1.6 | 74% | 3 | 7% |
| 34 | North Leigh Oxfordshire | C+ | 2.3 | 56% | 2.4 | 26% |
| 35 | Sharnbrook Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Harvington Worcestershire | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Minsterley Shropshire | C+ | 1.1 | 77% | 2.4 | 38% |
| 38 | Bury Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Great Broughton and Little Broughton Cumbria | C | 1.2 | 85% | 2.3 | 1% |
| 40 | Doveridge Derbyshire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Billington Lancashire | C− | 0.5 | 0% | 3.9 | 14% |
| 42 | Poyle Berkshire | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 43 | Leeming North Yorkshire | C− | 5 | 76% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 44 | West Thorney West Sussex | C− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.9 | 55% |
| 45 | Embsay North Yorkshire | C− | 0.9 | 38% | 2.5 | 47% |
| 46 | Middle Barton Oxfordshire | C− | 1.9 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Higher Kinnerton Clwyd | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Sudbrooke Lincolnshire | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Croft Leicestershire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Charminster Dorset | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 56% |
| 51 | Glinton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.3 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Shrewton Wiltshire | D | 1.4 | 42% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Frizington Cumbria | D | 1.4 | 52% | 0.9 | 15% |
| 54 | Aiskew North Yorkshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Houghton on the Hill Leicestershire | D | 1.8 | 60% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Monk Fryston and Hillam North Yorkshire | D | 2.7 | 40% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Bramham West Yorkshire | D− | 1.4 | 47% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Necton Norfolk | D− | 1.5 | 17% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Swffryd Gwent | D− | 1.4 | 17% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Hambleton North Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Poyle’s built-up area.
The biggest is Harmondsworth Moor, 86 ha (213 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 158 residents.
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.
23 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Poyle 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 village.
Close to home, the Colne Valley Way has 7 km of local walk within 2 km of the village.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The village’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 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 47 | 40 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 42 | 57 | 53 | 69 | 70 | 61 |
March is the driest month (40 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °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 34 nights a year. The climate in Poyle →
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Poyle is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Plus 3 nature reserves without a name on the map.
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poyle | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Colnbrook 0.6 mi | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 0% |
| Stanwell Moor 1.4 mi | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Richings Park 1.8 mi | D | 1.0 | 72% | 0% |
| Stanwell 2.5 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 0% |
| Datchet 2.6 mi | C | 8.4 | 72% | 0% |
| Iver 2.7 mi | D | 1.3 | 60% | 0% |
Stanwell Moor, 1.4 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Stanwell Moor, Stanwell and Datchet have at least twice Poyle’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Harmondsworth Moor, 86 ha (213 acres), with 18.6 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Harmondsworth Moor (86 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Chilterns National Landscape, 10 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 838 km² and was designated in 1990.
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Colne Valley Way and Colne Valley Trail. Harmondsworth Moor alone has 18.6 km of path.
Amity Beach, 3.9 mi from the edge of the village, then Hog Hole (9.0 mi). Poyle itself is inland.
100% 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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 32% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 7% (0.7 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Poyle’s overall grade.
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