Sandhurst’s biggest
Trilakes Fishery and Country Park
Park or garden
99 ha (244 acres)2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
139 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Sandhurst · parks, paths & countryside
Sandhurst has more park space per resident than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Sandhurst add up to 5.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 82 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.9 for every square kilometre. 79% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Sandhurst grades B+ for the outdoors: #16 of 30 in Berkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
79%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
82 km
3.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Surrey Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Sandhurst?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam5.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 87% of UK towns.A town of footpaths3.9 km of path per km², more than 79% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.
Sandhurst’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by dense footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Sandhurst grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Sandhurst, 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 66% of UK towns#16 of 30 in Berkshire · 25th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space5.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
87out of
100
100
A park within a walk79%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
44out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
79out 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
Sandhurst is 25th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 19,000 to 21,500 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
Sandhurst3.9
Towns its size3.6
Berkshire towns3.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Sandhurst5.1
Towns its size2.1
Berkshire towns2.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Sandhurst79%
Towns its size84%
Berkshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Sandhurst stands out most for park space per resident: only 4 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camborne Cornwall | A+ | 2.2 | 93% | 4 | 8% |
| 2 | Dronfield Derbyshire | A+ | 3.2 | 97% | 5.3 | 9% |
| 3 | Littlehampton West Sussex | A+ | 2.1 | 99% | 3.1 | 18% |
| 4 | Buxton Derbyshire | A | 3.5 | 86% | 3.8 | 61% |
| 5 | Faversham Kent | A | 2 | 88% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 6 | Hebburn Tyne and Wear | A | 6.6 | 99% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Quedgeley and Hardwicke Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 99% | 4.7 | 21% |
| 8 | Farnham Surrey | A | 5.1 | 73% | 4.3 | 35% |
| 9 | Hazlemere Buckinghamshire | A | 2.5 | 81% | 4.7 | 68% |
| 10 | Forest Town Nottinghamshire | A | 6.4 | 94% | 5.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Leek Staffordshire | A | 4.2 | 83% | 3.6 | 19% |
| 12 | Stratton St Margaret Wiltshire | A | 3.3 | 82% | 5.1 | 5% |
| 13 | Keynsham Somerset | A | 2.1 | 95% | 4.6 | 11% |
| 14 | Harwich Essex | A− | 1.7 | 95% | 2.1 | 20% |
| 15 | Peterlee County Durham | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Workington Cumbria | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 17 | Dukinfield Greater Manchester | A− | 4 | 95% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Ebbw Vale Gwent | A− | 2 | 92% | 3.3 | 29% |
| 19 | Rothwell West Yorkshire | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Mansfield Woodhouse Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.8 | 94% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 21 | Devizes Wiltshire | A− | 1.8 | 91% | 3.2 | 38% |
| 22 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 93% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 23 | Belper Derbyshire | B+ | 2.4 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Hythe and Dibden Purlieu Hampshire | B+ | 0.8 | 49% | 4.4 | 44% |
| 25 | Sandhurst Berkshire | B+ | 5.1 | 79% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Hazel Grove Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.9 | 62% | 4.2 | 3% |
| 27 | Brownhills West Midlands | B | 11 | 80% | 2 | 2% |
| 28 | Mirfield West Yorkshire | B | 2.5 | 90% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Ripley Derbyshire | B | 2.4 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Irlam Greater Manchester | B | 3.1 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Penwortham Lancashire | B | 2.9 | 91% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 32 | Ely Cambridgeshire | B | 2.7 | 88% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 33 | Stanley County Durham | B | 1.7 | 88% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Old Trafford Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 79% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Dorchester Dorset | B | 1.6 | 78% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 36 | Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershire | B | 3.1 | 79% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Romsey Hampshire | B− | 1.2 | 82% | 4.5 | 2% |
| 38 | Ware Hertfordshire | B− | 2 | 81% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Bingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.1 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 40 | Calne Wiltshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 2.4 | 33% |
| 41 | Berkhamsted Hertfordshire | B− | 1 | 69% | 3.6 | 56% |
| 42 | Staines-upon-Thames Surrey | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Wednesbury West Midlands | B− | 2.7 | 93% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Dereham Norfolk | B− | 1.8 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Failsworth Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.8 | 77% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Clevedon Somerset | C+ | 1.1 | 69% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey | C+ | 2 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Bideford Devon | C+ | 0.9 | 83% | 1 | 11% |
| 49 | Knowle and Dorridge West Midlands | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Spennymoor County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Thornton Lancashire | C | 2.1 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Horwich Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 67% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Maghull Merseyside | C− | 1.6 | 86% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Skegness Lincolnshire | C− | 0.9 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Willerby and Anlaby East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.6 | 46% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | March Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 87% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Selby North Yorkshire | C− | 1.6 | 81% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Goole East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.7 | 81% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Stamford Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 64% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Tiverton Devon | D | 1.5 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Sandhurst’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 Sandhurst
The biggest is Trilakes Fishery and Country Park, 99 ha (244 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 129 ha (319 acres) and 3 km of path
Parks & gardens 129 ha
The two biggest, Trilakes Fishery and Country Park and Barossa Common, are 97% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them.
Barossa Common
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
26 ha (65 acres)
37 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.6 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Snaprails Park
Park or garden
3.4 ha (9 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Sandhurst
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
College Town
Park or garden
0.4 ha (1 acres)
0.7 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Sandhurst 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 (79%)Further (21%)
Sandhurst79%
Towns its size84%
Berkshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 4,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 30 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 674 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 7.8 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
South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
8 waymarked walks pass through or near Sandhurst
82 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Sandhurst and the kilometre around it, 3.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Three Castles Path10.7 km
The Wokingham Way9.7 km
Blackwater Valley Path9.0 km
Ramblers Route8.8 km
Finchampstead Ridges Ramble, Finchampstead Ridges2.0 km
Simons Wood Trail, Finchampstead Ridges1.1 km
Ambarrow Hill Circuit1.1 km
Ambarrow Court Circuit0.9 km
Close to home, the Ramblers Route has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Three Castles Path, The Wokingham Way and Blackwater Valley 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 Sandhurst: 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 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 71 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 56 | 52 | 75 | 78 | 69 |
March is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 78 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Sandhurst →
Things to do
30 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.
1Viewpoints4Hills and peaks4.2× towns its size5Nature reserves4.9× towns its size30Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size
The nearest beaches
Sandhurst is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Penguin Beach11 mi from Sandhurst’s edge
DirectionsAmity Beach11 mi from Sandhurst’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole22 mi from Sandhurst’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows22 mi from Sandhurst’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.
Hills and peaks 4
School Hillin town
DirectionsAmbarrow Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsButter Hill120 m (394 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsHawley Hill1.2 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 5
Ambarrow Court8.1 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsHorseshoe Lake17 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBroadmoor Farm Meadows7.0 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsMoor Green Lakes Nature Reserve36 ha · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsWatchmoor Nature Reserve3.4 ha · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 30
Rookwood Avenue Playgroundin town
DirectionsSnaprails Parkin town
DirectionsLondon Road Recreation Ground Playground0.4 mi from town
DirectionsChaucer Park0.5 mi from town
DirectionsMorgan Rec0.7 mi from town
DirectionsHawley Play Ground0.7 mi from town
DirectionsForest Chase Playground0.8 mi from town
DirectionsChurchill Crescent Play Area1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 22 playgrounds 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.
BlackwaterHawleyCrowthorneYateleyCamberleyMinleySandhurst
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhurst | B+ | 5.1 | 79% | 0% |
| Blackwater 1.0 mi | B+ | 10.6 | 74% | 0% |
| Hawley 1.5 mi | A | 6.9 | 92% | 0% |
| Crowthorne 1.8 mi | B | 4.7 | 60% | 0% |
| Yateley 2.1 mi | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 0% |
| Camberley 2.5 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 73% | 0% |
| Minley 2.6 mi | B− | 5.7 | 0% | 0% |
Hawley, 1.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 92% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Blackwater and Yateley have at least twice Sandhurst’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Sandhurst
What is the biggest park in Sandhurst?
Trilakes Fishery and Country Park, 99 ha (244 acres), with 2.7 km of path. Barossa Common (26 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Sandhurst near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 10 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, 7.8 mi away.
What are the best walks near Sandhurst?
8 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Three Castles Path, The Wokingham Way and Blackwater Valley Path. Trilakes Fishery and Country Park alone has 2.7 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Sandhurst?
Penguin Beach, 11 mi from the edge of the town, then Amity Beach (11 mi). Sandhurst itself is inland.
How many people in Sandhurst live near a park?
79% 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 Sandhurst?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Sandhurst good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 79% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 87% (5.1 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 Sandhurst’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Sandhurst’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.