Avonmouth’s biggest
Avonmouth Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha (2 acres)0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Avonmouth
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: My another account · Public domainB+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Avonmouth · parks, paths & countryside
Avonmouth is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 31% of the area within 5 km. Footpaths add up to 77 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Avonmouth add up to 2.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Avonmouth grades B+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
77 km
1.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Wye Valley National Landscape
The sea
31%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Avonmouth?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast31% of the area within 5 km is sea; 20 beaches mapped.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Avonmouth’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Avonmouth grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Avonmouth, 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 74% of UK towns14th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
60out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
24out of
100
100
The sea31%of the area within 5 km
92out 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
Avonmouth is 14th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,500 to 2,800 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
Avonmouth1.8
Towns its size2.3
Bristol towns3.7
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Avonmouth2.5
Towns its size1.9
Bristol towns2.7
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Avonmouth100%
Towns its size81%
Bristol towns95%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Avonmouth stands out most for park space per resident: only 23 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 43 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petworth West Sussex | A+ | 29.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 93% |
| 2 | Ambleside Cumbria | A+ | 6.9 | 92% | 4.6 | 100% |
| 3 | Tywardreath Cornwall | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 4 | Settle North Yorkshire | A+ | 6.4 | 100% | 3.6 | 73% |
| 5 | Downley Buckinghamshire | A+ | 9.5 | 76% | 7.6 | 71% |
| 6 | Yorkley and Whitecroft Gloucestershire | A | 3.3 | 74% | 6.4 | 1% |
| 7 | Hellingly East Sussex | A | 6.9 | 90% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 8 | Dolgellau Gwynedd | A | 3.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 100% |
| 9 | Hawley Hampshire | A | 6.9 | 92% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Maple Cross Hertfordshire | A | 3.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 11 | Darenth Kent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 12 | Newington Kent | A− | 2.3 | 78% | 2.3 | 21% |
| 13 | Combe Martin Devon | A− | 1.8 | 88% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 14 | Avonmouth Bristol | B+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Langold Nottinghamshire | B+ | 13 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Porthmadog Gwynedd | B+ | 0.9 | 94% | 2 | 41% |
| 17 | Blofield Norfolk | B+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.5 | 17% |
| 18 | Dipton County Durham | B | 3.2 | 87% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 19 | Farington Moss Lancashire | B | 5.9 | 93% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Prestbury Cheshire | B | 5.6 | 42% | 3.2 | 6% |
| 21 | Builth Wells Powys | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Brynamman Dyfed | B | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 51% |
| 23 | Mancetter and Witherley Warwickshire | B− | 3.1 | 88% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Cliffe Woods Kent | B− | 1.7 | 62% | 2.5 | 1% |
| 25 | Halton Lancashire | B− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 35% |
| 26 | Seer Green Buckinghamshire | B− | 1.7 | 38% | 3.8 | 35% |
| 27 | Grimsargh Lancashire | B− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 28 | Pucklechurch Gloucestershire | C+ | 1.2 | 64% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 29 | Godstone Surrey | C+ | 1.7 | 52% | 3.7 | 18% |
| 30 | Ashington West Sussex | C+ | 1.3 | 86% | 2.3 | 21% |
| 31 | Hurworth-on-Tees County Durham | C+ | 4.5 | 93% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Snettisham Norfolk | C+ | 1.1 | 73% | 1.3 | 32% |
| 33 | Endon Staffordshire | C+ | 3 | 89% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Little Dunmow Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 89% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Dunchurch Warwickshire | C+ | 7.8 | 68% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Bosham West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 48% | 1.4 | 58% |
| 37 | Heage Derbyshire | C | 1.9 | 78% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Watlington Norfolk | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 39 | South Brent Devon | C | 1.5 | 79% | 0.8 | 64% |
| 40 | Smallfield Surrey | C | 1.6 | 70% | 2.4 | 1% |
| 41 | Marham Norfolk | C | 3.5 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Shelley West Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 81% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Wittering Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.1 | 83% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 44 | South Wonston Hampshire | C− | 1.6 | 42% | 2.6 | 7% |
| 45 | Wolston Warwickshire | C− | 1.6 | 89% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Higham Kent | C− | 0.5 | 0% | 1.8 | 18% |
| 47 | Codicote Hertfordshire | C− | 0.4 | 90% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Newick East Sussex | C− | 1.7 | 35% | 2.1 | 16% |
| 49 | Hardwick Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Costessey Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 12% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 51 | West Clyst Devon | C− | 0.6 | 59% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Saughall Cheshire | D | 2.5 | 27% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 53 | Christleton and Waverton Cheshire | D | 2.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Tonna West Glamorgan | D | 2.1 | 36% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Keele Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Watton at Stone Hertfordshire | D | 0.8 | 61% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 57 | St Martins Shropshire | D | 0.6 | 59% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 58 | Swineshead Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 73% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Manea Cambridgeshire | D− | 1.3 | 63% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Cranwell Lincolnshire | D− | 0.5 | 57% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Avonmouth’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 Avonmouth
The biggest is Avonmouth Park, 0.9 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Everyone in Avonmouth lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Avonmouth100%
Towns its size81%
Bristol towns95%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 29 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 91 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Wye Valley National Landscape is 6.4 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
National Park
Brecon Beacons
19 mi north-west1,350 km²since 1955
Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Avonmouth is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
77 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Avonmouth and the kilometre around it, 1.8 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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Old Passage, Aust to Wain's Hill, Clevedon18.9 km
Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol15.2 km
Gordano Round6.6 km
Community Forest Path4.6 km
Prior's Wood3.1 km
River Avon Trail3.1 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Avonmouth. Close to home, the Gordano Round has 7 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol and River Avon Trail.
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 Avonmouth: 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) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 80 | 59 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 68 | 58 | 82 | 87 | 87 |
April is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 87 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Avonmouth →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Avonmouth
31% of the area within 5 km of Avonmouth is sea. 20 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 1 with a name.
Sugar Loaf Beach2.2 mi from town
DirectionsThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
12 viewpoints and 29 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Conygar Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsWindmill Hill0.8 mi from town
DirectionsSpaniorum Hill0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 8
Wildlife Corridor0.7 ha · in town
DirectionsSaint George's Flower Bank0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPortbury Wharf Nature Reserve48 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPill Foreshore8.3 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsLamplighter's Marsh Nature Reserve11 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsLawrence Weston Moor11 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPill Paddock0.5 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPrior's Wood64 ha · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 29
Village Quarter Play Park0.3 mi from town
DirectionsSpringfield Park0.5 mi from town
DirectionsCheviot Meadow Playground0.7 mi from town
DirectionsBrookside Adventure Park0.8 mi from town
DirectionsBrampton Way Park1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 24 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Brockmead Scout Camp Site0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 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.
PillPortisheadSevern BeachLong AshtonPilningBristolAvonmouth
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avonmouth | B+ | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Pill 1.4 mi | A+ | 5.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Portishead 3.5 mi | B+ | 2.0 | 82% | 0% |
| Severn Beach 4.6 mi | A− | 5.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Long Ashton 4.9 mi | B+ | 10.2 | 66% | 0% |
| Pilning 5.0 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 54% | 0% |
| Bristol 5.1 mi | A | 2.9 | 90% | 0% |
Pill, 1.4 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Pill, Severn Beach and Long Ashton have at least twice Avonmouth’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Avonmouth
What is the biggest park in Avonmouth?
Avonmouth Park, 0.9 ha (2 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Avonmouth near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 19 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Wye Valley National Landscape, 6.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Avonmouth?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: Old Passage, Aust to Wain's Hill, Clevedon, Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol and Gordano Round.
How many people in Avonmouth live near a park?
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%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Avonmouth?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Avonmouth good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 24% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 60% (2.5 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 Avonmouth’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Avonmouth’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.