Beaconsfield’s biggest
Wilton Park
Playing field
5.7 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Beaconsfield · parks, paths & countryside
31% of the land within 5 km of Beaconsfield is National Park or National Landscape
The Chilterns National Landscape reaches the edge of Beaconsfield. 57% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Beaconsfield add up to 1.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Beaconsfield grades C+ for the outdoors: #33 of 39 in Buckinghamshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
57%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
72 km
2.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
31%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Chilterns National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Beaconsfield?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside31% of the land within 5 km is Chilterns National Landscape.Historic parksHall Barn is a registered historic park (Grade II*).Parks can be a walk away43% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Beaconsfield’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by its historic parks. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Beaconsfield grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Beaconsfield, 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 39% of UK towns#33 of 39 in Buckinghamshire · 44th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
43out of
100
100
A park within a walk57%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
18out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape31%of the land within 5 km
84out of
100
100
Footpaths2.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
47out 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
Beaconsfield is 44th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 13,400 to 14,900 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
Beaconsfield2.6
Towns its size3.5
Buckinghamshire towns3.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Beaconsfield1.9
Towns its size2.5
Buckinghamshire towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Beaconsfield57%
Towns its size81%
Buckinghamshire towns74%
All UK towns83%
Beaconsfield falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 54 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hythe Kent | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 4 | 31% |
| 2 | Otley West Yorkshire | A+ | 5.8 | 93% | 4.4 | 26% |
| 3 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 4 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 5 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 6 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 7 | Abergavenny Gwent | A | 3.2 | 83% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 8 | Wellington Somerset | A | 2.2 | 99% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 9 | Stoke Gifford Gloucestershire | A− | 5.7 | 87% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 10 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 11 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Addlestone Surrey | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 14 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 15 | Tredegar Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 16 | Churchdown Gloucestershire | A− | 2.2 | 92% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 17 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Chertsey Surrey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Bacup Lancashire | A− | 2.5 | 94% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 20 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 22 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 23 | Verwood Dorset | B+ | 5.7 | 41% | 3.9 | 13% |
| 24 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 3.5 | 18% |
| 26 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 39% |
| 27 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 28 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 30 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 31 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Gomersal and Birkenshaw West Yorkshire | B | 3.2 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 35 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 37 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 38 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 39 | Midsomer Norton Somerset | B− | 1.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Leicestershire | B− | 3.4 | 73% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 41 | Davenham Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Aberystwyth Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 44 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 45 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Buckley Clwyd | C+ | 2.6 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Kidlington Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.9 | 81% | 3 | 2% |
| 49 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 50 | Birtley Tyne and Wear | C | 1.4 | 71% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Flitwick Bedfordshire | C | 0.8 | 59% | 3.9 | 3% |
| 52 | Syston Leicestershire | C | 1.4 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Halstead Essex | D | 0.6 | 73% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | New Rossington and Rossington South Yorkshire | D | 0.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Whittlesey Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 73% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Village Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 72% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Beaconsfield’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 Beaconsfield
The biggest is Wilton Park, 5.7 ha (14 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Wilton Park
Playing field
3.5 ha (9 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
6 in 10 Beaconsfield 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 (57%)Further (43%)
Beaconsfield57%
Towns its size81%
Buckinghamshire towns74%
All UK towns83%
About 6,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 26 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 544 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Beaconsfield
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
Chilterns
At the edge north-west838 km²since 199031% of the land within 5 km
Official site31% of the land within 5 km of Beaconsfield is National Park or National Landscape, more than 84% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Beaconsfield
72 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Beaconsfield and the kilometre around it, 2.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
The Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop7.5 km
The Chiltern Way6.8 km
Chiltern Heritage Trail4.5 km
3 regional routes pass through, including the The Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop, The Chiltern Way and Chiltern Heritage Trail.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Beaconsfield
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Beaconsfield’s named parks.
Registered · Grade II*Hall Barn0.7 ha
Heritage walks
Chiltern Heritage Trail 4.5 km
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Beaconsfield: 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 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 55 | 46 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 63 | 59 | 80 | 85 | 75 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 85 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Beaconsfield →
Things to do
26 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.
1Viewpoints4Nature reserves3.9× towns its size3Picnic sites26Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size
The nearest beaches
Beaconsfield is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Amity Beach13 mi from Beaconsfield’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole16 mi from Beaconsfield’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows16 mi from Beaconsfield’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 4
Holtspur Bank Nature Reserve6.4 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsHoltspur Bottom Butterfly Reserve4.2 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsLong Grove Wood1.7 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsThe Warren Nature reserve2.5 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 26
Plus 26 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.
Seer GreenFlackwell Heath and Wooburn GreenBourne EndChalfont St GilesChalfont St PeterHazlemereBeaconsfield
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 31% |
| Seer Green 2.0 mi | B− | 1.7 | 38% | 35% |
| Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green 2.5 mi | A− | 1.7 | 90% | 30% |
| Bourne End 3.3 mi | A | 2.9 | 87% | 19% |
| Chalfont St Giles 3.5 mi | B− | 1.8 | 57% | 37% |
| Chalfont St Peter 3.9 mi | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 18% |
| Hazlemere 3.9 mi | A | 2.5 | 81% | 68% |
Hazlemere, 3.9 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 81% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Beaconsfield
What is the biggest park in Beaconsfield?
Wilton Park, 5.7 ha (14 acres). Wilton Park (3.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Beaconsfield near a National Park?
It covers 838 km² and was designated in 1990.
What are the best walks near Beaconsfield?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the The Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop, The Chiltern Way and Chiltern Heritage Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Beaconsfield?
Amity Beach, 13 mi from the edge of the town, then Hog Hole (16 mi). Beaconsfield itself is inland.
How many people in Beaconsfield live near a park?
57% 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 Beaconsfield?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Beaconsfield are historic?
Hall Barn (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Beaconsfield good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 47% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 43% (1.9 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 Beaconsfield’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Beaconsfield’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.