Denham’s biggest
Denham Country Park
Park or garden
11 ha (27 acres)2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
15 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Denham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Denham Place · Photo: Unknown author · Public domainA−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Denham · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Denham lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Denham add up to 5.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Chilterns National Landscape begins 3.9 mi from the village’s edge. 27 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 3.1 for every square kilometre. Denham grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
27 km
3.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Chilterns starts 3.9 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Denham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam5.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 89% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Chilterns National Landscape starts 3.9 mi north.Historic parksDenham Place is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Denham’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Denham grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Denham, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 81% of UK towns9th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space5.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
90out 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 · Chilterns begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
61out 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.
Villages its size
Denham is 9th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,400 to 1,600 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
Denham3.1
Villages its size2.0
Buckinghamshire towns3.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Denham5.7
Villages its size1.9
Buckinghamshire towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Denham100%
Villages its size78%
Buckinghamshire towns74%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Denham stands out most for park space per resident: only 7 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Runton and Beeston Regis Norfolk | A+ | 25 | 100% | 4.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Chambercombe Devon | A+ | 8.7 | 100% | 2.8 | 29% |
| 3 | Heathfield Devon | A+ | 20.4 | 100% | 3 | 30% |
| 4 | Charlton Down Dorset | A | 4 | 100% | 2.3 | 58% |
| 5 | Newburn Tyne and Wear | A | 12.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 100% | 1 | 68% |
| 7 | Gargrave North Yorkshire | A | 5.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 8 | Three Crosses West Glamorgan | A | 2.4 | 100% | 1.3 | 39% |
| 9 | Denham Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Knowle Hampshire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.1 | 7% |
| 11 | Hale Cheshire | A− | 4.8 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Twyford Hampshire | A− | 6.8 | 49% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 13 | Little Kingshill Buckinghamshire | A− | 6.5 | 50% | 2.9 | 90% |
| 14 | Holme Cumbria | A− | 2.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 25% |
| 15 | Burnhope County Durham | B+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Horspath Oxfordshire | B | 14 | 54% | 5 | 0% |
| 17 | Hellifield North Yorkshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 38% |
| 18 | Staveley Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 85% | 2.5 | 89% |
| 19 | Alconbury Cambridgeshire | B | 5.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Pont Rhyd-y-cyff Mid Glamorgan | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 21 | Houghton Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Wingrave Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Kingstone Herefordshire | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Kibblesworth Tyne and Wear | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Netherne on-the-Hill Surrey | B− | 1.6 | 40% | 5.9 | 19% |
| 26 | Nether Stowey Somerset | C+ | 1.9 | 18% | 3 | 39% |
| 27 | Killinghall North Yorkshire | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.6 | 7% |
| 28 | Nether Heyford Northamptonshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Lavendon Buckinghamshire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 30 | Castor and Ailsworth Cambridgeshire | C | 3.4 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 31 | Connor Downs Cornwall | C | 0.5 | 79% | 0.7 | 8% |
| 32 | Barton Lancashire | C | 2.6 | 47% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Newborough Cambridgeshire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Eythorne Kent | C | 0.5 | 79% | 2.5 | 9% |
| 35 | Ticehurst East Sussex | C | 1.4 | 75% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 36 | Brabourne Lees Kent | C | 0.9 | 0% | 3.2 | 34% |
| 37 | Warton Warwickshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Cogenhoe Northamptonshire | C− | 1.5 | 78% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Burniston North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 0.9 | 49% |
| 40 | Hartwell Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 59% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Silverton Devon | C− | 1 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Ruishton Somerset | C− | 0.6 | 60% | 2.7 | 4% |
| 43 | Denbury Devon | C− | 2.8 | 24% | 0.7 | 3% |
| 44 | Marnhull Dorset | C− | 1.8 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 45 | Pontyberem Dyfed | C− | 4.7 | 58% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 46 | East Rainton Tyne and Wear | D | 1.4 | 34% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Hook East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 19% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | North Somercotes Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 44% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Pontyates Dyfed | D | 4.6 | 39% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Cawood North Yorkshire | D | 1.9 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Westonzoyland Somerset | D | 3.1 | 30% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Copplestone Devon | D | 1.1 | 88% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Oakington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 52% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Stockton Warwickshire | D | 1.5 | 44% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Four Crosses Powys | D− | 1.9 | 53% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Badersfield Norfolk | D− | 0.3 | 53% | 1 | 2% |
| 57 | Sturton by Stow Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 41% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk | D− | 1.5 | 53% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Guilden Sutton Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 56% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Woodford Northamptonshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Denham’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 Denham
The biggest is Denham Country Park, 11 ha (27 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Denham Green Open Space
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.8 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Denham’s homes are to 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%)
Denham100%
Villages its size78%
Buckinghamshire towns74%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 10 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 148 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Chilterns National Landscape is 3.9 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Denham scores 0% on it even though the Chilterns National Landscape is 3.9 mi away.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
6 waymarked walks pass through or near Denham
27 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Denham and the kilometre around it, 3.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Colne Valley Trail6.1 km
London LOOP (Section 12)5.5 km
Grand Union Canal Walk5.4 km
South Bucks Way4.7 km
London LOOP (Section 11)0.6 km
LOOP link to Uxbridge Underground0.5 km
Close to home, the Colne Valley Trail has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. 5 regional routes pass through, including the London LOOP (Section 12), Grand Union Canal Walk, South Bucks Way and London LOOP (Section 11).
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 Denham
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Denham’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIDenham Place11 ha
Heritage walks
Grand Union Canal Walk 5.4 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 Denham: May to September
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 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 47 | 62 | 54 | 72 | 76 | 64 |
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 76 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Denham →
Things to do
3 viewpoints, 10 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Denham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Hog Hole10 mi from Denham’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows10 mi from Denham’s edge
DirectionsAmity Beach11 mi from Denham’s edge
DirectionsKelson Beach22 mi from Denham’s edge
DirectionsDock Beach22 mi from Denham’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 5
Denham Country Park37 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsHarefield Place Nature Reserve10 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsUxbridge Alderglade4.2 ha · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNorthmoor Hill Wood Local Nature Reserve10 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsDews Farm Sand Pits1.4 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 10
Alderbourne Play Areain town
DirectionsDenham Green Play Area0.3 mi from town
DirectionsThe Glebe Play Area0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 7 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.
New DenhamIver HeathGerrards CrossIverHillingdonChalfont St PeterDenham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denham | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 0% |
| New Denham 1.0 mi | A | 8.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Iver Heath 2.2 mi | B | 28.9 | 53% | 0% |
| Gerrards Cross 2.7 mi | C | 2.1 | 38% | 2% |
| Iver 3.3 mi | D | 1.3 | 60% | 0% |
| Hillingdon 3.4 mi | A | 2.9 | 86% | 2% |
| Chalfont St Peter 3.8 mi | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 18% |
New Denham, 1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Iver Heath has at least twice Denham’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Denham
What is the biggest park in Denham?
Denham Country Park, 11 ha (27 acres), with 2.2 km of path. Denham Green Open Space (0.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Denham near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Chilterns National Landscape, 3.9 mi north of the village’s edge. It covers 838 km² and was designated in 1990.
What are the best walks near Denham?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Colne Valley Trail, London LOOP (Section 12) and Grand Union Canal Walk. Denham Country Park alone has 2.2 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Denham?
Hog Hole, 10 mi from the edge of the village, then The Hollows (10 mi). Denham itself is inland.
How many people in Denham 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 Denham?
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 Denham are historic?
Denham Place (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Denham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 61% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 90% (5.7 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 Denham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Denham’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.