Photo: Michael Trolove · CC BY-SA 2.086% of Haddenham’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Chilterns National Landscape begins 4.1 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Haddenham add up to 3.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 31 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.7 for every square kilometre. Haddenham grades B− for the outdoors: #30 of 39 in Buckinghamshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors town is Haddenham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Haddenham’s strongest suit is the Chilterns National Landscape close by, followed by its historic parks.
Haddenham grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Haddenham, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Haddenham is 27th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 5,300 to 5,900 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Haddenham stands out most for park space per resident: only 13 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventnor Isle of Wight | A+ | 4.5 | 61% | 3.7 | 25% |
| 2 | Deepcar South Yorkshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 21% |
| 3 | Haworth West Yorkshire | A | 4.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 4 | Millom Cumbria | A | 2 | 82% | 3.2 | 13% |
| 5 | St Ives Cornwall | A | 0.8 | 89% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 6 | Nailsworth Gloucestershire | A− | 1.3 | 86% | 5.9 | 88% |
| 7 | Barnard Castle County Durham | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 3.4 | 1% |
| 8 | Brotton North Yorkshire | A− | 1.4 | 89% | 3 | 2% |
| 9 | Steyning West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 86% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 10 | Blaenavon Gwent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 39% |
| 11 | Henfield West Sussex | A− | 3.8 | 51% | 4.4 | 17% |
| 12 | Merley Dorset | B+ | 3.9 | 64% | 4.1 | 6% |
| 13 | Carlton in Lindrick Nottinghamshire | B+ | 9 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Kingsbridge Devon | B+ | 1.5 | 91% | 1.6 | 67% |
| 15 | Aston Clinton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.1 | 61% | 3.8 | 29% |
| 16 | Marchwood Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 87% | 1.3 | 38% |
| 17 | Cottam Lancashire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Creswell Derbyshire | B+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Willington County Durham | B+ | 4.7 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 20 | Garstang Lancashire | B | 2.4 | 89% | 2.3 | 15% |
| 21 | Askern South Yorkshire | B | 8.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 22 | East Tilbury Essex | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2 | 0% |
| 23 | Brixworth Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 94% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Shinfield Berkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Hemsby Norfolk | B | 2.5 | 51% | 1.4 | 22% |
| 26 | Llandrindod Wells Powys | B− | 4.5 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Haddenham Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Hullbridge Essex | C+ | 5.7 | 59% | 3 | 0% |
| 29 | Aylesham Kent | C+ | 0.3 | 76% | 3.4 | 33% |
| 30 | Broseley Shropshire | C+ | 1.2 | 74% | 3.4 | 8% |
| 31 | Quorndon Leicestershire | C+ | 2.7 | 81% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Rainford Merseyside | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Crawley Down West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 80% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 34 | Pontyclun Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.4 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Ruthin Clwyd | C | 2.7 | 51% | 1.5 | 31% |
| 36 | Egremont Cumbria | C | 1.1 | 63% | 1.8 | 11% |
| 37 | Wadebridge Cornwall | C | 1.8 | 74% | 1.8 | 17% |
| 38 | Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire | C | 1.1 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Four Marks Hampshire | C | 0.9 | 46% | 3 | 31% |
| 40 | Coningsby and Tattershall Lincolnshire | C | 2.7 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Durrington Wiltshire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Undy and Magor Gwent | C | 0.9 | 86% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Red Lodge Suffolk | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Ramsey Cambridgeshire | C | 2.5 | 72% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 45 | Welshpool Powys | C− | 2.6 | 82% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Ludgershall Wiltshire | C− | 0.7 | 72% | 1.9 | 32% |
| 47 | Pembury Kent | C− | 1.1 | 45% | 2 | 58% |
| 48 | Ingatestone Essex | C− | 3.2 | 56% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Abertridwr and Senghenydd Gwent | C− | 1.8 | 87% | 1 | 0% |
| 50 | Takeley and Little Canfield Essex | D | 1 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.9 | 60% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Wigton Cumbria | D | 2.4 | 65% | 1 | 0% |
| 53 | Thornton West Yorkshire | D | 0.4 | 54% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Pontardawe West Glamorgan | D | 2.3 | 60% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Brigg Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 65% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Treherbert Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.2 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Ruskington Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 70% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Bulkington Warwickshire | D | 0.9 | 76% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Eye Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirton Lincolnshire | D− | 0.6 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Haddenham’s built-up area.
How close Haddenham’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).
About 800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 934 residents.
The Chilterns National Landscape is 4.1 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.
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Haddenham scores 0% on it even though the Chilterns National Landscape is 4.1 mi away.
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Haddenham
31 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Haddenham and the kilometre around it, 2.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Close to home, the The Wychert Way has 14 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Outer Aylesbury Ring and Bernwood Jubilee Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
A registered historic park in Haddenham
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Haddenham’s named parks.
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.
The best walking months in Haddenham: 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 | |
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| Daylight (h) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 45 | 40 | 47 | 53 | 47 | 49 | 57 | 50 | 68 | 68 | 61 |
March is the driest month (40 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 68 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Haddenham →
6 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.
The nearest beaches
Haddenham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
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
Nature reserves 1
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Longwick, 3.8 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Haddenham
Is Haddenham near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Chilterns National Landscape, 4.1 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 838 km² and was designated in 1990.
What are the best walks near Haddenham?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the The Wychert Way, Wychert Way Link and Outer Aylesbury Ring.
What is the nearest beach to Haddenham?
The Leys Park, 23 mi from the edge of the town, then The Beach (24 mi). Haddenham itself is inland.
How many people in Haddenham live near a park?
86% 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 Haddenham?
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 Haddenham are historic?
Garden at Turn End (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Haddenham good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 50% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 71% (3.1 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 Haddenham’s overall grade.
Where Haddenham’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.
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