Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and walks in Comberton
Parks and playing fields in Comberton add up to 1.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 71% of residents. Footpaths add up to 21 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Comberton grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Comberton grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Comberton, 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.
Comberton is 50th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,200 to 2,400 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Comberton falls furthest behind on path per km², where 36 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limpsfield Surrey | A+ | 2.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 41% |
| 2 | Tanyfron Clwyd | A | 7.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 13% |
| 3 | Radford Semele Warwickshire | A | 12.3 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 4 | Elstead Surrey | A | 2.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 82% |
| 5 | Berry Hill Gloucestershire | A | 2.9 | 79% | 4.7 | 55% |
| 6 | Westcott Surrey | A | 1.8 | 86% | 5.5 | 78% |
| 7 | Hapton Lancashire | A | 2.6 | 87% | 6.1 | 2% |
| 8 | Harlington Bedfordshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 2.7 | 16% |
| 9 | Great Horkesley Essex | A− | 4.7 | 78% | 3.3 | 25% |
| 10 | Millbrook Cornwall | A− | 2 | 100% | 1.1 | 19% |
| 11 | Arnside Cumbria | A− | 1.3 | 65% | 4.1 | 75% |
| 12 | Merlin's Bridge Dyfed | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 2 | 11% |
| 13 | Berrow and Brean Somerset | A− | 3.6 | 75% | 1.7 | 1% |
| 14 | Clare Suffolk | A− | 7.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Acle Norfolk | B+ | 1.6 | 89% | 3.1 | 43% |
| 16 | Tisbury Wiltshire | B+ | 1.5 | 86% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 17 | Woodford Greater Manchester | B+ | 5.9 | 80% | 2.3 | 5% |
| 18 | Steventon Oxfordshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2 | 17% |
| 19 | Bowness-on-Windermere Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 76% | 2.8 | 100% |
| 20 | Crick Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 21 | Mayfield East Sussex | B− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.9 | 99% |
| 22 | Loddon Norfolk | B− | 2.4 | 77% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 23 | Dormansland Surrey | B− | 2.5 | 70% | 2.3 | 33% |
| 24 | Park Street and Frogmore Hertfordshire | B− | 4.5 | 63% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Bickershaw Greater Manchester | B− | 5 | 13% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Debenham Suffolk | C+ | 1 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Bere Alston Devon | C+ | 1.4 | 64% | 1.3 | 93% |
| 28 | Delph Greater Manchester | C+ | 0.7 | 72% | 3.9 | 17% |
| 29 | Hermitage Berkshire | C+ | 0.6 | 58% | 3.4 | 82% |
| 30 | Boughton under Blean Kent | C+ | 2.7 | 24% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 31 | Cold Ash Berkshire | C+ | 1.5 | 7% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 32 | Berkeley Gloucestershire | C+ | 0.9 | 49% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 33 | Farndon Cheshire | C+ | 1.2 | 82% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 34 | East Bergholt Suffolk | C | 1.9 | 26% | 2.4 | 46% |
| 35 | Bishopsteignton Devon | C | 3 | 62% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Wickham Market Suffolk | C | 2.5 | 64% | 1.7 | 7% |
| 37 | Caistor Lincolnshire | C | 2.8 | 39% | 1.3 | 33% |
| 38 | Hawkesbury Warwickshire | C | 1 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Tatworth Somerset | C | 1.3 | 71% | 1.7 | 44% |
| 40 | Whaddon Wiltshire | C | 2.6 | 55% | 1.3 | 10% |
| 41 | Eye Suffolk | C | 2 | 66% | 3 | 0% |
| 42 | Wardley Greater Manchester | C− | 0.6 | 88% | 3 | 0% |
| 43 | Wateringbury Kent | C− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Stoke Prior Worcestershire | C− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Coleford Somerset | C− | 1.2 | 51% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Coltishall and Horstead Norfolk | C− | 2.1 | 57% | 1.3 | 8% |
| 47 | Woldingham Surrey | C− | 0.2 | 25% | 3.1 | 20% |
| 48 | St Osyth Essex | C− | 1.5 | 54% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Scholes (Leeds) West Yorkshire | D | 0 | 0% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 50 | Comberton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 71% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Duxford Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Bicknacre Essex | D | 1 | 56% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Kineton Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 54 | Great Barford Bedfordshire | D− | 1.4 | 45% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Tattenhall Cheshire | D− | 1.8 | 28% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Leconfield East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.6 | 51% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Ixworth Suffolk | D− | 1 | 73% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Isleham Cambridgeshire | D− | 0.2 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Puriton Somerset | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.4 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
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7 in 10 Comberton 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).
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 282 residents.
8 waymarked walks pass through or near Comberton
21 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Comberton and the kilometre around it, 2.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
2 regional routes pass through, including the Greenwich Meridian Trail and Harcamlow Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Comberton: 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 | |
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| Daylight (h) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 45 | 50 | 49 | 60 | 50 | 58 | 55 | 51 |
March is the driest month (34 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 60 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Comberton →
8 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comberton | D | 1.6 | 71% | 0% |
| Hardwick 2.0 mi | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 0% |
| Highfields Caldecote 2.5 mi | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 0% |
| Haslingfield 2.7 mi | C− | 2.0 | 80% | 0% |
| Harston 4.0 mi | D | 1.6 | 45% | 0% |
| Girton 4.1 mi | B+ | 2.8 | 92% | 0% |
| Orwell 4.1 mi | D | 1.2 | 78% | 0% |
Highfields Caldecote, 2.5 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Highfields Caldecote has at least twice Comberton’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Comberton
Is Comberton near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Comberton.
What are the best walks near Comberton?
8 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Hardwick Millennium Footpath, Diamond Jubilee Walk and Greenwich Meridian Trail.
How many people in Comberton live near a park?
71% 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 Comberton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Comberton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 33% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 31% (1.6 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 Comberton’s overall grade.
Where Comberton’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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