Tarvin’s biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
1.6 ha (4 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Tarvin
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Dave.Dunford · Public domainC−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Tarvin · parks, paths & countryside
90% of Tarvin’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Tarvin add up to 1.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 18 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. Tarvin grades C− for the outdoors: #34 of 46 in Cheshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
90%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
18 km
1.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Tarvin grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Tarvin, 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 18% of UK towns#34 of 46 in Cheshire · 44th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
17out of
100
100
A park within a walk90%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
67out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
26out 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
Tarvin is 44th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,600 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
Tarvin1.9
Towns its size2.3
Cheshire towns2.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Tarvin1.2
Towns its size1.7
Cheshire towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Tarvin90%
Towns its size78%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Tarvin stands out most for homes near a park: only 11 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 38 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindford Hampshire | A+ | 17.1 | 100% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 2 | Settle North Yorkshire | A+ | 6.4 | 100% | 3.6 | 73% |
| 3 | Hadston Northumberland | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 2 | 1% |
| 4 | Penmaenmawr Clwyd | A | 1.7 | 78% | 3.4 | 39% |
| 5 | Martlesham Heath Suffolk | A− | 3.5 | 68% | 4.6 | 25% |
| 6 | Congresbury Somerset | A− | 8.5 | 67% | 3.5 | 10% |
| 7 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Newington Kent | A− | 2.3 | 78% | 2.3 | 21% |
| 9 | Holywell Green and Stainland West Yorkshire | A− | 4 | 89% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Combe Martin Devon | A− | 1.8 | 88% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 11 | Newhey Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Perranporth Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 75% | 3.4 | 4% |
| 13 | Buckfastleigh Devon | B+ | 2.9 | 89% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 14 | Mundesley Norfolk | B | 1.8 | 79% | 1.5 | 24% |
| 15 | Broadway Worcestershire | B | 2 | 65% | 3.6 | 56% |
| 16 | Farington Moss Lancashire | B | 5.9 | 93% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Boverton South Glamorgan | B | 4.3 | 52% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 18 | Ormesby St Margaret Norfolk | B | 2.1 | 79% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 19 | Sutton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 20 | Mancetter and Witherley Warwickshire | B− | 3.1 | 88% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Alltwen West Glamorgan | B− | 4.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Denby Dale West Yorkshire | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 23 | Pucklechurch Gloucestershire | C+ | 1.2 | 64% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 24 | Pimperne Dorset | C+ | 1.9 | 72% | 1.9 | 89% |
| 25 | Shevington Moor Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 90% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Great Totham Essex | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Hambrook and Nutbourne West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 28% | 2 | 69% |
| 28 | Snettisham Norfolk | C+ | 1.1 | 73% | 1.3 | 32% |
| 29 | Rhostyllen Clwyd | C+ | 1.1 | 68% | 3.7 | 10% |
| 30 | Bluntisham and Colne Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.3 | 88% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Bosham West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 48% | 1.4 | 58% |
| 32 | Lostock Gralam Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Catterick North Yorkshire | C | 3.6 | 89% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Asfordby Leicestershire | C | 4 | 57% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Badsey Worcestershire | C | 2.8 | 54% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 36 | Woolton Hill and Highclere Hampshire | C | 1.2 | 60% | 2.3 | 70% |
| 37 | Kidwelly Dyfed | C | 2.8 | 56% | 1 | 0% |
| 38 | Buckden Cambridgeshire | C | 2.9 | 85% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Shelley West Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 81% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Swavesey Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.8 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Wolston Warwickshire | C− | 1.6 | 89% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Cheswick Green West Midlands | C− | 1 | 77% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen West Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 80% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 44 | Tarvin Cheshire | C− | 1.2 | 90% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Clifton Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 64% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire | C− | 0.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 37% |
| 47 | Willington Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 67% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Brierley South Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Catterall Lancashire | D | 1 | 47% | 1.9 | 9% |
| 50 | Croston Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Harbury Warwickshire | D | 1.6 | 73% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Larkhill Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 68% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Ambrosden Oxfordshire | D | 1 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Sherburn County Durham | D | 0.2 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Berinsfield Oxfordshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 2.1 | 11% |
| 56 | Terrington St Clement Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 53% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Seghill Northumberland | D | 0.2 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Repton Derbyshire | D | 0.8 | 36% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 59 | St Martins Shropshire | D | 0.6 | 59% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 60 | Pickmere Cheshire | D− | 0.4 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Tarvin’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 Tarvin
The biggest is King George's Field, 1.6 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Tarvin’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 (90%)Further (10%)
Tarvin90%
Towns its size78%
Cheshire towns82%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 686 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 16 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 Landscape
Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley
16 mi south-west389 km²since 2011
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Tarvin
18 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Tarvin and the kilometre around it, 1.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Baker Way6.1 km
Longster Trail1.9 km
Eddisbury Way1.5 km
Close to home, the Baker Way has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. The regional route here is the Eddisbury Way.
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 Tarvin: 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) | 8.1 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 54 | 64 | 61 | 71 | 67 | 77 | 72 | 75 |
March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 77 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Tarvin →
Things to do
4 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
Tarvin is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Tranmere Beach16 mi from Tarvin’s edge
DirectionsBrazil Bank21 mi from Tarvin’s edge
DirectionsEast Hoyle Bank22 mi from Tarvin’s edge
DirectionsCrosby Beach23 mi from Tarvin’s edge
DirectionsTaylor's Bank27 mi from Tarvin’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
Picnic sites 1
Walk Mill0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 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.
KelsallGuilden SuttonChristleton and WavertonMickle TraffordTarporleyTattenhallTarvin
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarvin | C− | 1.2 | 90% | 0% |
| Kelsall 2.3 mi | D | 1.0 | 57% | 0% |
| Guilden Sutton 2.9 mi | D− | 0.3 | 56% | 0% |
| Christleton and Waverton 2.9 mi | D | 2.4 | 55% | 0% |
| Mickle Trafford 3.4 mi | D− | 0.5 | 70% | 0% |
| Tarporley 4.9 mi | D | 1.0 | 69% | 0% |
| Tattenhall 5.0 mi | D− | 1.8 | 28% | 0% |
Tarvin grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. Christleton and Waverton has at least twice Tarvin’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Tarvin
What is the biggest park in Tarvin?
King George's Field, 1.6 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Tarvin near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 16 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
What are the best walks near Tarvin?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Baker Way, Longster Trail and Eddisbury Way.
What is the nearest beach to Tarvin?
Tranmere Beach, 16 mi from the edge of the town, then Brazil Bank (21 mi). Tarvin itself is inland.
How many people in Tarvin live near a park?
90% 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 Tarvin?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Tarvin good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 26% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 17% (1.2 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 Tarvin’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Tarvin’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.