Abergele’s biggest
Pentre Mawr Park
Park or garden
16 ha (40 acres)0.1 km of path
23 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi northfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Abergele · parks, paths & countryside
Abergele is on the coast, on the Wales Coast Path
The sea makes up 34% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Abergele add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 29 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Abergele grades B for the outdoors: #18 of 39 in Clwyd. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
29 km
2.1 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
The sea
34%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Abergele?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast34% of the area within 5 km is sea; 8 beaches mapped.On a National TrailThe Wales Coast Path passes through.Historic parksGwrych Castle is a registered historic park (Grade II*).
Abergele’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by the Wales Coast Path.
Outdoors grade
Abergele grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Abergele, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 57% of UK towns#18 of 39 in Clwyd · 29th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
68out of
100
100
A park within a walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
42out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
32out of
100
100
The sea34%of the area within 5 km
94out 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
Abergele is 29th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 8,100 to 8,900 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
Abergele2.1
Towns its size2.8
Clwyd towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Abergele2.9
Towns its size2.2
Clwyd towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Abergele78%
Towns its size85%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Abergele stands out most for park space per resident: only 18 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 46 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upton Dorset | A+ | 9.1 | 84% | 4.7 | 18% |
| 2 | Hawkinge Kent | A+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.2 | 74% |
| 3 | Pool and Illogan Cornwall | A+ | 3.7 | 81% | 4 | 5% |
| 4 | Stakeford Northumberland | A+ | 10 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 5 | Worsbrough South Yorkshire | A | 10.1 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 6 | Storrington West Sussex | A | 5.5 | 85% | 3.2 | 54% |
| 7 | Wallingford Oxfordshire | A | 3.1 | 85% | 3.7 | 61% |
| 8 | East Cowes Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 96% | 3 | 8% |
| 9 | Brecon Powys | A | 3.2 | 86% | 3.2 | 61% |
| 10 | Ledbury Herefordshire | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.1 | 34% |
| 11 | Penistone South Yorkshire | A | 2.6 | 97% | 3.9 | 9% |
| 12 | Bearsted Kent | A | 5.5 | 76% | 3.5 | 39% |
| 13 | Stonehouse Gloucestershire | A | 1.8 | 94% | 4.6 | 36% |
| 14 | Maryport Cumbria | A− | 1.4 | 100% | 2.4 | 5% |
| 15 | Brightlingsea Essex | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 16 | Ryton Tyne and Wear | A− | 5.5 | 85% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Alfreton Derbyshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Longridge Lancashire | B+ | 1.9 | 89% | 3 | 32% |
| 19 | Coppull Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 85% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Hadleigh Suffolk | B+ | 2.6 | 87% | 2.7 | 10% |
| 21 | Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Cinderford Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 4.7 | 4% |
| 23 | Pershore Worcestershire | B | 2.7 | 76% | 3.2 | 7% |
| 24 | Ashbourne Derbyshire | B | 1.9 | 92% | 2.7 | 14% |
| 25 | Cockermouth Cumbria | B | 2.6 | 81% | 2.2 | 42% |
| 26 | Ampthill Bedfordshire | B | 6.8 | 71% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 27 | South Kirkby West Yorkshire | B | 3 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Marlborough Wiltshire | B | 1.2 | 72% | 3.8 | 100% |
| 29 | Abergele Clwyd | B | 2.9 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Wendover Buckinghamshire | B | 1 | 58% | 5.6 | 60% |
| 31 | Hornsea East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 90% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Alnwick Northumberland | B− | 2.2 | 67% | 3.4 | 7% |
| 33 | Meltham West Yorkshire | B− | 1 | 63% | 5.3 | 27% |
| 34 | Stansted Mountfitchet Essex | B− | 0.8 | 96% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 35 | West End and Chobham Surrey | B− | 3.3 | 65% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Hoo St Werburgh Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 92% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Fakenham Norfolk | C+ | 5.2 | 81% | 2 | 0% |
| 38 | Bewdley Worcestershire | C+ | 1.7 | 88% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Atherstone Warwickshire | C+ | 2.7 | 88% | 2 | 0% |
| 40 | Ammanford Dyfed | C+ | 2.8 | 70% | 1.5 | 9% |
| 41 | Brinsworth South Yorkshire | C | 1.3 | 76% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Faringdon Oxfordshire | C | 1.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Silsden West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 67% | 3.5 | 1% |
| 44 | Rothwell Northamptonshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Burscough Lancashire | C | 2.6 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Sherburn in Elmet North Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Ferryhill County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Glastonbury Somerset | C− | 2 | 69% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Hilton Derbyshire | C− | 1.1 | 89% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | East Leake Nottinghamshire | C− | 2.4 | 68% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Launceston Cornwall | C− | 2.1 | 66% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 52 | Penkridge Staffordshire | C− | 0.8 | 70% | 2.1 | 7% |
| 53 | Adlington Lancashire | C− | 1.3 | 64% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Swaffham Norfolk | D | 1 | 68% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Harworth and Bircotes Nottinghamshire | D | 1.9 | 64% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Holbeach Lincolnshire | D | 1 | 91% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Ashford Common Surrey | D | 0.8 | 62% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 63% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Coxheath Kent | D | 1.2 | 48% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Clydach West Glamorgan | D | 1.7 | 68% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Abergele’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 Abergele
The biggest is Pentre Mawr Park, 16 ha (40 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Parc Gele
Park or garden
0.7 ha (2 acres)0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Abergele
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Abergele 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 (78%)Further (23%)
Abergele78%
Towns its size85%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
About 1,900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 569 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 6.6 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
6.6 mi east389 km²since 2011
National Park
Snowdonia
9.5 mi west2,140 km²since 1951
National Landscape
Ynys Mon/anglesey
17 mi west219 km²since 1967
Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Abergele is on the Wales Coast Path
29 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Abergele 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 town.
NationalRegional
North Wales Path6.8 km
Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route6.1 km
The Wales Coast Path, a national route, passes Abergele. The regional route here is the North Wales Path.
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 Abergele
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Abergele’s named parks.
Registered · Grade II*Gwrych Castle2.0 ha
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 Abergele: May to August
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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 63 | 48 | 49 | 61 | 69 | 49 | 60 | 74 | 114 | 99 | 92 |
March is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 114 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 18 nights a year. The climate in Abergele →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Abergele
34% of the area within 5 km of Abergele is sea. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
The Wales Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
15 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 9
Bryn Gwenallt153 m (502 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCastell Cawr189 m (620 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsTower Hill178 m (584 ft) · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBryn Castell Gwrych183 m (600 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPen-y-groesffordd128 m (420 ft) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsCoed Bettws153 m (502 ft) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsThe Warren189 m (620 ft) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsCefn Yr Ogof204 m (669 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak more.
Playgrounds 15
Children's Play Areain town
DirectionsThe Pirates Locker0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Manorafon Farm Touring and Camping0.0 mi from town
DirectionsTy Mawr Campsite0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites 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.
PensarnLlanddulasMynydd MarianKinmel BayBodelwyddanRhylAbergele
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abergele | B | 2.9 | 78% | 0% |
| Pensarn 0.9 mi | C+ | 13.1 | 45% | 0% |
| Llanddulas 2.4 mi | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Mynydd Marian 2.9 mi | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Kinmel Bay 2.9 mi | C | 1.8 | 76% | 0% |
| Bodelwyddan 3.4 mi | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Rhyl 5.2 mi | B | 1.0 | 84% | 7% |
Llanddulas, 2.4 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Pensarn has at least twice Abergele’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Abergele
What is the biggest park in Abergele?
Pentre Mawr Park, 16 ha (40 acres). Parc Gele (0.7 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Abergele near a National Park?
Yes. Snowdonia National Park begins 9.5 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 6.6 mi away.
What are the best walks near Abergele?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the North Wales Path and Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route.
How many people in Abergele live near a park?
78% 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 Abergele?
May to August: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Abergele are historic?
Gwrych Castle (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Abergele good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 32% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 68% (2.9 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 Abergele’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Abergele’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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