Denbigh’s biggest
Lower Park Recreation Ground
Playing field
0.9 ha (2 acres)0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Denbigh
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Denbigh · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Denbigh lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 96% of residents. The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape begins 2.2 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Denbigh add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Denbigh grades B− for the outdoors: #26 of 39 in Clwyd. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
96%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
36 km
2.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
5%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Denbigh?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep96% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside close byThe Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape starts 2.2 mi north-east.Historic parksPierce Memorial Garden is a registered historic park (Grade II).Less park per person1.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Denbigh’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Denbigh grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Denbigh, 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 45% of UK towns#26 of 39 in Clwyd · 33rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
21out of
100
100
A park within a walk96%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
76out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape5%of the land within 5 km
67out of
100
100
Footpaths2.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
39out 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
Denbigh is 33rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 7,700 to 8,500 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
Denbigh2.3
Towns its size3.1
Clwyd towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Denbigh1.3
Towns its size2.1
Clwyd towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Denbigh96%
Towns its size84%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Denbigh stands out most for homes near a park: only 7 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 45 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 | Chipping Sodbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 5.2 | 93% | 8.2 | 29% |
| 3 | Ecclesfield and Grenoside South Yorkshire | A+ | 5.1 | 94% | 5.2 | 2% |
| 4 | Stakeford Northumberland | A+ | 10 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 5 | Bargod Gwent | A | 13.6 | 100% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 6 | Dursley Gloucestershire | A | 1.8 | 90% | 7.2 | 52% |
| 7 | Grove Oxfordshire | A | 2.2 | 92% | 4.7 | 27% |
| 8 | Brecon Powys | A | 3.2 | 86% | 3.2 | 61% |
| 9 | East Cowes Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 96% | 3 | 8% |
| 10 | Ledbury Herefordshire | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.1 | 34% |
| 11 | Bearsted Kent | A | 5.5 | 76% | 3.5 | 39% |
| 12 | Stonehouse Gloucestershire | A | 1.8 | 94% | 4.6 | 36% |
| 13 | Bursledon Hampshire | A | 2.6 | 90% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Richmond North Yorkshire | A | 2.4 | 96% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 15 | Norton Canes Staffordshire | A− | 13.3 | 97% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 16 | Dinas Powis South Glamorgan | A− | 3 | 73% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 17 | London Colney Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Burnham-on-Crouch Essex | A− | 5.3 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 19 | City of London London | A− | 2 | 100% | 11 | 0% |
| 20 | Cam Gloucestershire | A− | 2.8 | 57% | 5 | 34% |
| 21 | Pembroke Dyfed | B+ | 2.2 | 91% | 1 | 31% |
| 22 | Annfield Plain County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 93% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Coppull Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 85% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Runwell Essex | B+ | 5.1 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Pershore Worcestershire | B | 2.7 | 76% | 3.2 | 7% |
| 26 | Edenbridge Kent | B | 2.6 | 64% | 3 | 42% |
| 27 | Rusthall and Langton Green Kent | B | 2.1 | 69% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 28 | Clayton-le-Moors Lancashire | B | 1.1 | 86% | 4.2 | 2% |
| 29 | Ashley Hampshire | B | 2.2 | 53% | 1.7 | 47% |
| 30 | Alnwick Northumberland | B− | 2.2 | 67% | 3.4 | 7% |
| 31 | Twyford Berkshire | B− | 2.4 | 86% | 2.1 | 5% |
| 32 | Meltham West Yorkshire | B− | 1 | 63% | 5.3 | 27% |
| 33 | Denbigh Clwyd | B− | 1.3 | 96% | 2.3 | 5% |
| 34 | Buntingford Hertfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 95% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 35 | Fakenham Norfolk | C+ | 5.2 | 81% | 2 | 0% |
| 36 | Ystalyfera West Glamorgan | C+ | 2.6 | 84% | 0.8 | 15% |
| 37 | Bewdley Worcestershire | C+ | 1.7 | 88% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Crediton Devon | C+ | 2.4 | 89% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Seaton Delaval Northumberland | C+ | 0.5 | 66% | 4 | 0% |
| 40 | Ammanford Dyfed | C+ | 2.8 | 70% | 1.5 | 9% |
| 41 | Holywell Clwyd | C | 0.9 | 68% | 3 | 0% |
| 42 | Silsden West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 67% | 3.5 | 1% |
| 43 | Norton-on-Derwent North Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 58% | 2.4 | 16% |
| 44 | Southam Warwickshire | C | 2.3 | 86% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Histon and Impington Cambridgeshire | C | 1.5 | 66% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire | C | 2.1 | 38% | 2.3 | 2% |
| 47 | Hedon East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 0.9 | 74% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Glastonbury Somerset | C− | 2 | 69% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Llanharan and Brynna Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 97% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Hilton Derbyshire | C− | 1.1 | 89% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Radlett Hertfordshire | C− | 2.1 | 60% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Rainworth Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.5 | 65% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Tenterden Kent | C− | 0.8 | 58% | 1.8 | 48% |
| 54 | Penkridge Staffordshire | C− | 0.8 | 70% | 2.1 | 7% |
| 55 | Launceston Cornwall | C− | 2.1 | 66% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 56 | Cotgrave Nottinghamshire | C− | 1 | 47% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Highworth Wiltshire | C− | 0.4 | 59% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Clowne Derbyshire | C− | 1.4 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Swaffham Norfolk | D | 1 | 68% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Ashford Common Surrey | D | 0.8 | 62% | 2.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Denbigh’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 Denbigh
The biggest is Lower Park Recreation Ground, 0.9 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Lower Park Play Area
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Denbigh
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Denbigh’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 (96%)Further (4%)
Denbigh96%
Towns its size84%
Clwyd towns83%
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; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,009 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 2.2 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
2.2 mi north-east389 km²since 20115% of the land within 5 km
National Park
Snowdonia
14 mi south-west2,140 km²since 1951
5% of the land within 5 km of Denbigh is National Park or National Landscape, more than 67% of UK towns. Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Denbigh
36 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Denbigh and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Other waymarked
Hiraethog Trail6.6 km
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 Denbigh
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Denbigh’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIPierce Memorial Garden0.2 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 Denbigh: 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 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 78 | 66 | 57 | 52 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 60 | 67 | 93 | 92 | 98 |
May is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 98 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Denbigh →
Things to do
8 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
Denbigh is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Horton's Nose Nature Reserve9.1 mi from Denbigh’s edge
DirectionsRhyl Sands9.6 mi from Denbigh’s edge
DirectionsEast Hoyle Bank16 mi from Denbigh’s edge
DirectionsPorth Dyniewaid17 mi from Denbigh’s edge
DirectionsNorth Shore Beach18 mi from Denbigh’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. Natural Resources Wales tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Crest Mawr, at 182 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Denbigh.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Crest Mawr182 m (597 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 8
Lower Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsDenbigh Green Playground0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite 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.
St AsaphRuthinBodelwyddanRhuddlanDyserthMelidenDenbigh
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Meliden, 9.1 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. St Asaph, Ruthin and Meliden have at least twice Denbigh’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Denbigh
What is the biggest park in Denbigh?
Lower Park Recreation Ground, 0.9 ha (2 acres). Lower Park Play Area (0.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Denbigh near a National Park?
Yes. Snowdonia National Park begins 14 mi south-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, 2.2 mi away.
What are the best walks near Denbigh?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Hiraethog Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Denbigh?
Horton's Nose Nature Reserve, 9.1 mi from the edge of the town, then Rhyl Sands (9.6 mi). Denbigh itself is inland.
How many people in Denbigh live near a park?
96% 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 Denbigh?
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 Denbigh are historic?
Pierce Memorial Garden (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Denbigh good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 39% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 21% (1.3 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 Denbigh’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Denbigh’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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