Higher Kinnerton’s biggest
Parc Kinnerton
Playing field
0.7 ha (2 acres)0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Higher Kinnerton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Michael Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Higher Kinnerton · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Higher Kinnerton lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Higher Kinnerton add up to 0.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 9 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.2 for every square kilometre. Higher Kinnerton grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
9 km
1.2 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
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Higher Kinnerton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Less park per person0.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Higher Kinnerton’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Higher Kinnerton grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Higher Kinnerton, 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 17% of UK towns46th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space0.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
8out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
11out 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.
Villages its size
Higher Kinnerton is 46th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,700 to 1,800 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
Higher Kinnerton1.2
Villages its size2.2
Clwyd towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Higher Kinnerton0.7
Villages its size1.7
Clwyd towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Higher Kinnerton100%
Villages its size82%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Higher Kinnerton stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 52 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanborough Wiltshire | A+ | 6 | 100% | 2.7 | 45% |
| 2 | Trimley St Martin Suffolk | A+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.9 | 43% |
| 3 | Penwithick Cornwall | A | 15 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 4 | Wroxall Isle of Wight | A | 1.2 | 84% | 4.6 | 33% |
| 5 | Woodbury Devon | A | 3.3 | 100% | 0.9 | 26% |
| 6 | Eccles Kent | A | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 30% |
| 7 | Malvern Wells Worcestershire | A | 10.8 | 37% | 5.3 | 57% |
| 8 | Elstree Hertfordshire | A | 22 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Flimby Cumbria | A | 1.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 2% |
| 10 | Grain Kent | A | 13 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 11 | Upchurch Kent | A | 4 | 76% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 12 | Wickwar Gloucestershire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.5 | 15% |
| 13 | Hamstreet Kent | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Seascale Cumbria | A− | 2.1 | 81% | 2.2 | 27% |
| 15 | Ripley Surrey | A− | 15 | 64% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 16 | Ingleton North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 54% |
| 17 | Harthill South Yorkshire | B+ | 3.6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Appledore Devon | B+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 16% |
| 19 | Criccieth Gwynedd | B | 2.9 | 75% | 1.3 | 4% |
| 20 | Blewbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 54% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 21 | Denby Bottles Derbyshire | B | 1.4 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Rackheath Norfolk | B | 2.6 | 100% | 1 | 14% |
| 23 | South Hiendley West Yorkshire | B | 13.4 | 87% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Great Bentley Essex | B− | 6.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Bryn Dyfed | B− | 2.9 | 67% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 26 | Flockton West Yorkshire | B− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 27 | Shaldon Devon | B− | 1.7 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Winkfield Row Berkshire | B− | 11 | 80% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Summit Greater Manchester | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Trethomas Gwent | B− | 6.9 | 48% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Feniton Devon | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 17% |
| 32 | Dunvant West Glamorgan | C+ | 4.3 | 36% | 1.8 | 30% |
| 33 | Langho Lancashire | C+ | 1.6 | 74% | 3 | 7% |
| 34 | North Leigh Oxfordshire | C+ | 2.3 | 56% | 2.4 | 26% |
| 35 | Sharnbrook Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Harvington Worcestershire | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Minsterley Shropshire | C+ | 1.1 | 77% | 2.4 | 38% |
| 38 | Bury Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Doveridge Derbyshire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Billington Lancashire | C− | 0.5 | 0% | 3.9 | 14% |
| 41 | Poyle Berkshire | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 42 | Leeming North Yorkshire | C− | 5 | 76% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 43 | West Thorney West Sussex | C− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.9 | 55% |
| 44 | Embsay North Yorkshire | C− | 0.9 | 38% | 2.5 | 47% |
| 45 | High Bentham North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 46 | Higher Kinnerton Clwyd | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Sudbrooke Lincolnshire | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Croft Leicestershire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Charminster Dorset | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 56% |
| 50 | Holt Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 45% | 2.1 | 2% |
| 51 | Shrewton Wiltshire | D | 1.4 | 42% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Glinton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.3 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Frizington Cumbria | D | 1.4 | 52% | 0.9 | 15% |
| 54 | Aiskew North Yorkshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Houghton on the Hill Leicestershire | D | 1.8 | 60% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Point Clear Essex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Monk Fryston and Hillam North Yorkshire | D | 2.7 | 40% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Necton Norfolk | D− | 1.5 | 17% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Swffryd Gwent | D− | 1.4 | 17% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Hambleton North Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Higher Kinnerton’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 Higher Kinnerton
The biggest is Parc Kinnerton, 0.7 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Main Road Recreation Ground
Playing field
0.5 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Higher Kinnerton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Higher Kinnerton’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 (100%)Further (0%)
Higher Kinnerton100%
Villages its size82%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 289 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape is 6.4 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
6.4 mi west389 km²since 2011
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Higher Kinnerton
9 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Higher Kinnerton and the kilometre around it, 1.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Local
Wales Link Path0.6 km
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 Higher Kinnerton: May to July and 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 72 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 65 | 105 | 70 | 81 | 78 | 79 |
April is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 105 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Higher Kinnerton →
Things to do
6 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Higher Kinnerton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Tranmere Beach16 mi from Higher Kinnerton’s edge
DirectionsEast Hoyle Bank18 mi from Higher Kinnerton’s edge
DirectionsBrazil Bank21 mi from Higher Kinnerton’s edge
DirectionsCrosby Beach23 mi from Higher Kinnerton’s edge
DirectionsRhyl Sands24 mi from Higher Kinnerton’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.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Plus 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.
BroughtonPenyfforddHopeHawardenRossettLlayHigher Kinnerton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Hawarden, 3.2 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: 81% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Hope, Hawarden and Llay have at least twice Higher Kinnerton’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Higher Kinnerton
What is the biggest park in Higher Kinnerton?
Parc Kinnerton, 0.7 ha (2 acres). Main Road Recreation Ground (0.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Higher Kinnerton near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 6.4 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
What are the best walks near Higher Kinnerton?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Wales Link Path.
What is the nearest beach to Higher Kinnerton?
Tranmere Beach, 16 mi from the edge of the village, then East Hoyle Bank (18 mi). Higher Kinnerton itself is inland.
How many people in Higher Kinnerton live near a park?
100% 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 Higher Kinnerton?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Higher Kinnerton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 11% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 8% (0.7 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 Higher Kinnerton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Higher Kinnerton’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.