Llanfairfechan’s biggest
Victoria Gardens
Park or garden
0.5 ha (1 acres)
0.4 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Llanfairfechan · parks, paths & countryside
Llanfairfechan is on the coast, on the Wales Coast Path
The sea makes up 46% of the area within 5 km. Snowdonia National Park reaches the edge of Llanfairfechan. 48% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Llanfairfechan grades B for the outdoors: #16 of 39 in Clwyd. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
48%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
37 km
2.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
38%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Snowdonia National Park
The sea
46%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Llanfairfechan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast46% of the area within 5 km is sea; 8 beaches mapped.Protected countryside38% of the land within 5 km is Snowdonia National Park.On a National TrailThe Wales Coast Path passes through.Less park per person1.0 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Llanfairfechan’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by protected countryside on the doorstep. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Llanfairfechan grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Llanfairfechan, 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 58% of UK towns#16 of 39 in Clwyd · 22nd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
12out of
100
100
A park within a walk48%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
12out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape38%of the land within 5 km
87out of
100
100
Footpaths2.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
57out of
100
100
The sea46%of the area within 5 km
98out 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
Llanfairfechan is 22nd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,400 to 3,700 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
Llanfairfechan2.9
Towns its size2.7
Clwyd towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Llanfairfechan1.0
Towns its size2.1
Clwyd towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Llanfairfechan48%
Towns its size84%
Clwyd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Llanfairfechan falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 51 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tutshill and Sedbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 87% | 4.5 | 32% |
| 2 | Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Gloucestershire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 51% |
| 3 | Lingfield Surrey | A | 3.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 16% |
| 4 | Bishopston West Glamorgan | A | 3 | 47% | 3.1 | 41% |
| 5 | Kingsbury Warwickshire | A− | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 6 | Shenley Hertfordshire | A− | 6.1 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 7 | Westward Ho! Devon | A− | 12.3 | 63% | 1.7 | 18% |
| 8 | Taff's Well Mid Glamorgan | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Grassmoor Derbyshire | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Church Stretton Shropshire | A− | 2.2 | 68% | 4.7 | 92% |
| 11 | Essington Staffordshire | B+ | 6.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Keresley Newlands Warwickshire | B+ | 4.4 | 89% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | St Asaph Clwyd | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 9% |
| 14 | Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel Staffordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 86% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 15 | Watchet Somerset | B+ | 1.3 | 86% | 2 | 18% |
| 16 | Water Orton Warwickshire | B+ | 5.3 | 82% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Hartley Wintney Hampshire | B+ | 6.1 | 82% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Chartham Kent | B | 2.3 | 67% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 19 | Roade Northamptonshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Martham Norfolk | B | 1.7 | 74% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 21 | Brockenhurst Hampshire | B | 1.8 | 63% | 3.3 | 98% |
| 22 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | B | 1 | 48% | 2.9 | 38% |
| 23 | Sturminster Newton Dorset | B | 1.4 | 85% | 3.6 | 5% |
| 24 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 2.3 | 66% |
| 25 | Belton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 48% |
| 26 | Theydon Bois Essex | B− | 2.4 | 70% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Burtonwood Cheshire | B− | 3.3 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Lower Nazeing Essex | B− | 23.8 | 58% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Castle Cary Somerset | B− | 2.2 | 91% | 3 | 0% |
| 30 | Worlingham Suffolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 24% |
| 31 | Pilsley and Lower Pilsley Derbyshire | B− | 1.9 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 32 | Bembridge Isle of Wight | B− | 1.5 | 50% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 33 | Penllergaer West Glamorgan | B− | 21 | 83% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Langport Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Kirkheaton West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 92% | 3 | 0% |
| 36 | Broomfield Essex | C+ | 2.7 | 45% | 5 | 0% |
| 37 | Fradley Staffordshire | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Great Lumley County Durham | C+ | 1.4 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Woodstock Oxfordshire | C+ | 1 | 80% | 3 | 11% |
| 40 | Boreham Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Hatfield Peverel Essex | C | 2 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Thorpe Willoughby North Yorkshire | C | 0.4 | 92% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Cosby Leicestershire | C | 1.6 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | C | 2.9 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Marden Kent | C | 1.8 | 71% | 2.1 | 3% |
| 46 | Goff's Oak Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Bramhope West Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 0% | 2.7 | 2% |
| 48 | Holsworthy Devon | C− | 2.7 | 84% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Lytchett Matravers Dorset | C− | 1.2 | 83% | 1.2 | 5% |
| 50 | Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.3 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Willand Devon | C− | 0.9 | 88% | 0.6 | 1% |
| 52 | Pwllheli Gwynedd | C− | 0.1 | 23% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 53 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.2 | 89% | 2 | 0% |
| 54 | Hoveton and Wroxham Norfolk | D | 1.4 | 65% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 55 | Witham St Hughs Lincolnshire | D | 0.7 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Lanchester County Durham | D | 1.4 | 70% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | D | 0.8 | 44% | 3 | 0% |
| 58 | Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Wollaston Northamptonshire | D− | 1.2 | 11% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Barlby North Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Llanfairfechan’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 Llanfairfechan
The biggest is Victoria Gardens, 0.5 ha (1 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Llanfairfechan 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 (48%)Further (52%)
Llanfairfechan48%
Towns its size84%
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; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 507 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Snowdonia and Ynys Mon/anglesey both start about 4 miles from Llanfairfechan
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 Park
Snowdonia
At the edge south-east2,140 km²since 195138% of the land within 5 km
National Landscape
Ynys Mon/anglesey
3.9 mi north-west219 km²since 1967
38% of the land within 5 km of Llanfairfechan is National Park or National Landscape, more than 87% of UK towns. Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Llanfairfechan is on the Wales Coast Path
37 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Llanfairfechan and the kilometre around it, 2.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegional
Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route8.3 km
North Wales Path7.6 km
North Wales Pilgrim's Way5.2 km
Conwy Mountain alternative4.7 km
The Wales Coast Path, a national route, passes Llanfairfechan. 2 regional routes pass through, including the North Wales Path and North Wales Pilgrim's Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
2 registered historic parks in Llanfairfechan
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Llanfairfechan’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIBryn-y-Neuadd29 ha
Registered · Grade IIWern Isaf (Rosebriars)0.5 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 Llanfairfechan: June 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 122 | 112 | 93 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 89 | 107 | 113 | 148 | 152 | 164 |
April is the driest month (86 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 18 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 164 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 17 nights a year. The climate in Llanfairfechan →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Llanfairfechan
46% of the area within 5 km of Llanfairfechan 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
7 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 3
Dinas320 m (1,050 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsGarreg Fawr364 m (1,194 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsClip yr Orsedd429 m (1,407 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Gwarchodfa Natur Leol Glan y Môr Elias22 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsMorfa Madryn25 ha · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Platt's Farmin town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
PenmaenmawrDwygyfylchiBeaumarisBethesdaTregarthConwyLlanfairfechan
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfairfechan | B | 1.0 | 48% | 38% |
| Penmaenmawr 2.4 mi | A | 1.7 | 78% | 39% |
| Dwygyfylchi 3.6 mi | A+ | 3.2 | 83% | 28% |
| Beaumaris 5.1 mi | B− | 2.7 | 30% | 18% |
| Bethesda 6.1 mi | A | 2.5 | 90% | 49% |
| Tregarth 6.5 mi | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 23% |
| Conwy 6.9 mi | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 13% |
Dwygyfylchi, 3.6 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 83% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Dwygyfylchi, Beaumaris and Bethesda have at least twice Llanfairfechan’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Llanfairfechan
What is the biggest park in Llanfairfechan?
Victoria Gardens, 0.5 ha (1 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Llanfairfechan near a National Park?
It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Llanfairfechan?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route, North Wales Path and North Wales Pilgrim's Way.
How many people in Llanfairfechan live near a park?
48% 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 Llanfairfechan?
June 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 Llanfairfechan are historic?
Bryn-y-Neuadd (Grade II) and Wern Isaf (Rosebriars) (Grade II) are on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Llanfairfechan good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 57% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 12% (1.0 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 Llanfairfechan’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Llanfairfechan’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.