Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bersham Colliery No 2 Headframe · Photo: Chris Jones · CC BY-SA 3.0The Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape begins 1.4 mi from the town’s edge. 34 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.7 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Rhostyllen add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Rhostyllen grades C+ for the outdoors: #28 of 39 in Clwyd. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Rhostyllen’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, 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.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Rhostyllen, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,700 to 2,900 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Rhostyllen stands out most for path per km²: only 7 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 44 of the others do better.
| 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 | Bruton Somerset | A | 9.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 1% |
| 5 | Penmaenmawr Clwyd | A | 1.7 | 78% | 3.4 | 39% |
| 6 | Martlesham Heath Suffolk | A− | 3.5 | 68% | 4.6 | 25% |
| 7 | Congresbury Somerset | A− | 8.5 | 67% | 3.5 | 10% |
| 8 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 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 | Charlbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 66% | 2.4 | 65% |
| 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 | Tollesbury Essex | B− | 2 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Chalgrove Oxfordshire | B− | 4.1 | 85% | 1.2 | 4% |
| 22 | Alltwen West Glamorgan | B− | 4.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Denby Dale West Yorkshire | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 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 | Lostock Gralam Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Catterick North Yorkshire | C | 3.6 | 89% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Asfordby Leicestershire | C | 4 | 57% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Badsey Worcestershire | C | 2.8 | 54% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 35 | Woolton Hill and Highclere Hampshire | C | 1.2 | 60% | 2.3 | 70% |
| 36 | Kidwelly Dyfed | C | 2.8 | 56% | 1 | 0% |
| 37 | Buckden Cambridgeshire | C | 2.9 | 85% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Swavesey Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.8 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Cheswick Green West Midlands | C− | 1 | 77% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Tuxford Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Mere Wiltshire | C− | 1.6 | 34% | 1.5 | 54% |
| 42 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen West Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 80% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 43 | Tarvin Cheshire | C− | 1.2 | 90% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Clifton Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 64% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire | C− | 0.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 37% |
| 46 | Willington Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 67% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | Brierley South Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Catterall Lancashire | D | 1 | 47% | 1.9 | 9% |
| 49 | Croston Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Harbury Warwickshire | D | 1.6 | 73% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Larkhill Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 68% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Ambrosden Oxfordshire | D | 1 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Sherburn County Durham | D | 0.2 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Berinsfield Oxfordshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 2.1 | 11% |
| 55 | Terrington St Clement Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 53% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Seghill Northumberland | D | 0.2 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Repton Derbyshire | D | 0.8 | 36% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | East Ayton and West Ayton North Yorkshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.2 | 33% |
| 59 | Pickmere Cheshire | D− | 0.4 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Greetham Rutland | D− | 0.9 | 30% | 0.8 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Rhostyllen’s built-up area.
The biggest is Erddig Country Park, 84 ha (208 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
About 900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 19 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 145 residents.
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.
10% of the land within 5 km of Rhostyllen is National Park or National Landscape, more than 71% of UK towns.
34 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Rhostyllen and the kilometre around it, 3.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Close to home, the Erddig French meadow walk through Emes' pleasure park, Erddig has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. The regional route here is the Llwybr Clawdd Wat.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 64 | 62 | 70 | 95 | 100 | 105 |
August is the driest month (62 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 105 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Rhostyllen →
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.
Rhostyllen is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
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. Bersham Tip, at 100 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Rhostyllen.
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Brynteg, 2.2 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Wrexham, Rhosllannerchrugog and Brynteg have at least twice Rhostyllen’s green space per resident.
Erddig Country Park, 84 ha (208 acres), with 8.1 km of path, just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, 1.4 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 389 km² and was designated in 2011.
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Llwybr Clawdd Wat, Erddig French meadow walk through Emes' pleasure park, Erddig and Erddig Riverside Walk. Erddig Country Park alone has 8.1 km of path.
Tranmere Beach, 24 mi from the edge of the town, then East Hoyle Bank (25 mi). Rhostyllen itself is inland.
68% 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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
For paths, yes: 3.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 76% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 15% (1.1 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Rhostyllen’s overall grade.
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