Bodmin’s biggest
Fair Park
Playing field
1.1 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Tim Walker from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bodmin · parks, paths & countryside
87% of Bodmin’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 2.5 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Bodmin add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 59 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.4 for every square kilometre. Bodmin grades C+ for the outdoors: #28 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
87%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
59 km
2.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
3%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Bodmin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 2.5 mi north-east.Less park per person1.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Bodmin’s strongest suit is the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Bodmin grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bodmin, 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 36% of UK towns#28 of 35 in Cornwall · 45th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
15out of
100
100
A park within a walk87%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
61out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape3%of the land within 5 km
66out of
100
100
Footpaths2.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
44out 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
Bodmin is 45th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,900 to 18,000 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
Bodmin2.4
Towns its size3.3
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bodmin1.1
Towns its size2.1
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bodmin87%
Towns its size84%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Bodmin falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 56 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 2 | Cirencester Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.3 | 95% | 4.1 | 48% |
| 3 | Dorking Surrey | A | 4.4 | 75% | 7 | 57% |
| 4 | Clitheroe Lancashire | A | 3 | 98% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 5 | Hadfield Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 91% | 4.5 | 36% |
| 6 | Brixham Devon | A | 3.1 | 76% | 2.5 | 30% |
| 7 | Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and Wear | A | 9.6 | 98% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 35% |
| 9 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | A | 5.8 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Clifton Greater Manchester | A | 10 | 92% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Bredbury and Woodley Greater Manchester | A | 4.8 | 94% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 14 | Euxton Lancashire | A− | 3.7 | 98% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 15 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 16 | Alton Hampshire | B+ | 2.6 | 82% | 3 | 27% |
| 17 | Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire | B+ | 5.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 18 | Glossop Derbyshire | B+ | 1.5 | 78% | 4.2 | 60% |
| 19 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 20 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Swanley Kent | B+ | 1.8 | 78% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 22 | Liversedge West Yorkshire | B+ | 2 | 98% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 27 | Amersham Buckinghamshire | B | 1.8 | 62% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 28 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Cobham Surrey | B | 3.1 | 49% | 4 | 1% |
| 31 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 32 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 33 | Bangor Gwynedd | B | 0.9 | 79% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 34 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Bramhall Greater Manchester | B− | 4.7 | 71% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 37 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | B− | 1.7 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Biddulph Staffordshire | B− | 3.3 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Baildon West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 71% | 7.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 41 | Carterton Oxfordshire | B− | 2.1 | 82% | 2 | 13% |
| 42 | Ramsbottom Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 43 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Royston Hertfordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 83% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Bodmin Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 46 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 47 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Bourne Lincolnshire | C | 1.3 | 70% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 50 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan | C | 1.5 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Stone Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | North Hykeham Lincolnshire | C− | 2.4 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Louth Lincolnshire | C− | 0.6 | 76% | 1.3 | 47% |
| 58 | Oswestry Shropshire | C− | 1.3 | 88% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 60% | 1.6 | 3% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bodmin’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 Bodmin
The biggest is Fair Park, 1.1 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Bodmin’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 (87%)Further (13%)
Bodmin87%
Towns its size84%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 2,200 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 890 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cornwall National Landscape is 2.5 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
3% of the land within 5 km of Bodmin is National Park or National Landscape, more than 65% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Bodmin
59 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bodmin and the kilometre around it, 2.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Camel Trail6.3 km
Lanhydrock Great Wood and Beech Avenue walk, Lanhydrock2.1 km
Lanhydrock Parkland walk, Lanhydrock2.0 km
Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Trail at Lanhydrock0.5 km
The regional route here is the Camel Trail.
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 Bodmin: 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 150 | 106 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 95 | 86 | 133 | 164 | 159 |
May is the driest month (71 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 164 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 18 nights a year. The climate in Bodmin →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 19 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
Bodmin is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Par Sands7.3 mi from Bodmin’s edge
DirectionsSpit Beach7.7 mi from Bodmin’s edge
DirectionsBooley Beach7.8 mi from Bodmin’s edge
DirectionsShorthorn Beach7.9 mi from Bodmin’s edge
DirectionsCrinnis Beach8.1 mi from Bodmin’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
The Beacon28 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 19
Plus 19 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.
LostwithielEgloshayleBugleWadebridgeRochePenwithickBodmin
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodmin | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 3% |
| Lostwithiel 4.8 mi | C− | 1.6 | 67% | 11% |
| Egloshayle 5.5 mi | A | 7.3 | 100% | 12% |
| Bugle 5.7 mi | C− | 1.8 | 92% | 0% |
| Wadebridge 5.9 mi | C | 1.8 | 74% | 17% |
| Roche 6.4 mi | C− | 2.8 | 81% | 0% |
| Penwithick 7.1 mi | A | 15.0 | 100% | 0% |
Egloshayle, 5.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Egloshayle, Roche and Penwithick have at least twice Bodmin’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Bodmin
What is the biggest park in Bodmin?
Fair Park, 1.1 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Bodmin near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 2.5 mi north-east of the town’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Bodmin?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Camel Trail, Lanhydrock Great Wood and Beech Avenue walk, Lanhydrock and Lanhydrock Parkland walk, Lanhydrock.
What is the nearest beach to Bodmin?
Par Sands, 7.3 mi from the edge of the town, then Spit Beach (7.7 mi). Bodmin itself is inland.
How many people in Bodmin live near a park?
87% 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 Bodmin?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bodmin good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 44% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 15% (1.1 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 Bodmin’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bodmin’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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