Camborne’s biggest
Tuckingmill Valley Park
Park or garden
13 ha (32 acres)3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
18 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Camborne · parks, paths & countryside
Camborne has more footpath per square kilometre than 8 in 10 UK towns
Footpaths add up to 79 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 4.0 for every square kilometre. The Cornwall National Landscape begins 0.7 mi from the town’s edge. 93% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Camborne grades A+ for the outdoors: #4 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
93%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
79 km
4.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
8%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
The sea
9%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Camborne?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.0 km of path per km², more than 80% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 0.7 mi north-west.
Camborne’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by the Cornwall National Landscape close by.
Outdoors grade
Camborne grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Camborne, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A+
Better than 96% of UK towns#4 of 35 in Cornwall · 1st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
52out of
100
100
A park within a walk93%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
72out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape8%of the land within 5 km
70out of
100
100
Footpaths4.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
81out of
100
100
The sea9%of the area within 5 km
86out 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
Camborne is 1st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 19,200 to 21,700 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
Camborne4.0
Towns its size3.6
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Camborne2.2
Towns its size2.1
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Camborne93%
Towns its size83%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Camborne stands out most for homes near a park: only 9 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camborne Cornwall | A+ | 2.2 | 93% | 4 | 8% |
| 2 | Dronfield Derbyshire | A+ | 3.2 | 97% | 5.3 | 9% |
| 3 | Buxton Derbyshire | A | 3.5 | 86% | 3.8 | 61% |
| 4 | Faversham Kent | A | 2 | 88% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 5 | Hebburn Tyne and Wear | A | 6.6 | 99% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Quedgeley and Hardwicke Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 99% | 4.7 | 21% |
| 7 | Farnham Surrey | A | 5.1 | 73% | 4.3 | 35% |
| 8 | Hazlemere Buckinghamshire | A | 2.5 | 81% | 4.7 | 68% |
| 9 | Leek Staffordshire | A | 4.2 | 83% | 3.6 | 19% |
| 10 | Stratton St Margaret Wiltshire | A | 3.3 | 82% | 5.1 | 5% |
| 11 | Seaham County Durham | A | 2.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Keynsham Somerset | A | 2.1 | 95% | 4.6 | 11% |
| 13 | Harwich Essex | A− | 1.7 | 95% | 2.1 | 20% |
| 14 | Peterlee County Durham | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 15 | Workington Cumbria | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Dukinfield Greater Manchester | A− | 4 | 95% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 17 | Ebbw Vale Gwent | A− | 2 | 92% | 3.3 | 29% |
| 18 | Rothwell West Yorkshire | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Mansfield Woodhouse Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.8 | 94% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Devizes Wiltshire | A− | 1.8 | 91% | 3.2 | 38% |
| 21 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 93% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Hythe and Dibden Purlieu Hampshire | B+ | 0.8 | 49% | 4.4 | 44% |
| 23 | Sandhurst Berkshire | B+ | 5.1 | 79% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Hazel Grove Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.9 | 62% | 4.2 | 3% |
| 25 | Brownhills West Midlands | B | 11 | 80% | 2 | 2% |
| 26 | Great Bookham and Fetcham Surrey | B | 1.7 | 68% | 4.4 | 33% |
| 27 | Mirfield West Yorkshire | B | 2.5 | 90% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Ripley Derbyshire | B | 2.4 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Irlam Greater Manchester | B | 3.1 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Penwortham Lancashire | B | 2.9 | 91% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Stanley County Durham | B | 1.7 | 88% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Old Trafford Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 79% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Dorchester Dorset | B | 1.6 | 78% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 34 | Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershire | B | 3.1 | 79% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Romsey Hampshire | B− | 1.2 | 82% | 4.5 | 2% |
| 36 | Ware Hertfordshire | B− | 2 | 81% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Bingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.1 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Calne Wiltshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 2.4 | 33% |
| 39 | Berkhamsted Hertfordshire | B− | 1 | 69% | 3.6 | 56% |
| 40 | Staines-upon-Thames Surrey | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Wednesbury West Midlands | B− | 2.7 | 93% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Dereham Norfolk | B− | 1.8 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Failsworth Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.8 | 77% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Clevedon Somerset | C+ | 1.1 | 69% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 45 | Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey | C+ | 2 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Bideford Devon | C+ | 0.9 | 83% | 1 | 11% |
| 47 | Knowle and Dorridge West Midlands | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Spennymoor County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Thornton Lancashire | C | 2.1 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Horwich Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 67% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Maghull Merseyside | C− | 1.6 | 86% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Skegness Lincolnshire | C− | 0.9 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Stowmarket Suffolk | C− | 0.8 | 50% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Willerby and Anlaby East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.6 | 46% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | March Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 87% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Selby North Yorkshire | C− | 1.6 | 81% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Goole East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.7 | 81% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Stamford Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 64% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Tiverton Devon | D | 1.5 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Darlaston West Midlands | D | 1.3 | 78% | 1.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Camborne’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 Camborne
The biggest is Tuckingmill Valley Park, 13 ha (32 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 21 ha (51 acres) and 6 km of path
Parks & gardens 18 haPlaying fields 2.7 ha
The two biggest, Tuckingmill Valley Park and Heartlands, are 81% of the named green space and carry 5 km of path between them. 3 of the 5 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Heartlands
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
3.8 ha (9 acres)1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Viewpoint Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Camborne Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha (3 acres)0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Memorial Ground
Playing field
1.6 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
King George's Field
Playing field
1.2 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Camborne 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 (93%)Further (7%)
Camborne93%
Towns its size83%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 1,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 20 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,022 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cornwall National Landscape is 0.7 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
8% of the land within 5 km of Camborne is National Park or National Landscape, more than 69% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
47 waymarked walks pass through or near Camborne
79 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Camborne and the kilometre around it, 4.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
LocalOther waymarked
Gwinear-Gwithian BR 582.3 km
Illogan BR 22.2 km
Camborne FP 541.8 km
Carn Brea BR 291.4 km
Camborne FP 41.3 km
Camborne FP 281.3 km
Carn Brea BR 191.1 km
Camborne FP 81.0 km
Crowan BR 66 Ground Truth0.9 km
Camborne FP 520.8 km
Carn Brea FP 150.8 km
Camborne FP 550.8 km
Carn Brea FP 120.8 km
Gwinear-Gwithian BR 610.7 km
Camborne BR 34 Ground Truth0.7 km
Camborne FP 370.7 km
Plus 31 more waymarked walks on the map.
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 Camborne: 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 128 | 92 | 72 | 71 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 110 | 129 | 123 |
May is the driest month (60 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 129 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 10 nights a year. The climate in Camborne →
The coast
Camborne is near the sea
9% of the area within 5 km of Camborne is sea. 18 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 3 with a name.
Greenbank Cove1.6 mi from town
DirectionsAmy's Cove2.4 mi from town
DirectionsPortreath Beach2.4 mi from town
DirectionsSea: 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
20 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
Viewpoints 1
Viewing Mound0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 20
Tuckingmill Valley Play Area0.0 mi from town
DirectionsAdventure Playground0.2 mi from town
DirectionsChild Play area0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 17 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Magor Farm Caravan and Campsite1.0 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
TolvaddonTroonPool and IlloganIlloganFour LanesPortreathCamborne
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camborne | A+ | 2.2 | 93% | 8% |
| Tolvaddon 1.3 mi | A | 11.9 | 24% | 9% |
| Troon 1.5 mi | A+ | 6.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Pool and Illogan 1.8 mi | A+ | 3.7 | 81% | 5% |
| Illogan 1.9 mi | A+ | 3.0 | 100% | 7% |
| Four Lanes 2.5 mi | C | 0.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Portreath 3.2 mi | B | 1.1 | 78% | 8% |
Illogan, 1.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Tolvaddon and Troon have at least twice Camborne’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Camborne
What is the biggest park in Camborne?
Tuckingmill Valley Park, 13 ha (32 acres), with 3.7 km of path. Heartlands (3.8 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Camborne near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 0.7 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Camborne?
47 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Gwinear-Gwithian BR 58, Illogan BR 2 and Camborne FP 54. Tuckingmill Valley Park alone has 3.7 km of path.
How many people in Camborne live near a park?
93% 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 Camborne?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Camborne good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 81% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 52% (2.2 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 Camborne’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Camborne’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.