Egloshayle’s biggest
Egloshayle Playing Fields
Playing field
4.4 ha (11 acres)0.2 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Egloshayle
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Romfordian · CC BY-SA 4.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Egloshayle · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Egloshayle lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Egloshayle add up to 7.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Cornwall National Landscape begins 0.7 mi from the village’s edge. 15 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.6 for every square kilometre. Egloshayle grades A for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
7.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
15 km
2.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
12%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Egloshayle?
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.Room to roam7.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 92% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 0.7 mi north-west.
Egloshayle’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Egloshayle grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Egloshayle, 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 93% of UK towns8th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space7.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
93out 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 Landscape12%of the land within 5 km
73out of
100
100
Footpaths2.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
49out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 2.3% sea, under the 5% that counts
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
Egloshayle is 8th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 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
Egloshayle2.6
Villages its size1.9
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Egloshayle7.3
Villages its size2.3
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Egloshayle100%
Villages its size75%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Egloshayle stands out most for park space per resident: only 4 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porlock Somerset | A+ | 2.9 | 75% | 5.2 | 71% |
| 2 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 13% |
| 3 | Sundridge Kent | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 73% |
| 4 | Longhoughton Northumberland | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 27% |
| 5 | Shamley Green Surrey | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3 | 69% |
| 6 | Dawlish Warren Devon | A | 21.1 | 73% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 7 | Niton Isle of Wight | A | 2.6 | 76% | 3.1 | 37% |
| 8 | Egloshayle Cornwall | A | 7.3 | 100% | 2.6 | 12% |
| 9 | Bures Suffolk | A | 5.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 14% |
| 10 | Ruardean Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 29% |
| 11 | Great Bedwyn Wiltshire | A | 3 | 76% | 3.7 | 100% |
| 12 | Brighstone Isle of Wight | A | 2.2 | 55% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 13 | Hurst Green East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 14 | Oxspring South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 77% | 4 | 1% |
| 15 | Stallingborough Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 16 | St Bees Cumbria | B | 8.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 17 | Gislingham Suffolk | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Clyst St Mary Devon | B | 5.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 19 | Bodedern Gwynedd | B | 1.2 | 100% | 0 | 16% |
| 20 | Moresby Parks Cumbria | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 21 | Stradbroke Suffolk | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Thorpe End Norfolk | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 10% |
| 23 | Stretton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Welford Northamptonshire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Rushwick Worcestershire | B− | 5 | 71% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Datchworth Hertfordshire | C+ | 10.8 | 76% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 27 | Tansley Derbyshire | C+ | 1.6 | 73% | 3.4 | 4% |
| 28 | Coldeast Devon | C+ | 1.6 | 47% | 3.6 | 30% |
| 29 | Haswell County Durham | C+ | 3.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Allithwaite Cumbria | C+ | 1.9 | 60% | 1 | 17% |
| 31 | Baslow Derbyshire | C+ | 1.6 | 45% | 2.8 | 98% |
| 32 | Chesterton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Stalmine Lancashire | C | 3.1 | 67% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Carlyon Bay Cornwall | C | 0.7 | 0% | 2.4 | 12% |
| 36 | Rearsby Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Yoxall Staffordshire | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 38 | Barrington Cambridgeshire | C | 3.6 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Croughton Northamptonshire | C | 3.6 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Raglan Gwent | C− | 3.9 | 0% | 1.2 | 1% |
| 41 | North Elmham Norfolk | C− | 4.7 | 71% | 1 | 0% |
| 42 | Old Leake Lincolnshire | C− | 3.6 | 75% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Methley West Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Abbotskerswell Devon | C− | 4.2 | 49% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Spofforth North Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 78% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Bratton Wiltshire | C− | 1.9 | 25% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Parson Drove Cambridgeshire | D | 3.5 | 60% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Shardlow Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 73% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Kingswood Warwickshire | D | 1.7 | 42% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Pant Shropshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Puddletown Dorset | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2.1 | 15% |
| 52 | Outlane West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Aston Oxfordshire | D | 2.2 | 62% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Llanybydder Dyfed | D | 2.2 | 60% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Melton Constable Norfolk | D | 1.6 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Stoke Ferry Norfolk | D | 1.1 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Bretforton Worcestershire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 9% |
| 58 | Standlake Oxfordshire | D− | 1.7 | 42% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Wrawby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.8 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Darrington West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 72% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Egloshayle’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 Egloshayle
The biggest is Egloshayle Playing Fields, 4.4 ha (11 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Egloshayle’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%)
Egloshayle100%
Villages its size75%
Cornwall towns81%
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 198 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
National Landscape
Cornwall
0.7 mi north-west964 km²since 195912% of the land within 5 km
Official site12% of the land within 5 km of Egloshayle is National Park or National Landscape, more than 72% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Egloshayle
15 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Egloshayle and the kilometre around it, 2.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Camel Trail4.8 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 Egloshayle: May to 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 120 | 89 | 72 | 61 | 58 | 63 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 116 | 127 | 125 |
May is the driest month (58 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 127 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 17 nights a year. The climate in Egloshayle →
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
Egloshayle is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Daymer Bay5.5 mi from Egloshayle’s edge
DirectionsJutty5.6 mi from Egloshayle’s edge
DirectionsGreenaway Beach5.7 mi from Egloshayle’s edge
DirectionsGully5.7 mi from Egloshayle’s edge
DirectionsPentireglaze Haven5.9 mi from Egloshayle’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
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds 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.
WadebridgeRockBodminPadstowSt MerrynRocheEgloshayle
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Egloshayle grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Egloshayle
What is the biggest park in Egloshayle?
Egloshayle Playing Fields, 4.4 ha (11 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Egloshayle near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 0.7 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Egloshayle?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Camel Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Egloshayle?
Daymer Bay, 5.5 mi from the edge of the village, then Jutty (5.6 mi). Egloshayle itself is inland.
How many people in Egloshayle 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 Egloshayle?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Egloshayle good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 49% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 93% (7.3 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 Egloshayle’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Egloshayle’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.