Foxhole’s biggest
Foxhole Village Green
Playing field
3.1 ha (8 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Foxhole
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Steve Gregory · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Foxhole · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Foxhole lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 3.4 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Foxhole add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 14 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Foxhole grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
14 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Cornwall starts 3.4 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Foxhole?
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.Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 3.4 mi south-east.
Foxhole’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Cornwall National Landscape close by.
Outdoors grade
Foxhole grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Foxhole, 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 49% of UK towns26th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
68out 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 Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Cornwall begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
22out 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.
Villages its size
Foxhole is 26th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,500 to 1,600 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
Foxhole1.7
Villages its size1.9
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Foxhole2.9
Villages its size2.2
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Foxhole100%
Villages its size80%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Foxhole stands out most for park space per resident: only 21 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chambercombe Devon | A+ | 8.7 | 100% | 2.8 | 29% |
| 2 | Ashurst Wood West Sussex | A+ | 4 | 100% | 3.4 | 81% |
| 3 | Ewhurst Surrey | A | 4.3 | 76% | 4.6 | 46% |
| 4 | Newfield County Durham | A | 8.3 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Gargrave North Yorkshire | A | 5.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 6 | Haverigg Cumbria | A | 4.7 | 67% | 2.5 | 11% |
| 7 | Collett's Green Worcestershire | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Hale Cheshire | A− | 4.8 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 9 | Littleton Hampshire | A− | 7.8 | 100% | 1.1 | 10% |
| 10 | Llanrug Gwynedd | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 11 | Longwick Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 12 | Temple Cloud Somerset | B+ | 2.6 | 77% | 3.9 | 15% |
| 13 | Blackhall Mill County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Kimpton Hertfordshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 15 | Castleside County Durham | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 3 | 42% |
| 16 | Caer-went Gwent | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 8% |
| 17 | Great Bowden Leicestershire | B+ | 6.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 18 | Ramsbury Wiltshire | B+ | 3.9 | 62% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 19 | Offenham Worcestershire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 20 | Kensworth Bedfordshire | B | 1.8 | 79% | 3 | 59% |
| 21 | Burford Oxfordshire | B | 3.5 | 84% | 1.2 | 53% |
| 22 | Sturminster Marshall Dorset | B | 2 | 100% | 1.4 | 30% |
| 23 | Potterne Wiltshire | B | 1.3 | 77% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 24 | South Godstone Surrey | B | 2 | 100% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 25 | Bridge Kent | B− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 26 | Foxhole Cornwall | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Collingtree and Milton Malsor Northamptonshire | B− | 4.9 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Carharrack Cornwall | C+ | 0.7 | 80% | 4.2 | 2% |
| 29 | Gilfach Goch Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Trinant Gwent | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Mylor Bridge Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 63% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 32 | Langley Vale Surrey | C+ | 0.8 | 53% | 5.5 | 7% |
| 33 | Gretton Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Nether Heyford Northamptonshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Bassingham Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Sibsey Lincolnshire | C | 2.4 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Kingsley Cheshire | C | 3.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Flitton Bedfordshire | C | 1.4 | 49% | 3.3 | 6% |
| 39 | Geddington Northamptonshire | C | 3 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Horndon on the Hill Essex | C | 3.5 | 81% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Freeland Oxfordshire | C | 1.4 | 53% | 2.6 | 17% |
| 42 | Waresley Worcestershire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 43 | Alveley Shropshire | C− | 5.4 | 51% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Haslingfield Cambridgeshire | C− | 2 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Yalding Kent | C− | 7.1 | 21% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Sandleheath Hampshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 52% |
| 47 | Greens Norton Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 66% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Dalston Cumbria | C− | 3.4 | 66% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Braunston Northamptonshire | D | 1.8 | 50% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Croft Cheshire | D | 1.1 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Heighington County Durham | D | 2.6 | 64% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Tetney Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Broadclyst Devon | D | 1.4 | 78% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Stockton Warwickshire | D | 1.5 | 44% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Newton-with-Scales Lancashire | D | 1.4 | 76% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Aberford West Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 22% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Gayton Norfolk | D− | 1.6 | 62% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk | D− | 1.5 | 53% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 59 | South Broomhill Northumberland | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Great Bricett Suffolk | D− | 1.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Foxhole’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 Foxhole
The biggest is Foxhole Village Green, 3.1 ha (8 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Foxhole’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%)
Foxhole100%
Villages its size80%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cornwall National Landscape is 3.4 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Foxhole scores 0% on it even though the Cornwall National Landscape is 3.4 mi away.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Foxhole
14 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Foxhole and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Foxhole; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Foxhole: June 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 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 149 | 120 | 96 | 81 | 78 | 86 | 88 | 103 | 97 | 152 | 164 | 159 |
May is the driest month (78 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 20 nights a year. The climate in Foxhole →
Things to do
2 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
Foxhole is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Porthpean Beach4.5 mi from Foxhole’s edge
DirectionsDuporth Beach4.5 mi from Foxhole’s edge
DirectionsSilvermine Beach4.8 mi from Foxhole’s edge
DirectionsPentewan Beach5.5 mi from Foxhole’s edge
DirectionsCrinnis Beach5.6 mi from Foxhole’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 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 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.
NanpeanSt StephenSt DennisTrewoonPolgoothRocheFoxhole
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Polgooth, 3.1 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Polgooth has at least twice Foxhole’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Foxhole
What is the biggest park in Foxhole?
Foxhole Village Green, 3.1 ha (8 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Foxhole near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 3.4 mi south-east of the village’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What is the nearest beach to Foxhole?
Porthpean Beach, 4.5 mi from the edge of the village, then Duporth Beach (4.5 mi). Foxhole itself is inland.
How many people in Foxhole 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 Foxhole?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Foxhole good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 22% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 68% (2.9 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 Foxhole’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Foxhole’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.