Lostwithiel’s biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
2.1 ha (5 acres)0.3 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lostwithiel
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Matnkat · CC BY 3.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lostwithiel · parks, paths & countryside
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 0.7 mi from Lostwithiel
Footpaths add up to 17 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.5 for every square kilometre. 67% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Lostwithiel add up to 1.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Lostwithiel grades C− for the outdoors: #31 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
67%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
17 km
1.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
11%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Lostwithiel?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 0.7 mi south-east.Few mapped footpaths1.5 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Lostwithiel’s strongest suit is the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Lostwithiel grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lostwithiel, 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 20% of UK towns#31 of 35 in Cornwall · 48th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
33out of
100
100
A park within a walk67%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
27out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape11%of the land within 5 km
72out of
100
100
Footpaths1.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
18out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 1.4% 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.
Towns its size
Lostwithiel is 48th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,900 to 3,200 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
Lostwithiel1.5
Towns its size2.6
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lostwithiel1.6
Towns its size1.7
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lostwithiel67%
Towns its size79%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Lostwithiel falls furthest behind on path per km², where 50 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arundel West Sussex | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 56% |
| 2 | Theale Berkshire | A+ | 5 | 100% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 3 | Cuxton Kent | A+ | 25.2 | 90% | 4 | 44% |
| 4 | Horton Heath Hampshire | A+ | 10 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 5 | Beaminster Dorset | A | 4.1 | 89% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 6 | Ebbsfleet Valley Kent | A | 9 | 77% | 8.3 | 0% |
| 7 | Langwith Derbyshire | A | 19.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 8 | Llangollen Clwyd | A | 3.5 | 91% | 2.5 | 76% |
| 9 | Menai Bridge Gwynedd | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 7% |
| 10 | Tywyn Gwynedd | A− | 2.4 | 79% | 1.9 | 51% |
| 11 | Gamesley Derbyshire | A− | 0.8 | 100% | 5 | 32% |
| 12 | New Marske North Yorkshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Oughtibridge South Yorkshire | A− | 2.2 | 76% | 6 | 19% |
| 14 | Bream Gloucestershire | A− | 2.2 | 82% | 4.7 | 10% |
| 15 | Wootton Isle of Wight | B+ | 3.7 | 67% | 1.7 | 20% |
| 16 | Amlwch Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 87% | 2.1 | 14% |
| 17 | Porthleven Cornwall | B+ | 1.6 | 78% | 2.5 | 19% |
| 18 | Drayton Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 3 | 3% |
| 19 | Wheatley Hill County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 20 | Newton and Blackwell Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Honeybourne Worcestershire | B | 2.9 | 80% | 2.6 | 14% |
| 22 | Upper Beeding West Sussex | B | 0.6 | 83% | 3.9 | 62% |
| 23 | Fleur-de-lis and Pengam Gwent | B | 6 | 54% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Weldon Northamptonshire | B | 8.2 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Newbold Verdon Leicestershire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Bugbrooke Northamptonshire | B− | 3.7 | 80% | 3 | 0% |
| 27 | Long Hanborough Oxfordshire | B− | 1.3 | 89% | 2.7 | 18% |
| 28 | Harwell Oxfordshire | B− | 1.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 42% |
| 29 | Crumbles East Sussex | B− | 0.3 | 44% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Lambourn Berkshire | C+ | 1.2 | 61% | 3 | 100% |
| 31 | Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire | C+ | 4.6 | 58% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 32 | Etwall Derbyshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Capel St Mary Suffolk | C+ | 1.5 | 59% | 3 | 24% |
| 34 | Dymchurch Kent | C+ | 1.6 | 58% | 1 | 13% |
| 35 | Thaxted Essex | C | 0.8 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Swillington West Yorkshire | C | 2.2 | 68% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Hendy and Fforest Dyfed | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Swanmore Hampshire | C | 1.4 | 69% | 1.9 | 54% |
| 39 | Sutton Courtenay Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 23% | 4 | 6% |
| 40 | West Chiltington West Sussex | C | 1.5 | 18% | 2.7 | 38% |
| 41 | Bottesford Leicestershire | C | 3.9 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Haddenham Cambridgeshire | C | 2.2 | 86% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Teynham Kent | C | 0.8 | 55% | 1.8 | 13% |
| 44 | Ogmore Vale Mid Glamorgan | C | 4.3 | 79% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Fenstanton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 46 | Cullingworth West Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Claydon Suffolk | C− | 2.8 | 72% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Lostwithiel Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 67% | 1.5 | 11% |
| 49 | West Auckland County Durham | C− | 1.1 | 91% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Burnopfield County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 51 | South Petherton Somerset | C− | 1.1 | 61% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Kelsall Cheshire | D | 1 | 57% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Gobowen Shropshire | D | 1.2 | 50% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 54 | Skellingthorpe Lincolnshire | D | 1.2 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Gilberdyke East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 90% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Thurston Suffolk | D | 1.6 | 39% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Bampton Oxfordshire | D | 1.1 | 63% | 2 | 0% |
| 58 | Queniborough Leicestershire | D | 1.4 | 48% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 57% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Boroughbridge North Yorkshire | D− | 0.4 | 60% | 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 Lostwithiel’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 Lostwithiel
The biggest is King George's Field, 2.1 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Coulson's Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Lostwithiel 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 (67%)Further (33%)
Lostwithiel67%
Towns its size79%
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; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 511 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Lostwithiel
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 south-east964 km²since 195911% of the land within 5 km
Official site11% of the land within 5 km of Lostwithiel is National Park or National Landscape, more than 71% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Lostwithiel
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lostwithiel and the kilometre around it, 1.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Saints Way4.7 km
The regional route here is the Saints Way.
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 Lostwithiel: 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 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 166 | 126 | 100 | 92 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 108 | 101 | 154 | 178 | 177 |
May is the driest month (79 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 178 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. The climate in Lostwithiel →
Things to do
6 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
Lostwithiel is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Par Sands3.9 mi from Lostwithiel’s edge
DirectionsBooley Beach4.2 mi from Lostwithiel’s edge
DirectionsSpit Beach4.5 mi from Lostwithiel’s edge
DirectionsShorthorn Beach4.9 mi from Lostwithiel’s edge
DirectionsReadymoney Cove Beach5.1 mi from Lostwithiel’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
Hills and peaks 1
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Madderly Moor5.3 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsShirehall Moor11 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Eden Valley Holiday Park1.0 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.
TywardreathSt BlazeyBodminFoweyPenwithickBugleLostwithiel
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lostwithiel | C− | 1.6 | 67% | 11% |
| Tywardreath 3.7 mi | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 26% |
| St Blazey 4.5 mi | A− | 2.4 | 78% | 17% |
| Bodmin 4.8 mi | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 3% |
| Fowey 5.0 mi | A | 3.2 | 91% | 32% |
| Penwithick 5.3 mi | A | 15.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Bugle 5.4 mi | C− | 1.8 | 92% | 0% |
Tywardreath, 3.7 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Tywardreath and Penwithick have at least twice Lostwithiel’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Lostwithiel
What is the biggest park in Lostwithiel?
King George's Field, 2.1 ha (5 acres). Coulson's Park (1.2 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Lostwithiel near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 0.7 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Lostwithiel?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Saints Way.
What is the nearest beach to Lostwithiel?
Par Sands, 3.9 mi from the edge of the town, then Booley Beach (4.2 mi). Lostwithiel itself is inland.
How many people in Lostwithiel live near a park?
67% 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 Lostwithiel?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lostwithiel good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 18% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 33% (1.6 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 Lostwithiel’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lostwithiel’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.