Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Mylor Bridge is inside the Cornwall National Landscape
The sea makes up 24% of the area within 5 km. Footpaths add up to 16 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.2 for every square kilometre. Mylor Bridge grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Mylor Bridge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Mylor Bridge’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by the sea. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Mylor Bridge grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Mylor Bridge, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Mylor Bridge is 28th 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.
Mylor Bridge falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 51 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashurst Wood West Sussex | A+ | 4 | 100% | 3.4 | 81% |
| 2 | Fairlight East Sussex | A+ | 39.6 | 50% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 3 | Ewhurst Surrey | A | 4.3 | 76% | 4.6 | 46% |
| 4 | Newfield County Durham | A | 8.3 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Haverigg Cumbria | A | 4.7 | 67% | 2.5 | 11% |
| 6 | North Bradley Wiltshire | A | 3.4 | 100% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 7 | Collett's Green Worcestershire | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Llanrug Gwynedd | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 9 | Longwick Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 10 | Temple Cloud Somerset | B+ | 2.6 | 77% | 3.9 | 15% |
| 11 | Blackhall Mill County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Kimpton Hertfordshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Castleside County Durham | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 3 | 42% |
| 14 | Caer-went Gwent | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 8% |
| 15 | Great Bowden Leicestershire | B+ | 6.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Ramsbury Wiltshire | B+ | 3.9 | 62% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 17 | Offenham Worcestershire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 18 | Kensworth Bedfordshire | B | 1.8 | 79% | 3 | 59% |
| 19 | Burford Oxfordshire | B | 3.5 | 84% | 1.2 | 53% |
| 20 | Tideswell Derbyshire | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 97% |
| 21 | Potterne Wiltshire | B | 1.3 | 77% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 22 | South Godstone Surrey | B | 2 | 100% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 23 | Bridge Kent | B− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 24 | Foxhole Cornwall | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Collingtree and Milton Malsor Northamptonshire | B− | 4.9 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Carharrack Cornwall | C+ | 0.7 | 80% | 4.2 | 2% |
| 27 | Gilfach Goch Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Mylor Bridge Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 63% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 29 | Langley Vale Surrey | C+ | 0.8 | 53% | 5.5 | 7% |
| 30 | Gretton Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Bassingham Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Anna Valley and Upper Clatford Hampshire | C | 2.2 | 77% | 3 | 0% |
| 33 | Sibsey Lincolnshire | C | 2.4 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Kingsley Cheshire | C | 3.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Flitton Bedfordshire | C | 1.4 | 49% | 3.3 | 6% |
| 36 | Geddington Northamptonshire | C | 3 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Horndon on the Hill Essex | C | 3.5 | 81% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Freeland Oxfordshire | C | 1.4 | 53% | 2.6 | 17% |
| 39 | Waresley Worcestershire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Glapwell Derbyshire | C− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Haslingfield Cambridgeshire | C− | 2 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Yalding Kent | C− | 7.1 | 21% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Sandleheath Hampshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 52% |
| 44 | Tidbury Green West Midlands | C− | 2.4 | 49% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Dalston Cumbria | C− | 3.4 | 66% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Greens Norton Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 66% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Braunston Northamptonshire | D | 1.8 | 50% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Croft Cheshire | D | 1.1 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Heighington County Durham | D | 2.6 | 64% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Tetney Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Broadclyst Devon | D | 1.4 | 78% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Newton-with-Scales Lancashire | D | 1.4 | 76% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 53 | Camblesforth North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 81% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Aberford West Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 22% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Burton Green Warwickshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Gayton Norfolk | D− | 1.6 | 62% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Edgmond Shropshire | D− | 1.7 | 33% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Leasingham Lincolnshire | D− | 1.3 | 50% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 59 | South Broomhill Northumberland | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Great Bricett Suffolk | D− | 1.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Mylor Bridge’s built-up area.
6 in 10 Mylor Bridge 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).
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 384 residents.
National Parks and National Landscapes around Mylor Bridge
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.
Cornwall
49% of the land within 5 km of Mylor Bridge is National Park or National Landscape, more than 91% of UK towns.
Mylor Bridge is on the South West Coast Path
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Mylor Bridge and the kilometre around it, 1.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
The South West Coast Path, a national route, passes Mylor Bridge.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Mylor Bridge: 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 | |
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| 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) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 132 | 105 | 81 | 73 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 84 | 78 | 118 | 138 | 141 |
May is the driest month (62 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 141 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 11 nights a year. The climate in Mylor Bridge →
Mylor Bridge is a coastal town
24% of the area within 5 km of Mylor Bridge is sea. 57 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 8 with a name.
The South West Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: 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.
2 viewpoints and 4 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 7
Plus 5 slipways without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mylor Bridge | C+ | 1.1 | 63% | 49% |
| Penryn 1.9 mi | A | 1.9 | 91% | 31% |
| Falmouth 2.3 mi | A | 1.3 | 96% | 41% |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran 2.5 mi | B+ | 0.3 | 87% | 36% |
| Perranarworthal 2.6 mi | C+ | 2.5 | 76% | 19% |
| Stithians 4.4 mi | B+ | 3.2 | 80% | 3% |
| Mawnan Smith 5.0 mi | A | 3.5 | 30% | 40% |
Falmouth, 2.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 96% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Perranarworthal, Stithians and Mawnan Smith have at least twice Mylor Bridge’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Mylor Bridge
What are the best walks near Mylor Bridge?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the South West Coast Path (Section 30: Falmouth to Portloe) and South West Coast Path (Section 29: Helford to Falmouth).
How many people in Mylor Bridge live near a park?
63% 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 Mylor Bridge?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Mylor Bridge good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 11% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 16% (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 Mylor Bridge’s overall grade.
Where Mylor Bridge’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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