Perranporth’s biggest
Boscawen Gardens
Park or garden
0.8 ha (2 acres)0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Perranporth
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Steven Haslington · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Perranporth · parks, paths & countryside
Perranporth is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 31% of the area within 5 km. The Cornwall National Landscape begins 0.1 mi from the town’s edge. Footpaths add up to 55 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.4 for every square kilometre. Perranporth grades B+ for the outdoors: #16 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
75%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
55 km
3.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
4%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
The sea
31%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Perranporth?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast31% of the area within 5 km is sea; 13 beaches mapped.Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 0.1 mi south-west.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.Less park per person1.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Perranporth’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Perranporth grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Perranporth, 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 69% of UK towns#16 of 35 in Cornwall · 11th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
22out of
100
100
A park within a walk75%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape4%of the land within 5 km
67out of
100
100
Footpaths3.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
69out of
100
100
The sea31%of the area within 5 km
92out 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
Perranporth is 11th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,600 to 2,900 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
Perranporth3.4
Towns its size2.2
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Perranporth1.3
Towns its size1.7
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Perranporth75%
Towns its size76%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Perranporth stands out most for path per km²: only 13 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 35 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindford Hampshire | A+ | 17.1 | 100% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 2 | Settle North Yorkshire | A+ | 6.4 | 100% | 3.6 | 73% |
| 3 | Hadston Northumberland | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 2 | 1% |
| 4 | Penmaenmawr Clwyd | A | 1.7 | 78% | 3.4 | 39% |
| 5 | Martlesham Heath Suffolk | A− | 3.5 | 68% | 4.6 | 25% |
| 6 | Congresbury Somerset | A− | 8.5 | 67% | 3.5 | 10% |
| 7 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Holywell Green and Stainland West Yorkshire | A− | 4 | 89% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 9 | Combe Martin Devon | A− | 1.8 | 88% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 10 | Newhey Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 11 | Perranporth Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 75% | 3.4 | 4% |
| 12 | Buckfastleigh Devon | B+ | 2.9 | 89% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 13 | Mundesley Norfolk | B | 1.8 | 79% | 1.5 | 24% |
| 14 | Broadway Worcestershire | B | 2 | 65% | 3.6 | 56% |
| 15 | Charlbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 66% | 2.4 | 65% |
| 16 | Boverton South Glamorgan | B | 4.3 | 52% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Ormesby St Margaret Norfolk | B | 2.1 | 79% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 18 | Sutton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 19 | Chalgrove Oxfordshire | B− | 4.1 | 85% | 1.2 | 4% |
| 20 | Alltwen West Glamorgan | B− | 4.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 21 | Denby Dale West Yorkshire | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 22 | Pucklechurch Gloucestershire | C+ | 1.2 | 64% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 23 | Pimperne Dorset | C+ | 1.9 | 72% | 1.9 | 89% |
| 24 | Shevington Moor Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 90% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Great Totham Essex | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Hambrook and Nutbourne West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 28% | 2 | 69% |
| 27 | Snettisham Norfolk | C+ | 1.1 | 73% | 1.3 | 32% |
| 28 | Rhostyllen Clwyd | C+ | 1.1 | 68% | 3.7 | 10% |
| 29 | Bluntisham and Colne Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.3 | 88% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Lostock Gralam Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Catterick North Yorkshire | C | 3.6 | 89% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Asfordby Leicestershire | C | 4 | 57% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Badsey Worcestershire | C | 2.8 | 54% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 34 | Woolton Hill and Highclere Hampshire | C | 1.2 | 60% | 2.3 | 70% |
| 35 | Kidwelly Dyfed | C | 2.8 | 56% | 1 | 0% |
| 36 | Buckden Cambridgeshire | C | 2.9 | 85% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 37 | Shelley West Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 81% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Swavesey Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.8 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Cheswick Green West Midlands | C− | 1 | 77% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Tuxford Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Mere Wiltshire | C− | 1.6 | 34% | 1.5 | 54% |
| 42 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen West Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 80% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 43 | Tarvin Cheshire | C− | 1.2 | 90% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Clifton Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 64% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire | C− | 0.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 37% |
| 46 | Willington Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 67% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | Brierley South Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Catterall Lancashire | D | 1 | 47% | 1.9 | 9% |
| 49 | Croston Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Harbury Warwickshire | D | 1.6 | 73% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Larkhill Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 68% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Ambrosden Oxfordshire | D | 1 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Sherburn County Durham | D | 0.2 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Berinsfield Oxfordshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 2.1 | 11% |
| 55 | Terrington St Clement Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 53% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Seghill Northumberland | D | 0.2 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Repton Derbyshire | D | 0.8 | 36% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | East Ayton and West Ayton North Yorkshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.2 | 33% |
| 59 | Pickmere Cheshire | D− | 0.4 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Greetham Rutland | D− | 0.9 | 30% | 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 Perranporth’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 Perranporth
The biggest is Boscawen Gardens, 0.8 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Perranporth 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 (75%)Further (25%)
Perranporth75%
Towns its size76%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 550 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cornwall National Landscape is 0.1 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
4% of the land within 5 km of Perranporth is National Park or National Landscape, more than 66% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Perranporth is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
55 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Perranporth and the kilometre around it, 3.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
National
King Charles III England Coast Path: Newquay to Penzance9.3 km
South West Coast Path (Section 18: Perranporth to Portreath)4.8 km
South West Coast Path (Section 17: Newquay to Perranporth)4.6 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Perranporth.
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 Perranporth: 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 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 111 | 94 | 72 | 69 | 60 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 110 | 129 | 122 |
June is the driest month (58 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 9 nights a year. The climate in Perranporth →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Perranporth
31% of the area within 5 km of Perranporth is sea. 13 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
Trevaunance Cove1.6 mi from town
DirectionsHolywell Beach2.0 mi from town
DirectionsThe King Charles III England 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.
Things to do
5 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
Campsites 10
Perranporth Cp & Touring Park0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPerran Sands Holiday Camp0.0 mi from town
DirectionsAnchor Barrow Campsite0.3 mi from town
DirectionsTollgate Farm Caravan & Camping0.3 mi from town
DirectionsSpitfire Park0.8 mi from town
DirectionsCross Coombe Farm Campsite1.0 mi from town
DirectionsTrevellas Manor Farm Campsite1.0 mi from town
DirectionsBlue Hills Touring Site1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites 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.
St AgnesSt Newlyn EastMount HawkeShortlanesendThreemilestoneSt Erme and TrispenPerranporth
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perranporth | B+ | 1.3 | 75% | 4% |
| St Agnes 3.2 mi | B+ | 1.0 | 81% | 5% |
| St Newlyn East 4.6 mi | C+ | 3.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Mount Hawke 4.9 mi | B | 1.4 | 85% | 6% |
| Shortlanesend 5.2 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 100% | 2% |
| Threemilestone 6.0 mi | A− | 3.1 | 100% | 1% |
| St Erme and Trispen 6.0 mi | D | 0.3 | 69% | 2% |
Threemilestone, 6 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. St Newlyn East and Threemilestone have at least twice Perranporth’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Perranporth
What is the biggest park in Perranporth?
Boscawen Gardens, 0.8 ha (2 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Perranporth near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 0.1 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Perranporth?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: Newquay to Penzance, South West Coast Path (Section 18: Perranporth to Portreath) and South West Coast Path (Section 17: Newquay to Perranporth).
How many people in Perranporth live near a park?
75% 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 Perranporth?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Perranporth good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 69% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 22% (1.3 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 Perranporth’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Perranporth’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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