Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Eva K. / Eva K. · CC BY-SA 2.5The sea makes up 43% of the area within 5 km. The Cornwall National Landscape reaches the edge of Portreath. Parks and playing fields in Portreath add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Portreath grades B for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Portreath’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Portreath, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,300 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Portreath stands out most for path per km²: only 24 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 48 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastington Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 22% |
| 2 | Holmbridge West Yorkshire | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 4.2 | 45% |
| 3 | Shamley Green Surrey | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3 | 69% |
| 4 | Donisthorpe Leicestershire | A | 38.4 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 5 | Hoddlesden Lancashire | A | 11.4 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 6 | Rotherfield East Sussex | A | 5.6 | 100% | 1.7 | 91% |
| 7 | Haydon Bridge Northumberland | A | 7.2 | 100% | 1.7 | 26% |
| 8 | Cronton Merseyside | A | 6.8 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Lower Halstow Kent | A− | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 10 | Nutley East Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 75% | 4.5 | 80% |
| 11 | East Hanney Oxfordshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 1.8 | 4% |
| 12 | Caldy Merseyside | A− | 19.3 | 47% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 13 | Low Bradley North Yorkshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 6.2 | 2% |
| 14 | Thorpe Surrey | A− | 5.2 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 15 | Bonds Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 16 | Herstmonceux East Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 36% |
| 17 | Foulridge Lancashire | A− | 9.4 | 23% | 5.4 | 4% |
| 18 | Felsted Essex | A− | 7.5 | 81% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Walberton West Sussex | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 39% |
| 20 | Toll Bar South Yorkshire | B+ | 10.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 21 | King's Somborne Hampshire | B+ | 5.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Canewdon Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 23 | Stoke Holy Cross Norfolk | B | 2.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Keinton Mandeville Somerset | B | 3.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Alconbury Weald Cambridgeshire | B | 5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Portreath Cornwall | B | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 27 | Woodchurch Kent | B | 2.3 | 78% | 2.8 | 12% |
| 28 | Corse Gloucestershire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 29 | Clarborough Nottinghamshire | B | 4 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Trawden Lancashire | B− | 4 | 0% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Chulmleigh Devon | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 32 | East Morton West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 89% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Lyne Surrey | C+ | 4 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 34 | Trimdon Grange County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Crondall Hampshire | C+ | 3.6 | 73% | 1.8 | 1% |
| 36 | Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire | C+ | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 37 | Clehonger Herefordshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Thorpe on the Hill West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.2 | 64% | 4 | 0% |
| 39 | Lavenham Suffolk | C | 4.2 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Medomsley County Durham | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Warwick Bridge Cumbria | C | 6.5 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 42 | West Clandon Surrey | C | 1.9 | 49% | 2.1 | 28% |
| 43 | Clifton upon Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Croughton Northamptonshire | C | 3.6 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 45 | South Killingholme Lincolnshire | C | 1.7 | 68% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Hill Brow and Rake Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 97% |
| 47 | Wolverley Worcestershire | C− | 7.2 | 23% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Crays Hill Essex | C− | 10.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Little Downham Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.8 | 61% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Sproatley East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 8.6 | 47% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Kirby-le-Soken Essex | C− | 0.7 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Coup Green Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Horton and Broadway Somerset | D | 0.5 | 45% | 1.9 | 14% |
| 54 | Beckingham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.6 | 28% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Ifold West Sussex | D | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 56 | Walesby Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.1 | 50% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Rillington North Yorkshire | D− | 1 | 75% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Blackwell Worcestershire | D− | 0.7 | 29% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Fiskerton Lincolnshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Prees Higher Heath Shropshire | D− | 0.7 | 26% | 0.9 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Portreath’s built-up area.
The biggest is Tehidy Country Park, 105 ha (259 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 174 residents.
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.
8% of the land within 5 km of Portreath is National Park or National Landscape, more than 69% of UK towns.
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Portreath and the kilometre around it, 2.3 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 Portreath.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 113 | 96 | 74 | 71 | 61 | 64 | 71 | 80 | 77 | 115 | 134 | 131 |
May is the driest month (61 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 134 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 6 nights a year. The climate in Portreath →
43% of the area within 5 km of Portreath is sea. 22 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 4 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.
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.
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portreath | B | 1.1 | 78% | 8% |
| Illogan 1.6 mi | A+ | 3.0 | 100% | 7% |
| Tolvaddon 1.9 mi | A | 11.9 | 24% | 9% |
| Pool and Illogan 2.1 mi | A+ | 3.7 | 81% | 5% |
| Redruth 3.1 mi | B− | 1.5 | 78% | 3% |
| Camborne 3.2 mi | A+ | 2.2 | 93% | 8% |
| Mount Hawke 3.7 mi | B | 1.4 | 85% | 6% |
Illogan, 1.6 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Illogan, Tolvaddon and Pool and Illogan have at least twice Portreath’s green space per resident.
Tehidy Country Park, 105 ha (259 acres), with 18.9 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Greenfield Gardens (0.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
8 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the South West Coast Path (Section 19: Portreath to Hayle), South West Coast Path (Section 18: Perranporth to Portreath) and Illogan BR 2. Tehidy Country Park alone has 18.9 km of path.
78% 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%.
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
About average for paths: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 40% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 15% (1.1 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Portreath’s overall grade.
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