Probus’ biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
1.2 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Probus
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Probus · parks, paths & countryside
75% of Probus’ residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 1.5 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Probus add up to 0.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 13 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.5 for every square kilometre. Probus grades C− for the outdoors: #33 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
75%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
13 km
1.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
15%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Probus?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 1.5 mi south.Less park per person0.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Probus’ strongest suit is the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Probus grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Probus, 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 16% of UK towns#33 of 35 in Cornwall · 51st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space0.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
6out of
100
100
A park within a walk75%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
38out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape15%of the land within 5 km
74out 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
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
Probus is 51st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,500 to 2,700 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
Probus1.5
Towns its size2.4
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Probus0.6
Towns its size2.8
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Probus75%
Towns its size86%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Probus falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 58 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petworth West Sussex | A+ | 29.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 93% |
| 2 | Tywardreath Cornwall | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 3 | Ambleside Cumbria | A+ | 6.9 | 92% | 4.6 | 100% |
| 4 | Shalford Surrey | A+ | 14.9 | 89% | 4.8 | 47% |
| 5 | Silloth Cumbria | A+ | 7.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 17% |
| 6 | Hopton on Sea Norfolk | A+ | 6.7 | 100% | 1.6 | 2% |
| 7 | Hellingly East Sussex | A | 6.9 | 90% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 8 | Dolgellau Gwynedd | A | 3.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 100% |
| 9 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | A | 5.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Maple Cross Hertfordshire | A | 3.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 11 | Hawley Hampshire | A | 6.9 | 92% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Chopwell Tyne and Wear | A | 7.5 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Longford Gloucestershire | A | 11.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Darenth Kent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 15 | Drybrook Gloucestershire | A− | 3.9 | 83% | 3.4 | 10% |
| 16 | South Anston South Yorkshire | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Stewartby Bedfordshire | A− | 21 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Saundersfoot Dyfed | A− | 10.2 | 69% | 0.9 | 19% |
| 19 | Langold Nottinghamshire | B+ | 13 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Porthmadog Gwynedd | B+ | 0.9 | 94% | 2 | 41% |
| 21 | Thornley County Durham | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Witton Gilbert County Durham | B+ | 2.1 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Craven Arms Shropshire | B | 1.3 | 87% | 2.9 | 59% |
| 24 | Barlestone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Builth Wells Powys | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Oakley Bedfordshire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 27 | Pannal North Yorkshire | B− | 3.7 | 77% | 3 | 0% |
| 28 | Coundon and Leeholme County Durham | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Brewood Staffordshire | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Seer Green Buckinghamshire | B− | 1.7 | 38% | 3.8 | 35% |
| 31 | Grimsargh Lancashire | B− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 32 | Ash Green Warwickshire | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Bishop's Itchington Warwickshire | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Shepley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.6 | 87% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Dunchurch Warwickshire | C+ | 7.8 | 68% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Caton Lancashire | C+ | 1.2 | 72% | 2.2 | 67% |
| 37 | Steeple Claydon Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Stratton Gloucestershire | C | 0.7 | 46% | 3.3 | 70% |
| 39 | Heage Derbyshire | C | 1.9 | 78% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Watlington Norfolk | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Smallfield Surrey | C | 1.6 | 70% | 2.4 | 1% |
| 42 | Llandybie Dyfed | C | 2.6 | 59% | 1.2 | 13% |
| 43 | Laleham Surrey | C | 9.8 | 34% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Marham Norfolk | C | 3.5 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Ash (Dover) Kent | C | 2.3 | 72% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Hatton Derbyshire | C− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Costessey Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 12% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Loggerheads Staffordshire | C− | 1.2 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Cwm Gwent | C− | 2 | 12% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Cliffe Kent | C− | 1.1 | 55% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Probus Cornwall | C− | 0.6 | 75% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 52 | Keele Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Fordham Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 35% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Clophill Bedfordshire | D | 0.7 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Silverstone Northamptonshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Watton at Stone Hertfordshire | D | 0.8 | 61% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Holme upon Spalding Moor East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.5 | 41% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Nafferton East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 56% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Rhos West Glamorgan | D− | 1 | 58% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Cranwell Lincolnshire | D− | 0.5 | 57% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Probus’ 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 Probus
The biggest is King George's Field, 1.2 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Probus’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 (75%)Further (25%)
Probus75%
Towns its size86%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 600 people live further than that. 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 1.5 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
15% of the land within 5 km of Probus is National Park or National Landscape, more than 74% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Probus
13 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Probus and the kilometre around it, 1.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Probus; 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 Probus: 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 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 128 | 90 | 84 | 63 | 61 | 62 | 82 | 85 | 82 | 118 | 138 | 140 |
May is the driest month (61 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 140 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Probus →
Things to do
2 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
Probus is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Porthluney Beach5.7 mi from Probus’ edge
DirectionsHemmick Beach7.0 mi from Probus’ edge
DirectionsLittle Polstreath7.1 mi from Probus’ edge
DirectionsPolstreath7.1 mi from Probus’ edge
DirectionsLoe Beach7.1 mi from Probus’ 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
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.
Grampound RoadSt Erme and TrispenSt StephenTruroShortlanesendPolgoothProbus
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probus | C− | 0.6 | 75% | 15% |
| Grampound Road 2.1 mi | C+ | 3.6 | 100% | 0% |
| St Erme and Trispen 3.8 mi | D | 0.3 | 69% | 2% |
| St Stephen 4.4 mi | D | 1.2 | 88% | 0% |
| Truro 5.2 mi | B | 1.6 | 84% | 21% |
| Shortlanesend 5.7 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 100% | 2% |
| Polgooth 5.9 mi | A+ | 7.0 | 100% | 13% |
Polgooth, 5.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Grampound Road, Truro and Polgooth have at least twice Probus’ green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Probus
What is the biggest park in Probus?
King George's Field, 1.2 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Probus near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 1.5 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What is the nearest beach to Probus?
Porthluney Beach, 5.7 mi from the edge of the town, then Hemmick Beach (7.0 mi). Probus itself is inland.
How many people in Probus 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 Probus?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Probus 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 6% (0.6 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 Probus’ overall grade.
Sources
Where Probus’ 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.