Saltash’s biggest
Saltmill Park
Park or garden
5.5 ha (14 acres)2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Saltash · parks, paths & countryside
Saltash is on the coast
The sea makes up 18% of the area within 5 km. The Tamar Valley National Landscape reaches the edge of Saltash. 96% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Saltash grades A+ for the outdoors: #2 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
96%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
57 km
3.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
44%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Tamar Valley National Landscape
The sea
18%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Saltash?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast18% of the area within 5 km is sea; 6 beaches mapped.A park on every doorstep96% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Protected countryside44% of the land within 5 km is Tamar Valley National Landscape.Hills with a view5 mapped viewpoints, about 5× as many per resident as the typical town its size.
Saltash’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Saltash grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Saltash, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A+
Better than 98% of UK towns#2 of 35 in Cornwall · 1st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
56out of
100
100
A park within a walk96%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
76out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape44%of the land within 5 km
90out of
100
100
Footpaths3.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
73out of
100
100
The sea18%of the area within 5 km
89out 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
Saltash is 1st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 14,600 to 16,300 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
Saltash3.6
Towns its size3.5
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Saltash2.4
Towns its size2.7
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Saltash96%
Towns its size86%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Saltash stands out most for homes near a park: only 9 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 32 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saltash Cornwall | A+ | 2.4 | 96% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 2 | Lymington Hampshire | A+ | 2.8 | 89% | 3.3 | 56% |
| 3 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 4 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 5 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 6 | Swanscombe Kent | A+ | 3.3 | 90% | 8.5 | 0% |
| 7 | Kesgrave Suffolk | A | 3.3 | 97% | 4.7 | 14% |
| 8 | Petersfield Hampshire | A | 3.2 | 93% | 3.2 | 100% |
| 9 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Staveley Derbyshire | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Penzance Cornwall | A | 1.6 | 96% | 2.3 | 34% |
| 12 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 13 | Stapleford Nottinghamshire | A | 3.5 | 95% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Skipton North Yorkshire | A | 1.7 | 99% | 4.2 | 25% |
| 15 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Frimley Surrey | A− | 2.9 | 99% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 96% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 20 | Risca Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 94% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 22 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 23 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 24 | Uckfield East Sussex | B+ | 2.9 | 47% | 4.9 | 22% |
| 25 | Neston Cheshire | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 26 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 27 | Somercotes and Swanwick Derbyshire | B+ | 3.6 | 95% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 30 | Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 32 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Crowthorne Berkshire | B | 4.7 | 60% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Redruth Cornwall | B− | 1.5 | 78% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 40 | Hoyland South Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Knaresborough North Yorkshire | B− | 2.3 | 87% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Mexborough South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Teignmouth Devon | B− | 1.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | East Ardsley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 91% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 45 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Herne Kent | C+ | 1.2 | 54% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 78% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Darton South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.5 | 86% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | South Hayling Hampshire | C+ | 1 | 65% | 1.4 | 26% |
| 51 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Hockley and Hawkwell Essex | C+ | 1.6 | 85% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 53 | Garforth West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 55 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Alsager Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 73% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Taverham and Drayton Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Shepshed Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 69% | 2.2 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Saltash’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 Saltash
The biggest is Saltmill Park, 5.5 ha (14 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 6 named parks by size: 12 ha (29 acres) and 3 km of path
Parks & gardens 6.9 haPlaying fields 4.9 ha
The two biggest, Saltmill Park and Kimberley Stadium, are 72% of the named green space and carry 2 km of path between them. 4 of the 6 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Kimberley Stadium
Playing field
3.0 ha (7 acres)0.2 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Saltash
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Longstone Park
Playing field
1.9 ha (5 acres)0.4 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Saltash
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Brunel Green
Park or garden
1.0 ha (3 acres)0.3 km of path
0.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Victoria Gardens
Park or garden
0.3 ha (1 acres)0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saltash
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Huntley Gardens
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.8 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
Almost everyone in Saltash lives 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 (96%)Further (4%)
Saltash96%
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; 32 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 482 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Tamar Valley and Cornwall both start about 3 miles from Saltash
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
Tamar Valley
At the edge south196 km²since 199544% of the land within 5 km
Official site44% of the land within 5 km of Saltash is National Park or National Landscape, more than 89% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Saltash
57 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Saltash and the kilometre around it, 3.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Saltash; 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 Saltash: 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) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 125 | 91 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 64 | 125 | 124 | 124 |
June is the driest month (63 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 125 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 17 nights a year. The climate in Saltash →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Saltash
18% of the area within 5 km of Saltash is sea. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
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 viewpoints and 32 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
Viewpoints 5
Skinham Point0.6 mi from town
DirectionsWarren Point1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 32
Plus 32 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.
TorpointLandrakeMillbrookPlymouthBere AlstonCallingtonSaltash
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltash | A+ | 2.4 | 96% | 44% |
| Torpoint 2.5 mi | A− | 2.2 | 84% | 26% |
| Landrake 3.0 mi | D | 0.9 | 0% | 38% |
| Millbrook 4.2 mi | A− | 2.0 | 100% | 19% |
| Plymouth 4.5 mi | A+ | 1.7 | 87% | 35% |
| Bere Alston 5.2 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 64% | 93% |
| Callington 7.6 mi | B | 2.1 | 100% | 21% |
Saltash grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Saltash
What is the biggest park in Saltash?
Saltmill Park, 5.5 ha (14 acres), with 2.1 km of path. Kimberley Stadium (3.0 ha) is second. 6 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Saltash near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 5.2 mi north-east of the town’s edge. It covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Tamar Valley National Landscape, at the edge of the town.
How many people in Saltash live near a park?
96% 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 Saltash?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Saltash good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 73% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 56% (2.4 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 Saltash’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Saltash’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.