Photo: Talskiddy at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost everyone in St Dennis lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 5.4 mi from the village’s edge. 15 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in St Dennis add up to 2.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. St Dennis grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is St Dennis?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
St Dennis’ strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Cornwall National Landscape close by.
St Dennis grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is St Dennis, 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.
St Dennis is 22nd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,300 to 2,500 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, St Dennis stands out most for park space per resident: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 36 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reydon Suffolk | A+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.6 | 49% |
| 2 | St Margaret's at Cliffe Kent | A | 2.3 | 90% | 2.4 | 15% |
| 3 | Upton upon Severn Worcestershire | A− | 4.9 | 90% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 4 | Colerne Wiltshire | A− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.4 | 84% |
| 5 | Picket Piece Hampshire | A− | 3.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 33% |
| 6 | Tanfield Lea County Durham | A− | 3.8 | 89% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 7 | Cannington Somerset | A− | 2.8 | 88% | 3.2 | 3% |
| 8 | Y Felinheli Gwynedd | B+ | 4.9 | 65% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 9 | Hall Green West Yorkshire | B+ | 7.5 | 82% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 10 | Cotford St Luke Somerset | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 6% |
| 11 | Nant-y-moel Mid Glamorgan | B | 7 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 12 | Chattenden Kent | B | 1.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Middlestown and Overton West Yorkshire | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 14 | Stalbridge Dorset | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Narberth Dyfed | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 4% |
| 16 | Creech St Michael Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Upper Halliford Surrey | B− | 5.1 | 44% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 18 | Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire | B− | 3.8 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 19 | Riccall North Yorkshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Wiveliscombe Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Ashurst Hampshire | B− | 0.9 | 65% | 3.6 | 72% |
| 22 | St Dennis Cornwall | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Osbaldwick North Yorkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 70% | 5 | 0% |
| 24 | Padstow Cornwall | C+ | 0.6 | 33% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 25 | Pentyrch South Glamorgan | C+ | 2.6 | 50% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Bramford Suffolk | C+ | 3.2 | 76% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Shelley Essex | C+ | 0.7 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Mickleton Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 52% | 2.1 | 45% |
| 29 | Witchford Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Coven Staffordshire | C+ | 3.6 | 87% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Lingwood Norfolk | C+ | 1.2 | 73% | 2.6 | 26% |
| 32 | Stanton Suffolk | C | 2.6 | 87% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Woolavington Somerset | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Dearham Cumbria | C | 0.6 | 72% | 1.4 | 6% |
| 35 | South Milford North Yorkshire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 36 | West Rainton County Durham | C | 2.1 | 73% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Bletchingley Surrey | C | 0.5 | 10% | 3.9 | 18% |
| 38 | Credenhill Herefordshire | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Wilstead Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 88% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Roche Cornwall | C− | 2.8 | 81% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Marshfield Gwent | C− | 1 | 85% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Hathern Leicestershire | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Knowsley Merseyside | C− | 3.1 | 77% | 1 | 0% |
| 44 | Collingham West Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Reepham Norfolk | C− | 2.3 | 66% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Stilton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Coates and Eastrea Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Dinnington Tyne and Wear | C− | 1.6 | 89% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Brown Edge Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Goxhill Lincolnshire | C− | 1.5 | 69% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Usk Gwent | C− | 3.5 | 56% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Eastry Kent | D | 2 | 77% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Netherton (Wakefield) West Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 27% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 54 | St Stephen Cornwall | D | 1.2 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Leyburn North Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 22% | 2 | 16% |
| 56 | Fishburn County Durham | D | 1.5 | 76% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Parbold Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 36% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Burton upon Stather Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 75% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Myerscough Smithy Lancashire | D | 0.5 | 45% | 3 | 0% |
| 60 | Leven East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.2 | 64% | 0.7 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is St Dennis’ built-up area.
How close St Dennis’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).
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 338 residents.
The Cornwall National Landscape is 5.4 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.
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so St Dennis scores 0% on it even though the Cornwall National Landscape is 5.4 mi away.
Footpaths in and around St Dennis
15 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in St Dennis and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of St Dennis; 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.
The best walking months in St Dennis: 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 141 | 112 | 89 | 86 | 75 | 79 | 96 | 100 | 91 | 137 | 168 | 154 |
May is the driest month (75 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 168 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 20 nights a year. The climate in St Dennis →
7 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
St Dennis is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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 7
Plus 7 playgrounds 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Dennis | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Nanpean 1.0 mi | B | 4.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Foxhole 1.8 mi | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road 2.5 mi | D− | 0.7 | 27% | 0% |
| St Stephen 2.6 mi | D | 1.2 | 88% | 0% |
| Roche 2.8 mi | C− | 2.8 | 81% | 0% |
| Trewoon 3.8 mi | D | 0.9 | 71% | 6% |
Nanpean, 1 miles away, grades B, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in St Dennis
Is St Dennis near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 5.4 mi south-east of the village’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What is the nearest beach to St Dennis?
Duporth Beach, 6.3 mi from the edge of the village, then Porthpean Beach (6.3 mi). St Dennis itself is inland.
How many people in St Dennis live near a park?
100% 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 St Dennis?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is St Dennis good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 24% 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 St Dennis’ overall grade.
Where St Dennis’ 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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