Church of St Hermes · Photo: Hanton01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Parks and walks in St Erme and Trispen
The Cornwall National Landscape begins 2.6 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in St Erme and Trispen add up to 0.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 8 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.2 for every square kilometre. St Erme and Trispen grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is St Erme and Trispen?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
St Erme and Trispen’s strongest suit is the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
St Erme and Trispen grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is St Erme and Trispen, 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.
How St Erme and Trispen compares with UK villages of 1,500 to 1,700
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,500 to 1,700 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
St Erme and Trispen 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 | Portskewett Gwent | A+ | 10 | 100% | 2.9 | 3% |
| 2 | Stanhope County Durham | A+ | 7.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 86% |
| 3 | Melton Suffolk | A+ | 6.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 33% |
| 4 | Salcombe Devon | A+ | 2 | 100% | 3.3 | 65% |
| 5 | Wood Street Village Surrey | A+ | 25.7 | 81% | 4.9 | 18% |
| 6 | Ducklington Oxfordshire | A | 10.1 | 79% | 4.8 | 4% |
| 7 | Roydon Essex | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 8 | St Athan South Glamorgan | A | 2.2 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 9 | Sabden Lancashire | A− | 0.8 | 100% | 5 | 38% |
| 10 | Hale Bank Cheshire | A− | 9.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 11 | West Wellow Hampshire | A− | 3.6 | 82% | 2.7 | 51% |
| 12 | Shillington Bedfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 83% | 3.2 | 14% |
| 13 | Bean Kent | A− | 17 | 72% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Woodhouse Eaves Leicestershire | A− | 35.7 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Kewstoke Somerset | A− | 1.3 | 74% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 16 | Hampton Magna Warwickshire | A− | 6.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Sonning Berkshire | A− | 11.1 | 80% | 2.5 | 7% |
| 18 | Thorpe-le-Soken Essex | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 19 | East Dean and Friston East Sussex | B+ | 1.2 | 18% | 4.6 | 58% |
| 20 | Stithians Cornwall | B+ | 3.2 | 80% | 3.4 | 3% |
| 21 | Staining Lancashire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 22 | King's Cliffe Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Seal Kent | B+ | 3.3 | 78% | 2.1 | 77% |
| 24 | Littlebourne Kent | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 3 | 9% |
| 25 | Farcet Cambridgeshire | B+ | 13.8 | 77% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Mount Hawke Cornwall | B | 1.4 | 85% | 2 | 6% |
| 27 | Fence Lancashire | B | 1.3 | 62% | 6.2 | 32% |
| 28 | Wick Gloucestershire | B− | 1.8 | 56% | 3.6 | 39% |
| 29 | Sibertswold Kent | B− | 1.9 | 79% | 2.2 | 38% |
| 30 | Whittington Shropshire | B− | 3.7 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 31 | South Witham Lincolnshire | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 32 | High Harrington Cumbria | C+ | 0.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Evenwood County Durham | C+ | 3.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Everton Hampshire | C+ | 1.3 | 58% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 35 | Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) Worcestershire | C+ | 0.9 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 36 | Clutton Somerset | C+ | 0.9 | 74% | 3.3 | 11% |
| 37 | Four Lanes Cornwall | C | 0.6 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Potterspury Northamptonshire | C | 1.4 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Blisworth Northamptonshire | C | 2.2 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Buxted East Sussex | C | 1.1 | 63% | 2.4 | 52% |
| 41 | Stock Essex | C | 2.2 | 62% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Harden West Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 40% | 5 | 0% |
| 43 | Scawby Lincolnshire | C− | 25.7 | 68% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Higher Walton Lancashire | C− | 2.2 | 61% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Arksey South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 88% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Rawcliffe East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Horsmonden Kent | C− | 0.5 | 79% | 0.9 | 50% |
| 48 | Baston Lincolnshire | C− | 2.3 | 78% | 1 | 0% |
| 49 | Sywell and Overstone Northamptonshire | D | 3.1 | 62% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Ainsworth Greater Manchester | D | 0.4 | 64% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Whittlesford Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 57% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Henstridge Somerset | D | 1.8 | 47% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Moulton Lincolnshire | D | 1.9 | 75% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Ketton Rutland | D | 2.1 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 55 | Balsham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 57% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | St Erme and Trispen Cornwall | D | 0.3 | 69% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 57 | Findern Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 40% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Scarcroft West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 15% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew Norfolk | D− | 1.7 | 52% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 60 | School Aycliffe County Durham | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is St Erme and Trispen’s built-up area.
7 in 10 St Erme and Trispen 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).
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
The Cornwall National Landscape is 2.6 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.
2% of the land within 5 km of St Erme and Trispen is National Park or National Landscape, more than 64% of UK towns.
Footpaths in and around St Erme and Trispen
8 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in St Erme and Trispen and the kilometre around it, 1.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of St Erme and Trispen; 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 Erme and Trispen: 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 | |
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| 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 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 129 | 98 | 77 | 70 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 80 | 77 | 121 | 138 | 131 |
June is the driest month (63 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 138 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in St Erme and Trispen →
Viewpoints, hills and nature near St Erme and Trispen
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 Erme and Trispen 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 1
Plus 1 playground 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 Erme and Trispen | D | 0.3 | 69% | 2% |
| Shortlanesend 2.7 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 100% | 2% |
| Truro 3.6 mi | B | 1.6 | 84% | 21% |
| Probus 3.8 mi | C− | 0.6 | 75% | 15% |
| St Newlyn East 3.9 mi | C+ | 3.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Grampound Road 4.4 mi | C+ | 3.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Threemilestone 5.1 mi | A− | 3.1 | 100% | 1% |
Threemilestone, 5.1 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Shortlanesend, Truro and St Newlyn East have at least twice St Erme and Trispen’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in St Erme and Trispen
Is St Erme and Trispen near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cornwall National Landscape, 2.6 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What is the nearest beach to St Erme and Trispen?
The Gannel, 6.7 mi from the edge of the village, then Tolcarne Beach (7.1 mi). St Erme and Trispen itself is inland.
How many people in St Erme and Trispen live near a park?
69% 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 Erme and Trispen?
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 Erme and Trispen good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 10% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 3% (0.3 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 St Erme and Trispen’s overall grade.
Where St Erme and Trispen’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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