Torpoint’s biggest
St Columbia and Torpoint RFC
Playing field
3.5 ha (9 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Wesleyan Methodist Church · Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Torpoint · parks, paths & countryside
Torpoint is on the coast, on the South West Coast Path
The sea makes up 31% of the area within 5 km. The Tamar Valley National Landscape begins 0.1 mi from the town’s edge. 21 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.6 for every square kilometre. Torpoint grades A− for the outdoors: #12 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
84%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
21 km
1.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
26%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Tamar Valley National Landscape
The sea
31%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Torpoint?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast31% of the area within 5 km is sea; 21 beaches mapped.Protected countryside26% of the land within 5 km is Tamar Valley National Landscape.On a National TrailThe South West Coast Path passes through.Few mapped footpaths1.6 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Torpoint’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by protected countryside on the doorstep. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Torpoint grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Torpoint, 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 75% of UK towns#12 of 35 in Cornwall · 16th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
51out of
100
100
A park within a walk84%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
54out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape26%of the land within 5 km
82out of
100
100
Footpaths1.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
20out of
100
100
The sea31%of the area within 5 km
93out 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
Torpoint is 16th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 6,900 to 7,400 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
Torpoint1.6
Towns its size3.1
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Torpoint2.2
Towns its size2.1
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Torpoint84%
Towns its size77%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Torpoint falls furthest behind on path per km², where 55 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holbury Hampshire | A+ | 5.5 | 89% | 3.1 | 42% |
| 2 | Sheringham Norfolk | A+ | 11.6 | 74% | 3.4 | 32% |
| 3 | Stocksbridge South Yorkshire | A | 2.2 | 100% | 4.4 | 30% |
| 4 | Bude Cornwall | A | 3.1 | 78% | 3.3 | 9% |
| 5 | Anstey Leicestershire | A | 12.9 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Liphook Hampshire | A | 3.1 | 86% | 3.8 | 64% |
| 7 | Bishop's Waltham Hampshire | A | 2.6 | 93% | 3.4 | 55% |
| 8 | Bourne End Buckinghamshire | A | 2.9 | 87% | 4 | 19% |
| 9 | Gwersyllt Clwyd | A | 14.6 | 96% | 2.5 | 2% |
| 10 | Ashley Heath Dorset | A | 24.2 | 68% | 4 | 15% |
| 11 | Darfield South Yorkshire | A | 4 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Easington County Durham | A− | 5 | 94% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Walton-on-the-Naze Essex | A− | 3.2 | 96% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Shiremoor Tyne and Wear | A− | 2.5 | 76% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Otford and Kemsing Kent | A− | 3.3 | 53% | 3.6 | 73% |
| 16 | Torpoint Cornwall | A− | 2.2 | 84% | 1.6 | 26% |
| 17 | Blackwater Hampshire | B+ | 10.6 | 74% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Chinnor Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 88% | 3.7 | 37% |
| 19 | Kiveton Park South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.8 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Fence Houses Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.8 | 81% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Malmesbury Wiltshire | B | 2 | 86% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 22 | Wroughton Wiltshire | B | 1.1 | 78% | 3.9 | 52% |
| 23 | Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire | B− | 1 | 75% | 3.8 | 58% |
| 24 | Woodville Derbyshire | B− | 3.7 | 78% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Balsall Common West Midlands | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Cranfield Bedfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 72% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Borrowash Derbyshire | B− | 2.8 | 85% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Bollington Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 56% | 4.1 | 31% |
| 29 | Blackheath West Midlands | C+ | 2.5 | 57% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Allerton Bywater West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 78% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 31 | North Baddesley Hampshire | C+ | 1.7 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 32 | Chipping Norton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 67% | 2.4 | 73% |
| 33 | Wrecclesham Surrey | C+ | 1.2 | 50% | 3.8 | 37% |
| 34 | Poringland Norfolk | C+ | 1.3 | 91% | 2.1 | 5% |
| 35 | Pelton and Ouston County Durham | C+ | 2 | 64% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Murton County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 37 | West Mersea Essex | C+ | 1.9 | 69% | 2 | 0% |
| 38 | Thrapston Northamptonshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Caerleon Gwent | C | 1.9 | 64% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Horncastle Lincolnshire | C | 0.6 | 60% | 3.9 | 10% |
| 41 | Radcliffe on Trent Nottinghamshire | C | 2.5 | 76% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Hattersley Greater Manchester | C | 0.9 | 52% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 43 | Sawston Cambridgeshire | C | 1.4 | 97% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Hagley Worcestershire | C | 1.7 | 90% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Castle Donington Leicestershire | C | 1.8 | 85% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Crewkerne Somerset | C | 0.5 | 66% | 2.8 | 21% |
| 47 | Aylsham Norfolk | C | 2.6 | 74% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Hethersett Norfolk | C | 2.1 | 65% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Market Warsop Nottinghamshire | C | 2.1 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Wivenhoe Essex | C− | 0.9 | 65% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire | C− | 2.1 | 82% | 2 | 0% |
| 52 | Calverton Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.7 | 62% | 3 | 0% |
| 53 | Hollywood Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 54% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Pickering North Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.7 | 19% |
| 55 | Shefford Bedfordshire | D | 1.1 | 67% | 3 | 0% |
| 56 | Wellesbourne Warwickshire | D | 1.1 | 88% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Deeping St James Lincolnshire | D | 0.5 | 73% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Beddau Mid Glamorgan | D | 1 | 77% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Featherstone Staffordshire | D− | 1.2 | 52% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Albrighton Shropshire | D− | 0.8 | 32% | 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 Torpoint’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 Torpoint
The biggest is St Columbia and Torpoint RFC, 3.5 ha (9 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 5 ha (11 acres)
Parks & gardens 0.6 haPlaying fields 3.9 haPlay spaces 0.2 ha
The two biggest, St Columbia and Torpoint RFC and Coombe Park, are 85% of the named green space. 4 of the 5 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Coombe Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
0.4 ha (1 acres)
0.7 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Cambridge Field Recreation Ground
Playing field
0.4 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Torpoint
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Trevorder Road
Play space
0.2 ha (0 acres)
0.4 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Rendel Park
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.5 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Torpoint 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).
Within 400 m (84%)Further (16%)
Torpoint84%
Towns its size77%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 1,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 33 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 217 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Tamar Valley and Cornwall both start about a mile from Torpoint
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
0.1 mi north-west196 km²since 199522% of the land within 5 km
Official site26% of the land within 5 km of Torpoint is National Park or National Landscape, more than 81% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Torpoint is on the South West Coast Path
21 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Torpoint and the kilometre around it, 1.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
National
South West Coast Path (Section 35: Portwrinkle to Plymouth)0.4 km
The South West Coast Path, a national route, passes Torpoint.
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 Torpoint: 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) | 119 | 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 14 nights a year. The climate in Torpoint →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Torpoint
31% of the area within 5 km of Torpoint is sea. 21 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 1 with a name.
Sharrow Beach2.2 mi from town
DirectionsThe 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.
Things to do
7 viewpoints and 33 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 7
rockets and Rascals0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 6 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 33
Plus 33 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 12
No.5 Slip0.6 mi from town
DirectionsNo.3 Building Slip0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNo.1 Slip0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 9 slipways 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.
MillbrookSaltashPlymouthLandrakeWemburySherfordTorpoint
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Saltash, 2.5 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 96% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Torpoint
What is the biggest park in Torpoint?
St Columbia and Torpoint RFC, 3.5 ha (9 acres). Coombe Park (0.4 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Torpoint near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 6.2 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, 0.1 mi away.
What are the best walks near Torpoint?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the South West Coast Path (Section 35: Portwrinkle to Plymouth).
How many people in Torpoint live near a park?
84% 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 Torpoint?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Torpoint good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 20% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 51% (2.2 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 Torpoint’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Torpoint’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.