Wadebridge’s biggest
Coronation Park
Park or garden
3.4 ha (8 acres)0.5 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Wadebridge
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Benjaminevans82 · Public domainCOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Wadebridge · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Wadebridge
The Cornwall National Landscape reaches the edge of Wadebridge. 26 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 74% of residents. Wadebridge grades C for the outdoors: #29 of 35 in Cornwall. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
74%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
26 km
1.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
17%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cornwall National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Wadebridge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cornwall National Landscape starts 0.0 mi north.Less park per person1.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Wadebridge’s strongest suit is the Cornwall National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Wadebridge grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Wadebridge, 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 32% of UK towns#29 of 35 in Cornwall · 40th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
38out of
100
100
A park within a walk74%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape17%of the land within 5 km
76out of
100
100
Footpaths1.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
24out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 3.2% sea, under the 5% that counts
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
Wadebridge is 40th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 5,400 to 5,900 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
Wadebridge1.8
Towns its size2.3
Cornwall towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Wadebridge1.8
Towns its size2.2
Cornwall towns1.6
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Wadebridge74%
Towns its size81%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
Wadebridge falls furthest behind on path per km², where 40 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackfield and Langley Hampshire | A+ | 28.1 | 95% | 4.2 | 48% |
| 2 | Ventnor Isle of Wight | A+ | 4.5 | 61% | 3.7 | 25% |
| 3 | Deepcar South Yorkshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 21% |
| 4 | Haworth West Yorkshire | A | 4.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 5 | Millom Cumbria | A | 2 | 82% | 3.2 | 13% |
| 6 | St Ives Cornwall | A | 0.8 | 89% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 7 | Nailsworth Gloucestershire | A− | 1.3 | 86% | 5.9 | 88% |
| 8 | Barnard Castle County Durham | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 3.4 | 1% |
| 9 | East Horsley Surrey | A− | 3.5 | 55% | 4.5 | 33% |
| 10 | Steyning West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 86% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 11 | Blaenavon Gwent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 39% |
| 12 | Henfield West Sussex | A− | 3.8 | 51% | 4.4 | 17% |
| 13 | Merley Dorset | B+ | 3.9 | 64% | 4.1 | 6% |
| 14 | Carlton in Lindrick Nottinghamshire | B+ | 9 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Kingsbridge Devon | B+ | 1.5 | 91% | 1.6 | 67% |
| 16 | Aston Clinton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.1 | 61% | 3.8 | 29% |
| 17 | Marchwood Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 87% | 1.3 | 38% |
| 18 | Cottam Lancashire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Creswell Derbyshire | B+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Willington County Durham | B+ | 4.7 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 21 | Garstang Lancashire | B | 2.4 | 89% | 2.3 | 15% |
| 22 | Askern South Yorkshire | B | 8.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 23 | East Tilbury Essex | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2 | 0% |
| 24 | Brixworth Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 94% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Shinfield Berkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Hemsby Norfolk | B | 2.5 | 51% | 1.4 | 22% |
| 27 | Bidford-on-Avon Warwickshire | B | 3.4 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 28 | Llandrindod Wells Powys | B− | 4.5 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Cheddar Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 41% | 3 | 56% |
| 30 | Haddenham Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Hullbridge Essex | C+ | 5.7 | 59% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Aylesham Kent | C+ | 0.3 | 76% | 3.4 | 33% |
| 33 | Broseley Shropshire | C+ | 1.2 | 74% | 3.4 | 8% |
| 34 | Quorndon Leicestershire | C+ | 2.7 | 81% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Rainford Merseyside | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Crawley Down West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 80% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 37 | Pontyclun Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.4 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Ruthin Clwyd | C | 2.7 | 51% | 1.5 | 31% |
| 39 | Egremont Cumbria | C | 1.1 | 63% | 1.8 | 11% |
| 40 | Wadebridge Cornwall | C | 1.8 | 74% | 1.8 | 17% |
| 41 | Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire | C | 1.1 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Four Marks Hampshire | C | 0.9 | 46% | 3 | 31% |
| 43 | Coningsby and Tattershall Lincolnshire | C | 2.7 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Durrington Wiltshire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Undy and Magor Gwent | C | 0.9 | 86% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Red Lodge Suffolk | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Ramsey Cambridgeshire | C | 2.5 | 72% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Welshpool Powys | C− | 2.6 | 82% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Pembury Kent | C− | 1.1 | 45% | 2 | 58% |
| 50 | Ingatestone Essex | C− | 3.2 | 56% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Abertridwr and Senghenydd Gwent | C− | 1.8 | 87% | 1 | 0% |
| 52 | Takeley and Little Canfield Essex | D | 1 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.9 | 60% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Pontardawe West Glamorgan | D | 2.3 | 60% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Brigg Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 65% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Treherbert Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.2 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Ruskington Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 70% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Bulkington Warwickshire | D | 0.9 | 76% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Eye Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirton Lincolnshire | D− | 0.6 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Wadebridge’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 Wadebridge
The biggest is Coronation Park, 3.4 ha (8 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Egloshayle Playing Fields
Playing field
4.4 ha (11 acres)0.2 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Wadebridge
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Wadebridge 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 (74%)Further (26%)
Wadebridge74%
Towns its size81%
Cornwall towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 1,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 804 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Wadebridge
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
Cornwall
At the edge north964 km²since 195917% of the land within 5 km
Official site17% of the land within 5 km of Wadebridge is National Park or National Landscape, more than 75% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Wadebridge
26 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Wadebridge and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Camel Trail6.8 km
The regional route here is the Camel Trail.
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 Wadebridge: 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 | 15.5 | 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) | 120 | 89 | 72 | 61 | 58 | 63 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 116 | 127 | 125 |
May is the driest month (58 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 127 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 17 nights a year. The climate in Wadebridge →
Things to do
7 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
Wadebridge is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Daymer Bay4.2 mi from Wadebridge’s edge
DirectionsJutty4.4 mi from Wadebridge’s edge
DirectionsGully4.5 mi from Wadebridge’s edge
DirectionsGreenaway Beach4.5 mi from Wadebridge’s edge
DirectionsPentireglaze Haven4.9 mi from Wadebridge’s 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
Nature reserves 2
Walmsley Bird Sanctuary21 ha · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsMiddle Amble Marsh9.2 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
The Laurels Holiday Park1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite 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.
EgloshayleRockPadstowBodminSt MerrynRocheWadebridge
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Egloshayle, 0.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Egloshayle has at least twice Wadebridge’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Wadebridge
What is the biggest park in Wadebridge?
Coronation Park, 3.4 ha (8 acres). Egloshayle Playing Fields (4.4 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Wadebridge near a National Park?
It covers 964 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Wadebridge?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Camel Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Wadebridge?
Daymer Bay, 4.2 mi from the edge of the town, then Jutty (4.4 mi). Wadebridge itself is inland.
How many people in Wadebridge live near a park?
74% 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 Wadebridge?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Wadebridge 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 38% (1.8 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 Wadebridge’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Wadebridge’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.