Bournmoor’s biggest
Bill Forth Memorial Park
Playing field · 390 m outside town
1.1 ha (3 acres)0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.6 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bournmoor · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Bournmoor lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Bournmoor add up to 11.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 29 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 4.0 for every square kilometre. Bournmoor grades A for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
11.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
29 km
4.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: North Pennines National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Bournmoor?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam11.0 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 96% of UK towns.A village of footpaths4.0 km of path per km², more than 80% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.
Bournmoor’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Bournmoor grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bournmoor, 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 92% of UK towns7th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space11.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
97out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
81out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
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.
Villages its size
Bournmoor is 7th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,900 to 2,100 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
Bournmoor4.0
Villages its size1.9
County Durham towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bournmoor11.0
Villages its size2.3
County Durham towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bournmoor100%
Villages its size79%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Bournmoor stands out most for park space per resident: only 3 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capel-le-Ferne Kent | A+ | 21.8 | 88% | 4 | 52% |
| 2 | Meliden Clwyd | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 3 | Vigo Village Kent | A+ | 33.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 44% |
| 4 | Llanfoist Gwent | A+ | 10.7 | 86% | 4.2 | 57% |
| 5 | Ditchingham Norfolk | A+ | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 13% |
| 6 | Fowey Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 91% | 2.1 | 32% |
| 7 | Bournmoor County Durham | A | 11 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 8 | Upper Rissington Gloucestershire | A | 6.2 | 100% | 1.2 | 100% |
| 9 | Churchill Somerset | A | 2.8 | 84% | 3.9 | 39% |
| 10 | Wrington Somerset | A | 3.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 20% |
| 11 | Machen Gwent | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Y Bala Gwynedd | A | 4 | 100% | 1.4 | 67% |
| 13 | Little Haywood Staffordshire | A− | 1.3 | 100% | 3.3 | 34% |
| 14 | Stowupland Suffolk | A− | 5.3 | 83% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Kirkby Lonsdale Cumbria | B+ | 9.2 | 74% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 16 | Yealmpton Devon | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 1.8 | 50% |
| 17 | Pontesbury Shropshire | B+ | 3.1 | 63% | 3.8 | 28% |
| 18 | Valley Gwynedd | B+ | 5 | 33% | 1.2 | 37% |
| 19 | Martlesham Suffolk | B | 2.1 | 69% | 3.8 | 24% |
| 20 | Sandford Dorset | B | 0.3 | 43% | 4.7 | 41% |
| 21 | Wrotham Kent | B | 1.6 | 100% | 1.6 | 49% |
| 22 | Welsh Bicknor Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 31% | 3.3 | 45% |
| 23 | Wheaton Aston Staffordshire | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 24 | Dilton Marsh Wiltshire | B− | 2.1 | 67% | 3.5 | 4% |
| 25 | Hutton Cranswick East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Trelewis Mid Glamorgan | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Rothbury Northumberland | B− | 1 | 76% | 3.8 | 21% |
| 28 | Barmouth Gwynedd | B− | 0.5 | 60% | 2 | 53% |
| 29 | Northleach Gloucestershire | B− | 1.5 | 68% | 2.6 | 100% |
| 30 | Audley Staffordshire | C+ | 3.4 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Axbridge Somerset | C+ | 1.3 | 72% | 2.8 | 51% |
| 32 | Landkey Devon | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Langtoft Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 34 | Whitchurch Somerset | C+ | 2.3 | 47% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 35 | Wychbold Worcestershire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Clenchwarton Norfolk | C | 2.2 | 87% | 0.3 | 3% |
| 37 | West Haddon Northamptonshire | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Goodwick Dyfed | C | 0.2 | 47% | 1.9 | 25% |
| 39 | Hightown Merseyside | C | 1.7 | 44% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Longrock Cornwall | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.2 | 26% |
| 41 | Cadnam and Bartley Hampshire | C− | 0.9 | 30% | 2.4 | 79% |
| 42 | Barrow Suffolk | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Pool-in-Wharfedale West Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 44% | 1.6 | 7% |
| 44 | Ashwell Hertfordshire | C− | 3 | 52% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Stoke Golding Leicestershire | C− | 1.4 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Hibaldstow Lincolnshire | C− | 1.7 | 89% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.5 | 78% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Briston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 69% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Broughton Northamptonshire | D | 2.7 | 70% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Baschurch Shropshire | D | 2.3 | 72% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Cookley Worcestershire | D | 2.3 | 52% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Hutton Rudby North Yorkshire | D | 1.6 | 35% | 1.1 | 13% |
| 53 | Morda Shropshire | D | 0.7 | 84% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Curry Rivel Somerset | D | 1.9 | 33% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Greylees Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Shawbury Shropshire | D− | 2.2 | 30% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Tollerton Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.6 | 19% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Rossett Clwyd | D− | 0.3 | 55% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Wilberfoss East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 69% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Bottisham Cambridgeshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bournmoor’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 Bournmoor
The biggest is Bill Forth Memorial Park, 1.1 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Bournmoor’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).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Bournmoor100%
Villages its size79%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 249 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North Pennines National Landscape is 14 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.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Bournmoor
29 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bournmoor and the kilometre around it, 4.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Weardale Way8.2 km
Way of Learning7.5 km
Great Lumley Village Loop3.4 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Weardale Way and Way of Learning.
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 Bournmoor: May to July and 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) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 49 | 45 | 52 | 48 | 65 | 60 | 69 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 63 |
March is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 77 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Bournmoor →
Things to do
8 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
Bournmoor is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Hendon Beach6.5 mi from Bournmoor’s edge
DirectionsBlast Beach8.0 mi from Bournmoor’s edge
DirectionsHawthorn Hive8.5 mi from Bournmoor’s edge
DirectionsShippersea Bay8.7 mi from Bournmoor’s edge
DirectionsMan Haven10 mi from Bournmoor’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.
Up high. Bunker Hill, at 70 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Bournmoor.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Bunker Hill70 m (230 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 8
Birkdale Drive Playground0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 7 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.
Fence HousesShiney Row and PenshawGreat LumleyHoughton-le-SpringChester-le-StreetEast RaintonBournmoor
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournmoor | A | 11.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Fence Houses 1.0 mi | B+ | 3.8 | 81% | 0% |
| Shiney Row and Penshaw 1.5 mi | A | 9.6 | 98% | 0% |
| Great Lumley 1.5 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 88% | 0% |
| Houghton-le-Spring 2.0 mi | A | 4.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Chester-le-Street 2.5 mi | C+ | 1.7 | 75% | 0% |
| East Rainton 2.7 mi | D | 1.4 | 34% | 0% |
Bournmoor grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Bournmoor
What is the biggest park in Bournmoor?
Bill Forth Memorial Park, 1.1 ha (3 acres), with 0.5 km of path, just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Bournmoor near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the North Pennines National Landscape, 14 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 1,985 km² and was designated in 1988.
What are the best walks near Bournmoor?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Weardale Way, Way of Learning and Great Lumley Village Loop.
What is the nearest beach to Bournmoor?
Hendon Beach, 6.5 mi from the edge of the village, then Blast Beach (8.0 mi). Bournmoor itself is inland.
How many people in Bournmoor 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 Bournmoor?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bournmoor good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 81% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 97% (11.0 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 Bournmoor’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bournmoor’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.