Burnopfield’s biggest
Burnopfield Cricket Club
Playing field · 90 m outside town
2.8 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Burnopfield · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Burnopfield
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 50% of residents. Footpaths add up to 27 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.3 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Burnopfield add up to 1.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Burnopfield grades C− for the outdoors: #47 of 52 in County Durham. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
50%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
27 km
3.3 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
Outdoors grade
Burnopfield grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Burnopfield, 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 16% of UK towns#47 of 52 in County Durham · 46th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
27out of
100
100
A park within a walk50%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
13out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
67out 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.
Towns its size
Burnopfield is 46th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,900 to 3,100 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
Burnopfield3.3
Towns its size2.6
County Durham towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Burnopfield1.5
Towns its size2.2
County Durham towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Burnopfield50%
Towns its size85%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Burnopfield stands out most for path per km²: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 50 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowlands Castle Hampshire | A+ | 26.1 | 100% | 5 | 48% |
| 2 | Halling Kent | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.6 | 54% |
| 3 | Arundel West Sussex | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 56% |
| 4 | Theale Berkshire | A+ | 5 | 100% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 5 | Cuxton Kent | A+ | 25.2 | 90% | 4 | 44% |
| 6 | Horton Heath Hampshire | A+ | 10 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 7 | Beaminster Dorset | A | 4.1 | 89% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 8 | Ebbsfleet Valley Kent | A | 9 | 77% | 8.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Downton Wiltshire | A | 4.3 | 100% | 2 | 59% |
| 10 | Langwith Derbyshire | A | 19.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Ellistown Leicestershire | A | 7.5 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Llangollen Clwyd | A | 3.5 | 91% | 2.5 | 76% |
| 13 | Mortimer Berkshire | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Menai Bridge Gwynedd | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 7% |
| 15 | New Marske North Yorkshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Knighton Powys | A− | 2.7 | 81% | 3.4 | 34% |
| 17 | Seaton Sluice Northumberland | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 18 | Rhodes Greater Manchester | B+ | 16.6 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire | B+ | 4.1 | 87% | 1.3 | 100% |
| 20 | Welham Green Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Almondsbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 7.9 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 22 | Wing Buckinghamshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 23 | Newton and Blackwell Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Camelford Cornwall | B | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 33% |
| 25 | Newport Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Denholme West Yorkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Weldon Northamptonshire | B | 8.2 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Bugbrooke Northamptonshire | B− | 3.7 | 80% | 3 | 0% |
| 29 | Long Hanborough Oxfordshire | B− | 1.3 | 89% | 2.7 | 18% |
| 30 | Harwell Oxfordshire | B− | 1.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 42% |
| 31 | Crumbles East Sussex | B− | 0.3 | 44% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire | C+ | 4.6 | 58% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Etwall Derbyshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Capel St Mary Suffolk | C+ | 1.5 | 59% | 3 | 24% |
| 35 | Swillington West Yorkshire | C | 2.2 | 68% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Hendy and Fforest Dyfed | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Sutton Courtenay Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 23% | 4 | 6% |
| 38 | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Gwynedd | C | 0.8 | 71% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 39 | West Chiltington West Sussex | C | 1.5 | 18% | 2.7 | 38% |
| 40 | Bottesford Leicestershire | C | 3.9 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Haddenham Cambridgeshire | C | 2.2 | 86% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Fenstanton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 43 | Cullingworth West Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Great Leighs Essex | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Lostwithiel Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 67% | 1.5 | 11% |
| 46 | Burnopfield County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 47 | St Mary's Bay Kent | D | 0 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Cleobury Mortimer Shropshire | D | 0.8 | 64% | 2 | 2% |
| 49 | Kelsall Cheshire | D | 1 | 57% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Gamlingay Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 32% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Scotter Lincolnshire | D | 2.6 | 61% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Gobowen Shropshire | D | 1.2 | 50% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 53 | Gilberdyke East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 90% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Thurston Suffolk | D | 1.6 | 39% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Bampton Oxfordshire | D | 1.1 | 63% | 2 | 0% |
| 56 | Queniborough Leicestershire | D | 1.4 | 48% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 57% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Boroughbridge North Yorkshire | D− | 0.4 | 60% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Langstone Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Feltwell Norfolk | D− | 1.1 | 63% | 0.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Burnopfield’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 Burnopfield
The biggest is Burnopfield Cricket Club, 2.8 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Burnopfield 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 (50%)Further (50%)
Burnopfield50%
Towns its size85%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 1,500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 14 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 214 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North Pennines National Landscape is 6.5 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
Northumberland National Park covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Burnopfield
27 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Burnopfield and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Local
Valley Views Trail, Gibside4.7 km
Red Kite Trail4.7 km
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 Burnopfield: July and 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) | 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) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 47 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 73 | 66 | 75 | 62 | 68 | 72 | 64 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 75 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Burnopfield →
Things to do
14 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
Burnopfield is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Shingles5.0 mi from Burnopfield’s edge
DirectionsShingle Beach5.1 mi from Burnopfield’s edge
DirectionsHerd Sand14 mi from Burnopfield’s edge
DirectionsGraham's Sand14 mi from Burnopfield’s edge
DirectionsThe Haven14 mi from Burnopfield’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. Blackamoor Hill, at 227 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Burnopfield.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Blackamoor Hill227 m (745 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 2
Pontburn Linn Waterfall1.0 mi from town
DirectionsHamsterley Burn Waterfall1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 14
Low Ropes0.4 mi from town
DirectionsStrawberry Castle play area0.6 mi from town
DirectionsDen building area0.7 mi from town
DirectionsNature Playscape1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 10 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Derwent Caravan Park0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Rowlands GillDiptonTanfield LeaHigh SpenSunnisideAnnfield PlainBurnopfield
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnopfield | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 0% |
| Rowlands Gill 1.3 mi | B | 4.9 | 84% | 0% |
| Dipton 1.8 mi | B | 3.2 | 87% | 0% |
| Tanfield Lea 2.1 mi | A− | 3.8 | 89% | 0% |
| High Spen 2.4 mi | C+ | 3.3 | 74% | 0% |
| Sunniside 2.7 mi | B | 2.1 | 87% | 0% |
| Annfield Plain 3.0 mi | B+ | 3.4 | 93% | 0% |
Tanfield Lea, 2.1 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 89% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Rowlands Gill, Dipton and Tanfield Lea have at least twice Burnopfield’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Burnopfield
What is the biggest park in Burnopfield?
Burnopfield Cricket Club, 2.8 ha (7 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Burnopfield near a National Park?
Yes. Northumberland National Park begins 19 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the North Pennines National Landscape, 6.5 mi away.
What are the best walks near Burnopfield?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Valley Views Trail, Gibside and Red Kite Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Burnopfield?
Shingles, 5.0 mi from the edge of the town, then Shingle Beach (5.1 mi). Burnopfield itself is inland.
How many people in Burnopfield live near a park?
50% 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 Burnopfield?
July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Burnopfield good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 67% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 27% (1.5 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 Burnopfield’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Burnopfield’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.