Evenwood’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden
0.9 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Evenwood
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Evenwood · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Evenwood lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The North Pennines National Landscape begins 5.6 mi from the village’s edge. 7 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 0.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Evenwood add up to 3.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Evenwood grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
7 km
0.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
North Pennines starts 5.6 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Evenwood?
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 roam3.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 75% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe North Pennines National Landscape starts 5.6 mi west.Few mapped footpaths0.8 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Evenwood’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Evenwood grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Evenwood, 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 43% of UK towns33rd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
75out 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 · North Pennines begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths0.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
4out 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
Evenwood is 33rd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
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.
Outdoors score: the share of UK towns each one beats
Footpath, km per km²
Evenwood0.8
Villages its size2.7
County Durham towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Evenwood3.4
Villages its size2.2
County Durham towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Evenwood100%
Villages its size80%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Evenwood stands out most for park space per resident: only 17 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 56 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanhope County Durham | A+ | 7.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 86% |
| 2 | Melton Suffolk | A+ | 6.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 33% |
| 3 | Salcombe Devon | A+ | 2 | 100% | 3.3 | 65% |
| 4 | Finberry Kent | A+ | 4 | 100% | 5.1 | 2% |
| 5 | Dobcross Greater Manchester | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 4.8 | 22% |
| 6 | Fairlight East Sussex | A+ | 39.6 | 50% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 7 | Crockenhill Kent | A+ | 5.2 | 100% | 3.1 | 27% |
| 8 | Wood Street Village Surrey | A+ | 25.7 | 81% | 4.9 | 18% |
| 9 | Ducklington Oxfordshire | A | 10.1 | 79% | 4.8 | 4% |
| 10 | Roydon Essex | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 11 | Middle Winterslow Wiltshire | A | 7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 12 | St Athan South Glamorgan | A | 2.2 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 13 | Sabden Lancashire | A− | 0.8 | 100% | 5 | 38% |
| 14 | Oakenshaw West Yorkshire | A− | 7.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 15 | West Wellow Hampshire | A− | 3.6 | 82% | 2.7 | 51% |
| 16 | Kewstoke Somerset | A− | 1.3 | 74% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 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 | King's Cliffe Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Seal Kent | B+ | 3.3 | 78% | 2.1 | 77% |
| 23 | Littlebourne Kent | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 3 | 9% |
| 24 | Ambergate Derbyshire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 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 | Mundford Norfolk | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Gotham Nottinghamshire | B− | 3.9 | 83% | 2.4 | 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 | Bacton and Cotton Suffolk | C+ | 4.4 | 70% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Rufford Lancashire | C | 2.8 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Four Lanes Cornwall | C | 0.6 | 100% | 2.8 | 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 | Glapwell Derbyshire | C− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Horsmonden Kent | C− | 0.5 | 79% | 0.9 | 50% |
| 49 | Baston Lincolnshire | C− | 2.3 | 78% | 1 | 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 | St Erme and Trispen Cornwall | D | 0.3 | 69% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 55 | Findern Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 40% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Wood End (North Warwickshire) Warwickshire | D | 1.1 | 74% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Camblesforth North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 81% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Edgmond Shropshire | D− | 1.7 | 33% | 1.4 | 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% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Evenwood’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 Evenwood
The biggest is The Green, 0.9 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Evenwood’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%)
Evenwood100%
Villages its size80%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 317 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North Pennines National Landscape is 5.6 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.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Evenwood scores 0% on it even though the North Pennines National Landscape is 5.6 mi away. Yorkshire Dales National Park covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Evenwood
7 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Evenwood and the kilometre around it, 0.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Way of Life - Gainford to Escomb6.7 km
The regional route here is the Way of Life - Gainford to Escomb.
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 Evenwood: June, 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 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 63 | 50 | 55 | 45 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 67 | 82 | 71 | 75 |
May 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 82 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 57 nights a year. The climate in Evenwood →
Things to do
5 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
Evenwood is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Shippersea Bay21 mi from Evenwood’s edge
DirectionsHawthorn Hive22 mi from Evenwood’s edge
DirectionsBlast Beach22 mi from Evenwood’s edge
DirectionsNorth Sands22 mi from Evenwood’s edge
DirectionsMiddleton Beach23 mi from Evenwood’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
Hills and peaks 1
Cocksure Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 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.
West AucklandCockfieldToft Hill and High EtherleyStaindropBishop AucklandShildonEvenwood
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evenwood | C+ | 3.4 | 100% | 0% |
| West Auckland 1.6 mi | C− | 1.1 | 91% | 0% |
| Cockfield 2.0 mi | B− | 2.3 | 81% | 0% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley 2.0 mi | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 0% |
| Staindrop 3.4 mi | D | 1.4 | 82% | 0% |
| Bishop Auckland 3.8 mi | B− | 2.7 | 85% | 0% |
| Shildon 4.7 mi | B | 2.8 | 93% | 0% |
Shildon, 4.7 miles away, grades B, the best next door: 93% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Evenwood
What is the biggest park in Evenwood?
The Green, 0.9 ha (2 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Evenwood near a National Park?
Yes. Yorkshire Dales National Park begins 14 mi south-west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the North Pennines National Landscape, 5.6 mi away.
What are the best walks near Evenwood?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Way of Life - Gainford to Escomb.
What is the nearest beach to Evenwood?
Shippersea Bay, 21 mi from the edge of the village, then Hawthorn Hive (22 mi). Evenwood itself is inland.
How many people in Evenwood 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 Evenwood?
June, July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Evenwood good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 4% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 75% (3.4 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 Evenwood’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Evenwood’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.