Staindrop’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden
1.1 ha (3 acres)0.5 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Staindrop
5 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Staindrop · parks, paths & countryside
82% of Staindrop’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The North Pennines National Landscape begins 4.1 mi from the village’s edge. Footpaths add up to 10 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Staindrop add up to 1.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Staindrop grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
82%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
10 km
1.1 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 4.1 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Staindrop?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe North Pennines National Landscape starts 4.1 mi north-west.Few mapped footpaths1.1 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Staindrop’s strongest suit is the North Pennines National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Staindrop grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Staindrop, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
D
Better than 10% of UK towns53rd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
25out of
100
100
A park within a walk82%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
51out 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
Footpaths1.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
9out 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
Staindrop is 53rd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,300 to 1,400 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
Staindrop1.1
Villages its size2.3
County Durham towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Staindrop1.4
Villages its size2.5
County Durham towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Staindrop82%
Villages its size81%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
Staindrop falls furthest behind on path per km², where 49 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worrall South Yorkshire | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 5.4 | 21% |
| 2 | St Davids Dyfed | A+ | 5.2 | 84% | 2.5 | 47% |
| 3 | Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire | A+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 4 | Wolvercote Oxfordshire | A | 32 | 100% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Crowmarsh Gifford Oxfordshire | A | 8 | 77% | 3.6 | 60% |
| 6 | Goldsithney Cornwall | A | 1.4 | 100% | 3.1 | 10% |
| 7 | Hurley Berkshire | A | 3.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 36% |
| 8 | Charmouth Dorset | A | 2.5 | 82% | 2.3 | 63% |
| 9 | Bere Regis Dorset | A | 39.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Brinscall Lancashire | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 11 | Burbage Wiltshire | A | 2.7 | 100% | 1.9 | 100% |
| 12 | Biddenden Kent | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 20% |
| 13 | Cwmfelinfach Gwent | A− | 24.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Stoke sub Hamdon Somerset | A− | 25.1 | 81% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 15 | Upper Caldecote Bedfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 16 | Blean Kent | A− | 5.9 | 80% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Govilon Gwent | A− | 2.1 | 80% | 3.4 | 69% |
| 18 | Auckley South Yorkshire | B+ | 4.9 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 19 | Riseley Bedfordshire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Layer-de-la-Haye Essex | B+ | 9.5 | 79% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Mynydd Marian Clwyd | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Quintrell Downs Cornwall | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Barleythorpe Rutland | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Abbots Bromley Staffordshire | B | 6.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Marazion Cornwall | B | 1.4 | 80% | 2 | 14% |
| 26 | Seven Sisters West Glamorgan | B | 7 | 82% | 0.5 | 19% |
| 27 | Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen West Glamorgan | B | 4.1 | 79% | 1 | 40% |
| 28 | Lingdale North Yorkshire | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 1.7 | 31% |
| 29 | Burton-in-Kendal Cumbria | B− | 0.6 | 100% | 2.4 | 23% |
| 30 | Narborough Norfolk | B− | 3.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Cockfield County Durham | B− | 2.3 | 81% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Burwash East Sussex | B− | 1.5 | 76% | 2.5 | 100% |
| 33 | St Merryn Cornwall | B− | 1.9 | 47% | 1.7 | 29% |
| 34 | Helmsley North Yorkshire | B− | 2.4 | 44% | 2.5 | 73% |
| 35 | Mobberley Cheshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Pensarn Clwyd | C+ | 13.1 | 45% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Morton Derbyshire | C+ | 18.3 | 66% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Littleton Panell Wiltshire | C+ | 5.3 | 39% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Stonnall Staffordshire | C+ | 11.5 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Stoke Gabriel Devon | C+ | 1.2 | 70% | 1.2 | 30% |
| 41 | Harpole Northamptonshire | C | 2.3 | 81% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Haughley Suffolk | C | 3 | 71% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Kislingbury Northamptonshire | C | 8.4 | 26% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Moretonhampstead Devon | C | 0.6 | 81% | 1.2 | 100% |
| 45 | Seaton Burn Tyne and Wear | C | 3.3 | 36% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Winkleigh Devon | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Northborough Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 68% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Llandysul Dyfed | C− | 5.2 | 47% | 1 | 0% |
| 49 | Ogmore-by-Sea South Glamorgan | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Todwick South Yorkshire | D | 2 | 51% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Malpas Cheshire | D | 1.6 | 61% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | North Cave East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 2.5 | 47% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Staindrop County Durham | D | 1.4 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Longframlington Northumberland | D | 1.3 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Hauxton Cambridgeshire | D− | 1.3 | 55% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Brandesburton East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 2.2 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Claypole Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Kilsby Northamptonshire | D− | 0.5 | 50% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Griston Norfolk | D− | 0.8 | 15% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Cock and End Suffolk | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Staindrop’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 Staindrop
The biggest is The Green, 1.1 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Staindrop’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 (82%)Further (18%)
Staindrop82%
Villages its size81%
County Durham towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North Pennines National Landscape is 4.1 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 Staindrop scores 0% on it even though the North Pennines National Landscape is 4.1 mi away. Yorkshire Dales National Park covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Staindrop
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Staindrop and the kilometre around it, 1.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Staindrop; its footpaths are on the map above.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
History inside Staindrop’s parks
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Staindrop’s named parks.
Park with listed buildings
The Green
1.1 ha. 5 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
IIAmberly House and Eale's HouseIILucknow and LyndhurstIIMilestone Approximately 10 Metres North of No. 34 South GreenIIWalls and Piers to South and East of No.21IIWoodcrest
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Staindrop: May to 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) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 55 | 48 | 50 | 45 | 61 | 61 | 69 | 59 | 69 | 70 | 70 |
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 70 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 57 nights a year. The climate in Staindrop →
Things to do
2 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
Staindrop is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Shippersea Bay25 mi from Staindrop’s edge
DirectionsHawthorn Hive25 mi from Staindrop’s edge
DirectionsBlast Beach25 mi from Staindrop’s edge
DirectionsNorth Sands25 mi from Staindrop’s edge
DirectionsMiddleton Beach25 mi from Staindrop’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
Campsites 1
Bevanstead campsite0.8 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.
CockfieldEvenwoodGainfordWest AucklandBarnard CastleToft Hill and High EtherleyStaindrop
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staindrop | D | 1.4 | 82% | 0% |
| Cockfield 2.2 mi | B− | 2.3 | 81% | 0% |
| Evenwood 3.4 mi | C+ | 3.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Gainford 3.6 mi | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 0% |
| West Auckland 4.8 mi | C− | 1.1 | 91% | 0% |
| Barnard Castle 5.1 mi | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 1% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley 5.3 mi | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 0% |
Barnard Castle, 5.1 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Evenwood has at least twice Staindrop’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Staindrop
What is the biggest park in Staindrop?
The Green, 1.1 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Staindrop near a National Park?
Yes. Yorkshire Dales National Park begins 10 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, 4.1 mi away.
What is the nearest beach to Staindrop?
Shippersea Bay, 25 mi from the edge of the village, then Hawthorn Hive (25 mi). Staindrop itself is inland.
How many people in Staindrop live near a park?
82% 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 Staindrop?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Staindrop good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 9% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 25% (1.4 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 Staindrop’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Staindrop’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.