Brampton’s biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
2.9 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Brampton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Brampton · parks, paths & countryside
92% of Brampton’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The North Pennines National Landscape begins 1.9 mi from the town’s edge. Footpaths add up to 30 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.2 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Brampton add up to 2.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Brampton grades B for the outdoors: #16 of 23 in Cumbria. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
92%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
30 km
2.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
9%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: North Pennines National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Brampton grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Brampton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 57% of UK towns#16 of 23 in Cumbria · 18th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
45out of
100
100
A park within a walk92%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
71out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape9%of the land within 5 km
71out of
100
100
Footpaths2.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
37out 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
Brampton is 18th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 4,000 to 4,400 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
Brampton2.2
Towns its size2.5
Cumbria towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Brampton2.0
Towns its size1.8
Cumbria towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Brampton92%
Towns its size81%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Brampton stands out most for homes near a park: only 19 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 37 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hextable Kent | A+ | 6.7 | 100% | 5.1 | 9% |
| 2 | West Malling Kent | A+ | 8.7 | 100% | 3.4 | 21% |
| 3 | Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex | A+ | 3 | 58% | 5.1 | 42% |
| 4 | Southbourne West Sussex | A | 1.3 | 92% | 3.3 | 64% |
| 5 | Pitstone Buckinghamshire | A | 1.6 | 100% | 4.2 | 40% |
| 6 | Denaby Main South Yorkshire | A | 10.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Tenby Dyfed | A | 2.1 | 88% | 2.5 | 21% |
| 8 | Milton Cambridgeshire | A | 10.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Loftus North Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 90% | 2 | 31% |
| 10 | Arborfield Garrison Berkshire | A− | 10.4 | 95% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 11 | Hunstanton Norfolk | A− | 3.7 | 71% | 1.4 | 31% |
| 12 | Prestbury Gloucestershire | A− | 1.6 | 80% | 5.3 | 51% |
| 13 | Fairford Gloucestershire | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 1.8 | 17% |
| 14 | Lofthouse and Robin Hood West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.4 | 93% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Bearwood Dorset | B+ | 2.5 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Ratby Leicestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Bramley and Wonersh Surrey | B+ | 1.7 | 77% | 3.5 | 59% |
| 18 | Brampton Cumbria | B | 2 | 92% | 2.2 | 9% |
| 19 | Saltford Somerset | B | 1.6 | 75% | 3.6 | 24% |
| 20 | Bourton-on-the-Water Gloucestershire | B | 0.9 | 79% | 3.3 | 100% |
| 21 | Penrhyn Bay Clwyd | B− | 0.6 | 68% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Stoney Stanton Leicestershire | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Woodford Halse Northamptonshire | B− | 3.6 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 24 | Topsham Devon | B− | 1.9 | 76% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 25 | Martock Somerset | B− | 2.9 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 26 | Easington Lane Tyne and Wear | B− | 0.9 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 27 | Wilton Wiltshire | B− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.6 | 45% |
| 28 | Ferndale Mid Glamorgan | B− | 3.6 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Woburn Sands Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.1 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Kessingland Suffolk | C+ | 0.9 | 70% | 1.9 | 19% |
| 31 | Send Surrey | C+ | 2.6 | 28% | 3.3 | 5% |
| 32 | Old Tupton Derbyshire | C+ | 2.3 | 73% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Eaton Bray and Edlesborough Bedfordshire | C+ | 2.6 | 72% | 1.7 | 29% |
| 34 | Thorpe Hesley South Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 80% | 4 | 0% |
| 35 | Sandwich Kent | C+ | 2.1 | 51% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Sible Hedingham Essex | C+ | 0.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Holmfield West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.8 | 74% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Knebworth Hertfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 81% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Warton (Fylde) Lancashire | C | 1.3 | 92% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 40 | South Darenth and Sutton at Hone Kent | C | 1.8 | 43% | 2.7 | 10% |
| 41 | Brayton North Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Deanshanger Northamptonshire | C | 1.5 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Uppingham Rutland | C | 2.2 | 89% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Branston Lincolnshire | C | 2.1 | 86% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Beck Row Suffolk | C | 5.3 | 76% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Great Glen Leicestershire | C | 1.4 | 91% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Llangennech Dyfed | C | 1.6 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Nelson Gwent | C | 2.1 | 88% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Ellesmere Shropshire | C− | 12.5 | 54% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Doddington and Wimblington Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.5 | 73% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 51 | West Kingsdown Kent | D | 0.8 | 28% | 1.6 | 52% |
| 52 | Doddinghurst Essex | D | 1.6 | 60% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire | D | 0.9 | 70% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Blidworth Nottinghamshire | D | 0.5 | 23% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Kegworth Leicestershire | D | 0.4 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Llantrisant Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.6 | 42% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Wheatley Oxfordshire | D− | 0.2 | 34% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Warboys Cambridgeshire | D− | 0.4 | 67% | 1 | 0% |
| 59 | Pinchbeck Lincolnshire | D− | 1 | 49% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Little Eriswell Suffolk | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Brampton’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 Brampton
The biggest is King George's Field, 2.9 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Murray Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha (3 acres)0.3 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Brampton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Brampton’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 (92%)Further (8%)
Brampton92%
Towns its size81%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,047 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North Pennines National Landscape is 1.9 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
National Landscape
North Pennines
1.9 mi south-east1,985 km²since 19889% of the land within 5 km
Official site9% of the land within 5 km of Brampton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 70% of UK towns. Northumberland National Park covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Brampton
30 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Brampton and the kilometre around it, 2.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Brampton; 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Brampton: 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) | 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 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 86 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 61 | 74 | 84 | 89 | 80 | 91 | 89 | 95 |
April is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 95 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Brampton →
Things to do
4 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
Brampton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach21 mi from Brampton’s edge
DirectionsDouble Mills Beach31 mi from Brampton’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. Watch Hill, at 125 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Brampton.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Watch Hill125 m (410 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsLow Hill110 m (361 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Talkin Tarn Campsite0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
Warwick BridgeWetheralScotbyHoughtonCarlisleLongtownBrampton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Carlisle, 9 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 91% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Warwick Bridge and Longtown have at least twice Brampton’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Brampton
What is the biggest park in Brampton?
King George's Field, 2.9 ha (7 acres). Murray Park (1.2 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Brampton near a National Park?
Yes. Northumberland National Park begins 7.2 mi north-east 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, 1.9 mi away.
What is the nearest beach to Brampton?
The Beach, 21 mi from the edge of the town, then Double Mills Beach (31 mi). Brampton itself is inland.
How many people in Brampton live near a park?
92% 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 Brampton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Brampton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 37% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 45% (2.0 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 Brampton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Brampton’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.