Holme’s biggest
Sports and Recreation Field
Playing field · 30 m outside town
2.6 ha (6 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Holme
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: David Gruar · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Holme · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Holme lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape begins 0.8 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Holme add up to 2.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 16 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Holme grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
16 km
1.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
25%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Holme?
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.Countryside both waysArnside & Silverdale starts 0.8 mi south-west, Lake District 3.0 mi north-west.
Holme’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by two protected landscapes close by.
Outdoors grade
Holme grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Holme, 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 76% of UK towns13th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
66out 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 Landscape25%of the land within 5 km
81out of
100
100
Footpaths1.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
24out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 0.9% sea, under the 5% that counts
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
Holme is 13th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,400 to 1,600 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
Holme1.8
Villages its size1.9
Cumbria towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Holme2.8
Villages its size2.0
Cumbria towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Holme100%
Villages its size79%
Cumbria towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Holme stands out most for park space per resident: only 23 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Runton and Beeston Regis Norfolk | A+ | 25 | 100% | 4.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Heathfield Devon | A+ | 20.4 | 100% | 3 | 30% |
| 3 | Sandridge Hertfordshire | A+ | 18.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 4 | Charlton Down Dorset | A | 4 | 100% | 2.3 | 58% |
| 5 | Newburn Tyne and Wear | A | 12.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 100% | 1 | 68% |
| 7 | Three Crosses West Glamorgan | A | 2.4 | 100% | 1.3 | 39% |
| 8 | Llandovery Dyfed | A− | 13.3 | 100% | 1 | 22% |
| 9 | Denham Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Knowle Hampshire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.1 | 7% |
| 11 | Twyford Hampshire | A− | 6.8 | 49% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 12 | Little Kingshill Buckinghamshire | A− | 6.5 | 50% | 2.9 | 90% |
| 13 | Holme Cumbria | A− | 2.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 25% |
| 14 | Burnhope County Durham | B+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Horspath Oxfordshire | B | 14 | 54% | 5 | 0% |
| 16 | Hellifield North Yorkshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 38% |
| 17 | Staveley Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 85% | 2.5 | 89% |
| 18 | Alconbury Cambridgeshire | B | 5.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 19 | Pont Rhyd-y-cyff Mid Glamorgan | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 20 | Houghton Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Wingrave Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 22 | Kingstone Herefordshire | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Kibblesworth Tyne and Wear | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Netherne on-the-Hill Surrey | B− | 1.6 | 40% | 5.9 | 19% |
| 25 | Gosfield Essex | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Nether Stowey Somerset | C+ | 1.9 | 18% | 3 | 39% |
| 27 | Sutton Valence Kent | C+ | 5.6 | 71% | 1 | 1% |
| 28 | Killinghall North Yorkshire | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.6 | 7% |
| 29 | Lavendon Buckinghamshire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 30 | Castor and Ailsworth Cambridgeshire | C | 3.4 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 31 | Connor Downs Cornwall | C | 0.5 | 79% | 0.7 | 8% |
| 32 | Barton Lancashire | C | 2.6 | 47% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Newborough Cambridgeshire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Eythorne Kent | C | 0.5 | 79% | 2.5 | 9% |
| 35 | Ticehurst East Sussex | C | 1.4 | 75% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 36 | Brabourne Lees Kent | C | 0.9 | 0% | 3.2 | 34% |
| 37 | Patrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3.6 | 79% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Warton Warwickshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Cogenhoe Northamptonshire | C− | 1.5 | 78% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 40 | Burniston North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 0.9 | 49% |
| 41 | Hartwell Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 59% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Silverton Devon | C− | 1 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Ruishton Somerset | C− | 0.6 | 60% | 2.7 | 4% |
| 44 | Denbury Devon | C− | 2.8 | 24% | 0.7 | 3% |
| 45 | Marnhull Dorset | C− | 1.8 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 46 | Pontyberem Dyfed | C− | 4.7 | 58% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 47 | East Rainton Tyne and Wear | D | 1.4 | 34% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Hook East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 19% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 49 | North Somercotes Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 44% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Pontyates Dyfed | D | 4.6 | 39% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Cawood North Yorkshire | D | 1.9 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Westonzoyland Somerset | D | 3.1 | 30% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Copplestone Devon | D | 1.1 | 88% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Oakington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 52% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Gosberton Lincolnshire | D | 1.1 | 86% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Four Crosses Powys | D− | 1.9 | 53% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Badersfield Norfolk | D− | 0.3 | 53% | 1 | 2% |
| 58 | Sturton by Stow Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 41% | 1 | 0% |
| 59 | Guilden Sutton Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 56% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Woodford Northamptonshire | D− | 0 | 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 Holme’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 Holme
The biggest is Sports and Recreation Field, 2.6 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Holme’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%)
Holme100%
Villages its size79%
Cumbria towns84%
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 295 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Arnside & Silverdale and Lake District both start about 3 miles from Holme
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
Arnside & Silverdale
0.8 mi south-west76 km²since 197225% of the land within 5 km
Official site25% of the land within 5 km of Holme is National Park or National Landscape, more than 80% of UK towns. Lake District National Park covers 2,362 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Holme
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Holme and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Holme; 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 Holme: 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 124 | 110 | 98 | 70 | 75 | 90 | 113 | 122 | 117 | 135 | 135 | 144 |
April is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 144 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 49 nights a year. The climate in Holme →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 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.
2Viewpoints6Hills and peaks3Nature reserves2Picnic sites5Playgroundsabout the same as villages its size1Dog parks
The nearest beaches
Holme is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Mallows Bay9.9 mi from Holme’s edge
DirectionsHalf Moon Bay13 mi from Holme’s edge
DirectionsTreasure Beach33 mi from Holme’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
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 6
Woodhouse Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsHang Hill0.6 mi from town
DirectionsChapel Hill0.8 mi from town
DirectionsHanging Hill0.8 mi from town
DirectionsFarleton Knott265 m (869 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsHigging Head1.1 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 3
Plus 3 nature reserves without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park 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.
Burton-in-KendalMilnthorpeArnsideWarton (Lancaster)SilverdaleLevensHolme
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holme | A− | 2.8 | 100% | 25% |
| Burton-in-Kendal 1.5 mi | B− | 0.6 | 100% | 23% |
| Milnthorpe 2.3 mi | C | 2.2 | 49% | 39% |
| Arnside 4.2 mi | A− | 1.3 | 65% | 75% |
| Warton (Lancaster) 4.3 mi | B− | 0.3 | 32% | 43% |
| Silverdale 4.6 mi | A | 2.3 | 46% | 76% |
| Levens 5.0 mi | B | 0.8 | 100% | 53% |
Silverdale, 4.6 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 46% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Holme
What is the biggest park in Holme?
Sports and Recreation Field, 2.6 ha (6 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Holme near a National Park?
Yes. Lake District National Park begins 3.0 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,362 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape, 0.8 mi away.
What is the nearest beach to Holme?
Mallows Bay, 9.9 mi from the edge of the village, then Half Moon Bay (13 mi). Holme itself is inland.
How many people in Holme 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 Holme?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Holme good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 24% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 66% (2.8 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 Holme’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Holme’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.