Etwall’s biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
1.6 ha (4 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Etwall
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Church of St Helen · Photo: histman · CC BY 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Etwall · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Etwall lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 13 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.5 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Etwall add up to 2.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Etwall grades C+ for the outdoors: #45 of 59 in Derbyshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
13 km
1.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Peak District National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Etwall?
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.Few mapped footpaths1.5 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Etwall’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Etwall grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Etwall, 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 38% of UK towns#45 of 59 in Derbyshire · 31st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
53out 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 · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
17out 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
Etwall is 31st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,900 to 3,200 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
Etwall1.5
Towns its size2.6
Derbyshire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Etwall2.3
Towns its size1.7
Derbyshire towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Etwall100%
Towns its size80%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Etwall stands out most for park space per resident: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 52 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arundel West Sussex | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 56% |
| 2 | Theale Berkshire | A+ | 5 | 100% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 3 | Cuxton Kent | A+ | 25.2 | 90% | 4 | 44% |
| 4 | Horton Heath Hampshire | A+ | 10 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 5 | Beaminster Dorset | A | 4.1 | 89% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 6 | Langwith Derbyshire | A | 19.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 7 | Llangollen Clwyd | A | 3.5 | 91% | 2.5 | 76% |
| 8 | Menai Bridge Gwynedd | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 7% |
| 9 | Tywyn Gwynedd | A− | 2.4 | 79% | 1.9 | 51% |
| 10 | Gamesley Derbyshire | A− | 0.8 | 100% | 5 | 32% |
| 11 | Netherton (Kirklees) West Yorkshire | A− | 2 | 88% | 5.5 | 6% |
| 12 | Oughtibridge South Yorkshire | A− | 2.2 | 76% | 6 | 19% |
| 13 | Bream Gloucestershire | A− | 2.2 | 82% | 4.7 | 10% |
| 14 | Wootton Isle of Wight | B+ | 3.7 | 67% | 1.7 | 20% |
| 15 | Amlwch Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 87% | 2.1 | 14% |
| 16 | Porthleven Cornwall | B+ | 1.6 | 78% | 2.5 | 19% |
| 17 | Drayton Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 3 | 3% |
| 18 | Wheatley Hill County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 19 | Newton and Blackwell Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Honeybourne Worcestershire | B | 2.9 | 80% | 2.6 | 14% |
| 21 | Upper Beeding West Sussex | B | 0.6 | 83% | 3.9 | 62% |
| 22 | Fleur-de-lis and Pengam Gwent | B | 6 | 54% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Weldon Northamptonshire | B | 8.2 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Newbold Verdon Leicestershire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Bugbrooke Northamptonshire | B− | 3.7 | 80% | 3 | 0% |
| 26 | Long Hanborough Oxfordshire | B− | 1.3 | 89% | 2.7 | 18% |
| 27 | Harwell Oxfordshire | B− | 1.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 42% |
| 28 | Crumbles East Sussex | B− | 0.3 | 44% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 29 | Lambourn Berkshire | C+ | 1.2 | 61% | 3 | 100% |
| 30 | Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire | C+ | 4.6 | 58% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Etwall Derbyshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Dymchurch Kent | C+ | 1.6 | 58% | 1 | 13% |
| 33 | Thaxted Essex | C | 0.8 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Swillington West Yorkshire | C | 2.2 | 68% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Hendy and Fforest Dyfed | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Swanmore Hampshire | C | 1.4 | 69% | 1.9 | 54% |
| 37 | Sutton Courtenay Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 23% | 4 | 6% |
| 38 | West Chiltington West Sussex | C | 1.5 | 18% | 2.7 | 38% |
| 39 | Bottesford Leicestershire | C | 3.9 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Haddenham Cambridgeshire | C | 2.2 | 86% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Teynham Kent | C | 0.8 | 55% | 1.8 | 13% |
| 42 | Ogmore Vale Mid Glamorgan | C | 4.3 | 79% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Fenstanton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 44 | Cullingworth West Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Hadlow Kent | C− | 1.7 | 61% | 2 | 11% |
| 46 | Charvil Berkshire | C− | 0.7 | 68% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 47 | Claydon Suffolk | C− | 2.8 | 72% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Lostwithiel Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 67% | 1.5 | 11% |
| 49 | West Auckland County Durham | C− | 1.1 | 91% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Burnopfield County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 51 | South Petherton Somerset | C− | 1.1 | 61% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Navenby Lincolnshire | D | 1.2 | 81% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Kelsall Cheshire | D | 1 | 57% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Gobowen Shropshire | D | 1.2 | 50% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 55 | Skellingthorpe Lincolnshire | D | 1.2 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Gilberdyke East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 90% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Thurston Suffolk | D | 1.6 | 39% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Queniborough Leicestershire | D | 1.4 | 48% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 57% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Boroughbridge North Yorkshire | D− | 0.4 | 60% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Etwall’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 Etwall
The biggest is King George's Field, 1.6 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Etwall’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%)
Etwall100%
Towns its size80%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 440 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Peak District National Park is 11 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
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Etwall
13 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Etwall and the kilometre around it, 1.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Derby Nomad Way6.5 km
The regional route here is the Derby Nomad Way.
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 Etwall: May, June, August 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 63 | 73 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 61 | 70 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 73 mm of rain falls in July, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Etwall →
Things to do
7 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve31 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 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.
HiltonFindernWillingtonRolleston on DoveStrettonHattonEtwall
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etwall | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Hilton 1.5 mi | C− | 1.1 | 89% | 0% |
| Findern 2.3 mi | D | 1.8 | 40% | 0% |
| Willington 2.5 mi | D | 1.8 | 67% | 0% |
| Rolleston on Dove 3.0 mi | C+ | 3.8 | 84% | 0% |
| Stretton 3.2 mi | C− | 3.7 | 49% | 0% |
| Hatton 3.6 mi | C− | 3.3 | 61% | 0% |
Etwall grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Etwall
What is the biggest park in Etwall?
King George's Field, 1.6 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Etwall near a National Park?
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 11 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Etwall?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Derby Nomad Way.
How many people in Etwall 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 Etwall?
May, June, August and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Etwall good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 17% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 53% (2.3 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 Etwall’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Etwall’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.