Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. · CC BY-SA 3.062% of the land within 5 km of Hayfield is National Park or National Landscape
The Peak District National Park reaches the edge of Hayfield. Footpaths add up to 33 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 4.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Hayfield add up to 2.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Hayfield grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Hayfield?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Hayfield’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by parks close to every home.
Hayfield grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Hayfield, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
100
100
100
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.
Hayfield is 6th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 2,000 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Hayfield stands out most for path per km²: only 10 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badshot Lea Surrey | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 5.2 | 25% |
| 2 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | A+ | 4.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 65% |
| 3 | Southwick Wiltshire | A+ | 22.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 1% |
| 4 | Brading Isle of Wight | A+ | 2.9 | 84% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 5 | Scholes (near Hade Edge) West Yorkshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.7 | 16% |
| 6 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 7 | Colwall Stone Herefordshire | A | 4.5 | 67% | 5.5 | 64% |
| 8 | Bagworth Leicestershire | A | 11 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Newell Green Berkshire | A | 22.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Ravenstone Leicestershire | A− | 5.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Lower Broadheath Worcestershire | A− | 6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Goosnargh Lancashire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 6% |
| 13 | Flamborough East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Waddesdon Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 15 | Mevagissey Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.9 | 29% |
| 16 | Tongwynlais South Glamorgan | B+ | 8.6 | 65% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Bishop's Castle Shropshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 18 | Chinley Derbyshire | B+ | 1.2 | 78% | 4.4 | 53% |
| 19 | Hathersage Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 58% | 4.5 | 100% |
| 20 | Partridge Green West Sussex | B | 2.1 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 21 | Westham East Sussex | B | 3.8 | 18% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Little Eaton Derbyshire | B | 4.6 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 23 | Shurdington Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 47% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 24 | Horrabridge Devon | B | 1.4 | 83% | 2.7 | 92% |
| 25 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Chilcompton Somerset | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 27 | Yelverton Devon | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 1.1 | 85% |
| 28 | Stanwick Northamptonshire | B− | 7.9 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Ingrave and Herongate Essex | B− | 5 | 51% | 4 | 0% |
| 30 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | B− | 5.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Wrea Green Lancashire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 32 | Whitland Dyfed | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 33 | Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire | B− | 3.4 | 64% | 1.2 | 88% |
| 34 | Oxenhope West Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Barnburgh and Harlington South Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Hockley Heath West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Northiam East Sussex | C+ | 2.2 | 76% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 39 | Lowdham Nottinghamshire | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Milnthorpe Cumbria | C | 2.2 | 49% | 2 | 39% |
| 41 | Rode Heath Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Toft Hill and High Etherley County Durham | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Hemingbrough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Thornton-le-Dale North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 58% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 45 | Brompton-on-Swale North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 71% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Manby Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 47 | Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Newton Longville Buckinghamshire | D | 2.9 | 18% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Dunholme Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Salfords Surrey | D | 1.3 | 12% | 3 | 0% |
| 51 | Rickinghall and Botesdale Suffolk | D | 1.7 | 61% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Little Plumstead Norfolk | D | 0.6 | 64% | 1 | 16% |
| 53 | Wragby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Colnbrook Berkshire | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Great Barton Suffolk | D− | 1.6 | 19% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Shippon Oxfordshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Burstwick East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Hayfield’s built-up area.
Everyone in Hayfield lives within a 5-minute walk of 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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 9 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 209 residents.
National Parks and National Landscapes around Hayfield
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.
Peak District
62% of the land within 5 km of Hayfield is National Park or National Landscape, more than 94% of UK towns. Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
7 waymarked walks pass through or near Hayfield
33 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Hayfield and the kilometre around it, 4.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Close to home, the Lantern Pike Circular (Ethel), High Peak has 7 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 3 and Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 2.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Hayfield: June 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 104 | 102 | 90 | 80 | 77 | 96 | 110 | 104 | 107 | 131 | 131 | 140 |
May is the driest month (77 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 140 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Hayfield →
2 viewpoints, 9 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
Hayfield is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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. Lantern Pike, at 379 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Hayfield.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Hills and peaks 3
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 9
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayfield | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 62% |
| New Mills 2.4 mi | A | 2.4 | 84% | 34% |
| Furness Vale 2.8 mi | A− | 2.0 | 78% | 36% |
| Chinley 2.9 mi | B+ | 1.2 | 78% | 53% |
| Disley 3.9 mi | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 22% |
| Whaley Bridge 4.0 mi | B | 1.6 | 44% | 53% |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith 4.2 mi | B− | 1.0 | 75% | 58% |
Hayfield grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Hayfield
Is Hayfield near a National Park?
Peak District National Park reaches the edge of Hayfield. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Hayfield?
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Lantern Pike Circular (Ethel), High Peak, Below Kinder Scout: A Circular Walk Around Kinder Reservoir, High Peak and Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 3.
What is the nearest beach to Hayfield?
Stone Beach, 20 mi from the edge of the village, then Wader Point (20 mi). Hayfield itself is inland.
How many people in Hayfield 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 Hayfield?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Hayfield good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 82% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 52% (2.2 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 Hayfield’s overall grade.
Where Hayfield’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.