Linton’s biggest
Linton Village Orchard
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Linton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Linton · parks, paths & countryside
76% of Linton’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
31 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 3.2 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Linton add up to 1.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Linton grades C for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
76%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
31 km
3.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cannock Chase National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Linton grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Linton, 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 30% of UK towns41st of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
38out of
100
100
A park within a walk76%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
39out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
63out 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
Linton is 41st of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,100 to 2,200 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
Linton3.2
Villages its size2.4
Derbyshire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Linton1.8
Villages its size2.3
Derbyshire towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Linton76%
Villages its size86%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Linton stands out most for path per km²: only 17 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 40 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mullion Cornwall | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 64% |
| 2 | Broughton Buckinghamshire | A+ | 8 | 100% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 3 | Crickhowell Powys | A+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 4 | Charlton Hampshire | A+ | 5.6 | 87% | 5.2 | 19% |
| 5 | Bestwood Village Nottinghamshire | A | 43.8 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 6 | Deepcut Surrey | A | 8.4 | 100% | 6.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Chigwell Row Essex | A | 30.3 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 8 | Springwell Tyne and Wear | A | 5 | 100% | 6.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Eton Wick Berkshire | A | 17.4 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Carlton South Yorkshire | A | 23.1 | 87% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Streethay Staffordshire | A− | 10.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 12 | Chipping Campden Gloucestershire | A− | 2.1 | 100% | 2 | 74% |
| 13 | Gilwern Gwent | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2 | 83% |
| 14 | Church Warsop Nottinghamshire | B+ | 4.1 | 85% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 15 | Hanslope Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 16 | Chiddingfold Surrey | B+ | 2.2 | 87% | 2.5 | 68% |
| 17 | Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk | B+ | 2 | 70% | 1.9 | 65% |
| 18 | Charing Kent | B+ | 2.7 | 85% | 2.1 | 56% |
| 19 | Sharlston West Yorkshire | B+ | 4.9 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 20 | Gamston (Rushcliffe) Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.7 | 86% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Holbrook Suffolk | B+ | 1.1 | 74% | 2.7 | 52% |
| 22 | Banwell Somerset | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 38% |
| 23 | Carnon Downs and Devoran Cornwall | B+ | 0.3 | 87% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 24 | Yarnfield Staffordshire | B | 6.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Longtown Cumbria | B | 4.3 | 100% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Wheelock Cheshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 27 | Ellington Northumberland | B | 2.5 | 86% | 2 | 0% |
| 28 | Trowell Nottinghamshire | B | 7.7 | 56% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Evercreech Somerset | B | 3.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 30 | Rayne Essex | B− | 4.3 | 64% | 4 | 0% |
| 31 | Resolven West Glamorgan | B− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 32 | East Peckham Kent | B− | 14.5 | 66% | 2 | 1% |
| 33 | Hutton Lancashire | B− | 6.6 | 90% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Wardle Greater Manchester | B− | 1 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Aspley Guise Bedfordshire | B− | 2.2 | 69% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Swanton Morley Norfolk | C+ | 3.5 | 94% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Burgh le Marsh Lincolnshire | C+ | 3.2 | 74% | 1.3 | 7% |
| 38 | Luddenden Foot West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.2 | 68% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Machynlleth Powys | C+ | 2.6 | 45% | 2 | 29% |
| 40 | Huncote Leicestershire | C+ | 0.8 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Linton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 76% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Mitcheldean Gloucestershire | C | 1.5 | 80% | 1.9 | 1% |
| 43 | Barwick in Elmet West Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 87% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Aspatria Cumbria | C− | 3.1 | 60% | 0.8 | 1% |
| 45 | Rudgwick West Sussex | C− | 2.5 | 16% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Seamer (Scarborough) North Yorkshire | C− | 2.2 | 58% | 1 | 18% |
| 47 | Lanner Cornwall | C− | 1.3 | 65% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Stainburn Cumbria | C− | 0.1 | 72% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Long Bennington Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 82% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Underwood Gwent | C− | 1.9 | 87% | 1 | 0% |
| 51 | Wickham Hampshire | D | 0.8 | 26% | 2 | 13% |
| 52 | Hersden Kent | D | 2 | 63% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Thurlby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 54% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Preston East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Morton Lincolnshire | D | 0.2 | 28% | 3 | 0% |
| 56 | West Hill Devon | D | 0 | 0% | 1.2 | 27% |
| 57 | Bozeat Northamptonshire | D− | 1.3 | 13% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Cilfrew West Glamorgan | D− | 0.8 | 44% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Aslockton Nottinghamshire | D− | 1 | 11% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Ipplepen Devon | D− | 0.8 | 42% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Linton’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 Linton
The biggest is Linton Village Orchard, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Linton’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 (76%)Further (24%)
Linton76%
Villages its size86%
Derbyshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 143 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cannock Chase National Landscape is 13 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Linton
31 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Linton and the kilometre around it, 3.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
National Forest Way8.9 km
Spires and Steeples0.9 km
Coton in the Elms Circular Walk0.3 km
The regional route here is the National Forest 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 Linton: 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 57 | 70 | 63 | 65 |
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 70 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Linton →
Things to do
15 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
Linton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
library16 mi from Linton’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
Playgrounds 15
Bass's Crescent Playground0.3 mi from town
DirectionsMount Pleasant Park0.5 mi from town
DirectionsNapier Play Area1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Beehive Farm Caravan & Camping Site1.0 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.
Overseal and Castle GresleySwadlincoteMoiraWoodvilleDonisthorpeBlackfordbyLinton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton | C | 1.8 | 76% | 0% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley 0.8 mi | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Swadlincote 2.4 mi | B+ | 4.1 | 84% | 0% |
| Moira 2.8 mi | A | 15.5 | 86% | 0% |
| Woodville 3.0 mi | B− | 3.7 | 78% | 0% |
| Donisthorpe 3.1 mi | A | 38.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Blackfordby 3.3 mi | B+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
Donisthorpe, 3.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Swadlincote, Moira and Woodville have at least twice Linton’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Linton
What is the biggest park in Linton?
Linton Village Orchard, 0.1 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Linton near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 13 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Linton?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the National Forest Way, Spires and Steeples and Coton in the Elms Circular Walk.
What is the nearest beach to Linton?
library, 16 mi from the edge of the village. Linton itself is inland.
How many people in Linton live near a park?
76% 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 Linton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Linton good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 63% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 38% (1.8 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 Linton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Linton’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.