Beer’s biggest
Jubilee Memorial Ground
Park or garden
0.6 ha (2 acres)0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Beer
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Beer · parks, paths & countryside
Beer is inside the East Devon National Landscape
The sea makes up 45% of the area within 5 km. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 50% of residents. Beer grades B for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
50%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
2.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
43%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: East Devon National Landscape
The sea
45%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Beer?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside the East Devon National LandscapeBeer sits inside it: 269 km² of protected landscape.On the coast45% of the area within 5 km is sea; 11 beaches mapped.On a National TrailThe South West Coast Path passes through.Less park per person1.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Beer’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by the sea. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Beer grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Beer, 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 58% of UK towns19th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
31out of
100
100
A park within a walk50%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
13out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape43%of the land within 5 km
89out of
100
100
Footpaths2.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
36out of
100
100
The sea45%of the area within 5 km
97out 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
Beer is 19th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,300 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
Beer2.2
Villages its size2.1
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Beer1.6
Villages its size2.0
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Beer50%
Villages its size66%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Beer falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 34 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hightown Hampshire | A+ | 15.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 58% |
| 2 | Rough Common Kent | A+ | 11 | 100% | 9.2 | 1% |
| 3 | Box Wiltshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 56% |
| 4 | Aldington Kent | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 3.8 | 11% |
| 5 | Amberley Gloucestershire | A | 13.7 | 0% | 6.3 | 87% |
| 6 | Box Hill Surrey | A | 35.9 | 12% | 6 | 39% |
| 7 | Cliffs End Kent | A | 6.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Harlech Gwynedd | A− | 1.9 | 36% | 3.5 | 67% |
| 9 | South Heath Buckinghamshire | A− | 20.4 | 0% | 3 | 85% |
| 10 | Exton Devon | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 0.6 | 7% |
| 11 | Westfield East Sussex | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 83% |
| 12 | New Brancepeth County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Baddesley Ensor Warwickshire | B+ | 18.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Marshfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 4.9 | 42% | 2.7 | 99% |
| 15 | Farningham Kent | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 33% |
| 16 | Lidlington Bedfordshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Minster Lovell Oxfordshire | B | 3.6 | 79% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 18 | Sutton Benger Wiltshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Beer Devon | B | 1.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 43% |
| 20 | Weir Lancashire | B | 0.6 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 21 | Codmore Hill West Sussex | B− | 3.5 | 0% | 2.7 | 46% |
| 22 | Potten End Hertfordshire | B− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.2 | 44% |
| 23 | Blindley Heath Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 24 | Fowlmere Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.5 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Marlpit Hill Kent | B− | 2.5 | 0% | 2.9 | 35% |
| 26 | Burham Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 77% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 27 | Sutton Common Suffolk | C+ | 0.8 | 51% | 3.9 | 85% |
| 28 | Gaerwen Gwynedd | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 0.4 | 7% |
| 29 | Weobley Herefordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Biddulph Moor Staffordshire | C | 8.4 | 43% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Stoke Hampshire | C | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 32% |
| 32 | Silkstone Common South Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Coedhirwaun West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Nefyn Gwynedd | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 24% |
| 35 | Foxton Cambridgeshire | C | 2.3 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Atworth Wiltshire | C− | 1.5 | 62% | 2.2 | 13% |
| 37 | Ninfield East Sussex | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 1.4 | 50% |
| 38 | Spratton Northamptonshire | C− | 2.3 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Weeley Essex | C− | 7.5 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Langthorpe North Yorkshire | C− | 0.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Aldbrough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Blyth Nottinghamshire | D | 2.5 | 76% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Wooden Dyfed | D | 0.1 | 0% | 0.4 | 18% |
| 44 | Burton on the Wolds Leicestershire | D | 2.5 | 31% | 2 | 0% |
| 45 | Yardley Gobion Northamptonshire | D | 1.2 | 47% | 3 | 0% |
| 46 | East Markham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.2 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Bampton Devon | D | 1.5 | 22% | 1.6 | 5% |
| 48 | Pagham West Sussex | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Heddon-on-the-Wall Northumberland | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Dishforth North Yorkshire | D | 2.3 | 68% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Garsington Oxfordshire | D | 0.4 | 65% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Fleet Hargate Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Saham Toney Norfolk | D | 3 | 18% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Croeserw West Glamorgan | D | 1.3 | 33% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hadham Cross Hertfordshire | D | 0 | 0% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Elvington North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Felton Northumberland | D− | 1.7 | 50% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Deeping St Nicholas Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 80% | 0 | 0% |
| 60 | Hunger Hill Greater Manchester | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Beer’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 Beer
The biggest is Jubilee Memorial Ground, 0.6 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Beer residents live 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).
Within 400 m (50%)Further (50%)
Beer50%
Villages its size66%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 17 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 75 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Beer
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
East Devon
Beer is inside it269 km²since 196343% of the land within 5 km
Official site43% of the land within 5 km of Beer is National Park or National Landscape, more than 89% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Beer is on the South West Coast Path
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Beer and the kilometre around it, 2.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalRegionalOther waymarked
South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton)8.8 km
Channel to Channel3.5 km
Monmouth Rebellion Walk2.2 km
Seaton Tramway Walk1.3 km
South West Coast Path (Section 46: Seaton to Seatown)0.3 km
The South West Coast Path, a national route, passes Beer. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Channel to Channel and Monmouth Rebellion Walk.
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 Beer: 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) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 94 | 85 | 81 | 76 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 93 | 80 | 120 | 130 | 119 |
May is the driest month (64 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 130 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Beer →
The coast
Beer is a coastal town
45% of the area within 5 km of Beer is sea. 11 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 6 with a name.
Beer Roads0.0 mi from town
DirectionsLittle Beach0.4 mi from town
DirectionsHooken Beach0.6 mi from town
DirectionsSeaton Beach0.9 mi from town
DirectionsBranscombe Beach1.0 mi from town
DirectionsThe South West Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 17 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Stockam's Hill146 m (479 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 17
Playstationin town
DirectionsPearl Pirate Ship0.0 mi from town
DirectionsElizabeth Road Playground1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Beer YHAin town
DirectionsAxe Vale Caravan Park1.1 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.
SeatonColytonSidmouthUplymeLyme RegisAxminsterBeer
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Uplyme, 6.7 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Colyton has at least twice Beer’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Beer
What is the biggest park in Beer?
Jubilee Memorial Ground, 0.6 ha (2 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Beer?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton), Channel to Channel and Monmouth Rebellion Walk.
How many people in Beer live near a park?
50% 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 Beer?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Beer good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 36% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 31% (1.6 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 Beer’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Beer’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.