Broadclyst’s biggest
Village Green
Park or garden
0.2 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Broadclyst
2 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: BazzaDaRambler · CC BY 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Broadclyst · parks, paths & countryside
78% of Broadclyst’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The East Devon National Landscape begins 4.4 mi from the village’s edge. 11 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Broadclyst add up to 1.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Broadclyst grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
11 km
1.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
East Devon starts 4.4 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Broadclyst?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe East Devon National Landscape starts 4.4 mi south-east.Few mapped footpaths1.4 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Broadclyst’s strongest suit is the East Devon National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Broadclyst grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Broadclyst, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
D
Better than 9% of UK towns51st of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
24out of
100
100
A park within a walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
42out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · East Devon begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
14out 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
Broadclyst is 51st of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,500 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
Broadclyst1.4
Villages its size2.4
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Broadclyst1.4
Villages its size2.2
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Broadclyst78%
Villages its size80%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Broadclyst falls furthest behind on path per km², where 45 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanhope County Durham | A+ | 7.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 86% |
| 2 | Finberry Kent | A+ | 4 | 100% | 5.1 | 2% |
| 3 | Fairlight East Sussex | A+ | 39.6 | 50% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 4 | Dobcross Greater Manchester | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 4.8 | 22% |
| 5 | Crockenhill Kent | A+ | 5.2 | 100% | 3.1 | 27% |
| 6 | Newfield County Durham | A | 8.3 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 7 | Haverigg Cumbria | A | 4.7 | 67% | 2.5 | 11% |
| 8 | North Bradley Wiltshire | A | 3.4 | 100% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 9 | Middle Winterslow Wiltshire | A | 7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Collett's Green Worcestershire | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 11 | Oakenshaw West Yorkshire | A− | 7.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 12 | Llanrug Gwynedd | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 13 | Longwick Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 14 | Blackhall Mill County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Kimpton Hertfordshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Castleside County Durham | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 3 | 42% |
| 17 | Ambergate Derbyshire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Caer-went Gwent | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 8% |
| 19 | Ramsbury Wiltshire | B+ | 3.9 | 62% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 20 | Tideswell Derbyshire | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 97% |
| 21 | Burford Oxfordshire | B | 3.5 | 84% | 1.2 | 53% |
| 22 | Potterne Wiltshire | B | 1.3 | 77% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 23 | South Godstone Surrey | B | 2 | 100% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 24 | Bridge Kent | B− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 25 | Mundford Norfolk | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Foxhole Cornwall | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Gotham Nottinghamshire | B− | 3.9 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Carharrack Cornwall | C+ | 0.7 | 80% | 4.2 | 2% |
| 29 | High Harrington Cumbria | C+ | 0.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Gilfach Goch Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Mylor Bridge Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 63% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 32 | Bacton and Cotton Suffolk | C+ | 4.4 | 70% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Rufford Lancashire | C | 2.8 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Anna Valley and Upper Clatford Hampshire | C | 2.2 | 77% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Kingsley Cheshire | C | 3.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Stock Essex | C | 2.2 | 62% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Flitton Bedfordshire | C | 1.4 | 49% | 3.3 | 6% |
| 38 | Geddington Northamptonshire | C | 3 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Waresley Worcestershire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Arksey South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 88% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Glapwell Derbyshire | C− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Haslingfield Cambridgeshire | C− | 2 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Yalding Kent | C− | 7.1 | 21% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Sandleheath Hampshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 52% |
| 45 | Tidbury Green West Midlands | C− | 2.4 | 49% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Dalston Cumbria | C− | 3.4 | 66% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Greens Norton Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 66% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Baston Lincolnshire | C− | 2.3 | 78% | 1 | 0% |
| 49 | Heighington County Durham | D | 2.6 | 64% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Tetney Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Broadclyst Devon | D | 1.4 | 78% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Wood End (North Warwickshire) Warwickshire | D | 1.1 | 74% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Camblesforth North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 81% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Aberford West Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 22% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Burton Green Warwickshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Gayton Norfolk | D− | 1.6 | 62% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Edgmond Shropshire | D− | 1.7 | 33% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew Norfolk | D− | 1.7 | 52% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Leasingham Lincolnshire | D− | 1.3 | 50% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 60 | South Broomhill Northumberland | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Broadclyst’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 Broadclyst
The biggest is Village Green, 0.2 ha (1 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Broadclyst’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 (78%)Further (22%)
Broadclyst78%
Villages its size80%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 12 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 129 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The East Devon National Landscape is 4.4 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Broadclyst scores 0% on it even though the East Devon National Landscape is 4.4 mi away. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Broadclyst
11 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Broadclyst and the kilometre around it, 1.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Exeter to Honiton Way6.1 km
Two Counties Way5.1 km
Killerton to Sprydon1.3 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Exeter to Honiton Way and Two Counties 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 Broadclyst: 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 | 9.9 | 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 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 88 | 69 | 63 | 57 | 51 | 62 | 53 | 64 | 58 | 92 | 99 | 90 |
May is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 99 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Broadclyst →
Things to do
3 viewpoints, 12 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
Broadclyst is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Pirate Cove9.5 mi from Broadclyst’s edge
DirectionsExmouth Beach9.7 mi from Broadclyst’s edge
DirectionsJacobs Ladder Beach9.7 mi from Broadclyst’s edge
DirectionsBudleigh Salterton10 mi from Broadclyst’s edge
DirectionsRed Rock Beach12 mi from Broadclyst’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 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Plus 2 dog parks 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.
West ClystCranbrookClyst HonitonWhimpleClyst St MaryExeterBroadclyst
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadclyst | D | 1.4 | 78% | 0% |
| West Clyst 1.4 mi | C− | 0.6 | 59% | 0% |
| Cranbrook 1.7 mi | B+ | 6.4 | 87% | 1% |
| Clyst Honiton 1.9 mi | B+ | 8.0 | 83% | 0% |
| Whimple 3.7 mi | C+ | 5.2 | 70% | 1% |
| Clyst St Mary 3.7 mi | B | 5.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Exeter 4.1 mi | B− | 1.8 | 81% | 0% |
Cranbrook, 1.7 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: 87% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Cranbrook, Clyst Honiton and Whimple have at least twice Broadclyst’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Broadclyst
What is the biggest park in Broadclyst?
Village Green, 0.2 ha (1 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Broadclyst near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 11 mi south-west of the village’s edge. It covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the East Devon National Landscape, 4.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Broadclyst?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Exeter to Honiton Way, Two Counties Way and Killerton to Sprydon.
What is the nearest beach to Broadclyst?
Pirate Cove, 9.5 mi from the edge of the village, then Exmouth Beach (9.7 mi). Broadclyst itself is inland.
How many people in Broadclyst live near a park?
78% 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 Broadclyst?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Broadclyst good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 14% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 24% (1.4 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 Broadclyst’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Broadclyst’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.