Budleigh Salterton’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden
3.8 ha (9 acres)1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Budleigh Salterton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Budleigh Salterton · parks, paths & countryside
Budleigh Salterton is inside the East Devon National Landscape
The sea makes up 47% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Budleigh Salterton add up to 2.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Budleigh Salterton grades A− for the outdoors: #7 of 47 in Devon. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
70%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
31 km
2.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
38%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: East Devon National Landscape
The sea
47%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Budleigh Salterton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside the East Devon National LandscapeBudleigh Salterton sits inside it: 269 km² of protected landscape.On the coast47% of the area within 5 km is sea; 9 beaches mapped.On a National TrailThe South West Coast Path passes through.
Budleigh Salterton’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by the sea.
Outdoors grade
Budleigh Salterton grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Budleigh Salterton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 83% of UK towns#7 of 47 in Devon · 5th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
63out of
100
100
A park within a walk70%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
31out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape38%of the land within 5 km
88out of
100
100
Footpaths2.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
38out of
100
100
The sea47%of the area within 5 km
98out 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
Budleigh Salterton is 5th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 5,000 to 5,400 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
Budleigh Salterton2.3
Towns its size2.6
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Budleigh Salterton2.7
Towns its size2.1
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Budleigh Salterton70%
Towns its size73%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Budleigh Salterton 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 37 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cookham Berkshire | A+ | 8.3 | 96% | 4.3 | 19% |
| 2 | Weston Dorset | A+ | 2.5 | 95% | 7.6 | 0% |
| 3 | Whitehill Hampshire | A+ | 10.2 | 74% | 5.1 | 58% |
| 4 | Hungerford Berkshire | A+ | 9.1 | 85% | 3.2 | 100% |
| 5 | Budleigh Salterton Devon | A− | 2.7 | 70% | 2.3 | 38% |
| 6 | Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire | A− | 5.6 | 90% | 4 | 0% |
| 7 | Hoylake Merseyside | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Brotton North Yorkshire | A− | 1.4 | 89% | 3 | 2% |
| 9 | Eynsham Oxfordshire | A− | 3 | 94% | 2.8 | 1% |
| 10 | Northam Devon | A− | 6.8 | 43% | 2 | 16% |
| 11 | Highbridge Somerset | B+ | 2.9 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Sonning Common Oxfordshire | B+ | 2.6 | 60% | 3.7 | 74% |
| 13 | Llantwit Major South Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Drighlington West Yorkshire | B+ | 4.1 | 92% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Whitchurch Hampshire | B+ | 2.3 | 75% | 3.3 | 43% |
| 16 | New Alresford Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 94% | 2.3 | 38% |
| 17 | Waverley and Catcliffe South Yorkshire | B+ | 8.8 | 65% | 5 | 0% |
| 18 | Shrivenham and Watchfield Oxfordshire | B+ | 3.5 | 96% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 19 | Long Ashton Somerset | B+ | 10.2 | 66% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Dartmouth Devon | B+ | 2.1 | 71% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 21 | Newent Gloucestershire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 22 | Battle East Sussex | B+ | 1.7 | 64% | 4.3 | 84% |
| 23 | Fremington Devon | B+ | 1.4 | 88% | 2.1 | 10% |
| 24 | Benson Oxfordshire | B | 6 | 44% | 2.3 | 50% |
| 25 | Longstanton and Northstowe Cambridgeshire | B | 4.3 | 86% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Rowlands Gill Tyne and Wear | B | 4.9 | 84% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 27 | Redbourn Hertfordshire | B | 2.4 | 70% | 3.2 | 11% |
| 28 | Iver Heath Buckinghamshire | B | 28.9 | 53% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 29 | Virginia Water Surrey | B | 14.5 | 72% | 3 | 0% |
| 30 | Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire | B− | 1.6 | 84% | 7.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Abercarn Gwent | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Whitburn Tyne and Wear | B− | 2.5 | 46% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Midhurst West Sussex | C+ | 0.3 | 28% | 4.3 | 100% |
| 34 | Brynmawr Gwent | C+ | 1.2 | 68% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 35 | Sacriston County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 72% | 4 | 0% |
| 36 | Helsby Cheshire | C+ | 1.4 | 66% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Oakley Hampshire | C | 1.7 | 56% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 38 | Havercroft and Ryhill West Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 81% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Bovingdon Hertfordshire | C | 1.4 | 55% | 2.3 | 26% |
| 40 | Shevington Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 73% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Odiham Hampshire | C | 1.9 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Waterbeach Cambridgeshire | C | 1.5 | 94% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Looe Cornwall | C− | 0.1 | 47% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 44 | Long Stratton Norfolk | C− | 1 | 89% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Jaywick Essex | C− | 1.1 | 75% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Bayston Hill Shropshire | C− | 1.8 | 70% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Ludgershall Wiltshire | C− | 0.7 | 72% | 1.9 | 32% |
| 48 | Llangefni Gwynedd | C− | 1.8 | 95% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Measham Leicestershire | C− | 1.3 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Littlestone-on-Sea Kent | C− | 1.4 | 37% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Long Sutton Lincolnshire | D | 2.2 | 81% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Potton Bedfordshire | D | 1.3 | 77% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Blackrod Greater Manchester | D | 1 | 83% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Wigton Cumbria | D | 2.4 | 65% | 1 | 0% |
| 55 | Moorends South Yorkshire | D | 2.2 | 39% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Winslow Buckinghamshire | D− | 1.4 | 59% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Harleston Norfolk | D− | 0.2 | 42% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Appley Bridge Greater Manchester | D− | 0.5 | 44% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Ravenshead Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Somerton Somerset | D− | 0.6 | 48% | 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 Budleigh Salterton’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 Budleigh Salterton
The biggest is The Green, 3.8 ha (9 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 11 ha (27 acres) and 3 km of path
Parks & gardens 7.6 haPlaying fields 3.4 ha
The two biggest, The Green and Jubilee Park, are 59% of the named green space and carry 2 km of path between them.
Jubilee Park
Park or garden
2.7 ha (7 acres)1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Budleigh Salterton Cricket Club
Playing field · 140 m outside town
3.4 ha (8 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Salterton Common
Park or garden
1.2 ha (3 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Budleigh Salterton 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 (70%)Further (30%)
Budleigh Salterton70%
Towns its size73%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 1,600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 10 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 524 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Budleigh Salterton
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
Budleigh Salterton is inside it269 km²since 196338% of the land within 5 km
Official site38% of the land within 5 km of Budleigh Salterton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 87% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Budleigh Salterton is on the South West Coast Path
31 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Budleigh Salterton and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalOther waymarked
South West Coast Path (Section 44: Exmouth to Sidmouth)8.9 km
Otter Valley Walk3.4 km
Hayes Barton Heritage Trail1.9 km
The South West Coast Path, a national route, passes Budleigh Salterton. The regional route here is the Otter Valley 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 Budleigh Salterton: May to 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) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 87 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 50 | 54 | 47 | 63 | 58 | 88 | 92 | 92 |
July is the driest month (47 mm) and the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 92 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 14 nights a year. The climate in Budleigh Salterton →
The coast
Budleigh Salterton is a coastal town
47% of the area within 5 km of Budleigh Salterton is sea. 9 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
Budleigh Salterton0.6 mi from town
DirectionsExmouth Beach2.9 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
4 viewpoints and 10 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
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Sherbrook Chine0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 10
Plus 10 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Pooh Cottage Holiday Park0.1 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.
ExmouthWoodburyLympstoneNewton PopplefordExtonStarcrossBudleigh Salterton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Woodbury, 4.2 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Budleigh Salterton
What is the biggest park in Budleigh Salterton?
The Green, 3.8 ha (9 acres), with 1.2 km of path. Jubilee Park (2.7 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Budleigh Salterton near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 12 mi west of the town’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, at the edge of the town.
What are the best walks near Budleigh Salterton?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the South West Coast Path (Section 44: Exmouth to Sidmouth), Otter Valley Walk and Hayes Barton Heritage Trail.
How many people in Budleigh Salterton live near a park?
70% 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 Budleigh Salterton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Budleigh Salterton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 38% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 63% (2.7 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 Budleigh Salterton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Budleigh Salterton’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.