Chagford’s biggest
Jubilee Playing Field
Playing field
1.0 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Chagford
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England · CC BY 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Chagford · parks, paths & countryside
Chagford is inside Dartmoor National Park
100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Chagford add up to 4.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Chagford grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
2.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
98%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Dartmoor National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Chagford?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside Dartmoor National ParkChagford sits inside it: 956 km² of protected landscape.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam4.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 85% of UK towns.
Chagford’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Chagford grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Chagford, 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 96% of UK towns4th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space4.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
86out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape98%of the land within 5 km
99out of
100
100
Footpaths2.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
46out 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
Chagford is 4th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,200 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
Chagford2.5
Villages its size2.1
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Chagford4.7
Villages its size2.7
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Chagford100%
Villages its size72%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Chagford stands out most for park space per resident: only 10 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illogan Cornwall | A+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 7% |
| 2 | Polgooth Cornwall | A+ | 7 | 100% | 2 | 13% |
| 3 | Fairlands Surrey | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 5 | 11% |
| 4 | Chagford Devon | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 98% |
| 5 | Masham North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 3 | 44% |
| 6 | Tolvaddon Cornwall | A | 11.9 | 24% | 4.5 | 9% |
| 7 | Ditchling East Sussex | A | 7.4 | 77% | 4 | 57% |
| 8 | Leigh Kent | A | 3 | 100% | 2.6 | 49% |
| 9 | Moston Cheshire | A | 7.8 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Charnock Richard Lancashire | A | 29.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 11 | Barns Green West Sussex | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Horsted Keynes West Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.3 | 83% |
| 13 | Mayfield Staffordshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 14% |
| 14 | Boosbeck North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 22% |
| 15 | Grange Moor West Yorkshire | A− | 4.3 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Llanddulas Clwyd | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 17 | North Thoresby Lincolnshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 18 | Bethel Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 10% |
| 19 | Grassington North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.3 | 79% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 20 | South Bents Tyne and Wear | B+ | 4.9 | 62% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 21 | Borth Dyfed | B | 3.1 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Upperthong West Yorkshire | B | 1.7 | 65% | 4.7 | 26% |
| 23 | Cropston Leicestershire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Barwick and Stoford Somerset | B | 6.4 | 71% | 2.2 | 5% |
| 25 | Jacobs Well Surrey | B | 1.4 | 77% | 4.7 | 8% |
| 26 | Milborne St Andrew Dorset | B | 3.3 | 71% | 2.1 | 33% |
| 27 | Bedlinog Mid Glamorgan | B | 4.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 28 | Goudhurst Kent | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.2 | 65% |
| 29 | Shipham Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 63% | 4 | 55% |
| 30 | Harpur Hill Derbyshire | B− | 3.1 | 31% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 31 | Roydon (South Norfolk) Norfolk | B− | 4.3 | 50% | 4 | 0% |
| 32 | Beaumaris Gwynedd | B− | 2.7 | 30% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 33 | Beeford East Riding of Yorkshire | C+ | 3.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Easton on the Hill Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Castlethorpe Buckinghamshire | C+ | 3.5 | 72% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Whimple Devon | C+ | 5.2 | 70% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 37 | Brinklow Warwickshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 38 | Ashchurch Gloucestershire | C | 2 | 59% | 2.2 | 21% |
| 39 | Bow Street Dyfed | C | 3.1 | 33% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Woodhouses Greater Manchester | C | 2.6 | 40% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Bow Devon | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Baldwin's Gate Staffordshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Glazebury Cheshire | C− | 5.1 | 58% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Milverton Somerset | C− | 2.1 | 70% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Beachley Gloucestershire | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 1.2 | 14% |
| 46 | Bildeston Suffolk | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Farmborough Somerset | C− | 2 | 38% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Cawston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Broad Oak (Wealden) East Sussex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.4 | 96% |
| 50 | Wattstown Mid Glamorgan | D | 3.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Landrake Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 0% | 0.6 | 38% |
| 52 | Reawla Cornwall | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2 | 3% |
| 53 | Stickney Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 54 | Berryfield Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 53% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Pilton Somerset | D− | 1.2 | 28% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Moulton Chapel Lincolnshire | D− | 1.5 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| 57 | Kentford Suffolk | D− | 1.9 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Llanfyllin Powys | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Horwood Buckinghamshire | D− | 0.8 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.2 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Chagford’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 Chagford
The biggest is Jubilee Playing Field, 1.0 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Everyone in Chagford 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).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Chagford100%
Villages its size72%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Chagford
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
98% of the land within 5 km of Chagford is National Park or National Landscape, more than 98% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Chagford
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Chagford and the kilometre around it, 2.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Dartmoor Way6.2 km
Mary Michael Pilgrims Way6.1 km
Two Moors Way6.1 km
Taw Teign Link2.8 km
4 regional routes pass through, including the Dartmoor Way, Mary Michael Pilgrims Way, Two Moors Way and Taw Teign Link.
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 Chagford: 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 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 169 | 135 | 106 | 87 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 81 | 88 | 155 | 159 | 186 |
July is the driest month (69 mm) and the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 186 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. The climate in Chagford →
Things to do
Viewpoints, hills and nature near Chagford
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
Chagford is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Gales Hill17 mi from Chagford’s edge
DirectionsShaldon Beach17 mi from Chagford’s edge
DirectionsSprat Sand17 mi from Chagford’s edge
DirectionsTeignmouth Beach17 mi from Chagford’s edge
DirectionsCoryton's Cove Beach17 mi from Chagford’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.
Up high. Meldon Hill, at 390 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Chagford.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Meldon Hill390 m (1,280 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground 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.
MoretonhampsteadOkehamptonBowNorth TawtonBovey TraceyCopplestoneChagford
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chagford | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 98% |
| Moretonhampstead 3.2 mi | C | 0.6 | 81% | 100% |
| Okehampton 8.3 mi | C+ | 0.9 | 85% | 37% |
| Bow 8.7 mi | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0% |
| North Tawton 9.0 mi | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Bovey Tracey 9.0 mi | B− | 2.2 | 66% | 55% |
| Copplestone 10.3 mi | D | 1.1 | 88% | 0% |
Chagford grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Chagford
What is the biggest park in Chagford?
Jubilee Playing Field, 1.0 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 Chagford?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Dartmoor Way, Mary Michael Pilgrims Way and Two Moors Way.
What is the nearest beach to Chagford?
Gales Hill, 17 mi from the edge of the village, then Shaldon Beach (17 mi). Chagford itself is inland.
How many people in Chagford 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 Chagford?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Chagford good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 46% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 86% (4.7 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 Chagford’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Chagford’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.