Chudleigh’s biggest
Fore Street Play Park
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Chudleigh
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Chudleigh · parks, paths & countryside
83% of Chudleigh’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Dartmoor National Park begins 1.0 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Chudleigh add up to 0.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 19 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.4 for every square kilometre. Chudleigh grades C− for the outdoors: #44 of 47 in Devon. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
83%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
1.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
15%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Dartmoor National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Chudleigh?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byDartmoor National Park starts 1.0 mi north-west.Less park per person0.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Chudleigh’s strongest suit is Dartmoor National Park close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Chudleigh grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Chudleigh, 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 19% of UK towns#44 of 47 in Devon · 45th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space0.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
3out of
100
100
A park within a walk83%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
53out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape15%of the land within 5 km
74out 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.
Towns its size
Chudleigh is 45th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 4,200 to 4,500 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
Chudleigh1.4
Towns its size2.5
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Chudleigh0.3
Towns its size1.7
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Chudleigh83%
Towns its size87%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Chudleigh falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 56 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keswick Cumbria | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 2 | Lawford Essex | A+ | 3.4 | 94% | 2.8 | 40% |
| 3 | Great Denham Bedfordshire | A | 14.7 | 100% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 4 | Aberbargoed Gwent | A | 22.8 | 95% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 5 | Denaby Main South Yorkshire | A | 10.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Overton Hampshire | A | 3.7 | 92% | 2.5 | 45% |
| 7 | Kimberley Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Whittle-le-Woods Lancashire | A− | 7.7 | 91% | 4 | 0% |
| 9 | Loftus North Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 90% | 2 | 31% |
| 10 | Exminster Devon | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Arborfield Garrison Berkshire | A− | 10.4 | 95% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 12 | Stokenchurch Buckinghamshire | A− | 2.3 | 90% | 2.6 | 86% |
| 13 | Horsford Norfolk | B+ | 6.5 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Ratby Leicestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Girton Cambridgeshire | B+ | 2.8 | 92% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Elmswell Suffolk | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 17 | Clayton West and Scissett West Yorkshire | B | 1.4 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Winchcombe Gloucestershire | B | 2.2 | 60% | 3 | 81% |
| 19 | Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire | B | 4.5 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Earby Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 93% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Woodford Halse Northamptonshire | B− | 3.6 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Wilton Wiltshire | B− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.6 | 45% |
| 23 | Tibshelf Derbyshire | B− | 1.4 | 94% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 24 | Ferndale Mid Glamorgan | B− | 3.6 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Woburn Sands Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.1 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Milford on Sea Hampshire | C+ | 1.2 | 50% | 2.1 | 21% |
| 27 | Stamford Bridge East Riding of Yorkshire | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Backwell Somerset | C+ | 2.3 | 57% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Sible Hedingham Essex | C+ | 0.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Halfway Houses Kent | C | 1.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Queen's Hills Norfolk | C | 0.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Backworth Tyne and Wear | C | 2 | 59% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Hope Clwyd | C | 8.5 | 64% | 2 | 0% |
| 34 | Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse Derbyshire | C | 1.6 | 75% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Skelmanthorpe West Yorkshire | C | 1 | 88% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Brundall Norfolk | C | 1.6 | 62% | 2.3 | 20% |
| 37 | Meopham Kent | C | 1.3 | 53% | 2.5 | 35% |
| 38 | Uppingham Rutland | C | 2.2 | 89% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Long Lawford Warwickshire | C | 1.2 | 91% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Branston Lincolnshire | C | 2.1 | 86% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Llangennech Dyfed | C | 1.6 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Cuffley Hertfordshire | C− | 13.6 | 19% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Ellesmere Shropshire | C− | 12.5 | 54% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Wesham Lancashire | C− | 1.7 | 87% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Chudleigh Devon | C− | 0.3 | 83% | 1.4 | 15% |
| 46 | Saxilby Lincolnshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Epworth Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 75% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Doddington and Wimblington Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.5 | 73% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Great Ayton North Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 48% | 2.2 | 31% |
| 50 | Freckleton Lancashire | D | 0.4 | 73% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | West Kingsdown Kent | D | 0.8 | 28% | 1.6 | 52% |
| 52 | North Weald Bassett Essex | D | 1.4 | 67% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Linton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.1 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Shepperton Green Surrey | D | 1.4 | 73% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Banks Lancashire | D | 0.3 | 33% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Blidworth Nottinghamshire | D | 0.5 | 23% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Kegworth Leicestershire | D | 0.4 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Wheatley Oxfordshire | D− | 0.2 | 34% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Warboys Cambridgeshire | D− | 0.4 | 67% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Pinchbeck Lincolnshire | D− | 1 | 49% | 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 Chudleigh’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 Chudleigh
The biggest is Fore Street Play Park, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Chudleigh’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 (83%)Further (17%)
Chudleigh83%
Towns its size87%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 700 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 town, about one for every 364 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Dartmoor National Park is 1.0 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
15% of the land within 5 km of Chudleigh is National Park or National Landscape, more than 74% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Chudleigh
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Chudleigh 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 town.
Regional
Orange Way10.6 km
River Teign Walk6.0 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Orange Way and River Teign 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 Chudleigh: 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) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 116 | 93 | 85 | 71 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 68 | 69 | 123 | 121 | 127 |
July is the driest month (55 mm) and the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 127 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 28 nights a year. The climate in Chudleigh →
Things to do
12 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Chudleigh is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Gales Hill5.7 mi from Chudleigh’s edge
DirectionsCoryton's Cove Beach5.8 mi from Chudleigh’s edge
DirectionsDawlish Town Beach5.8 mi from Chudleigh’s edge
DirectionsShaldon Beach5.8 mi from Chudleigh’s edge
DirectionsTeignmouth Beach5.9 mi from Chudleigh’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 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Bradley Bends Play Area1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite 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.
Chudleigh KnightonHeathfieldKingsteigntonBovey TraceyColdeastBishopsteigntonChudleigh
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chudleigh | C− | 0.3 | 83% | 15% |
| Chudleigh Knighton 1.8 mi | C− | 1.0 | 46% | 16% |
| Heathfield 3.4 mi | A+ | 20.4 | 100% | 30% |
| Kingsteignton 3.6 mi | B− | 1.9 | 95% | 0% |
| Bovey Tracey 3.6 mi | B− | 2.2 | 66% | 55% |
| Coldeast 4.3 mi | C+ | 1.6 | 47% | 30% |
| Bishopsteignton 4.4 mi | C | 3.0 | 62% | 0% |
Heathfield, 3.4 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Chudleigh Knighton, Heathfield and Kingsteignton have at least twice Chudleigh’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Chudleigh
What is the biggest park in Chudleigh?
Fore Street Play Park, 0.1 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Chudleigh near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 1.0 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Chudleigh?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Orange Way and River Teign Walk.
What is the nearest beach to Chudleigh?
Gales Hill, 5.7 mi from the edge of the town, then Coryton's Cove Beach (5.8 mi). Chudleigh itself is inland.
How many people in Chudleigh live near a park?
83% 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 Chudleigh?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Chudleigh 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 3% (0.3 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 Chudleigh’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Chudleigh’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.