Horrabridge’s biggest
Fillace Park Recreation Ground
Playing field
2.3 ha (6 acres)0.2 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Horrabridge
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Horrabridge · parks, paths & countryside
Horrabridge is inside Dartmoor National Park
Parks and playing fields in Horrabridge add up to 1.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 83% of residents. Horrabridge grades B 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
83%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
26 km
2.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
92%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Dartmoor National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Horrabridge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside Dartmoor National ParkHorrabridge sits inside it: 956 km² of protected landscape.Less park per person1.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Horrabridge’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Horrabridge grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Horrabridge, 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 59% of UK towns23rd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
25out 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 Landscape92%of the land within 5 km
98out of
100
100
Footpaths2.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
50out 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
Horrabridge is 23rd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 2,000 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
Horrabridge2.7
Villages its size2.3
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Horrabridge1.4
Villages its size2.2
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Horrabridge83%
Villages its size78%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Horrabridge stands out most for path per km²: only 23 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 45 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badshot Lea Surrey | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 5.2 | 25% |
| 2 | Southwick Wiltshire | A+ | 22.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 1% |
| 3 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | A+ | 4.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 65% |
| 4 | Brading Isle of Wight | A+ | 2.9 | 84% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 5 | Scholes (near Hade Edge) West Yorkshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.7 | 16% |
| 6 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 7 | Colwall Stone Herefordshire | A | 4.5 | 67% | 5.5 | 64% |
| 8 | Bagworth Leicestershire | A | 11 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Newell Green Berkshire | A | 22.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Ravenstone Leicestershire | A− | 5.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Lower Broadheath Worcestershire | A− | 6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Goosnargh Lancashire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 6% |
| 13 | Flamborough East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Waddesdon Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 15 | Mevagissey Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.9 | 29% |
| 16 | Tongwynlais South Glamorgan | B+ | 8.6 | 65% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Findon West Sussex | B+ | 1.7 | 74% | 3.7 | 70% |
| 18 | Bishop's Castle Shropshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 19 | Hathersage Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 58% | 4.5 | 100% |
| 20 | Westham East Sussex | B | 3.8 | 18% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 21 | Little Eaton Derbyshire | B | 4.6 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 22 | Shurdington Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 47% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 23 | Horrabridge Devon | B | 1.4 | 83% | 2.7 | 92% |
| 24 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Chilcompton Somerset | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 26 | Yelverton Devon | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 1.1 | 85% |
| 27 | Stanwick Northamptonshire | B− | 7.9 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Ingrave and Herongate Essex | B− | 5 | 51% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | B− | 5.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Wrea Green Lancashire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Whitland Dyfed | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire | B− | 3.4 | 64% | 1.2 | 88% |
| 33 | Oxenhope West Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Barnburgh and Harlington South Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Hockley Heath West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Northiam East Sussex | C+ | 2.2 | 76% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 38 | Lowdham Nottinghamshire | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Milnthorpe Cumbria | C | 2.2 | 49% | 2 | 39% |
| 40 | Rode Heath Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Toft Hill and High Etherley County Durham | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Hemingbrough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Thornton-le-Dale North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 58% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 44 | Brompton-on-Swale North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 71% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Manby Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 46 | Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Newton Longville Buckinghamshire | D | 2.9 | 18% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Dunholme Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Salfords Surrey | D | 1.3 | 12% | 3 | 0% |
| 50 | Rickinghall and Botesdale Suffolk | D | 1.7 | 61% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Barnetby le Wold Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Wragby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Mickle Trafford Cheshire | D− | 0.5 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Colnbrook Berkshire | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Great Barton Suffolk | D− | 1.6 | 19% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Shippon Oxfordshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Burstwick East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 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 Horrabridge’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 Horrabridge
The biggest is Fillace Park Recreation Ground, 2.3 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
8 in 10 Horrabridge 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 (83%)Further (17%)
Horrabridge83%
Villages its size78%
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; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 313 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Horrabridge
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 Park
Dartmoor
Horrabridge is inside it956 km²since 195164% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Tamar Valley
0.3 mi south-west196 km²since 199528% of the land within 5 km
Official site92% of the land within 5 km of Horrabridge 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
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Horrabridge
26 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Horrabridge and the kilometre around it, 2.7 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
West Devon Way6.1 km
The regional route here is the West Devon 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 Horrabridge: 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 162 | 126 | 106 | 89 | 81 | 91 | 99 | 108 | 102 | 160 | 168 | 174 |
May is the driest month (81 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 174 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Horrabridge →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 6 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
Horrabridge is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Bovisand Beach11 mi from Horrabridge’s edge
DirectionsWembury Beach13 mi from Horrabridge’s edge
DirectionsSharrow Beach13 mi from Horrabridge’s edge
DirectionsCellar Bay13 mi from Horrabridge’s edge
DirectionsStoke Beach14 mi from Horrabridge’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 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Yelverton Community Park0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 5 playgrounds 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.
YelvertonTavistockBere AlstonPrincetownGunnislake and St Ann's ChapelPlymouthHorrabridge
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horrabridge | B | 1.4 | 83% | 92% |
| Yelverton 1.1 mi | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 85% |
| Tavistock 3.2 mi | A− | 5.9 | 83% | 72% |
| Bere Alston 4.3 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 64% | 93% |
| Princetown 5.3 mi | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 100% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel 5.5 mi | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 66% |
| Plymouth 8.2 mi | A+ | 1.7 | 87% | 35% |
Plymouth, 8.2 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 87% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Yelverton and Tavistock have at least twice Horrabridge’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Horrabridge
What is the biggest park in Horrabridge?
Fillace Park Recreation Ground, 2.3 ha (6 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Horrabridge?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the West Devon Way.
What is the nearest beach to Horrabridge?
Bovisand Beach, 11 mi from the edge of the village, then Wembury Beach (13 mi). Horrabridge itself is inland.
How many people in Horrabridge 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 Horrabridge?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Horrabridge good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 50% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 25% (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 Horrabridge’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Horrabridge’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.