Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0Newton Poppleford is inside the East Devon National Landscape
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 44% of residents. Parks and playing fields in Newton Poppleford add up to 1.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Newton Poppleford grades C for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Newton Poppleford?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Newton Poppleford’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Newton Poppleford grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Newton Poppleford, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Newton Poppleford is 45th 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.
Newton Poppleford falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 50 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westbourne West Sussex | A+ | 9.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 57% |
| 2 | Badshot Lea Surrey | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 5.2 | 25% |
| 3 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | A+ | 4.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 65% |
| 4 | Colyton Devon | A+ | 3.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 79% |
| 5 | Brading Isle of Wight | A+ | 2.9 | 84% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 6 | Chilworth Surrey | A+ | 10.8 | 80% | 6.1 | 59% |
| 7 | Scholes (near Hade Edge) West Yorkshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.7 | 16% |
| 8 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 9 | Ravenstone Leicestershire | A− | 5.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Ickleford Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 82% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 11 | South Nutfield Surrey | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 12 | Lower Broadheath Worcestershire | A− | 6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 13 | Goosnargh Lancashire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 6% |
| 14 | Lyminge Kent | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 2.1 | 90% |
| 15 | Highnam Gloucestershire | B+ | 12 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Polesworth Warwickshire | B+ | 13.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 17 | Mevagissey Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.9 | 29% |
| 18 | Wingates Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.8 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Southgate West Glamorgan | B+ | 1.1 | 21% | 3.7 | 56% |
| 21 | Chinley Derbyshire | B+ | 1.2 | 78% | 4.4 | 53% |
| 22 | Partridge Green West Sussex | B | 2.1 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Shurdington Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 47% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 24 | Beare Green Surrey | B | 1.6 | 70% | 3.9 | 30% |
| 25 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Stanwick Northamptonshire | B− | 7.9 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Dilton Marsh Wiltshire | B− | 2.1 | 67% | 3.5 | 4% |
| 28 | Hutton Cranswick East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Wrea Green Lancashire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Whitland Dyfed | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Wooler Northumberland | B− | 3.3 | 81% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 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 | Leeswood Clwyd | C+ | 4 | 83% | 0.7 | 2% |
| 35 | Wickham Bishops Essex | C+ | 3.4 | 91% | 1.8 | 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 | Stratton Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 23% | 3 | 8% |
| 39 | High Spen Tyne and Wear | C+ | 3.3 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Hatton Warwickshire | C | 1.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 41 | Ramsden Heath Essex | C | 2.3 | 82% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Presteigne Powys | C | 3.2 | 61% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Sleights North Yorkshire | C | 0.9 | 30% | 1.5 | 80% |
| 44 | Rode Heath Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Newton Poppleford Devon | C | 1.4 | 44% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 46 | Chivenor and Wrafton Devon | C− | 0.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 17% |
| 47 | Black Notley Essex | C− | 1.6 | 36% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Littlethorpe Leicestershire | C− | 0.4 | 57% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Stocksfield Northumberland | C− | 2.2 | 40% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Brompton-on-Swale North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 71% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Manby Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 52 | Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Hutton Rudby North Yorkshire | D | 1.6 | 35% | 1.1 | 13% |
| 54 | Little Plumstead Norfolk | D | 0.6 | 64% | 1 | 16% |
| 55 | Wheldrake North Yorkshire | D− | 1.4 | 72% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Colnbrook Berkshire | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Shippon Oxfordshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Goostrey Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 42% | 1.7 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
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4 in 10 Newton Poppleford 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).
About 1,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 240 residents.
National Parks and National Landscapes around Newton Poppleford
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.
East Devon
60% of the land within 5 km of Newton Poppleford is National Park or National Landscape, more than 94% of UK towns. Dartmoor National Park covers 956 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Newton Poppleford
21 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Newton Poppleford 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 village.
3 regional routes pass through, including the Orange Way, East Devon Way and Otter Valley Walk.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Newton Poppleford: 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 | |
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| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 102 | 76 | 80 | 67 | 57 | 61 | 53 | 85 | 71 | 99 | 110 | 96 |
July is the driest month (53 mm) and the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 110 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Newton Poppleford →
Beaches near Newton Poppleford
5% of the area within 5 km of Newton Poppleford is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 1 with a name.
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.
2 viewpoints and 8 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Poppleford | C | 1.4 | 44% | 60% |
| West Hill 2.7 mi | D | 0.0 | 0% | 27% |
| Sidmouth 2.7 mi | A | 2.6 | 73% | 60% |
| Ottery St Mary 3.8 mi | C− | 1.2 | 71% | 34% |
| Budleigh Salterton 4.5 mi | A− | 2.7 | 70% | 38% |
| Woodbury 4.6 mi | A | 3.3 | 100% | 26% |
| Whimple 5.3 mi | C+ | 5.2 | 70% | 1% |
Sidmouth, 2.7 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 73% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Woodbury and Whimple have at least twice Newton Poppleford’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Newton Poppleford
Is Newton Poppleford near a National Park?
Yes. Dartmoor National Park begins 14 mi 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, at the edge of the village.
What are the best walks near Newton Poppleford?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Orange Way, East Devon Way and Otter Valley Walk.
How many people in Newton Poppleford live near a park?
44% 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 Newton Poppleford?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Newton Poppleford 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 23% (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 Newton Poppleford’s overall grade.
Where Newton Poppleford’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.
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