Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0The Blackdown Hills National Landscape begins 4.1 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Sampford Peverell add up to 3.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 13 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Sampford Peverell grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Sampford Peverell’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Blackdown Hills National Landscape close by.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Sampford Peverell, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,300 to 1,400 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Sampford Peverell 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 36 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatsfield Surrey | A+ | 7.5 | 100% | 3.1 | 34% |
| 2 | Winsley Wiltshire | A | 12.4 | 79% | 4.2 | 38% |
| 3 | Chilton Oxfordshire | A | 5.4 | 88% | 2.8 | 70% |
| 4 | Cromford Derbyshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 6.6 | 12% |
| 5 | Cowfold West Sussex | A | 2.6 | 100% | 3.6 | 15% |
| 6 | Gomshall Surrey | A | 1.9 | 89% | 4.8 | 87% |
| 7 | West Horsley Surrey | A | 3 | 74% | 5.2 | 40% |
| 8 | Startforth County Durham | A | 6 | 78% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 9 | Maresfield East Sussex | A | 2.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 10 | Sherston Wiltshire | A | 3.7 | 100% | 1.4 | 75% |
| 11 | Sherfield on Loddon Hampshire | A− | 8.3 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 12 | Weston Rhyn Shropshire | A− | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 10% |
| 13 | Distington Cumbria | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 14 | Stoke sub Hamdon Somerset | A− | 25.1 | 81% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 15 | Wharncliffe Side South Yorkshire | A− | 3.3 | 47% | 6.4 | 22% |
| 16 | Bradwell Derbyshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 17 | Quintrell Downs Cornwall | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Appleton Thorn Cheshire | B+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 19 | Barrow Lancashire | B | 0.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 27% |
| 20 | Wymeswold Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Motcombe Dorset | B | 9.5 | 74% | 1.5 | 25% |
| 22 | Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen West Glamorgan | B | 4.1 | 79% | 1 | 40% |
| 23 | Cefn Cribwr Mid Glamorgan | B | 6.5 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Sampford Peverell Devon | B− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 25 | Holymoorside Derbyshire | B− | 1.1 | 82% | 3.8 | 14% |
| 26 | Narborough Norfolk | B− | 3.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 27 | Kingswood Kent | B− | 3.8 | 23% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 28 | Clwt-y-bont Gwynedd | B− | 0.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 19% |
| 29 | Steeple Bumpstead Essex | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Trub Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Houghton Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.2 | 81% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Launton Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 33 | Great Waldingfield Suffolk | C | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 34 | East Hendred Oxfordshire | C | 1.4 | 29% | 2.8 | 47% |
| 35 | Great Bardfield Essex | C | 2 | 81% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Ringstead Northamptonshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Tickton East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 2 | 100% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Winterley Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Chelford Cheshire | C | 1.8 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Seaton Burn Tyne and Wear | C | 3.3 | 36% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Easebourne West Sussex | C | 0.4 | 0% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 42 | Blunham Bedfordshire | C | 2.2 | 77% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Walkern Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 52% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.7 | 78% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Cottingham and Middleton Northamptonshire | C− | 12.1 | 53% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Penperlleni Gwent | C− | 0.6 | 80% | 1.7 | 17% |
| 47 | Newton St Loe Somerset | C− | 0 | 0% | 3.5 | 17% |
| 48 | Cowbit Lincolnshire | C− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Ogmore-by-Sea South Glamorgan | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Penrhyn-coch Dyfed | D | 0.7 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Hawley Kent | D | 0.7 | 24% | 2.8 | 3% |
| 52 | Butterwick Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 40% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 53 | Malpas Cheshire | D | 1.6 | 61% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Billingborough Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 45% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 55 | North Cave East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 2.5 | 47% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Skelton (York) North Yorkshire | D | 1.4 | 77% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Longframlington Northumberland | D | 1.3 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Bomere Heath Shropshire | D− | 1.8 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Woodmansey East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Griston Norfolk | D− | 0.8 | 15% | 0.5 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Sampford Peverell’s built-up area.
The biggest is Grand Western Canal Country Park, 47 ha (116 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
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.
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Sampford Peverell scores 0% on it even though the Blackdown Hills National Landscape is 4.1 mi away. Exmoor National Park covers 693 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
13 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Sampford Peverell and the kilometre around it, 2.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
The regional route here is the Two Counties Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 102 | 77 | 72 | 63 | 57 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 62 | 100 | 112 | 113 |
May is the driest month (57 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 113 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 30 nights a year. The climate in Sampford Peverell →
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.
Sampford Peverell is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampford Peverell | B− | 3.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Willand 2.2 mi | C− | 0.9 | 88% | 1% |
| Uffculme 2.4 mi | B− | 2.8 | 86% | 14% |
| Tiverton 4.5 mi | D | 1.5 | 59% | 0% |
| Cullompton 4.6 mi | B− | 3.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Hemyock 6.5 mi | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 82% |
| Rockwell Green 6.7 mi | B | 1.0 | 90% | 24% |
Hemyock, 6.5 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Grand Western Canal Country Park, 47 ha (116 acres), with 17.9 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Exmoor National Park begins 8.5 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 693 km² and has been a National Park since 1954. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Blackdown Hills National Landscape, 4.1 mi away.
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Two Counties Way. Grand Western Canal Country Park alone has 17.9 km of path.
Jacobs Ladder Beach, 18 mi from the edge of the village, then Dunster Beach (19 mi). Sampford Peverell itself is inland.
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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 30% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 69% (3.0 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Sampford Peverell’s overall grade.
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