Yelverton’s biggest
Yelverton War Memorial Recreation Ground
Playing field
2.0 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Yelverton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Yelverton · parks, paths & countryside
Yelverton is inside Dartmoor National Park
Parks and playing fields in Yelverton add up to 3.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 17 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.1 for every square kilometre. Yelverton grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
72%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
17 km
1.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
85%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Dartmoor National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Yelverton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside Dartmoor National ParkYelverton sits inside it: 956 km² of protected landscape.Room to roam3.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 78% of UK towns.Few mapped footpaths1.1 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Yelverton’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by plenty of park space. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Yelverton grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Yelverton, 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 54% of UK towns29th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
78out of
100
100
A park within a walk72%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
33out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape85%of the land within 5 km
98out of
100
100
Footpaths1.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
9out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 0.5% sea, under the 5% that counts
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
Yelverton is 29th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 1,900 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
Yelverton1.1
Villages its size2.2
Devon towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Yelverton3.6
Villages its size2.2
Devon towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Yelverton72%
Villages its size73%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Yelverton stands out most for park space per resident: only 18 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 51 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 | Llanberis Gwynedd | A+ | 33.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 49% |
| 3 | St Just Cornwall | A+ | 1.8 | 100% | 4.2 | 50% |
| 4 | Southwick Wiltshire | A+ | 22.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 1% |
| 5 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 6 | Mistley Essex | A | 4.3 | 86% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 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 | Wembury Devon | A− | 2.4 | 53% | 2.7 | 41% |
| 12 | Flamborough East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Painswick Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 81% | 4.3 | 83% |
| 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 | Weston Turville Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 64% | 3.1 | 30% |
| 20 | Fernhurst West Sussex | B | 3.1 | 37% | 3 | 92% |
| 21 | Hathersage Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 58% | 4.5 | 100% |
| 22 | Westham East Sussex | B | 3.8 | 18% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Northop Hall Clwyd | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Little Eaton Derbyshire | B | 4.6 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 25 | Rhayader Powys | B | 5.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Horrabridge Devon | B | 1.4 | 83% | 2.7 | 92% |
| 27 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Chilcompton Somerset | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 29 | Yelverton Devon | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 1.1 | 85% |
| 30 | Ingrave and Herongate Essex | B− | 5 | 51% | 4 | 0% |
| 31 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | B− | 5.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Barnburgh and Harlington South Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Lowdham Nottinghamshire | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Pontlottyn Gwent | C+ | 1.8 | 70% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Ryton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Milnthorpe Cumbria | C | 2.2 | 49% | 2 | 39% |
| 38 | Walkington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 39 | Dunkeswell Devon | C | 1.4 | 83% | 0.7 | 87% |
| 40 | Lympstone Devon | C | 1 | 66% | 1.3 | 16% |
| 41 | Scotby Cumbria | C− | 3 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Toft Hill and High Etherley County Durham | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Woolpit Suffolk | C− | 4.3 | 54% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Hemingbrough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Bradninch Devon | D | 2.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Thornton-le-Dale North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 58% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 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 | Harston Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 45% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Barnetby le Wold Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Wragby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Mickle Trafford Cheshire | D− | 0.5 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Audlem Cheshire | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Barton Suffolk | D− | 1.6 | 19% | 0.5 | 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 Yelverton’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 Yelverton
The biggest is Yelverton War Memorial Recreation Ground, 2.0 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Yelverton 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 (72%)Further (28%)
Yelverton72%
Villages its size73%
Devon towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 500 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 309 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Yelverton
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
Yelverton is inside it956 km²since 195155% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Tamar Valley
At the edge south-west196 km²since 199530% of the land within 5 km
Official site85% of the land within 5 km of Yelverton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 97% 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 Yelverton
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Yelverton and the kilometre around it, 1.1 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 Way7.7 km
Drakes Trail2.4 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the West Devon Way and Drakes Trail.
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 Yelverton: 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 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 163 | 124 | 102 | 89 | 83 | 91 | 98 | 112 | 103 | 158 | 163 | 172 |
May is the driest month (83 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 172 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Yelverton →
Things to do
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
Yelverton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Bovisand Beach9.3 mi from Yelverton’s edge
DirectionsWembury Beach11 mi from Yelverton’s edge
DirectionsSharrow Beach11 mi from Yelverton’s edge
DirectionsCellar Bay11 mi from Yelverton’s edge
DirectionsStoke Beach12 mi from Yelverton’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.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
HorrabridgeTavistockBere AlstonPrincetownGunnislake and St Ann's ChapelPlymouthYelverton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelverton | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 85% |
| Horrabridge 1.1 mi | B | 1.4 | 83% | 92% |
| Tavistock 4.3 mi | A− | 5.9 | 83% | 72% |
| Bere Alston 4.5 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 64% | 93% |
| Princetown 5.6 mi | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 100% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel 6.2 mi | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 66% |
| Plymouth 7.2 mi | A+ | 1.7 | 87% | 35% |
Plymouth, 7.2 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 87% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Yelverton
What is the biggest park in Yelverton?
Yelverton War Memorial Recreation Ground, 2.0 ha (5 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Yelverton?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the West Devon Way and Drakes Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Yelverton?
Bovisand Beach, 9.3 mi from the edge of the village, then Wembury Beach (11 mi). Yelverton itself is inland.
How many people in Yelverton live near a park?
72% 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 Yelverton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Yelverton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 9% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 78% (3.6 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 Yelverton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Yelverton’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.