Photo: Voice of Clam · Public domainParks and walks in Bow Street
Snowdonia National Park begins 5.8 mi from the village’s edge. 33% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Bow Street add up to 3.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Bow Street grades C for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Bow Street?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Bow Street’s strongest suit is Snowdonia National Park close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Bow Street grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bow Street, 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.
Bow Street is 40th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,200 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Bow Street stands out most for park space per resident: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 44 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illogan Cornwall | A+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 7% |
| 2 | Polgooth Cornwall | A+ | 7 | 100% | 2 | 13% |
| 3 | Fairlands Surrey | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 5 | 11% |
| 4 | Chagford Devon | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 98% |
| 5 | Masham North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 3 | 44% |
| 6 | Tolvaddon Cornwall | A | 11.9 | 24% | 4.5 | 9% |
| 7 | Leigh Kent | A | 3 | 100% | 2.6 | 49% |
| 8 | Moston Cheshire | A | 7.8 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Charnock Richard Lancashire | A | 29.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Barns Green West Sussex | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 11 | Mayfield Staffordshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 14% |
| 12 | Grange Moor West Yorkshire | A− | 4.3 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Winford Isle of Wight | A− | 1.7 | 0% | 4.4 | 39% |
| 14 | Llanddulas Clwyd | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 15 | North Thoresby Lincolnshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 16 | Bethel Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 10% |
| 17 | Grassington North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.3 | 79% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 18 | South Bents Tyne and Wear | B+ | 4.9 | 62% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 19 | Borth Dyfed | B | 3.1 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Upperthong West Yorkshire | B | 1.7 | 65% | 4.7 | 26% |
| 21 | Cropston Leicestershire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Barwick and Stoford Somerset | B | 6.4 | 71% | 2.2 | 5% |
| 23 | Holt Clwyd | B | 0.9 | 100% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Milborne St Andrew Dorset | B | 3.3 | 71% | 2.1 | 33% |
| 25 | Pentre Halkyn Clwyd | B | 1.3 | 59% | 3.6 | 3% |
| 26 | Bedlinog Mid Glamorgan | B | 4.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Goudhurst Kent | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.2 | 65% |
| 28 | Challock Kent | B− | 3 | 62% | 2 | 88% |
| 29 | Shipham Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 63% | 4 | 55% |
| 30 | Harpur Hill Derbyshire | B− | 3.1 | 31% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 31 | Roydon (South Norfolk) Norfolk | B− | 4.3 | 50% | 4 | 0% |
| 32 | Beaumaris Gwynedd | B− | 2.7 | 30% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 33 | Beeford East Riding of Yorkshire | C+ | 3.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Easton on the Hill Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Castlethorpe Buckinghamshire | C+ | 3.5 | 72% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Whimple Devon | C+ | 5.2 | 70% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 37 | Brinklow Warwickshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 38 | Lower Shiplake Oxfordshire | C+ | 3 | 0% | 2 | 28% |
| 39 | Ashchurch Gloucestershire | C | 2 | 59% | 2.2 | 21% |
| 40 | Bow Street Dyfed | C | 3.1 | 33% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Woodhouses Greater Manchester | C | 2.6 | 40% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Charlton Marshall Dorset | C | 0.5 | 78% | 2 | 50% |
| 43 | Baldwin's Gate Staffordshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Glazebury Cheshire | C− | 5.1 | 58% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Milverton Somerset | C− | 2.1 | 70% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Beachley Gloucestershire | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 1.2 | 14% |
| 47 | Bildeston Suffolk | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Farmborough Somerset | C− | 2 | 38% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Cawston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Broad Oak (Wealden) East Sussex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.4 | 96% |
| 51 | Wattstown Mid Glamorgan | D | 3.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Landrake Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 0% | 0.6 | 38% |
| 53 | Reawla Cornwall | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2 | 3% |
| 54 | Stickney Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 55 | Berryfield Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 53% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Pilton Somerset | D− | 1.2 | 28% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Moulton Chapel Lincolnshire | D− | 1.5 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| 58 | Llanfyllin Powys | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Horwood Buckinghamshire | D− | 0.8 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.2 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bow Street’s built-up area.
3 in 10 Bow Street 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 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Snowdonia National Park is 5.8 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.
Snowdonia
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Bow Street scores 0% on it even though Snowdonia National Park is 5.8 mi away. Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths in and around Bow Street
14 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bow Street and the kilometre around it, 1.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Bow Street; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Bow Street: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 108 | 86 | 78 | 66 | 65 | 84 | 90 | 91 | 101 | 129 | 129 | 132 |
May is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 132 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Bow Street →
Bow Street is near the sea
15% of the area within 5 km of Bow Street is sea. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km.
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 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
Hills and peaks 3
Picnic sites 1
Playgrounds 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Street | C | 3.1 | 33% | 0% |
| Penrhyn-coch 1.6 mi | D | 0.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Aberystwyth 2.9 mi | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 0% |
| Llanbadarn Fawr 2.9 mi | A+ | 14.7 | 82% | 0% |
| Borth 3.0 mi | B | 3.1 | 74% | 0% |
| Tywyn 9.9 mi | A− | 2.4 | 79% | 51% |
Llanbadarn Fawr, 2.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 82% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Llanbadarn Fawr has at least twice Bow Street’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Bow Street
Is Bow Street near a National Park?
Yes. Snowdonia National Park begins 5.8 mi north of the village’s edge. It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
How many people in Bow Street live near a park?
33% 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 Bow Street?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bow Street good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 19% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 72% (3.1 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 Bow Street’s overall grade.
Where Bow Street’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.