Bryn’s biggest
Bynea Rugby Football Club
Playing field · 320 m outside town
2.5 ha (6 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bryn · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Bryn
The Gower National Landscape begins 2.5 mi from the village’s edge. 11 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Bryn add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Bryn grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
67%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
11 km
1.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
1%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Gower National Landscape
The sea
12%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Bryn?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Gower National Landscape starts 2.5 mi south-west.Few mapped footpaths1.4 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Bryn’s strongest suit is the Gower National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Bryn grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bryn, 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 towns26th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
68out of
100
100
A park within a walk67%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
27out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape1%of the land within 5 km
63out of
100
100
Footpaths1.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
15out of
100
100
The sea12%of the area within 5 km
87out 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
Bryn is 26th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,600 to 1,800 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
Bryn1.4
Villages its size2.2
Dyfed towns1.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bryn2.9
Villages its size1.7
Dyfed towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bryn67%
Villages its size83%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Bryn 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 46 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanborough Wiltshire | A+ | 6 | 100% | 2.7 | 45% |
| 2 | Trimley St Martin Suffolk | A+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.9 | 43% |
| 3 | Penwithick Cornwall | A | 15 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 4 | Wroxall Isle of Wight | A | 1.2 | 84% | 4.6 | 33% |
| 5 | Woodbury Devon | A | 3.3 | 100% | 0.9 | 26% |
| 6 | Eccles Kent | A | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 30% |
| 7 | Elstree Hertfordshire | A | 22 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 8 | Flimby Cumbria | A | 1.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 2% |
| 9 | Grain Kent | A | 13 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Southwell Dorset | A | 0.7 | 100% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Upchurch Kent | A | 4 | 76% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 12 | Wickwar Gloucestershire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.5 | 15% |
| 13 | Hamstreet Kent | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Seascale Cumbria | A− | 2.1 | 81% | 2.2 | 27% |
| 15 | Clayhanger West Midlands | A− | 17.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Bathampton Somerset | A− | 1 | 85% | 5.5 | 62% |
| 17 | Ripley Surrey | A− | 15 | 64% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 18 | Ingleton North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 54% |
| 19 | Harthill South Yorkshire | B+ | 3.6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Appledore Devon | B+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 16% |
| 21 | Criccieth Gwynedd | B | 2.9 | 75% | 1.3 | 4% |
| 22 | Blewbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 54% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 23 | Denby Bottles Derbyshire | B | 1.4 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 24 | South Hiendley West Yorkshire | B | 13.4 | 87% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Great Bentley Essex | B− | 6.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Bryn Dyfed | B− | 2.9 | 67% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 27 | Flockton West Yorkshire | B− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Shaldon Devon | B− | 1.7 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Winkfield Row Berkshire | B− | 11 | 80% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Summit Greater Manchester | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Trethomas Gwent | B− | 6.9 | 48% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Feniton Devon | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 17% |
| 33 | Dunvant West Glamorgan | C+ | 4.3 | 36% | 1.8 | 30% |
| 34 | Langho Lancashire | C+ | 1.6 | 74% | 3 | 7% |
| 35 | Pilling Lancashire | C+ | 4.2 | 46% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 36 | North Leigh Oxfordshire | C+ | 2.3 | 56% | 2.4 | 26% |
| 37 | Sharnbrook Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Harvington Worcestershire | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Minsterley Shropshire | C+ | 1.1 | 77% | 2.4 | 38% |
| 40 | Bury Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 41 | Billington Lancashire | C− | 0.5 | 0% | 3.9 | 14% |
| 42 | Poyle Berkshire | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 43 | Leeming North Yorkshire | C− | 5 | 76% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 44 | West Thorney West Sussex | C− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.9 | 55% |
| 45 | Embsay North Yorkshire | C− | 0.9 | 38% | 2.5 | 47% |
| 46 | High Bentham North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 47 | Higher Kinnerton Clwyd | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Sudbrooke Lincolnshire | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Croft Leicestershire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Charminster Dorset | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 56% |
| 51 | Holt Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 45% | 2.1 | 2% |
| 52 | Shrewton Wiltshire | D | 1.4 | 42% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Glinton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.3 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Frizington Cumbria | D | 1.4 | 52% | 0.9 | 15% |
| 55 | Houghton on the Hill Leicestershire | D | 1.8 | 60% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Point Clear Essex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Monk Fryston and Hillam North Yorkshire | D | 2.7 | 40% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Necton Norfolk | D− | 1.5 | 17% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Swffryd Gwent | D− | 1.4 | 17% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Hambleton North Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bryn’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 Bryn
The biggest is Bynea Rugby Football Club, 2.5 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Bryn 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 (67%)Further (33%)
Bryn67%
Villages its size83%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 21 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 82 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Gower National Landscape is 2.5 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.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
National Landscape
Gower
2.5 mi south-west187 km²since 19561% of the land within 5 km
National Park
Brecon Beacons
11 mi north-east1,350 km²since 1955
1% of the land within 5 km of Bryn is National Park or National Landscape, more than 63% of UK towns. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Bryn
11 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bryn and the kilometre around it, 1.4 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
Heart of Wales Line Trail3.5 km
The regional route here is the Heart of Wales Line 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 Bryn: 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 137 | 94 | 86 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 91 | 100 | 97 | 144 | 141 | 141 |
April is the driest month (74 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 144 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Bryn →
The coast
Bryn is near the sea
12% of the area within 5 km of Bryn is sea. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 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.
Things to do
21 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 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Morfa Berwig Local Nature Reserve14 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsLlanelli Wetland Centre113 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 21
Maes Tŷ Gwyn Playground1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 20 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.
LlangennechLlanelliLoughorGorseinonGrovesendHendy and FforestBryn
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn | B− | 2.9 | 67% | 1% |
| Llangennech 1.1 mi | C | 1.6 | 82% | 0% |
| Llanelli 2.0 mi | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 18% |
| Loughor 2.0 mi | C+ | 2.1 | 70% | 6% |
| Gorseinon 2.6 mi | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 2% |
| Grovesend 2.8 mi | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Hendy and Fforest 2.9 mi | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0% |
Llanelli, 2 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 85% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Bryn
What is the biggest park in Bryn?
Bynea Rugby Football Club, 2.5 ha (6 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Bryn near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 11 mi north-east of the village’s edge. It covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Gower National Landscape, 2.5 mi away.
What are the best walks near Bryn?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Heart of Wales Line Trail.
How many people in Bryn live near a park?
67% 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 Bryn?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bryn good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 15% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 68% (2.9 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 Bryn’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bryn’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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