Hendy and Fforest’s biggest
Hendy Park
Park or garden
4.7 ha (12 acres)1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Hendy and Fforest
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Hendy and Fforest · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Hendy and Fforest lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Gower National Landscape begins 5.4 mi from the town’s edge. 9 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Hendy and Fforest add up to 2.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Hendy and Fforest grades C for the outdoors: #16 of 23 in Dyfed. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
9 km
0.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Gower starts 5.4 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Hendy and Fforest?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside close byThe Gower National Landscape starts 5.4 mi south-west.Few mapped footpaths0.8 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Hendy and Fforest’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Gower National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Hendy and Fforest grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Hendy and Fforest, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C
Better than 31% of UK towns#16 of 23 in Dyfed · 37th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
49out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Gower begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths0.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
5out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 2.1% 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.
Towns its size
Hendy and Fforest is 37th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,900 to 3,100 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
Hendy and Fforest0.8
Towns its size2.4
Dyfed towns1.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Hendy and Fforest2.1
Towns its size2.2
Dyfed towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Hendy and Fforest100%
Towns its size85%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Hendy and Fforest stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 55 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowlands Castle Hampshire | A+ | 26.1 | 100% | 5 | 48% |
| 2 | Halling Kent | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.6 | 54% |
| 3 | Arundel West Sussex | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 56% |
| 4 | Theale Berkshire | A+ | 5 | 100% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 5 | Cuxton Kent | A+ | 25.2 | 90% | 4 | 44% |
| 6 | Horton Heath Hampshire | A+ | 10 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 7 | Beaminster Dorset | A | 4.1 | 89% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 8 | Ebbsfleet Valley Kent | A | 9 | 77% | 8.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Downton Wiltshire | A | 4.3 | 100% | 2 | 59% |
| 10 | Langwith Derbyshire | A | 19.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Ellistown Leicestershire | A | 7.5 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Llangollen Clwyd | A | 3.5 | 91% | 2.5 | 76% |
| 13 | Mortimer Berkshire | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Menai Bridge Gwynedd | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 7% |
| 15 | New Marske North Yorkshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Knighton Powys | A− | 2.7 | 81% | 3.4 | 34% |
| 17 | Seaton Sluice Northumberland | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 18 | Rhodes Greater Manchester | B+ | 16.6 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire | B+ | 4.1 | 87% | 1.3 | 100% |
| 20 | Welham Green Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Almondsbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 7.9 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 22 | Wing Buckinghamshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 23 | Newton and Blackwell Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Camelford Cornwall | B | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 33% |
| 25 | Newport Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Denholme West Yorkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Weldon Northamptonshire | B | 8.2 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Bugbrooke Northamptonshire | B− | 3.7 | 80% | 3 | 0% |
| 29 | Long Hanborough Oxfordshire | B− | 1.3 | 89% | 2.7 | 18% |
| 30 | Harwell Oxfordshire | B− | 1.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 42% |
| 31 | Crumbles East Sussex | B− | 0.3 | 44% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire | C+ | 4.6 | 58% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 33 | Etwall Derbyshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Capel St Mary Suffolk | C+ | 1.5 | 59% | 3 | 24% |
| 35 | Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire | C+ | 3.8 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Swillington West Yorkshire | C | 2.2 | 68% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Hendy and Fforest Dyfed | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Sutton Courtenay Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 23% | 4 | 6% |
| 39 | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Gwynedd | C | 0.8 | 71% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 40 | West Chiltington West Sussex | C | 1.5 | 18% | 2.7 | 38% |
| 41 | Bottesford Leicestershire | C | 3.9 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Haddenham Cambridgeshire | C | 2.2 | 86% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Fenstanton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 44 | Great Leighs Essex | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Lostwithiel Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 67% | 1.5 | 11% |
| 46 | Burnopfield County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 47 | St Mary's Bay Kent | D | 0 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Cleobury Mortimer Shropshire | D | 0.8 | 64% | 2 | 2% |
| 49 | Kelsall Cheshire | D | 1 | 57% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Gamlingay Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 32% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Scotter Lincolnshire | D | 2.6 | 61% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Gobowen Shropshire | D | 1.2 | 50% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 53 | Gilberdyke East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 90% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Thurston Suffolk | D | 1.6 | 39% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Bampton Oxfordshire | D | 1.1 | 63% | 2 | 0% |
| 56 | Queniborough Leicestershire | D | 1.4 | 48% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshire | D− | 1.7 | 57% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Boroughbridge North Yorkshire | D− | 0.4 | 60% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Langstone Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Feltwell Norfolk | D− | 1.1 | 63% | 0.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Hendy and Fforest’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 Hendy and Fforest
The biggest is Hendy Park, 4.7 ha (12 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Hendy and Fforest’s homes are to 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Hendy and Fforest100%
Towns its size85%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 272 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Gower National Landscape is 5.4 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
5.4 mi south-west187 km²since 1956
National Park
Brecon Beacons
7.6 mi north-east1,350 km²since 1955
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Hendy and Fforest scores 0% on it even though the Gower National Landscape is 5.4 mi away. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Hendy and Fforest
9 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Hendy and Fforest and the kilometre around it, 0.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
St Illtyd's Walk6.4 km
Heart of Wales Line Trail6.3 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the St Illtyd's Walk and 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 Hendy and Fforest: May to September
The town’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) | 151 | 103 | 92 | 76 | 78 | 82 | 94 | 105 | 102 | 151 | 152 | 152 |
April is the driest month (76 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 152 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Hendy and Fforest →
Things to do
11 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK town its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Hendy and Fforest is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Tywyn Bâch7.1 mi from Hendy and Fforest’s edge
DirectionsSwansea Beach8.2 mi from Hendy and Fforest’s edge
DirectionsABCC Meeting Point8.4 mi from Hendy and Fforest’s edge
DirectionsSwansea Bay9.0 mi from Hendy and Fforest’s edge
DirectionsBrandy Cove9.8 mi from Hendy and Fforest’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. Natural Resources Wales tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 11
Fforest Playgroundin town
DirectionsZip-Wire0.4 mi from town
DirectionsParc Saint Teilo - Playground0.8 mi from town
DirectionsMaes Tŷ Gwyn Playground1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 7 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.
PontarddulaisLlangennechGrovesendBrynGorseinonLoughorHendy and Fforest
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendy and Fforest | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0% |
| Pontarddulais 0.9 mi | D | 1.9 | 67% | 0% |
| Llangennech 1.8 mi | C | 1.6 | 82% | 0% |
| Grovesend 1.9 mi | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Bryn 2.9 mi | B− | 2.9 | 67% | 1% |
| Gorseinon 3.2 mi | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 2% |
| Loughor 3.5 mi | C+ | 2.1 | 70% | 6% |
Bryn, 2.9 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: 67% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Hendy and Fforest
What is the biggest park in Hendy and Fforest?
Hendy Park, 4.7 ha (12 acres), with 1.1 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Hendy and Fforest near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 7.6 mi north-east of the town’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, 5.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Hendy and Fforest?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the St Illtyd's Walk and Heart of Wales Line Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Hendy and Fforest?
Tywyn Bâch, 7.1 mi from the edge of the town, then Swansea Beach (8.2 mi). Hendy and Fforest itself is inland.
How many people in Hendy and Fforest live near a park?
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%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Hendy and Fforest?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Hendy and Fforest good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 5% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 49% (2.1 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 Hendy and Fforest’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Hendy and Fforest’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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