Llandeilo’s biggest
Penlan Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha (5 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Llandeilo
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Llandeilo · parks, paths & countryside
88% of Llandeilo’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Brecon Beacons National Park begins 0.3 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Llandeilo add up to 1.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 19 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 2.3 for every square kilometre. Llandeilo grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
88%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
2.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
22%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Brecon Beacons National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Llandeilo?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Brecon Beacons National Park starts 0.3 mi east.Historic parksPlas Dinefwr is a registered historic park (Grade I).Less park per person1.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Llandeilo’s strongest suit is the Brecon Beacons National Park close by, followed by its historic parks. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Llandeilo grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Llandeilo, 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 towns23rd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
39out of
100
100
A park within a walk88%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
63out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape22%of the land within 5 km
80out of
100
100
Footpaths2.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
39out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
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
Llandeilo is 23rd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,700 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
Llandeilo2.3
Villages its size2.2
Dyfed towns1.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Llandeilo1.8
Villages its size2.0
Dyfed towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Llandeilo88%
Villages its size80%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Llandeilo falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 35 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market Lavington Wiltshire | A+ | 9.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 2 | Llanbadarn Fawr Dyfed | A+ | 14.7 | 82% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 3 | Rogiet Gwent | A+ | 3.9 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 4 | Malvern Wells Worcestershire | A | 10.8 | 37% | 5.3 | 57% |
| 5 | New Denham Buckinghamshire | A | 8.9 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Scalby North Yorkshire | A | 5.9 | 70% | 2 | 43% |
| 7 | New Hartley Northumberland | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Wembdon Somerset | A− | 7.4 | 88% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 9 | Heslington North Yorkshire | A− | 6.3 | 80% | 9.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Tow Law County Durham | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 1.3 | 21% |
| 11 | Horam East Sussex | B+ | 3.9 | 91% | 1.4 | 46% |
| 12 | Compton Berkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 13 | Pendlebury Greater Manchester | B+ | 18.5 | 74% | 4 | 0% |
| 14 | Trimdon Colliery County Durham | B+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Marks Tey Essex | B+ | 5.5 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Eight Ash Green Essex | B+ | 8.2 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Denby Bottles Derbyshire | B | 1.4 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Rackheath Norfolk | B | 2.6 | 100% | 1 | 14% |
| 19 | Hemingfield South Yorkshire | B | 3.3 | 80% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 20 | North Benfleet Essex | B | 11 | 56% | 4 | 0% |
| 21 | Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire | B− | 2.1 | 32% | 3.4 | 76% |
| 22 | East Bridgford Nottinghamshire | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Llandeilo Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 88% | 2.3 | 22% |
| 24 | Delabole Cornwall | B− | 1.1 | 76% | 2 | 35% |
| 25 | Holbrook Derbyshire | B− | 4.2 | 55% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Warton (Lancaster) Lancashire | B− | 0.3 | 32% | 3.5 | 43% |
| 27 | Blaengarw Mid Glamorgan | B− | 5 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Inkberrow Worcestershire | B− | 5.3 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Much Wenlock Shropshire | B− | 2.4 | 13% | 3.6 | 20% |
| 30 | Warden Kent | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 31 | Copford Essex | B− | 4 | 70% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 32 | North Tawton Devon | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Great Chesterford Essex | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Cheddington Buckinghamshire | C+ | 2.2 | 35% | 3.1 | 16% |
| 35 | Kedington Suffolk | C+ | 3.3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Withnoe Cornwall | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 3% |
| 37 | Duckmanton Derbyshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Great Broughton and Little Broughton Cumbria | C | 1.2 | 85% | 2.3 | 1% |
| 39 | Doveridge Derbyshire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Bodelwyddan Clwyd | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Shireoaks Nottinghamshire | C | 1.5 | 78% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Penygroes Gwynedd | C− | 0.7 | 66% | 0.6 | 26% |
| 43 | Drakes Broughton Worcestershire | C− | 1 | 86% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Deddington Oxfordshire | C− | 3.6 | 53% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Shilbottle Northumberland | C− | 1.8 | 49% | 1.9 | 7% |
| 46 | Middle Barton Oxfordshire | C− | 1.9 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Elmstead Market Essex | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Pattingham Staffordshire | C− | 2 | 80% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Hatfield Heath Essex | D | 1.3 | 76% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Aiskew North Yorkshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Richings Park Buckinghamshire | D | 1 | 72% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Thorp Arch West Yorkshire | D | 2.6 | 29% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Johnston Dyfed | D | 1.4 | 55% | 0.6 | 5% |
| 54 | Stainton North Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 55 | St Clears Dyfed | D− | 2 | 31% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Bramham West Yorkshire | D− | 1.4 | 47% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Pentre Maelor Clwyd | D− | 1.4 | 8% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Bardsey West Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Tockwith North Yorkshire | D− | 0.4 | 14% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Wainfleet All Saints Lincolnshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Llandeilo’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 Llandeilo
The biggest is Penlan Park, 2.0 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Llandeilo’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 (88%)Further (12%)
Llandeilo88%
Villages its size80%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Brecon Beacons National Park is 0.3 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 Park
Brecon Beacons
0.3 mi east1,350 km²since 195522% of the land within 5 km
National Landscape
Gower
17 mi south-west187 km²since 1956
22% of the land within 5 km of Llandeilo is National Park or National Landscape, more than 79% of UK towns. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Llandeilo
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Llandeilo and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Heart of Wales Line Trail6.6 km
Dinefwr Park Wildlife Walk4.8 km
‘Capability’ Brown walk at Dinefwr2.4 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.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Llandeilo
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Llandeilo’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IPlas Dinefwr2.4 ha
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Llandeilo: 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 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 163 | 114 | 98 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 96 | 110 | 109 | 158 | 162 | 170 |
April is the driest month (80 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 170 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. The climate in Llandeilo →
Things to do
2 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
Llandeilo is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Tywyn Bâch17 mi from Llandeilo’s edge
DirectionsABCC Meeting Point19 mi from Llandeilo’s edge
DirectionsCefn Sidan19 mi from Llandeilo’s edge
DirectionsSwansea Beach19 mi from Llandeilo’s edge
DirectionsSwansea Bay20 mi from Llandeilo’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.
Up high. Birds Hill, at 97 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Llandeilo.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Birds Hill97 m (318 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 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.
LlandybiePenybancAmmanfordGlanamanCross Hands and Pen-y-groesCapel HendreLlandeilo
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandeilo | B− | 1.8 | 88% | 22% |
| Llandybie 4.6 mi | C | 2.6 | 59% | 13% |
| Penybanc 6.4 mi | B− | 7.4 | 35% | 1% |
| Ammanford 6.4 mi | C+ | 2.8 | 70% | 9% |
| Glanaman 6.5 mi | B− | 3.3 | 83% | 29% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes 6.9 mi | C | 9.7 | 70% | 0% |
| Capel Hendre 7.3 mi | D | 0.8 | 100% | 0% |
Llandeilo grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. Penybanc and Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes have at least twice Llandeilo’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Llandeilo
What is the biggest park in Llandeilo?
Penlan Park, 2.0 ha (5 acres), with 0.8 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Llandeilo near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 0.3 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
What are the best walks near Llandeilo?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Heart of Wales Line Trail, Dinefwr Park Wildlife Walk and ‘Capability’ Brown walk at Dinefwr.
What is the nearest beach to Llandeilo?
Tywyn Bâch, 17 mi from the edge of the village, then ABCC Meeting Point (19 mi). Llandeilo itself is inland.
How many people in Llandeilo live near a park?
88% 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 Llandeilo?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Llandeilo are historic?
Plas Dinefwr (Grade I) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Llandeilo good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 39% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 39% (1.8 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 Llandeilo’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Llandeilo’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.