Milford Haven’s biggest
Milford Haven Rugby Club
Playing field
1.3 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Milford Haven · parks, paths & countryside
Milford Haven is on the coast, on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route
The sea makes up 26% of the area within 5 km. The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park reaches the edge of Milford Haven. Footpaths add up to 39 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.9 for every square kilometre. Milford Haven grades C for the outdoors: #15 of 23 in Dyfed. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
70%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
39 km
0.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
30%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
The sea
26%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Milford Haven?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast26% of the area within 5 km is sea; 8 beaches mapped.Protected countryside30% of the land within 5 km is Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.On a National TrailThe Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route passes through.Few mapped footpaths0.9 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Milford Haven’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by protected countryside on the doorstep. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Milford Haven grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Milford Haven, 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 33% of UK towns#15 of 23 in Dyfed · 47th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space0.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
9out of
100
100
A park within a walk70%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
31out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape30%of the land within 5 km
84out of
100
100
Footpaths0.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
6out of
100
100
The sea26%of the area within 5 km
91out 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
Milford Haven is 47th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 13,600 to 15,000 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
Milford Haven0.9
Towns its size3.4
Dyfed towns1.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Milford Haven0.8
Towns its size2.2
Dyfed towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Milford Haven70%
Towns its size80%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Milford Haven falls furthest behind on path per km², where 59 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lymington Hampshire | A+ | 2.8 | 89% | 3.3 | 56% |
| 2 | Hythe Kent | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 4 | 31% |
| 3 | Otley West Yorkshire | A+ | 5.8 | 93% | 4.4 | 26% |
| 4 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 5 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 6 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 7 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Abergavenny Gwent | A | 3.2 | 83% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 9 | Wellington Somerset | A | 2.2 | 99% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 10 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 11 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Addlestone Surrey | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 14 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 15 | Tredegar Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 16 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Chertsey Surrey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 20 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 21 | Verwood Dorset | B+ | 5.7 | 41% | 3.9 | 13% |
| 22 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 3.5 | 18% |
| 24 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 39% |
| 25 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 26 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 28 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Gomersal and Birkenshaw West Yorkshire | B | 3.2 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 33 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 36 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 37 | Midsomer Norton Somerset | B− | 1.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Leicestershire | B− | 3.4 | 73% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Davenham Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Aberystwyth Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 42 | Herne Kent | C+ | 1.2 | 54% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 44 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Kidlington Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.9 | 81% | 3 | 2% |
| 47 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 48 | Birtley Tyne and Wear | C | 1.4 | 71% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Flitwick Bedfordshire | C | 0.8 | 59% | 3.9 | 3% |
| 50 | Syston Leicestershire | C | 1.4 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 73% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Halstead Essex | D | 0.6 | 73% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 57 | New Rossington and Rossington South Yorkshire | D | 0.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Whittlesey Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 73% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Shepshed Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 69% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Village Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 72% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Milford Haven’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 Milford Haven
The biggest is Milford Haven Rugby Club, 1.3 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 2 ha (5 acres)
Playing fields 2.0 haPlay spaces 0.1 ha
The two biggest, Milford Haven Rugby Club and Hubberston Recreation Area, are 97% of the named green space. 4 of the 4 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Hubberston Recreation Area
Playing field
0.7 ha (2 acres)0.1 km of path
1 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Peregrine Play Area
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.9 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Peregrine Play Area
Play space
0.0 ha (0 acres)
0.9 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Milford Haven 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 (70%)Further (30%)
Milford Haven70%
Towns its size80%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
About 4,300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 20 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 713 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Milford Haven
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
Pembrokeshire Coast
At the edge south615 km²since 195130% of the land within 5 km
30% of the land within 5 km of Milford Haven is National Park or National Landscape, more than 83% of UK towns. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park covers 615 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Milford Haven is on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route
39 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Milford Haven and the kilometre around it, 0.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
National
Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route32.2 km
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route, a national route, passes Milford Haven.
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 Milford Haven: 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) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 105 | 80 | 77 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 77 | 90 | 82 | 123 | 140 | 127 |
April 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 140 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 12 nights a year. The climate in Milford Haven →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Milford Haven
26% of the area within 5 km of Milford Haven is sea. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 4 with a name.
Sandy Haven Beach0.3 mi from town
DirectionsFreshwater West1.9 mi from town
DirectionsFrainslake Sands2.8 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Beach2.9 mi from town
DirectionsThe Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route passes the town.
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
20 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Pwllcrochan Pond and Marshland0.1 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Sandy Haven Picnic Site0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 20
Plus 20 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Sandy Haven Campsite0.5 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Farm Camping0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
JohnstonNeylandPembroke DockMerlin's BridgePembrokeHaverfordwestMilford Haven
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Haven | C | 0.8 | 70% | 30% |
| Johnston 3.4 mi | D | 1.4 | 55% | 5% |
| Neyland 3.6 mi | A− | 3.0 | 93% | 13% |
| Pembroke Dock 4.4 mi | B− | 1.7 | 80% | 25% |
| Merlin's Bridge 5.7 mi | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 11% |
| Pembroke 5.8 mi | B+ | 2.2 | 91% | 31% |
| Haverfordwest 6.5 mi | C− | 1.0 | 85% | 8% |
Neyland, 3.6 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 93% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Neyland, Pembroke Dock and Merlin's Bridge have at least twice Milford Haven’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Milford Haven
What is the biggest park in Milford Haven?
Milford Haven Rugby Club, 1.3 ha (3 acres). Hubberston Recreation Area (0.7 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Milford Haven near a National Park?
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park reaches the edge of Milford Haven. It covers 615 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Milford Haven?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route.
How many people in Milford Haven live near a park?
70% 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 Milford Haven?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Milford Haven good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 6% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 9% (0.8 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 Milford Haven’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Milford Haven’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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