Saundersfoot’s biggest
Swallowtree Garden
Park or garden
24 ha (59 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
33 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Saundersfoot
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Rollercow · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Saundersfoot · parks, paths & countryside
Saundersfoot is inside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Parks and playing fields in Saundersfoot add up to 10.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The sea makes up 32% of the area within 5 km. Saundersfoot grades A− for the outdoors: #5 of 23 in Dyfed. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
10.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
69%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
10 km
0.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
19%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
The sea
32%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Saundersfoot?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside the Pembrokeshire Coast National ParkSaundersfoot sits inside it: 615 km² of protected landscape.Room to roam10.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 96% of UK towns.On the coast32% of the area within 5 km is sea; 13 beaches mapped.Few mapped footpaths0.9 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Saundersfoot’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by plenty of park space. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Saundersfoot grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Saundersfoot, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 76% of UK towns#5 of 23 in Dyfed · 13th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space10.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
96out of
100
100
A park within a walk69%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
30out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape19%of the land within 5 km
77out of
100
100
Footpaths0.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
5out of
100
100
The sea32%of the area within 5 km
93out 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
Saundersfoot is 13th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,400 to 2,600 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
Saundersfoot0.9
Towns its size2.2
Dyfed towns1.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Saundersfoot10.2
Towns its size2.2
Dyfed towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Saundersfoot69%
Towns its size84%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Saundersfoot stands out most for park space per resident: only 5 of the other 59 have 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 | Rawnsley Staffordshire | A+ | 17.7 | 100% | 3.7 | 36% |
| 2 | Shalford Surrey | A+ | 14.9 | 89% | 4.8 | 47% |
| 3 | Silloth Cumbria | A+ | 7.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 17% |
| 4 | Eton Berkshire | A | 22.9 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Lyndhurst Hampshire | A | 3.6 | 73% | 4.3 | 100% |
| 6 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | A | 5.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 7 | Rowhedge Essex | A | 1.6 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Chopwell Tyne and Wear | A | 7.5 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Longford Gloucestershire | A | 11.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Drybrook Gloucestershire | A− | 3.9 | 83% | 3.4 | 10% |
| 11 | South Anston South Yorkshire | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Stewartby Bedfordshire | A− | 21 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Saundersfoot Dyfed | A− | 10.2 | 69% | 0.9 | 19% |
| 14 | Thornley County Durham | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Witton Gilbert County Durham | B+ | 2.1 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 16 | Craven Arms Shropshire | B | 1.3 | 87% | 2.9 | 59% |
| 17 | Barlestone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Farndon Nottinghamshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Oakley Bedfordshire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 20 | Alresford Essex | B− | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Pannal North Yorkshire | B− | 3.7 | 77% | 3 | 0% |
| 22 | Coundon and Leeholme County Durham | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 23 | Brewood Staffordshire | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 24 | Kelvedon Hatch Essex | B− | 7.3 | 77% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Ash Green Warwickshire | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Timsbury Somerset | B− | 2.7 | 68% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Bishop's Itchington Warwickshire | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Llanrwst Clwyd | C+ | 2.2 | 75% | 1.6 | 45% |
| 29 | Crossways Dorset | C+ | 0.5 | 100% | 1.8 | 22% |
| 30 | Shepley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.6 | 87% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Widdrington Station Northumberland | C+ | 1 | 88% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Caton Lancashire | C+ | 1.2 | 72% | 2.2 | 67% |
| 33 | Steeple Claydon Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Whittington Staffordshire | C | 7.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Stratton Gloucestershire | C | 0.7 | 46% | 3.3 | 70% |
| 36 | Great Houghton South Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Tycroes Dyfed | C | 3.5 | 80% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Llandybie Dyfed | C | 2.6 | 59% | 1.2 | 13% |
| 39 | Laleham Surrey | C | 9.8 | 34% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Ash (Dover) Kent | C | 2.3 | 72% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) Cheshire | C− | 4.2 | 60% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Upper Heyford Oxfordshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Hatton Derbyshire | C− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Loggerheads Staffordshire | C− | 1.2 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Cwm Gwent | C− | 2 | 12% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Cliffe Kent | C− | 1.1 | 55% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Probus Cornwall | C− | 0.6 | 75% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 48 | Maulden Bedfordshire | D | 0.9 | 55% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 49 | East Harling Norfolk | D | 1.7 | 85% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Lampeter Dyfed | D | 1.5 | 88% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Long Crendon Buckinghamshire | D | 1.4 | 86% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Mawsley Village Northamptonshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Fordham Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 35% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Broughton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 45% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Long Itchington Warwickshire | D | 2.1 | 45% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Clophill Bedfordshire | D | 0.7 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Silverstone Northamptonshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Nafferton East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 56% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Holme upon Spalding Moor East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.5 | 41% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Rhos West Glamorgan | D− | 1 | 58% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Saundersfoot’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 Saundersfoot
The biggest is Swallowtree Garden, 24 ha (59 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
King George's Field
Playing field
2.7 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Saundersfoot
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Saundersfoot 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 (69%)Further (31%)
Saundersfoot69%
Towns its size84%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
About 800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 503 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Saundersfoot
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
Saundersfoot is inside it615 km²since 195119% of the land within 5 km
National Landscape
Gower
18 mi south-east187 km²since 1956
19% of the land within 5 km of Saundersfoot is National Park or National Landscape, more than 77% of UK towns. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park covers 615 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Saundersfoot is on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Saundersfoot 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 route8.4 km
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route, a national route, passes Saundersfoot.
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 Saundersfoot: May to July and 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 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 131 | 94 | 85 | 75 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 108 | 91 | 136 | 153 | 145 |
May is the driest month (71 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 153 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Saundersfoot →
The coast
Saundersfoot is a coastal town
32% of the area within 5 km of Saundersfoot is sea. 13 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 9 with a name.
Coppet Hall Beach0.1 mi from town
DirectionsSaundersfoot Beach0.1 mi from town
DirectionsMonkstone Beach0.8 mi from town
DirectionsWaterwynch Bay0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNorth Beach1.6 mi from town
DirectionsHarbour Beach1.9 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Beach1.9 mi from town
DirectionsSouth Beach2.3 mi from town
DirectionsMarros Sands2.6 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
5 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
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Old Mill Camping Park0.2 mi from town
DirectionsLodge Farm Holiday Park0.4 mi from town
DirectionsMoreton Farm Leisure Park0.6 mi from town
DirectionsMeadow Farm Campsite1.1 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.
WoodenKilgettyTenbyNarberthWhitlandPembrokeSaundersfoot
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Tenby, 2.4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 88% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Saundersfoot
What is the biggest park in Saundersfoot?
Swallowtree Garden, 24 ha (59 acres), with 0.6 km of path. King George's Field (2.7 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Saundersfoot?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Pembrokeshire Coast Path main route.
How many people in Saundersfoot live near a park?
69% 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 Saundersfoot?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Saundersfoot good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 5% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 96% (10.2 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 Saundersfoot’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Saundersfoot’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.