Whitland’s biggest
Parc Dr Owen
Playing field
4.6 ha (11 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Whitland
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Whitland · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Whitland lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park begins 4.1 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Whitland add up to 4.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 10 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 0.8 for every square kilometre. Whitland grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
10 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
Pembrokeshire Coast starts 4.1 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Whitland?
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.Room to roam4.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 84% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Pembrokeshire Coast National Park starts 4.1 mi south-west.Few mapped footpaths0.8 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Whitland’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Whitland grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Whitland, 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 48% of UK towns30th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space4.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
84out 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 · Pembrokeshire Coast begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths0.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
4out 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
Whitland is 30th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 2,000 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
Whitland0.8
Villages its size2.5
Dyfed towns1.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Whitland4.4
Villages its size2.3
Dyfed towns2.2
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Whitland100%
Villages its size81%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Whitland stands out most for park space per resident: only 12 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 57 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westbourne West Sussex | A+ | 9.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 57% |
| 2 | Badshot Lea Surrey | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 5.2 | 25% |
| 3 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | A+ | 4.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 65% |
| 4 | Colyton Devon | A+ | 3.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 79% |
| 5 | Brading Isle of Wight | A+ | 2.9 | 84% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 6 | Chilworth Surrey | A+ | 10.8 | 80% | 6.1 | 59% |
| 7 | Scholes (near Hade Edge) West Yorkshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.7 | 16% |
| 8 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 9 | Bagworth Leicestershire | A | 11 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Newell Green Berkshire | A | 22.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Ravenstone Leicestershire | A− | 5.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Ickleford Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 82% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 13 | Lower Broadheath Worcestershire | A− | 6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Goosnargh Lancashire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 6% |
| 15 | Lyminge Kent | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 2.1 | 90% |
| 16 | Highnam Gloucestershire | B+ | 12 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Mevagissey Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.9 | 29% |
| 18 | Wingates Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.8 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Southgate West Glamorgan | B+ | 1.1 | 21% | 3.7 | 56% |
| 21 | Chinley Derbyshire | B+ | 1.2 | 78% | 4.4 | 53% |
| 22 | Partridge Green West Sussex | B | 2.1 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Little Eaton Derbyshire | B | 4.6 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 24 | Shurdington Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 47% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 25 | Horrabridge Devon | B | 1.4 | 83% | 2.7 | 92% |
| 26 | Beare Green Surrey | B | 1.6 | 70% | 3.9 | 30% |
| 27 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Stanwick Northamptonshire | B− | 7.9 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Wrea Green Lancashire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Whitland Dyfed | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Wooler Northumberland | B− | 3.3 | 81% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 32 | Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire | B− | 3.4 | 64% | 1.2 | 88% |
| 33 | Oxenhope West Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Wickham Bishops Essex | C+ | 3.4 | 91% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Hockley Heath West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Northiam East Sussex | C+ | 2.2 | 76% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 38 | Stratton Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 23% | 3 | 8% |
| 39 | High Spen Tyne and Wear | C+ | 3.3 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Milnthorpe Cumbria | C | 2.2 | 49% | 2 | 39% |
| 41 | Presteigne Powys | C | 3.2 | 61% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Sleights North Yorkshire | C | 0.9 | 30% | 1.5 | 80% |
| 43 | Rode Heath Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Newton Poppleford Devon | C | 1.4 | 44% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 45 | Black Notley Essex | C− | 1.6 | 36% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Hemingbrough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Littlethorpe Leicestershire | C− | 0.4 | 57% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Stocksfield Northumberland | C− | 2.2 | 40% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Brompton-on-Swale North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 71% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Manby Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 51 | Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Newton Longville Buckinghamshire | D | 2.9 | 18% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Dunholme Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Salfords Surrey | D | 1.3 | 12% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Little Plumstead Norfolk | D | 0.6 | 64% | 1 | 16% |
| 56 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Colnbrook Berkshire | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Shippon Oxfordshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Whitland’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 Whitland
The biggest is Parc Dr Owen, 4.6 ha (11 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Spring Hill Cricket Ground
Playing field
1.8 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Whitland’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%)
Whitland100%
Villages its size81%
Dyfed towns74%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is 4.1 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
Pembrokeshire Coast
4.1 mi south-west615 km²since 1951
National Landscape
Gower
18 mi south-east187 km²since 1956
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Whitland scores 0% on it even though the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is 4.1 mi away. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park covers 615 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Whitland
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Whitland 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 village.
Regional
Landsker Borderlands Trail7.9 km
The regional route here is the Landsker Borderlands 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 Whitland: 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 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 154 | 107 | 98 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 110 | 114 | 159 | 164 | 168 |
May is the driest month (84 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 168 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Whitland →
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
Whitland is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Marros Sands5.5 mi from Whitland’s edge
DirectionsCoppet Hall Beach7.3 mi from Whitland’s edge
DirectionsSaundersfoot Beach7.6 mi from Whitland’s edge
DirectionsMonkstone Beach8.4 mi from Whitland’s edge
DirectionsWaterwynch Bay9.3 mi from Whitland’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
Picnic 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.
St ClearsNarberthKilgettySaundersfootWoodenTenbyWhitland
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Tenby, 10.9 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 88% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Saundersfoot has at least twice Whitland’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Whitland
What is the biggest park in Whitland?
Parc Dr Owen, 4.6 ha (11 acres), with 0.6 km of path. Spring Hill Cricket Ground (1.8 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Whitland near a National Park?
Yes. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park begins 4.1 mi south-west of the village’s edge. It covers 615 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Whitland?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Landsker Borderlands Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Whitland?
Marros Sands, 5.5 mi from the edge of the village, then Coppet Hall Beach (7.3 mi). Whitland itself is inland.
How many people in Whitland 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 Whitland?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Whitland good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 4% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 84% (4.4 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 Whitland’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Whitland’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.