Latchingdon’s biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
1.9 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Latchingdon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Glyn Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Latchingdon · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Latchingdon lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 10 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 0.9 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Latchingdon add up to 1.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The sea makes up 10% of the area within 5 km. Latchingdon grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.7 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
0.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
The sea
10%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Latchingdon?
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.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.Few mapped footpaths0.9 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Latchingdon’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the King Charles III England Coast Path. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Latchingdon grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Latchingdon, 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 45% of UK towns27th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
33out 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 · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths0.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
6out of
100
100
The sea10%of the area within 5 km
86out 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
Latchingdon is 27th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 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
Latchingdon0.9
Villages its size2.0
Essex towns2.7
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Latchingdon1.7
Villages its size1.9
Essex towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Latchingdon100%
Villages its size90%
Essex towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Latchingdon stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 48 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corton Suffolk | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3 | 5% |
| 2 | Bathford Somerset | A+ | 4.8 | 100% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 3 | Upton St Leonards Gloucestershire | A+ | 5.2 | 80% | 7.5 | 43% |
| 4 | Halmer End and Alsagers Bank Staffordshire | A | 33.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 5 | Ditchling East Sussex | A | 7.4 | 77% | 4 | 57% |
| 6 | Ovingham Northumberland | A | 6.5 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Dove Holes Derbyshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 52% |
| 8 | Wenvoe South Glamorgan | A− | 5.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 9 | Chatburn Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 59% |
| 10 | Boosbeck North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 22% |
| 11 | Rock Cornwall | A− | 3.2 | 39% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 12 | Camber East Sussex | A− | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 5% |
| 13 | Gotherington Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.7 | 72% | 3.7 | 33% |
| 14 | St Erth Cornwall | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 15 | Walton Somerset | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Oakley Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 17 | High Pittington County Durham | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Huntley Gloucestershire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Acomb Northumberland | B | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 20 | Jacobs Well Surrey | B | 1.4 | 77% | 4.7 | 8% |
| 21 | Curdworth Warwickshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Bishop Middleham County Durham | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Plaxtol Kent | B− | 2.6 | 57% | 2.5 | 40% |
| 24 | Kelly Bray Cornwall | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 22% |
| 25 | Thurlton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 0.7 | 39% |
| 26 | Romsley Worcestershire | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 27 | Latchingdon Essex | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 28 | Grovesend West Glamorgan | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Gainford County Durham | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Lacey Green and Loosley Row Buckinghamshire | C+ | 2.1 | 27% | 2.4 | 82% |
| 31 | Wadworth South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | St Cleer Cornwall | C | 3 | 29% | 1.6 | 32% |
| 33 | Hunston West Sussex | C | 1.8 | 65% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 34 | Three Legged Cross Dorset | C | 1.5 | 77% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 35 | Stoke Hammond Buckinghamshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Llanerchymedd Gwynedd | C | 4.2 | 64% | 0.6 | 4% |
| 37 | Bow Devon | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Swindon Staffordshire | C | 2.5 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Mannings Heath West Sussex | C | 1 | 71% | 1.9 | 44% |
| 40 | Hordle Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 41% |
| 41 | North Newbald East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Maiden Newton Dorset | C− | 1.1 | 27% | 2 | 100% |
| 43 | Wetheral Cumbria | C− | 3.8 | 51% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Owston Ferry Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Crowle Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 34% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Eastrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Fochriw Gwent | C− | 1 | 73% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | D | 0.8 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Long Whatton Leicestershire | D | 2.8 | 63% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Benwick Cambridgeshire | D | 0.3 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Orwell Cambridgeshire | D | 1.2 | 78% | 2 | 0% |
| 52 | Ramsey Island Essex | D | 1.4 | 39% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Pelynt Cornwall | D | 0 | 0% | 0.6 | 13% |
| 54 | Chawley Oxfordshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Great Doddington Northamptonshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | High Legh Cheshire | D− | 1.9 | 50% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Kentford Suffolk | D− | 1.9 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Austrey Warwickshire | D− | 1.7 | 0% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | East Keswick West Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Clipsham Rutland | D− | 0 | 0% | 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 Latchingdon’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 Latchingdon
The biggest is King George's Field, 1.9 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Latchingdon’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%)
Latchingdon100%
Villages its size90%
Essex towns84%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Latchingdon is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Latchingdon 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 village.
NationalRegional
St Peter's Way5.7 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to Maldon1.0 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Latchingdon. The regional route here is the St Peter's Way.
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 Latchingdon: 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 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 44 | 47 | 42 | 54 | 49 | 64 | 62 | 57 |
March is the driest month (35 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 64 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. The climate in Latchingdon →
The coast
Latchingdon is near the sea
10% of the area within 5 km of Latchingdon is sea. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
The King Charles III England Coast Path 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
2 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Huntsman & Hounds Camping0.8 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.
MaylandCold NortonCanewdonSouthminsterMaldonBurnham-on-CrouchLatchingdon
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latchingdon | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Mayland 1.8 mi | B | 2.6 | 91% | 0% |
| Cold Norton 2.3 mi | C | 1.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Canewdon 3.7 mi | B | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Southminster 4.4 mi | C+ | 1.8 | 92% | 0% |
| Maldon 4.5 mi | B+ | 2.8 | 82% | 0% |
| Burnham-on-Crouch 4.7 mi | A− | 5.3 | 86% | 0% |
Burnham-on-Crouch, 4.7 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 86% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Burnham-on-Crouch has at least twice Latchingdon’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Latchingdon
What is the biggest park in Latchingdon?
King George's Field, 1.9 ha (5 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Latchingdon near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Latchingdon.
What are the best walks near Latchingdon?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the St Peter's Way and King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to Maldon.
How many people in Latchingdon 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 Latchingdon?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Latchingdon 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 33% (1.7 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 Latchingdon’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Latchingdon’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.