Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: thejackrustles · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Cupar add up to 2.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 36 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Cupar has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Cupar’s locality.
The biggest is Nicholson Park, 3.0 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 12 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 736 residents.
36 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Cupar and the kilometre around it, 2.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Cupar; its footpaths are on the map above.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
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) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 6.9 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 56 | 52 | 47 | 53 | 66 | 65 | 72 | 58 | 85 | 75 | 68 |
April is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 85 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 58 nights a year. The climate in Cupar →
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Cupar is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Check the water before you swim. SEPA tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Hill of Tarvit, at 211 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Cupar.
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 2 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupar | – | 2.7 | 93% | 0% |
| Kennoway 7.4 mi | – | 2.4 | 78% | 0% |
| Leven 8.1 mi | – | 3.6 | 93% | 0% |
| St Andrews 8.2 mi | – | 3.0 | 94% | 0% |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit 8.4 mi | – | 1.1 | 35% | 0% |
| Methil 9.0 mi | – | 3.7 | 70% | 0% |
| Buckhaven 9.9 mi | – | 5.3 | 95% | 0% |
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Nicholson Park, 3.0 ha (7 acres), with 0.8 km of path. Duffus Park (4.7 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
No National Park or National Scenic Area is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Cupar.
Wormit Bay, 6.6 mi from the edge of the town, then West Sands (6.9 mi). Cupar itself is inland.
93% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
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 Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Cupar’s overall grade.
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