Patchway’s biggest
Crow Lane Open Space
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
12 ha (31 acres)2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
17 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
2.3 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: My another account · CC0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Patchway · parks, paths & countryside
Patchway has more footpath per square kilometre than 9 in 10 UK towns
Footpaths add up to 121 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 5.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Patchway add up to 2.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 80% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Patchway grades B for the outdoors: #37 of 48 in Gloucestershire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
80%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
121 km
5.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Patchway?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths5.4 km of path per km², more than 95% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Hills with a view5 mapped viewpoints, about 5× as many per resident as the typical town its size.
Patchway’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by its views.
Outdoors grade
Patchway grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Patchway, 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 60% of UK towns#37 of 48 in Gloucestershire · 29th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
58out of
100
100
A park within a walk80%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
46out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths5.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
95out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 1.6% sea, under the 5% that counts
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.
Towns its size
Patchway is 29th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,500 to 17,500 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
Patchway5.4
Towns its size3.3
Gloucestershire towns3.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Patchway2.5
Towns its size2.3
Gloucestershire towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Patchway80%
Towns its size83%
Gloucestershire towns84%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Patchway stands out most for path per km²: only 4 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 2 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 3 | Dorking Surrey | A | 4.4 | 75% | 7 | 57% |
| 4 | Clitheroe Lancashire | A | 3 | 98% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 5 | Hadfield Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 91% | 4.5 | 36% |
| 6 | Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and Wear | A | 9.6 | 98% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 35% |
| 8 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | A | 5.8 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Bredbury and Woodley Greater Manchester | A | 4.8 | 94% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 12 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 15 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 16 | Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire | B+ | 5.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 18 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 20 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Swanley Kent | B+ | 1.8 | 78% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 22 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 23 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 28 | Amersham Buckinghamshire | B | 1.8 | 62% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 29 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 32 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 33 | Bangor Gwynedd | B | 0.9 | 79% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 34 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Bramhall Greater Manchester | B− | 4.7 | 71% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 37 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | B− | 1.7 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Biddulph Staffordshire | B− | 3.3 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Knaresborough North Yorkshire | B− | 2.3 | 87% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Baildon West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 71% | 7.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Ramsbottom Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 43 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Royston Hertfordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 83% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Bodmin Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 48 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 49 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 50 | Bourne Lincolnshire | C | 1.3 | 70% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 52 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan | C | 1.5 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Stone Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | North Hykeham Lincolnshire | C− | 2.4 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Louth Lincolnshire | C− | 0.6 | 76% | 1.3 | 47% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Patchway’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 Patchway
The biggest is Crow Lane Open Space, 12 ha (31 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 8 named parks by size: 30 ha (75 acres) and 4 km of path
Parks & gardens 24 haPlaying fields 5.0 haPlay spaces 1.0 ha
The two biggest, Crow Lane Open Space and Little Stoke Park, are 79% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them. 5 of the 8 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Little Stoke Park
Park or garden · 80 m outside town
12 ha (28 acres)1.0 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
16 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Oaklands Rugby Football Ground
Playing field · 10 m outside town
5.0 ha (12 acres)0.3 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Patchway Common
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
0.5 ha (1 acres)0.1 km of path
1.1 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Scott Park Play Area
Play space
0.4 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Patchway
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Blakeney Road Play Area
Play space
0.5 ha (1 acres)
0.7 mi northfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Jubilee Green
Play space · 90 m outside town
0.1 ha (0 acres)
1.1 mi eastfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Scott Park Skate Park
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Patchway
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Patchway 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 (80%)Further (21%)
Patchway80%
Towns its size83%
Gloucestershire towns84%
All UK towns83%
About 3,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 53 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 312 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 8.0 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Patchway
121 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Patchway and the kilometre around it, 5.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Local
Community Forest Path16.1 km
Bristol Triangular City Walk2.9 km
Close to home, the Community Forest Path has 16 km of local walk within 2 km of the town.
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 Patchway: 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 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 83 | 60 | 53 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 63 | 74 | 61 | 87 | 90 | 89 |
March is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 90 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 31 nights a year. The climate in Patchway →
Things to do
5 viewpoints, 53 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
5Viewpoints4.9× towns its size5Hills and peaks3.4× towns its size2Nature reserves1Picnic sites53Playgrounds2.1× towns its size3Campsites3.1× towns its size
The nearest beaches
Patchway is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Fossil Beach6.8 mi from Patchway’s edge
DirectionsSugar Loaf Beach7.6 mi from Patchway’s edge
DirectionsLadye Bay11 mi from Patchway’s edge
DirectionsClevedon Beach12 mi from Patchway’s edge
DirectionsBerrow Sands23 mi from Patchway’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Teletubby Hill, at 62 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Patchway.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 5
Teletubby Hill62 m (203 ft) · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsSpaniorum Hill0.6 mi from town
DirectionsHenbury Hill0.9 mi from town
DirectionsCoombe Hill1.1 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Hill1.1 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
The Tumps3.4 ha · in town
DirectionsThree Brooks Nature Reserve46 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 53
Blakeney Play Areain town
DirectionsGorse Covert Play Areain town
DirectionsGreat Pease Play Parkin town
DirectionsScott Park Play Areain town
DirectionsWild Things Play Projectin town
DirectionsBevington Play Area0.0 mi from town
DirectionsBeacon Play Area0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCongo Bongo Play Area0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 45 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Camp Baboon0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBrockmead Scout Camp Site0.6 mi from town
DirectionsThe Wave Campsite0.9 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.
Bradley StokeFiltonAlmondsburyStoke GiffordPilningOlvestonPatchway
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patchway | B | 2.5 | 80% | 0% |
| Bradley Stoke 1.3 mi | B+ | 2.0 | 93% | 0% |
| Filton 1.7 mi | B− | 3.3 | 40% | 0% |
| Almondsbury 1.9 mi | B+ | 7.9 | 77% | 0% |
| Stoke Gifford 2.3 mi | A− | 5.7 | 87% | 0% |
| Pilning 3.4 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 54% | 0% |
| Olveston 3.6 mi | B | 0.7 | 100% | 0% |
Stoke Gifford, 2.3 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 87% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Almondsbury and Stoke Gifford have at least twice Patchway’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Patchway
What is the biggest park in Patchway?
Crow Lane Open Space, 12 ha (31 acres), with 2.4 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Little Stoke Park (12 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Patchway near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 8.0 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Patchway?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Community Forest Path and Bristol Triangular City Walk. Crow Lane Open Space alone has 2.4 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Patchway?
Fossil Beach, 6.8 mi from the edge of the town, then Sugar Loaf Beach (7.6 mi). Patchway itself is inland.
How many people in Patchway live near a park?
80% 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 Patchway?
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 Patchway good for walking?
For paths, yes: 5.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 95% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 58% (2.5 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 Patchway’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Patchway’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.