Photo: Steinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0Sharpness is on the coast
The sea makes up 20% of the area within 5 km. The Cotswolds National Landscape begins 3.4 mi from the village’s edge. Footpaths add up to 19 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Sharpness grades B+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Sharpness?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Sharpness’ strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Sharpness grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Sharpness, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Sharpness is 24th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,300 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Sharpness falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 41 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clanfield Hampshire | A+ | 6.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 78% |
| 2 | Eastington Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 22% |
| 3 | Holmbridge West Yorkshire | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 4.2 | 45% |
| 4 | Kirton Suffolk | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 2.3 | 50% |
| 5 | Hoddlesden Lancashire | A | 11.4 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 6 | Otterbourne Hampshire | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3.2 | 25% |
| 7 | Rotherfield East Sussex | A | 5.6 | 100% | 1.7 | 91% |
| 8 | Thurgoland South Yorkshire | A | 2.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 9 | Haydon Bridge Northumberland | A | 7.2 | 100% | 1.7 | 26% |
| 10 | Cronton Merseyside | A | 6.8 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 11 | Chew Magna Somerset | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 15% |
| 12 | Millhouse Green South Yorkshire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.6 | 18% |
| 13 | Nutley East Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 75% | 4.5 | 80% |
| 14 | East Hanney Oxfordshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 1.8 | 4% |
| 15 | Caldy Merseyside | A− | 19.3 | 47% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Thorpe Surrey | A− | 5.2 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Bonds Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 18 | Herstmonceux East Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 36% |
| 19 | Bradpole Dorset | A− | 0.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 95% |
| 20 | Felsted Essex | A− | 7.5 | 81% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Tregarth Gwynedd | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.9 | 23% |
| 22 | Bierton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 5.8 | 70% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Walberton West Sussex | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 39% |
| 24 | Sharpness Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Billy Row County Durham | B | 2.3 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Stoke Holy Cross Norfolk | B | 2.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Horton Kirby Kent | B | 5.9 | 78% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 28 | Kilgetty Dyfed | B | 1 | 100% | 0.9 | 18% |
| 29 | Talgarth Powys | B | 5.7 | 71% | 1.5 | 52% |
| 30 | Alconbury Weald Cambridgeshire | B | 5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Eckington Worcestershire | B | 4.1 | 72% | 1.9 | 23% |
| 32 | Portreath Cornwall | B | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 33 | Corse Gloucestershire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 34 | Clarborough Nottinghamshire | B | 4 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Oxfordshire | B− | 2.5 | 72% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 36 | Wyton Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.9 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Gilmorton Leicestershire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Chulmleigh Devon | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 39 | East Morton West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 89% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Trimdon Grange County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Crondall Hampshire | C+ | 3.6 | 73% | 1.8 | 1% |
| 42 | Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire | C+ | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 43 | Clehonger Herefordshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Thorpe on the Hill West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.2 | 64% | 4 | 0% |
| 45 | Ashill Norfolk | C+ | 3.7 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Westhampnett West Sussex | C | 0.2 | 79% | 2.6 | 33% |
| 47 | Lavenham Suffolk | C | 4.2 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Ampleforth North Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 27% | 1.7 | 95% |
| 49 | Bradfield Essex | C | 1.4 | 27% | 1.5 | 35% |
| 50 | Warwick Bridge Cumbria | C | 6.5 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 51 | West Clandon Surrey | C | 1.9 | 49% | 2.1 | 28% |
| 52 | South Killingholme Lincolnshire | C | 1.7 | 68% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Hanwood Shropshire | C− | 1.9 | 19% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 54 | Crays Hill Essex | C− | 10.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Little Downham Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.8 | 61% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Trewoon Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 71% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 57 | Walesby Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.1 | 50% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Sutton on Trent Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.5 | 39% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Helpston Cambridgeshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Prees Higher Heath Shropshire | D− | 0.7 | 26% | 0.9 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Sharpness’ built-up area.
Everyone in Sharpness lives 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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Cotswolds and Wye Valley both start about 6 miles from Sharpness
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.
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Sharpness scores 0% on it even though the Cotswolds National Landscape is 3.4 mi away.
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Sharpness
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Sharpness and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
The regional route here is the Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Sharpness: May to July and 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 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 73 | 56 | 51 | 47 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 73 | 59 | 82 | 84 | 84 |
April is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 84 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Sharpness →
The coast and beaches near Sharpness
20% of the area within 5 km of Sharpness is sea.
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.
3 viewpoints
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
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Yorkley and Whitecroft, 4.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 74% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Sharpness
Is Sharpness near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 3.4 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Sharpness?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol.
How many people in Sharpness 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 Sharpness?
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 Sharpness good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 25% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 47% (2.1 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 Sharpness’ overall grade.
Where Sharpness’ 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.
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