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Outdoors in Langstone · parks, paths & countryside

Parks and walks in Langstone

The Wye Valley National Landscape begins 5.5 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Langstone add up to 0.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 46% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Langstone grades D− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.

1named park 5.5 mito Wye Valley 2waymarked walks

Green space

0.1 ha

per 1,000 residents

Typical UK town 2.1

Near a park

46%

of residents within 400 m

Typical UK town 83%

Footpaths

27 km

1.9 km per km², town + 1 km

Typical UK town 3.0 per km²

Protected landscape

of the land within 5 km

Wye Valley starts 5.5 mi out, past the 5 km

Character

What kind of outdoors town is Langstone?

Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.

Countryside close byThe Wye Valley National Landscape starts 5.5 mi east.Less park per person0.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.

Langstone’s strongest suit is the Wye Valley National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.

Outdoors grade

Langstone grades D− for the outdoors

Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Langstone, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.

D⁻

Better than 2% of UK towns#38 of 38 in Gwent

Public green space0.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces

1out of
100

A park within a walk46%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)

11out of
100

National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Wye Valley begins just past 5 km

31out of
100

Footpaths1.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it

28out of
100

The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 1.4% sea, under the 5% that counts

42out of
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

How Langstone compares with UK towns of 2,800 to 3,000

The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,800 to 3,000 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

Langstone1.9

Towns its size2.4

Gwent towns2.7

All UK towns3.0

Green space, ha per 1,000 residents

Langstone0.1

Towns its size2.2

Gwent towns2.5

All UK towns2.1

Residents within 400 m of a park

Langstone46%

Towns its size87%

Gwent towns85%

All UK towns83%

Langstone falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 58 of the 59 others do better.

Show as a table

	Town	Outdoors	Green space	Near a park	Path per km²	Protected
1	Rowlands Castle Hampshire	A⁺	26.1	100%	5	48%
2	Halling Kent	A⁺	3.8	100%	4.6	54%
3	Rudloe Wiltshire	A⁺	7.3	91%	4	45%
4	Beaminster Dorset	A	4.1	89%	3.4	100%
5	Ebbsfleet Valley Kent	A	9	77%	8.3	0%
6	Downton Wiltshire	A	4.3	100%	2	59%
7	Ellistown Leicestershire	A	7.5	100%	3.8	0%
8	Hartshill Warwickshire	A	19	100%	3.5	0%
9	Mortimer Berkshire	A	2.4	100%	3.8	0%
10	Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire	A⁻	5.5	37%	6.8	29%
11	Kingsclere Hampshire	A⁻	2.2	100%	2.5	50%
12	New Marske North Yorkshire	A⁻	4.4	90%	1.3	0%
13	Wargrave Berkshire	A⁻	4	100%	2	11%
14	Threemilestone Cornwall	A⁻	3.1	100%	2.6	1%
15	Knighton Powys	A⁻	2.7	81%	3.4	34%
16	East Saltdean East Sussex	A⁻	1.6	0%	4.9	44%
17	Seaton Sluice Northumberland	A⁻	2.2	100%	2	0%
18	Rhodes Greater Manchester	B⁺	16.6	78%	4.2	0%
19	Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire	B⁺	4.1	87%	1.3	100%
20	Welham Green Hertfordshire	B⁺	2.5	93%	4.4	0%
21	Charfield Gloucestershire	B⁺	1.3	100%	3	22%
22	Almondsbury Gloucestershire	B⁺	7.9	77%	4	0%
23	South Hetton County Durham	B⁺	3.4	100%	2.5	0%
24	Hertford Heath Hertfordshire	B⁺	1.6	100%	4.4	0%
25	Wing Buckinghamshire	B	2.4	100%	3	0%
26	Camelford Cornwall	B	2	100%	1.5	33%
27	Barlborough Derbyshire	B	4.4	100%	2	0%
28	Newport Essex	B	2.5	100%	2.8	0%
29	Rockwell Green Somerset	B	1	90%	3.2	24%
30	Denholme West Yorkshire	B	1.6	100%	3.6	0%
31	Scholes (near Cleckheaton) West Yorkshire	B	4	89%	2.5	0%
32	Aston Clwyd	B⁻	4.4	37%	4.7	0%
33	Waltham Chase Hampshire	B⁻	2	75%	2.2	39%
34	Over Cambridgeshire	C⁺	1.3	100%	2.7	0%
35	Capel St Mary Suffolk	C⁺	1.5	59%	3	24%
36	Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire	C⁺	3.8	84%	1.7	0%
37	Alderholt Dorset	C	1.9	43%	2.3	31%
38	Hendy and Fforest Dyfed	C	2.1	100%	0.8	0%
39	Collingham Nottinghamshire	C	2.4	78%	2.4	0%
40	Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Gwynedd	C	0.8	71%	1.6	8%
41	Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire	C	1.5	88%	0.3	0%
42	Trimdon County Durham	C	1	100%	2.2	0%
43	East Goscote Leicestershire	C	2.9	75%	1.8	0%
44	Corbridge Northumberland	C	2.2	79%	2.1	0%
45	Maerdy Mid Glamorgan	C⁻	1.1	100%	1.8	0%
46	Alrewas Staffordshire	C⁻	1.5	66%	3.6	0%
47	Great Leighs Essex	C⁻	1.5	87%	2.2	0%
48	Burnopfield County Durham	C⁻	1.5	50%	3.3	0%
49	Weedon Bec Northamptonshire	C⁻	1.1	87%	2	0%
50	St Mary's Bay Kent	D	0	0%	1.3	0%
51	Cleobury Mortimer Shropshire	D	0.8	64%	2	2%
52	Kelsall Cheshire	D	1	57%	3.1	0%
53	Gamlingay Cambridgeshire	D	2.1	32%	2	0%
54	Scotter Lincolnshire	D	2.6	61%	0.5	0%
55	Pevensey Bay East Sussex	D	0.5	0%	1.1	0%
56	Bampton Oxfordshire	D	1.1	63%	2	0%
57	West Winch Norfolk	D	1.5	73%	0.7	0%
58	Hunmanby North Yorkshire	D	0.3	33%	1.2	0%
59	Langstone Gwent	D⁻	0.1	46%	1.9	0%
60	Feltwell Norfolk	D⁻	1.1	63%	0.4	0%

The map

Parks, footpaths & countryside

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Langstone’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 Langstone

The biggest is Poppy Park, 0.0 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.

Langstone’s biggest

Poppy Park

Play space

0.0 ha (0 acres)

Centralin the middle of Langstone

Directionsto the nearest entrance

Close to home

5 in 10 Langstone 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 (46%)Further (54%)

Langstone46%

Towns its size87%

Gwent towns85%

All UK towns83%

About 1,600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 364 residents.

National Parks & National Landscapes

The Wye Valley National Landscape is 5.5 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 Landscape

Wye Valley

5.5 mi east655 km²since 1971

Official site

National Park

Brecon Beacons

7.8 mi north-west1,350 km²since 1955

Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Langstone scores 0% on it even though the Wye Valley National Landscape is 5.5 mi away. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.

Footpaths & waymarked walks

2 waymarked walks pass through or near Langstone

27 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Langstone and the kilometre around it, 1.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.

RegionalLocal

Usk Valley Walk3.6 km

Bishton & Llanwern Loop2.6 km

The regional route here is the Usk Valley Walk.

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 Langstone: May to 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	8.7	7.8
High (°C)	8	9	11	14	17	20	22	21	19	15	11	8
Rain (mm)	115	88	79	72	77	76	69	88	72	122	120	131

July is the driest month (69 mm) and the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 131 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 30 nights a year. The climate in Langstone →

Things to do

8 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.

1Viewpoints 6Hills and peaks 1Nature reserves 8Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size

The nearest beaches

Langstone is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.

Sugar Loaf Beach9.1 mi from Langstone’s edge

Directions

Fossil Beach10 mi from Langstone’s edge

Directions

Ladye Bay11 mi from Langstone’s edge

Directions

Clevedon Beach11 mi from Langstone’s edge

Directions

The Bendricks19 mi from Langstone’s edge

Directions

Good 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.

Up high. Pen-toppen-ash, at 191 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Langstone.

Every named place, with directions

Viewpoints 1

Christchurch viewpoint1.0 mi from town

Directions

Hills and peaks 6

Pen-toppen-ash191 m (627 ft) · 0.4 mi from town

Directions

Chepstow Hill0.5 mi from town

Directions

Mount St Albans0.6 mi from town

Directions

Caer Licyn241 m (791 ft) · 1.0 mi from town

Directions

Waltwood Hill62 m (203 ft) · 1.1 mi from town

Directions

Castell-prin170 m (558 ft) · 1.2 mi from town

Directions

Nature reserves 1

19 Hills2.8 ha · 0.8 mi from town

Directions

Playgrounds 8

Playford Crescent playground0.7 mi from town

Directions

Plus 7 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.

UnderwoodCaerleonPonthirNewportUndy and MagorRogietLangstone

ABCDOutdoors Grade

Town	Outdoors	Green space, ha per 1,000	Near a park	Protected within 5 km
Langstone	D⁻	0.1	46%	0%
Underwood 0.9 mi	C⁻	1.9	87%	0%
Caerleon 2.7 mi	C	1.9	64%	0%
Ponthir 3.3 mi	C	2.9	78%	0%
Newport 3.8 mi	A⁻	2.8	85%	0%
Undy and Magor 3.9 mi	C	0.9	86%	0%
Rogiet 5.5 mi	A⁺	3.9	100%	0%

Rogiet, 5.5 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Underwood, Caerleon and Ponthir have at least twice Langstone’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.

Questions about the outdoors in Langstone

What is the biggest park in Langstone?

Poppy Park, 0.0 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.

Is Langstone near a National Park?

Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 7.8 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Wye Valley National Landscape, 5.5 mi away.

What are the best walks near Langstone?

2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Usk Valley Walk and Bishton & Llanwern Loop.

What is the nearest beach to Langstone?

Sugar Loaf Beach, 9.1 mi from the edge of the town, then Fossil Beach (10 mi). Langstone itself is inland.

How many people in Langstone live near a park?

46% 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 Langstone?

May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

Is Langstone good for walking?

Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 28% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 1% (0.1 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 Langstone’s overall grade.

Sources

Where Langstone’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.