Tredegar’s biggest
Parc Bryn Bach
Park or garden
120 ha (295 acres)6.0 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6 km of path
167 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Tredegar
Campsite
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Tredegar · parks, paths & countryside
Tredegar has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Tredegar add up to 6.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Brecon Beacons National Park begins 1.1 mi from the town’s edge. 78% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Tredegar grades A− for the outdoors: #10 of 38 in Gwent. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
6.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
82 km
2.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
20%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Brecon Beacons National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Tredegar?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam6.9 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 92% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Brecon Beacons National Park starts 1.1 mi north.Historic parksBedwellty Park is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Tredegar’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by the Brecon Beacons National Park close by.
Outdoors grade
Tredegar grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Tredegar, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 80% of UK towns#10 of 38 in Gwent · 18th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space6.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
92out of
100
100
A park within a walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
42out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape20%of the land within 5 km
78out of
100
100
Footpaths2.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
55out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
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
Tredegar is 18th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 13,900 to 15,200 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
Tredegar2.8
Towns its size3.4
Gwent towns2.7
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Tredegar6.9
Towns its size2.7
Gwent towns2.5
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Tredegar78%
Towns its size83%
Gwent towns85%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Tredegar stands out most for park space per resident: only 3 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 37 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lymington Hampshire | A+ | 2.8 | 89% | 3.3 | 56% |
| 2 | Hythe Kent | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 4 | 31% |
| 3 | Otley West Yorkshire | A+ | 5.8 | 93% | 4.4 | 26% |
| 4 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 5 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 6 | Kesgrave Suffolk | A | 3.3 | 97% | 4.7 | 14% |
| 7 | Petersfield Hampshire | A | 3.2 | 93% | 3.2 | 100% |
| 8 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 9 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Penzance Cornwall | A | 1.6 | 96% | 2.3 | 34% |
| 11 | Stapleford Nottinghamshire | A | 3.5 | 95% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Skipton North Yorkshire | A | 1.7 | 99% | 4.2 | 25% |
| 13 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 14 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 16 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 17 | Frimley Surrey | A− | 2.9 | 99% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Tredegar Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 19 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Chertsey Surrey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 22 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 23 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 24 | Uckfield East Sussex | B+ | 2.9 | 47% | 4.9 | 22% |
| 25 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Neston Cheshire | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Somercotes and Swanwick Derbyshire | B+ | 3.6 | 95% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 39% |
| 29 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 30 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 32 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Gomersal and Birkenshaw West Yorkshire | B | 3.2 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 37 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 39 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 41 | Aberystwyth Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 43 | Herne Kent | C+ | 1.2 | 54% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 78% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 46 | Darton South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.5 | 86% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Kidlington Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.9 | 81% | 3 | 2% |
| 50 | Garforth West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 52 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 73% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Taverham and Drayton Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Shepshed Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 69% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Village Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 72% | 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 Tredegar’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 Tredegar
The biggest is Parc Bryn Bach, 120 ha (295 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 133 ha (328 acres) and 10 km of path
Parks & gardens 129 haPlaying fields 3.9 ha
The two biggest, Parc Bryn Bach and Bedwellty Park, are 97% of the named green space and carry 10 km of path between them.
Historic park · Grade II
Bedwellty Park
Park or garden
9.1 ha (22 acres)3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
13 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi southfrom the centre
2 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Deighton Playing Fields
Playing field
2.4 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Tredegar
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Tredegar Rugby Football Club
Playing field
1.5 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Sirhowy Community Garden
Park or garden
0.3 ha (1 acres)
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Tredegar 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 (78%)Further (22%)
Tredegar78%
Towns its size83%
Gwent towns85%
All UK towns83%
About 3,300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 26 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 559 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Brecon Beacons National Park is 1.1 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 Park
Brecon Beacons
1.1 mi north1,350 km²since 195520% of the land within 5 km
20% of the land within 5 km of Tredegar is National Park or National Landscape, more than 77% of UK towns. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Tredegar
82 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Tredegar and the kilometre around it, 2.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Tredegar; its footpaths are on the map above.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A historic park in the middle of Tredegar
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Tredegar’s named parks.
Registered park · Grade II
Bedwellty Park
9.1 ha. A registered historic park (Grade II). 2 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
IIBedwellty HouseIIBoundary Stone at Bedwellty House
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Tredegar: 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 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 192 | 144 | 114 | 95 | 94 | 91 | 100 | 114 | 115 | 171 | 182 | 201 |
June is the driest month (91 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 201 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Tredegar →
Things to do
26 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.
The nearest beaches
Tredegar is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Bendricks24 mi from Tredegar’s edge
DirectionsMargam Sands26 mi from Tredegar’s edge
DirectionsSugar Loaf Beach26 mi from Tredegar’s edge
DirectionsFossil Beach26 mi from Tredegar’s edge
DirectionsLadye Bay26 mi from Tredegar’s edge
DirectionsGood 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. Rhymney Hill, at 457 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Tredegar.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Tump of Stones0.4 mi from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 8
Rhymney Hill457 m (1,499 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsCefn Manmoel - Y Domen Fawr504 m (1,654 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsBriery Hill467 m (1,532 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsMynydd Bedwellte486 m (1,593 ft) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsCruglwyn434 m (1,424 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsCefn Pyllauduon500 m (1,640 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsTwyn Abertysswg1.1 mi from town
DirectionsCraig Rhiwargan427 m (1,401 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 26
Adventure Castle1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 25 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Parc Bryn Bach0.1 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.
Ebbw ValeRhymneyAbertysswgPontlottynBrynmawrNantygloTredegar
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tredegar | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 20% |
| Ebbw Vale 1.4 mi | A− | 2.0 | 92% | 29% |
| Rhymney 2.1 mi | A | 2.9 | 97% | 6% |
| Abertysswg 2.5 mi | B | 2.5 | 85% | 0% |
| Pontlottyn 2.7 mi | C+ | 1.8 | 70% | 0% |
| Brynmawr 3.3 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 68% | 45% |
| Nantyglo 3.3 mi | A− | 2.5 | 82% | 29% |
Rhymney, 2.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 97% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Tredegar
What is the biggest park in Tredegar?
Parc Bryn Bach, 120 ha (295 acres), with 6 km of path. Bedwellty Park (9.1 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Tredegar near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 1.1 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
What is the nearest beach to Tredegar?
The Bendricks, 24 mi from the edge of the town, then Margam Sands (26 mi). Tredegar itself is inland.
How many people in Tredegar live near a park?
78% 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 Tredegar?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Tredegar are historic?
Bedwellty Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Tredegar good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 55% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 92% (6.9 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 Tredegar’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Tredegar’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.