Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Almost everyone in Clwt-y-bont lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Snowdonia National Park begins 1.4 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Clwt-y-bont add up to 0.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 17 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Clwt-y-bont grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Clwt-y-bont?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Clwt-y-bont’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by two protected landscapes close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Clwt-y-bont grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Clwt-y-bont, 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.
Clwt-y-bont is 29th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,300 to 1,500 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Clwt-y-bont stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 49 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwygyfylchi Clwyd | A+ | 3.2 | 83% | 4.3 | 28% |
| 2 | Tatsfield Surrey | A+ | 7.5 | 100% | 3.1 | 34% |
| 3 | Troon Cornwall | A+ | 6.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 4 | Winsley Wiltshire | A | 12.4 | 79% | 4.2 | 38% |
| 5 | Chilton Oxfordshire | A | 5.4 | 88% | 2.8 | 70% |
| 6 | Cromford Derbyshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 6.6 | 12% |
| 7 | Cowfold West Sussex | A | 2.6 | 100% | 3.6 | 15% |
| 8 | Gomshall Surrey | A | 1.9 | 89% | 4.8 | 87% |
| 9 | West Horsley Surrey | A | 3 | 74% | 5.2 | 40% |
| 10 | Startforth County Durham | A | 6 | 78% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 11 | Maresfield East Sussex | A | 2.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 12 | Sherston Wiltshire | A | 3.7 | 100% | 1.4 | 75% |
| 13 | Sherfield on Loddon Hampshire | A− | 8.3 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 14 | Weston Rhyn Shropshire | A− | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 10% |
| 15 | Distington Cumbria | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Wharncliffe Side South Yorkshire | A− | 3.3 | 47% | 6.4 | 22% |
| 17 | Bradwell Derbyshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 18 | Carway Dyfed | B+ | 17 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Appleton Thorn Cheshire | B+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 20 | Handcross West Sussex | B | 9.6 | 58% | 1.9 | 87% |
| 21 | Barrow Lancashire | B | 0.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 27% |
| 22 | Wymeswold Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 23 | Motcombe Dorset | B | 9.5 | 74% | 1.5 | 25% |
| 24 | Trevor Clwyd | B | 2 | 60% | 3.5 | 55% |
| 25 | Bentley Hampshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 22% |
| 26 | Cefn Cribwr Mid Glamorgan | B | 6.5 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 27 | Sampford Peverell Devon | B− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 28 | Kingswood Kent | B− | 3.8 | 23% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 29 | Clwt-y-bont Gwynedd | B− | 0.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 19% |
| 30 | Steeple Bumpstead Essex | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Trub Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 32 | Houghton Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.2 | 81% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Pilning Gloucestershire | C+ | 2 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Launton Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Thorner West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Great Waldingfield Suffolk | C | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 37 | East Hendred Oxfordshire | C | 1.4 | 29% | 2.8 | 47% |
| 38 | Great Bardfield Essex | C | 2 | 81% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Brailsford Derbyshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Ringstead Northamptonshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 41 | Tickton East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 2 | 100% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Winterley Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Chelford Cheshire | C | 1.8 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Easebourne West Sussex | C | 0.4 | 0% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 45 | Blunham Bedfordshire | C | 2.2 | 77% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Walkern Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 52% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.7 | 78% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Cottingham and Middleton Northamptonshire | C− | 12.1 | 53% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Penperlleni Gwent | C− | 0.6 | 80% | 1.7 | 17% |
| 50 | Newton St Loe Somerset | C− | 0 | 0% | 3.5 | 17% |
| 51 | Cowbit Lincolnshire | C− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Penrhyn-coch Dyfed | D | 0.7 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Hawley Kent | D | 0.7 | 24% | 2.8 | 3% |
| 54 | Perham Down Wiltshire | D | 0.8 | 42% | 2.2 | 17% |
| 55 | Billingborough Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 45% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Skelton (York) North Yorkshire | D | 1.4 | 77% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Stillington County Durham | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Bomere Heath Shropshire | D− | 1.8 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Woodmansey East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Langham Rutland | D− | 0.3 | 23% | 1.3 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Clwt-y-bont’s built-up area.
How close Clwt-y-bont’s homes are to 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; 9 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 154 residents.
Snowdonia and Ynys Mon/anglesey both start about 4 miles from Clwt-y-bont
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.
Snowdonia
Ynys Mon/anglesey
Llyn
19% of the land within 5 km of Clwt-y-bont is National Park or National Landscape, more than 77% of UK towns. Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Clwt-y-bont
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Clwt-y-bont and the kilometre around it, 2.1 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 Llwybr Llechi Eryri.
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 Clwt-y-bont: May to 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 199 | 168 | 144 | 130 | 106 | 116 | 131 | 147 | 168 | 215 | 259 | 245 |
May is the driest month (106 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 259 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Clwt-y-bont →
4 viewpoints, 9 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Clwt-y-bont is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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 Y Bigil, at 327 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Clwt-y-bont.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Playgrounds 9
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Llanberis, 1.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Llanberis, Llanrug and Bethesda have at least twice Clwt-y-bont’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Clwt-y-bont
Is Clwt-y-bont near a National Park?
Yes. Snowdonia National Park begins 1.4 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Clwt-y-bont?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Llwybr Llechi Eryri.
What is the nearest beach to Clwt-y-bont?
Traeth Abermenai, 8.0 mi from the edge of the village, then Benllech Sands (11 mi). Clwt-y-bont itself is inland.
How many people in Clwt-y-bont 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 Clwt-y-bont?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Clwt-y-bont good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 35% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 9% (0.8 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 Clwt-y-bont’s overall grade.
Where Clwt-y-bont’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.