Llanberis’ biggest
Parc Gweledig Padarn
Park or garden
217 ha (537 acres)9.5 km of path
2 h 5 minto walk all 9.5 km of path
304 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Llanberis
Llwyby y Deintydd
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Llanberis · parks, paths & countryside
Llanberis has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Llanberis add up to 33.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 100% of residents. Snowdonia National Park reaches the edge of Llanberis. Llanberis grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
33.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
33 km
3.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
49%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Snowdonia National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Llanberis?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam33.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 99% of UK towns.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Protected countryside49% of the land within 5 km is Snowdonia National Park.A village of footpaths3.9 km of path per km², more than 79% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.
Llanberis’ strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Llanberis grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Llanberis, 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 almost every UK town1st of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space33.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
100out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape49%of the land within 5 km
91out of
100
100
Footpaths3.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
80out 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.
Villages its size
Llanberis is 1st of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 1,900 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
Llanberis3.9
Villages its size2.3
Gwynedd towns1.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Llanberis33.7
Villages its size2.0
Gwynedd towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Llanberis100%
Villages its size75%
Gwynedd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Llanberis stands out most for park space per resident: none of the other 59 has more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llanberis Gwynedd | A+ | 33.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 49% |
| 2 | St Just Cornwall | A+ | 1.8 | 100% | 4.2 | 50% |
| 3 | Southwick Wiltshire | A+ | 22.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 1% |
| 4 | Market Lavington Wiltshire | A+ | 9.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 5 | Mistley Essex | A | 4.3 | 86% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 6 | Colwall Stone Herefordshire | A | 4.5 | 67% | 5.5 | 64% |
| 7 | Wembury Devon | A− | 2.4 | 53% | 2.7 | 41% |
| 8 | Flamborough East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Painswick Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 81% | 4.3 | 83% |
| 10 | Waddesdon Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 11 | Tongwynlais South Glamorgan | B+ | 8.6 | 65% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Marks Tey Essex | B+ | 5.5 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Findon West Sussex | B+ | 1.7 | 74% | 3.7 | 70% |
| 14 | Bishop's Castle Shropshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 15 | Weston Turville Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 64% | 3.1 | 30% |
| 16 | Fernhurst West Sussex | B | 3.1 | 37% | 3 | 92% |
| 17 | Hathersage Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 58% | 4.5 | 100% |
| 18 | Westham East Sussex | B | 3.8 | 18% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Ironville Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 20 | Northop Hall Clwyd | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Rhayader Powys | B | 5.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Hemingfield South Yorkshire | B | 3.3 | 80% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire | B− | 2.1 | 32% | 3.4 | 76% |
| 24 | Chilcompton Somerset | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 25 | Yelverton Devon | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 1.1 | 85% |
| 26 | Meldreth Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.7 | 82% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Inkberrow Worcestershire | B− | 5.3 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Ingrave and Herongate Essex | B− | 5 | 51% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | B− | 5.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Warden Kent | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 31 | High Halstow Kent | B− | 1.7 | 76% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Barnburgh and Harlington South Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Great Yeldham Essex | C+ | 3.1 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Lowdham Nottinghamshire | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Pontlottyn Gwent | C+ | 1.8 | 70% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Withnoe Cornwall | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 3% |
| 38 | Ryton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Walkington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Dunkeswell Devon | C | 1.4 | 83% | 0.7 | 87% |
| 41 | Lympstone Devon | C | 1 | 66% | 1.3 | 16% |
| 42 | Scotby Cumbria | C− | 3 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Drakes Broughton Worcestershire | C− | 1 | 86% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Toft Hill and High Etherley County Durham | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Woolpit Suffolk | C− | 4.3 | 54% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Branton South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 47 | Bradninch Devon | D | 2.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Thornton-le-Dale North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 58% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 49 | Rickinghall and Botesdale Suffolk | D | 1.7 | 61% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Harston Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 45% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Stainton North Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Barnetby le Wold Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Wragby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Mickle Trafford Cheshire | D− | 0.5 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Audlem Cheshire | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Great Barton Suffolk | D− | 1.6 | 19% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Pentre Maelor Clwyd | D− | 1.4 | 8% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Bardsey West Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Burstwick East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Llanberis’ 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 Llanberis
The biggest is Parc Gweledig Padarn, 217 ha (537 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Everyone in Llanberis 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).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Llanberis100%
Villages its size75%
Gwynedd towns83%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 460 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Snowdonia and Ynys Mon/anglesey both start about 6 miles from Llanberis
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
Snowdonia
At the edge south-east2,140 km²since 195149% of the land within 5 km
National Landscape
Ynys Mon/anglesey
5.5 mi north-west219 km²since 1967
National Landscape
Llyn
9.2 mi south-west160 km²since 1957
49% of the land within 5 km of Llanberis is National Park or National Landscape, more than 91% of UK towns. Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Llanberis
33 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Llanberis and the kilometre around it, 3.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Llwybr Llechi Eryri7.3 km
Llanberis Path1.9 km
Welsh Three Thousands1.0 km
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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Llanberis: June 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 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 216 | 208 | 182 | 147 | 145 | 165 | 184 | 210 | 198 | 281 | 286 | 308 |
May is the driest month (145 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 18 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 308 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Llanberis →
Things to do
10 viewpoints, 4 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.
10Viewpoints4Hills and peaks3Waterfalls1Picnic sites4Playgrounds0.7× villages its size1Campsites1Slipways
The nearest beaches
Llanberis is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Traeth Abermenai8.4 mi from Llanberis’ edge
DirectionsBenllech Sands13 mi from Llanberis’ edge
DirectionsTraeth Morfa Bychan / Black Rock Sands14 mi from Llanberis’ edge
DirectionsTraeth Bychan15 mi from Llanberis’ edge
DirectionsMorfa Harlech16 mi from Llanberis’ 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. Dinas, at 320 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Llanberis.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 10
Rhaeadr Llanberis0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 9 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 4
Dinas320 m (1,050 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsDerlwyn416 m (1,365 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPen Y Bigil327 m (1,073 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsTryfan595 m (1,952 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Llwyn Celyn bach0.2 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
Clwt-y-bontLlanrugBethelTregarthBethesdaY FelinheliLlanberis
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanberis | A+ | 33.7 | 100% | 49% |
| Clwt-y-bont 1.9 mi | B− | 0.8 | 100% | 19% |
| Llanrug 3.2 mi | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 6% |
| Bethel 4.6 mi | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 10% |
| Tregarth 5.1 mi | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 23% |
| Bethesda 5.1 mi | A | 2.5 | 90% | 49% |
| Y Felinheli 5.5 mi | B+ | 4.9 | 65% | 10% |
Llanberis grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Llanberis
What is the biggest park in Llanberis?
Parc Gweledig Padarn, 217 ha (537 acres), with 9.5 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Llanberis near a National Park?
It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
What are the best walks near Llanberis?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Llwybr Llechi Eryri, Llanberis Path and Welsh Three Thousands. Parc Gweledig Padarn alone has 9.5 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Llanberis?
Traeth Abermenai, 8.4 mi from the edge of the village, then Benllech Sands (13 mi). Llanberis itself is inland.
How many people in Llanberis 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 Llanberis?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Llanberis good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 80% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 100% (33.7 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 Llanberis’ overall grade.
Sources
Where Llanberis’ 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.