Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Nefyn is on the coast
The sea makes up 36% of the area within 5 km. The Llyn National Landscape begins 0.1 mi from the village’s edge. 14 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Nefyn grades C for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Nefyn?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Nefyn’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by the Llyn National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Nefyn grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Nefyn, 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.
Nefyn is 35th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,400 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Nefyn falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 50 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hightown Hampshire | A+ | 15.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 58% |
| 2 | Rough Common Kent | A+ | 11 | 100% | 9.2 | 1% |
| 3 | Box Wiltshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 56% |
| 4 | Aldington Kent | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 3.8 | 11% |
| 5 | Holybourne Hampshire | A+ | 12.2 | 100% | 2.7 | 23% |
| 6 | Pwll Dyfed | A | 21.6 | 64% | 2.6 | 19% |
| 7 | Amberley Gloucestershire | A | 13.7 | 0% | 6.3 | 87% |
| 8 | Box Hill Surrey | A | 35.9 | 12% | 6 | 39% |
| 9 | Cliffs End Kent | A | 6.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Compton Hampshire | A− | 18.8 | 61% | 3.6 | 28% |
| 11 | Sherford Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.5 | 28% |
| 12 | South Heath Buckinghamshire | A− | 20.4 | 0% | 3 | 85% |
| 13 | Exton Devon | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 0.6 | 7% |
| 14 | New Brancepeth County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Baddesley Ensor Warwickshire | B+ | 18.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Marshfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 4.9 | 42% | 2.7 | 99% |
| 17 | Welland Worcestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 1.9 | 38% |
| 18 | Farningham Kent | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 33% |
| 19 | Lidlington Bedfordshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Beer Devon | B | 1.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 43% |
| 21 | Weir Lancashire | B | 0.6 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 22 | Codmore Hill West Sussex | B− | 3.5 | 0% | 2.7 | 46% |
| 23 | Blindley Heath Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 24 | Blakeney Gloucestershire | B− | 2.1 | 68% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Fowlmere Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.5 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Burham Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 77% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 27 | Perranarworthal Cornwall | C+ | 2.5 | 76% | 1.6 | 19% |
| 28 | Gaerwen Gwynedd | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 0.4 | 7% |
| 29 | Claverdon Warwickshire | C+ | 1.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Weobley Herefordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 31 | North Duffield North Yorkshire | C | 2.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Biddulph Moor Staffordshire | C | 8.4 | 43% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Silkstone Common South Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Quainton Buckinghamshire | C | 3.8 | 69% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Nefyn Gwynedd | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 24% |
| 36 | Foxton Cambridgeshire | C | 2.3 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Atworth Wiltshire | C− | 1.5 | 62% | 2.2 | 13% |
| 38 | Ninfield East Sussex | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 1.4 | 50% |
| 39 | Spratton Northamptonshire | C− | 2.3 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Weeley Essex | C− | 7.5 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Langthorpe North Yorkshire | C− | 0.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Aldbrough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Wooden Dyfed | D | 0.1 | 0% | 0.4 | 18% |
| 44 | Yardley Gobion Northamptonshire | D | 1.2 | 47% | 3 | 0% |
| 45 | East Markham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.2 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Bampton Devon | D | 1.5 | 22% | 1.6 | 5% |
| 47 | Pagham West Sussex | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Heddon-on-the-Wall Northumberland | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk | D | 1.6 | 75% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Garsington Oxfordshire | D | 0.4 | 65% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Appleby Magna Leicestershire | D | 1.7 | 46% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Saham Toney Norfolk | D | 3 | 18% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Croeserw West Glamorgan | D | 1.3 | 33% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Byfield Northamptonshire | D | 1.9 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hadham Cross Hertfordshire | D | 0 | 0% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Elvington North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Deeping St Nicholas Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 80% | 0 | 0% |
| 59 | Hunger Hill Greater Manchester | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Witheridge Devon | D− | 0.5 | 36% | 1 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Nefyn’s built-up area.
Few Nefyn 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).
About 1,300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 184 residents.
The Llyn National Landscape is 0.1 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.
Llyn
Snowdonia
Ynys Mon/anglesey
24% of the land within 5 km of Nefyn is National Park or National Landscape, more than 80% of UK towns. Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Nefyn
14 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Nefyn and the kilometre around it, 2.0 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 Llŷn Coastal Path.
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 Nefyn: 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 | |
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| Daylight (h) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 108 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 70 | 80 | 87 | 104 | 105 | 134 | 150 | 131 |
May is the driest month (70 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 18 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 150 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 18 nights a year. The climate in Nefyn →
The coast and beaches near Nefyn
36% of the area within 5 km of Nefyn is sea. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
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.
2 viewpoints and 7 playgrounds
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 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 4
Playgrounds 7
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Criccieth, 11.9 miles away, grades B, the best next door: 75% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Criccieth has at least twice Nefyn’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Nefyn
Is Nefyn near a National Park?
Yes. Snowdonia National Park begins 11 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Llyn National Landscape, 0.1 mi away.
What are the best walks near Nefyn?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Llŷn Coastal Path and Porthdinllaen marine trail on the Llŷn Peninsula, Porthdinllaen.
How many people in Nefyn live near a park?
0% 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 Nefyn?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Nefyn good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 30% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 0% (0.0 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 Nefyn’s overall grade.
Where Nefyn’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.
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