Aldington’s biggest
Reynolds Playing Field
Playing field
5.1 ha (13 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Aldington
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Aldington · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Aldington lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Aldington add up to 4.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Kent Downs National Landscape begins 0.1 mi from the village’s edge. 35 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 3.8 for every square kilometre. Aldington grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
35 km
3.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
11%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kent Downs National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Aldington?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam4.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 85% of UK towns.A village of footpaths3.8 km of path per km², more than 76% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Countryside close byThe Kent Downs National Landscape starts 0.1 mi south-east.
Aldington’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Aldington grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Aldington, 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 96% of UK towns4th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space4.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
85out 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 Landscape11%of the land within 5 km
72out of
100
100
Footpaths3.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
77out 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
Aldington is 4th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,300 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
Aldington3.8
Villages its size2.1
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Aldington4.6
Villages its size2.0
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Aldington100%
Villages its size66%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Aldington stands out most for park space per resident: only 10 of the other 59 have more.
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 | Amberley Gloucestershire | A | 13.7 | 0% | 6.3 | 87% |
| 6 | Box Hill Surrey | A | 35.9 | 12% | 6 | 39% |
| 7 | Cliffs End Kent | A | 6.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Harlech Gwynedd | A− | 1.9 | 36% | 3.5 | 67% |
| 9 | South Heath Buckinghamshire | A− | 20.4 | 0% | 3 | 85% |
| 10 | Exton Devon | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 0.6 | 7% |
| 11 | Westfield East Sussex | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 83% |
| 12 | New Brancepeth County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Baddesley Ensor Warwickshire | B+ | 18.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Marshfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 4.9 | 42% | 2.7 | 99% |
| 15 | Farningham Kent | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 33% |
| 16 | Lidlington Bedfordshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Minster Lovell Oxfordshire | B | 3.6 | 79% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 18 | Sutton Benger Wiltshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Beer Devon | B | 1.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 43% |
| 20 | Weir Lancashire | B | 0.6 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 21 | Codmore Hill West Sussex | B− | 3.5 | 0% | 2.7 | 46% |
| 22 | Potten End Hertfordshire | B− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.2 | 44% |
| 23 | Blindley Heath Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 24 | Fowlmere Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.5 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Marlpit Hill Kent | B− | 2.5 | 0% | 2.9 | 35% |
| 26 | Burham Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 77% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 27 | Sutton Common Suffolk | C+ | 0.8 | 51% | 3.9 | 85% |
| 28 | Gaerwen Gwynedd | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 0.4 | 7% |
| 29 | Weobley Herefordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Biddulph Moor Staffordshire | C | 8.4 | 43% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Stoke Hampshire | C | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 32% |
| 32 | Silkstone Common South Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Coedhirwaun West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Nefyn Gwynedd | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 24% |
| 35 | Foxton Cambridgeshire | C | 2.3 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Atworth Wiltshire | C− | 1.5 | 62% | 2.2 | 13% |
| 37 | Ninfield East Sussex | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 1.4 | 50% |
| 38 | Spratton Northamptonshire | C− | 2.3 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Weeley Essex | C− | 7.5 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Langthorpe North Yorkshire | C− | 0.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Aldbrough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Blyth Nottinghamshire | D | 2.5 | 76% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Wooden Dyfed | D | 0.1 | 0% | 0.4 | 18% |
| 44 | Burton on the Wolds Leicestershire | D | 2.5 | 31% | 2 | 0% |
| 45 | Yardley Gobion Northamptonshire | D | 1.2 | 47% | 3 | 0% |
| 46 | East Markham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.2 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Bampton Devon | D | 1.5 | 22% | 1.6 | 5% |
| 48 | Pagham West Sussex | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Heddon-on-the-Wall Northumberland | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Dishforth North Yorkshire | D | 2.3 | 68% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Garsington Oxfordshire | D | 0.4 | 65% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Fleet Hargate Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Saham Toney Norfolk | D | 3 | 18% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Croeserw West Glamorgan | D | 1.3 | 33% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hadham Cross Hertfordshire | D | 0 | 0% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Elvington North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Felton Northumberland | D− | 1.7 | 50% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Deeping St Nicholas Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 80% | 0 | 0% |
| 60 | Hunger Hill Greater Manchester | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Aldington’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 Aldington
The biggest is Reynolds Playing Field, 5.1 ha (13 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Aldington’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).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Aldington100%
Villages its size66%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 3 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 427 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Kent Downs 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.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
National Landscape
Kent Downs
0.1 mi south-east879 km²since 196811% of the land within 5 km
Official site11% of the land within 5 km of Aldington is National Park or National Landscape, more than 72% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Aldington is on the European walking route E9, Rye to Dover
35 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Aldington and the kilometre around it, 3.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalRegional
European walking route E9, Rye to Dover6.9 km
Saxon Shore Way6.9 km
The European walking route E9, Rye to Dover, a national route, passes Aldington. The regional route here is the Saxon Shore Way.
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 Aldington: 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 76 | 51 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 55 | 54 | 80 | 84 | 77 |
March is the driest month (39 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 84 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Aldington →
Things to do
3 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
Aldington is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Seabrook Beach7.2 mi from Aldington’s edge
DirectionsGreatstone beach7.5 mi from Aldington’s edge
DirectionsSandgate Beach8.3 mi from Aldington’s edge
DirectionsBroomhill Sands8.9 mi from Aldington’s edge
DirectionsMermaid Beach10 mi from Aldington’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite 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.
Brabourne LeesFinberryLympneHamstreetAshfordDymchurchAldington
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Lympne, 3.7 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Aldington
What is the biggest park in Aldington?
Reynolds Playing Field, 5.1 ha (13 acres), with 0.8 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Aldington near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Kent Downs National Landscape, 0.1 mi south-east of the village’s edge. It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
What are the best walks near Aldington?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the European walking route E9, Rye to Dover and Saxon Shore Way.
What is the nearest beach to Aldington?
Seabrook Beach, 7.2 mi from the edge of the village, then Greatstone beach (7.5 mi). Aldington itself is inland.
How many people in Aldington 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 Aldington?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Aldington good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 77% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 85% (4.6 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 Aldington’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Aldington’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.