Allhallows’ biggest
Cross Park
Playing field
3.8 ha (9 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Allhallows
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Allhallows · parks, paths & countryside
Allhallows is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 54% of the area within 5 km. 10 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Allhallows add up to 3.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Allhallows grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
76%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
10 km
1.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kent Downs National Landscape
The sea
54%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Allhallows?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast54% of the area within 5 km is sea; 19 beaches mapped.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.Few mapped footpaths1.1 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Allhallows’ strongest suit is the sea, followed by the King Charles III England Coast Path. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Allhallows grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Allhallows, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B−
Better than 49% of UK towns28th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
73out of
100
100
A park within a walk76%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
40out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
9out of
100
100
The sea54%of the area within 5 km
99out 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
Allhallows is 28th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,600 to 1,800 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
Allhallows1.1
Villages its size2.1
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Allhallows3.2
Villages its size2.0
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Allhallows76%
Villages its size79%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Allhallows stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 51 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pease Pottage West Sussex | A+ | 4.1 | 100% | 7.4 | 65% |
| 2 | Manningtree Essex | A+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 43% |
| 3 | Guston Kent | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 25% |
| 4 | Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 10.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 5 | Penwithick Cornwall | A | 15 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Wroxall Isle of Wight | A | 1.2 | 84% | 4.6 | 33% |
| 7 | Eccles Kent | A | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 30% |
| 8 | Hutton Somerset | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 22% |
| 9 | Southwell Dorset | A | 0.7 | 100% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Wickwar Gloucestershire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.5 | 15% |
| 11 | Lynemouth Northumberland | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 12 | Hemyock Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.3 | 82% |
| 13 | Seascale Cumbria | A− | 2.1 | 81% | 2.2 | 27% |
| 14 | Clayhanger West Midlands | A− | 17.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Bathampton Somerset | A− | 1 | 85% | 5.5 | 62% |
| 17 | Appledore Devon | B+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 16% |
| 18 | Starcross Devon | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 19 | Aldbourne Wiltshire | B+ | 3.2 | 84% | 1.8 | 100% |
| 20 | Kingsdown Kent | B+ | 1.1 | 67% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 21 | Blewbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 54% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 22 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 23 | Silkstone South Yorkshire | B | 1 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Normandy Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 23% | 3.1 | 26% |
| 25 | Streethouse West Yorkshire | B− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Eynsford Kent | B− | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 46% |
| 27 | Woodsetts South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 28 | Allhallows Kent | B− | 3.2 | 76% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Onley Northamptonshire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Trethomas Gwent | B− | 6.9 | 48% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Pilling Lancashire | C+ | 4.2 | 46% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Seahouses and North Sunderland Northumberland | C+ | 1.6 | 17% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 33 | Chipperfield Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 37% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 34 | Rocester Staffordshire | C+ | 15.2 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Bartestree Herefordshire | C+ | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 36 | Templecombe Somerset | C+ | 2 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 37 | New Arley Warwickshire | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 38 | High Littleton Somerset | C+ | 1 | 58% | 4.9 | 1% |
| 39 | Acton Suffolk | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Stonesfield Oxfordshire | C | 1.9 | 60% | 1.8 | 38% |
| 41 | Earith Cambridgeshire | C | 1.2 | 78% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Wylam Northumberland | C− | 1.1 | 74% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Leeming North Yorkshire | C− | 5 | 76% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 44 | High Bentham North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 45 | Thorney Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.4 | 74% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Lower Quinton Warwickshire | C− | 2 | 49% | 1.3 | 18% |
| 47 | Modbury Devon | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.2 | 41% |
| 48 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Pensilva Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 60% | 1.3 | 15% |
| 50 | Whitehill County Durham | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Upper Arncott Oxfordshire | D | 3.1 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Holt Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 45% | 2.1 | 2% |
| 53 | Leverington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.8 | 59% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Dobwalls Cornwall | D | 1.4 | 28% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 55 | Tiddington Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Point Clear Essex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Soughton Clwyd | D | 0.4 | 67% | 1.3 | 3% |
| 58 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Allhallows’ 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 Allhallows
The biggest is Cross Park, 3.8 ha (9 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
8 in 10 Allhallows 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 (76%)Further (24%)
Allhallows76%
Villages its size79%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
About 400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 337 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Kent Downs National Landscape is 8.6 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Allhallows is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Allhallows and the kilometre around it, 1.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalOther waymarked
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to Woolwich7.0 km
Hoo Peninsula Path3.8 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Allhallows.
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 Allhallows: 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 38 | 33 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 60 | 57 | 52 |
March is the driest month (33 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 60 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 24 nights a year. The climate in Allhallows →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Allhallows
54% of the area within 5 km of Allhallows is sea. 19 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 5 with a name.
Allhallows BeachIn town
DirectionsYantlet Beach0.8 mi from town
DirectionsCoombe Point Beach0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSt Mary's Bay Beach2.2 mi from town
DirectionsGrain Beach2.9 mi from town
DirectionsThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes the town.
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.
Things to do
5 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
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds 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.
GrainHigh HalstowCanvey IslandHoo St WerburghSheernessSouthend-on-SeaAllhallows
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allhallows | B− | 3.2 | 76% | 0% |
| Grain 3.1 mi | A | 13.0 | 100% | 0% |
| High Halstow 3.7 mi | B− | 1.7 | 76% | 0% |
| Canvey Island 4.5 mi | B− | 1.5 | 86% | 0% |
| Hoo St Werburgh 5.0 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 92% | 0% |
| Sheerness 5.6 mi | B− | 3.0 | 68% | 0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 5.9 mi | C+ | 1.5 | 62% | 0% |
Grain, 3.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Grain has at least twice Allhallows’ green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Allhallows
What is the biggest park in Allhallows?
Cross Park, 3.8 ha (9 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Allhallows near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Kent Downs National Landscape, 8.6 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
What are the best walks near Allhallows?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to Woolwich and Hoo Peninsula Path.
How many people in Allhallows live near a park?
76% 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 Allhallows?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Allhallows good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 9% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 73% (3.2 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 Allhallows’ overall grade.
Sources
Where Allhallows’ 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.