Borough Green’s biggest
Wrotham and Borough Green 3G Pitch
Playing field · 130 m outside town
5.2 ha (13 acres)
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Borough Green · parks, paths & countryside
50% of the land within 5 km of Borough Green is National Park or National Landscape
The Kent Downs National Landscape reaches the edge of Borough Green. 93% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. 29 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. Borough Green grades B+ for the outdoors: #35 of 87 in Kent. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
93%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
29 km
1.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
50%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kent Downs National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Borough Green?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside50% of the land within 5 km is Kent Downs National Landscape.On a National TrailThe North Downs Way passes through.
Borough Green’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by the North Downs Way.
Outdoors grade
Borough Green grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Borough Green, 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 72% of UK towns#35 of 87 in Kent · 15th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
59out of
100
100
A park within a walk93%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
73out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape50%of the land within 5 km
92out of
100
100
Footpaths1.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
29out 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.
Towns its size
Borough Green is 15th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 4,500 to 4,900 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
Borough Green1.9
Towns its size2.7
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Borough Green2.5
Towns its size2.3
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Borough Green93%
Towns its size76%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Borough Green stands out most for homes near a park: only 12 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 43 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windermere Cumbria | A+ | 3 | 94% | 3.6 | 100% |
| 2 | Hamble-le-Rice Hampshire | A+ | 12.7 | 67% | 3.6 | 7% |
| 3 | Rownhams and Nursling Hampshire | A+ | 4.9 | 86% | 6.7 | 12% |
| 4 | Marple Bridge Greater Manchester | A | 9.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 13% |
| 5 | Huntington Staffordshire | A | 3.7 | 74% | 4.6 | 27% |
| 6 | Carleton Lancashire | A | 3 | 86% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Rudheath Cheshire | A | 5.5 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 8 | Writtle Essex | A− | 5.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Cringleford Norfolk | A− | 1.7 | 94% | 7.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Dersingham Norfolk | A− | 3.1 | 76% | 1.9 | 39% |
| 11 | Brampton South Yorkshire | A− | 4.4 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Liss Hampshire | A− | 2.3 | 87% | 2.6 | 98% |
| 13 | Saxmundham Suffolk | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 3% |
| 14 | Hugglescote Leicestershire | B+ | 4.2 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Borough Green Kent | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 1.9 | 50% |
| 16 | Winscombe and Sandford Somerset | B+ | 3.5 | 52% | 3.6 | 38% |
| 17 | Bodicote Oxfordshire | B+ | 10.2 | 86% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Kings Worthy Hampshire | B+ | 3.9 | 66% | 3 | 23% |
| 19 | Callington Cornwall | B | 2.1 | 100% | 1.1 | 21% |
| 20 | Whaley Bridge Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 44% | 4.3 | 53% |
| 21 | Coedpoeth Clwyd | B | 1.4 | 100% | 1.9 | 24% |
| 22 | Lyneham Wiltshire | B− | 1.5 | 94% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 23 | Lenham and Harrietsham Kent | B− | 1.4 | 88% | 2.4 | 47% |
| 24 | High Lane Greater Manchester | B− | 1.5 | 67% | 4.6 | 12% |
| 25 | Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire | B− | 1.8 | 57% | 3.5 | 37% |
| 26 | Kelvedon and Feering Essex | B− | 3.5 | 94% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 27 | Astley Greater Manchester | B− | 3.5 | 78% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Bromham Bedfordshire | B− | 3.8 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Llay Clwyd | B− | 10.6 | 85% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Handsacre and Armitage Staffordshire | B− | 1.8 | 89% | 2.1 | 12% |
| 31 | Cleadon Tyne and Wear | B− | 2.1 | 63% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Dudley Tyne and Wear | C+ | 2.6 | 69% | 4 | 0% |
| 33 | Bramley Hampshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Dickens Heath West Midlands | C+ | 3.2 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Loughor West Glamorgan | C+ | 2.1 | 70% | 1.2 | 6% |
| 36 | Cross Hills North Yorkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 86% | 3 | 0% |
| 37 | Kennington Oxfordshire | C+ | 2.1 | 58% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Ripponden West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 75% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Edwalton Nottinghamshire | C+ | 2.1 | 58% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Shortstown Bedfordshire | C | 2.4 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Datchet Berkshire | C | 8.4 | 72% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Bowburn County Durham | C | 1.5 | 71% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Minster (Thanet) Kent | C | 2.3 | 64% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Makeney Derbyshire | C | 2.1 | 56% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Mynydd Isa Clwyd | C | 0.9 | 87% | 2 | 3% |
| 46 | Winterton Lincolnshire | C | 1.6 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Kinver Staffordshire | C | 3.1 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire | C− | 1.9 | 61% | 3 | 0% |
| 49 | Barton-under-Needwood Staffordshire | C− | 2.3 | 70% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Preesall and Knott End-on-Sea Lancashire | C− | 0.7 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Bricket Wood Hertfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 43% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Middleton St George County Durham | C− | 1.8 | 94% | 1 | 0% |
| 53 | Sowerby North Yorkshire | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Bailrigg Lancashire | C− | 0 | 0% | 3.4 | 18% |
| 55 | Stretton Staffordshire | C− | 3.7 | 49% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Crowland Lincolnshire | C− | 2.8 | 70% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 57 | South Cave East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Markfield Leicestershire | D | 0.8 | 63% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Welton Lincolnshire | D | 2 | 57% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Chilton County Durham | D− | 1.1 | 68% | 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 Borough Green’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 Borough Green
The biggest is Wrotham and Borough Green 3G Pitch, 5.2 ha (13 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
King George's Field
Playing field
1.3 ha (3 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Stone House Field Playing Field
Play space
0.2 ha (1 acres)
0.4 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Borough Green 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 (93%)Further (7%)
Borough Green93%
Towns its size76%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,178 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Borough Green
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
At the edge west879 km²since 196850% of the land within 5 km
Official site50% of the land within 5 km of Borough Green is National Park or National Landscape, more than 91% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Borough Green is on the North Downs Way
29 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Borough Green and the kilometre around it, 1.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegional
Wealdway5.8 km
North Downs Way (Eastern)3.3 km
Otford to Canterbury Cathedral3.3 km
The North Downs Way, a national route, passes Borough Green. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Wealdway and Otford to Canterbury Cathedral.
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 Borough Green: May to September
The town’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 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 76 | 61 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 46 | 59 | 57 | 84 | 84 | 86 |
July is the driest month (46 mm) and the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 86 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Borough Green →
Things to do
4 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK town its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Borough Green is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Northfleet Beach11 mi from Borough Green’s edge
DirectionsThe Beach13 mi from Borough Green’s edge
DirectionsEgypt Bay Beach16 mi from Borough Green’s edge
DirectionsSt Mary's Bay Beach17 mi from Borough Green’s edge
DirectionsCoombe Point Beach17 mi from Borough Green’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
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Gate House Wood Touring Park0.6 mi from town
DirectionsMalling District Scout Campsite - Comp Wood0.6 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
IghthamWrothamPlaxtolVigo VillageCulverstone GreenSealBorough Green
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Green | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 50% |
| Ightham 1.3 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 30% | 56% |
| Wrotham 1.3 mi | B | 1.6 | 100% | 49% |
| Plaxtol 2.2 mi | B− | 2.6 | 57% | 40% |
| Vigo Village 3.5 mi | A+ | 33.3 | 100% | 44% |
| Culverstone Green 3.7 mi | B+ | 5.3 | 61% | 42% |
| Seal 3.9 mi | B+ | 3.3 | 78% | 77% |
Vigo Village, 3.5 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Vigo Village and Culverstone Green have at least twice Borough Green’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Borough Green
What is the biggest park in Borough Green?
Wrotham and Borough Green 3G Pitch, 5.2 ha (13 acres), just outside the built-up area. King George's Field (1.3 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Borough Green near a National Park?
It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
What are the best walks near Borough Green?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wealdway, North Downs Way (Eastern) and Otford to Canterbury Cathedral.
What is the nearest beach to Borough Green?
Northfleet Beach, 11 mi from the edge of the town, then The Beach (13 mi). Borough Green itself is inland.
How many people in Borough Green live near a park?
93% 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 Borough Green?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Borough Green good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 29% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 59% (2.5 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 Borough Green’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Borough Green’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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