Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Robert Eva · CC BY-SA 2.0The sea makes up 21% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Cliffs End add up to 6.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 31 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Cliffs End grades A for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Cliffs End’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by plenty of park space.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Cliffs End, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
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.
Against villages its size, Cliffs End stands out most for park space per resident: only 8 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 38 of the others do better.
| 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 | South Heath Buckinghamshire | A− | 20.4 | 0% | 3 | 85% |
| 9 | Exton Devon | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 0.6 | 7% |
| 10 | Westfield East Sussex | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 83% |
| 11 | New Brancepeth County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Baddesley Ensor Warwickshire | B+ | 18.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 13 | Marshfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 4.9 | 42% | 2.7 | 99% |
| 14 | Farningham Kent | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 33% |
| 15 | Lidlington Bedfordshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Minster Lovell Oxfordshire | B | 3.6 | 79% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 17 | Sutton Benger Wiltshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Beer Devon | B | 1.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 43% |
| 19 | Weir Lancashire | B | 0.6 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 20 | Codmore Hill West Sussex | B− | 3.5 | 0% | 2.7 | 46% |
| 21 | Potten End Hertfordshire | B− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.2 | 44% |
| 22 | Blindley Heath Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 23 | Blakeney Gloucestershire | B− | 2.1 | 68% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 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 | Gaerwen Gwynedd | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 0.4 | 7% |
| 28 | Weobley Herefordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Biddulph Moor Staffordshire | C | 8.4 | 43% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Stoke Hampshire | C | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 32% |
| 31 | Silkstone Common South Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Coedhirwaun West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Nefyn Gwynedd | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 24% |
| 34 | Foxton Cambridgeshire | C | 2.3 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Atworth Wiltshire | C− | 1.5 | 62% | 2.2 | 13% |
| 36 | Ninfield East Sussex | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 1.4 | 50% |
| 37 | Spratton Northamptonshire | C− | 2.3 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Weeley Essex | C− | 7.5 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Langthorpe North Yorkshire | C− | 0.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Aldbrough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Wooden Dyfed | D | 0.1 | 0% | 0.4 | 18% |
| 42 | Yardley Gobion Northamptonshire | D | 1.2 | 47% | 3 | 0% |
| 43 | East Markham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.2 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Bampton Devon | D | 1.5 | 22% | 1.6 | 5% |
| 45 | Pagham West Sussex | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 46 | Heddon-on-the-Wall Northumberland | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Dishforth North Yorkshire | D | 2.3 | 68% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk | D | 1.6 | 75% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Garsington Oxfordshire | D | 0.4 | 65% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Fleet Hargate Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 76% | 0.7 | 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 | 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% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Cliffs End’s built-up area.
The biggest is Pegwell Bay Country Park, 25 ha (62 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 86 residents.
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.
31 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Cliffs End and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Cliffs End. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Saxon Shore Way, Stour Valley Walk and Augustine Camino.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 73 | 70 | 66 |
April is the driest month (36 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 73 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 18 nights a year. The climate in Cliffs End →
21% of the area within 5 km of Cliffs End is sea. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km.
The 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.
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.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffs End | A | 6.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Ramsgate 2.0 mi | B | 1.2 | 89% | 0% |
| Minster (Thanet) 2.4 mi | C | 2.3 | 64% | 0% |
| Broadstairs 3.4 mi | B | 1.7 | 76% | 0% |
| Margate 3.7 mi | B | 1.8 | 88% | 0% |
| Sandwich 4.1 mi | C+ | 2.1 | 51% | 0% |
| Ash (Dover) 5.1 mi | C | 2.3 | 72% | 0% |
Cliffs End grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Pegwell Bay Country Park, 25 ha (62 acres), with 3.5 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Marjorie Chapman Meadow (1.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Kent Downs National Landscape, 7.6 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to Ramsgate, Saxon Shore Way and Stour Valley Walk. Pegwell Bay Country Park alone has 3.5 km of path.
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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 24% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 92% (6.9 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Cliffs End’s overall grade.
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