Coxheath’s biggest
King George V Playing Field
Playing field · 210 m outside town
2.3 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Coxheath · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Coxheath
The Kent Downs National Landscape begins 3.4 mi from the town’s edge. 48% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Coxheath add up to 1.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Coxheath grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
48%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
51 km
2.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Kent Downs starts 3.4 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Coxheath?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside both waysKent Downs starts 3.4 mi north-east, High Weald 5.8 mi south-west.Historic parksLinton Park is a registered historic park (Grade II*).Less park per person1.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Coxheath’s strongest suit is two protected landscapes close by, followed by its historic parks. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Coxheath grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Coxheath, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
D
Better than 7% of UK towns#86 of 87 in Kent
Public green space1.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
18out of
100
100
A park within a walk48%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
13out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Kent Downs begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
42out 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
How Coxheath compares with UK towns of 8,100 to 8,900
The 60 UK towns and cities of 8,100 to 8,900 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
Coxheath2.4
Towns its size2.7
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Coxheath1.2
Towns its size2.2
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Coxheath48%
Towns its size85%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Coxheath falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 48 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upton Dorset | A+ | 9.1 | 84% | 4.7 | 18% |
| 2 | Hawkinge Kent | A+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.2 | 74% |
| 3 | Pool and Illogan Cornwall | A+ | 3.7 | 81% | 4 | 5% |
| 4 | Ecclesfield and Grenoside South Yorkshire | A+ | 5.1 | 94% | 5.2 | 2% |
| 5 | Stakeford Northumberland | A+ | 10 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 6 | Storrington West Sussex | A | 5.5 | 85% | 3.2 | 54% |
| 7 | Wallingford Oxfordshire | A | 3.1 | 85% | 3.7 | 61% |
| 8 | East Cowes Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 96% | 3 | 8% |
| 9 | Brecon Powys | A | 3.2 | 86% | 3.2 | 61% |
| 10 | Ledbury Herefordshire | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.1 | 34% |
| 11 | Penistone South Yorkshire | A | 2.6 | 97% | 3.9 | 9% |
| 12 | Bearsted Kent | A | 5.5 | 76% | 3.5 | 39% |
| 13 | Stonehouse Gloucestershire | A | 1.8 | 94% | 4.6 | 36% |
| 14 | Maryport Cumbria | A− | 1.4 | 100% | 2.4 | 5% |
| 15 | Norton Canes Staffordshire | A− | 13.3 | 97% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 16 | Brightlingsea Essex | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Ryton Tyne and Wear | A− | 5.5 | 85% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 18 | Alfreton Derbyshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Longridge Lancashire | B+ | 1.9 | 89% | 3 | 32% |
| 20 | Coppull Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 85% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Hadleigh Suffolk | B+ | 2.6 | 87% | 2.7 | 10% |
| 22 | Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Cinderford Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 4.7 | 4% |
| 24 | Pershore Worcestershire | B | 2.7 | 76% | 3.2 | 7% |
| 25 | Ampthill Bedfordshire | B | 6.8 | 71% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Marlborough Wiltshire | B | 1.2 | 72% | 3.8 | 100% |
| 27 | Abergele Clwyd | B | 2.9 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Wendover Buckinghamshire | B | 1 | 58% | 5.6 | 60% |
| 29 | Hornsea East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 90% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Alnwick Northumberland | B− | 2.2 | 67% | 3.4 | 7% |
| 31 | Meltham West Yorkshire | B− | 1 | 63% | 5.3 | 27% |
| 32 | Stansted Mountfitchet Essex | B− | 0.8 | 96% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Hoo St Werburgh Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 92% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Fakenham Norfolk | C+ | 5.2 | 81% | 2 | 0% |
| 35 | Bewdley Worcestershire | C+ | 1.7 | 88% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Atherstone Warwickshire | C+ | 2.7 | 88% | 2 | 0% |
| 37 | Ammanford Dyfed | C+ | 2.8 | 70% | 1.5 | 9% |
| 38 | Brinsworth South Yorkshire | C | 1.3 | 76% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Faringdon Oxfordshire | C | 1.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Silsden West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 67% | 3.5 | 1% |
| 41 | Rothwell Northamptonshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Burscough Lancashire | C | 2.6 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Southam Warwickshire | C | 2.3 | 86% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire | C | 2.1 | 38% | 2.3 | 2% |
| 45 | Hedon East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 0.9 | 74% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Sherburn in Elmet North Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Glastonbury Somerset | C− | 2 | 69% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Llanharan and Brynna Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 97% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Hilton Derbyshire | C− | 1.1 | 89% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Radlett Hertfordshire | C− | 2.1 | 60% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | East Leake Nottinghamshire | C− | 2.4 | 68% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Launceston Cornwall | C− | 2.1 | 66% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 53 | Penkridge Staffordshire | C− | 0.8 | 70% | 2.1 | 7% |
| 54 | Adlington Lancashire | C− | 1.3 | 64% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Swaffham Norfolk | D | 1 | 68% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Holbeach Lincolnshire | D | 1 | 91% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Ashford Common Surrey | D | 0.8 | 62% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 63% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Coxheath Kent | D | 1.2 | 48% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Clydach West Glamorgan | D | 1.7 | 68% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Coxheath’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 Coxheath
The biggest is King George V Playing Field, 2.3 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Coxheath 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 (48%)Further (52%)
Coxheath48%
Towns its size85%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
About 4,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 28 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 302 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Kent Downs and High Weald both start about 6 miles from Coxheath
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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Coxheath scores 0% on it even though the Kent Downs National Landscape is 3.4 mi away.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Coxheath
51 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Coxheath and the kilometre around it, 2.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Greensand Way9.7 km
Scenic Green Trail Stage 39.4 km
Scenic Green Trail Stage 45.0 km
Medway Valley Walk2.1 km
Scenic Green Trail Stage 22.1 km
Close to home, the Scenic Green Trail Stage 3 has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Greensand Way and Medway Valley Walk.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Coxheath
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Coxheath’s named parks.
Registered · Grade II*Linton Park0.7 ha
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Coxheath: 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 67 | 55 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 48 | 45 | 62 | 57 | 84 | 83 | 78 |
July is the driest month (45 mm) and the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 84 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Coxheath →
Things to do
28 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
Coxheath is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach3.7 mi from Coxheath’s edge
DirectionsCockleshell Hard16 mi from Coxheath’s edge
DirectionsCoombe Point Beach17 mi from Coxheath’s edge
DirectionsEgypt Bay Beach17 mi from Coxheath’s edge
DirectionsSt Mary's Bay Beach17 mi from Coxheath’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 28
Plus 28 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Hamlet Wood Scout Campsite0.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites 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.
MaidstoneYaldingWateringburyBearstedSutton ValenceMardenCoxheath
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxheath | D | 1.2 | 48% | 0% |
| Maidstone 2.6 mi | A− | 2.9 | 81% | 20% |
| Yalding 3.0 mi | C− | 7.1 | 21% | 0% |
| Wateringbury 3.8 mi | C− | 2.4 | 73% | 0% |
| Bearsted 4.0 mi | A | 5.5 | 76% | 39% |
| Sutton Valence 4.1 mi | C+ | 5.6 | 71% | 1% |
| Marden 4.1 mi | C | 1.8 | 71% | 3% |
Bearsted, 4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 76% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Maidstone, Yalding and Bearsted have at least twice Coxheath’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Coxheath
What is the biggest park in Coxheath?
King George V Playing Field, 2.3 ha (6 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Coxheath near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Kent Downs National Landscape, 3.4 mi north-east of the town’s edge. It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
What are the best walks near Coxheath?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Greensand Way, Scenic Green Trail Stage 3 and Scenic Green Trail Stage 4.
What is the nearest beach to Coxheath?
The Beach, 3.7 mi from the edge of the town, then Cockleshell Hard (16 mi). Coxheath itself is inland.
How many people in Coxheath live near a park?
48% 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 Coxheath?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Coxheath are historic?
Linton Park (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Coxheath good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 42% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 18% (1.2 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 Coxheath’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Coxheath’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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