Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Eynsford is inside the Kent Downs National Landscape
18 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Eynsford add up to 2.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Eynsford grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Eynsford grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Eynsford, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Eynsford is 26th 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.
Eynsford falls furthest behind on path per km², where 34 of the 59 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 | Pen-clawdd West Glamorgan | A | 4 | 100% | 0.5 | 42% |
| 6 | Penwithick Cornwall | A | 15 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 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 | Clayhanger West Midlands | A− | 17.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 14 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Bathampton Somerset | A− | 1 | 85% | 5.5 | 62% |
| 16 | Starcross Devon | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 17 | Aldbourne Wiltshire | B+ | 3.2 | 84% | 1.8 | 100% |
| 18 | Kingsdown Kent | B+ | 1.1 | 67% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 19 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 20 | Abridge Essex | B | 3 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Ardingly West Sussex | B | 1.7 | 53% | 4.1 | 83% |
| 22 | Silkstone South Yorkshire | B | 1 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Edgworth Lancashire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 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 | West Horndon Essex | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 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 | High Bentham North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 44 | Thorney Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.4 | 74% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Lower Quinton Warwickshire | C− | 2 | 49% | 1.3 | 18% |
| 46 | Modbury Devon | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.2 | 41% |
| 47 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Pensilva Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 60% | 1.3 | 15% |
| 49 | Whitehill County Durham | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Upper Arncott Oxfordshire | D | 3.1 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Thurcaston Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 33% | 3.6 | 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 | Soughton Clwyd | D | 0.4 | 67% | 1.3 | 3% |
| 57 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Woodborough Nottinghamshire | D− | 1 | 45% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Eynsford’s built-up area.
8 in 10 Eynsford 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).
About 300 people live further than that. 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 559 residents.
National Parks and National Landscapes around Eynsford
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.
Kent Downs
46% of the land within 5 km of Eynsford is National Park or National Landscape, more than 90% of UK towns.
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Eynsford
18 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Eynsford 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 village.
Close to home, the Darent Valley Path has 10 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. The regional route here is the Southwark Cathedral to Otford.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Eynsford: 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 | |
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| 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 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 70 | 57 | 44 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 45 | 54 | 53 | 78 | 78 | 77 |
March is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 78 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 57 nights a year. The climate in Eynsford →
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
Eynsford is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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
Viewpoints 1
Nature reserves 1
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eynsford | B− | 2.1 | 81% | 46% |
| Farningham 0.8 mi | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 33% |
| Horton Kirby 2.3 mi | B | 5.9 | 78% | 21% |
| West Kingsdown 2.3 mi | D | 0.8 | 28% | 52% |
| Crockenhill 2.4 mi | A+ | 5.2 | 100% | 27% |
| Swanley 2.8 mi | B+ | 1.8 | 78% | 20% |
| South Darenth and Sutton at Hone 2.9 mi | C | 1.8 | 43% | 10% |
Crockenhill, 2.4 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Horton Kirby and Crockenhill have at least twice Eynsford’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Eynsford
What are the best walks near Eynsford?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Darent Valley Path, Southwark Cathedral to Otford and Samuel Palmer Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Eynsford?
Northfleet Beach, 7.4 mi from the edge of the village, then Dock Beach (12 mi). Eynsford itself is inland.
How many people in Eynsford live near a park?
81% 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 Eynsford?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Eynsford good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 26% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 47% (2.1 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 Eynsford’s overall grade.
Where Eynsford’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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