Horsmonden’s biggest
The Heath
Park or garden
0.7 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Horsmonden
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Horsmonden · parks, paths & countryside
50% of the land within 5 km of Horsmonden is National Park or National Landscape
The High Weald National Landscape reaches the edge of Horsmonden. Parks and playing fields in Horsmonden add up to 0.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 8 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 0.9 for every square kilometre. Horsmonden grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
79%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
8 km
0.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
50%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: High Weald National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Horsmonden?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside50% of the land within 5 km is High Weald National Landscape.Less park per person0.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Horsmonden’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Horsmonden grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Horsmonden, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C−
Better than 19% of UK towns45th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space0.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
4out of
100
100
A park within a walk79%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
45out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape50%of the land within 5 km
92out of
100
100
Footpaths0.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
6out 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.
Villages its size
Horsmonden is 45th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,500 to 1,700 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
Horsmonden0.9
Villages its size2.8
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Horsmonden0.5
Villages its size2.2
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Horsmonden79%
Villages its size81%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Horsmonden falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 54 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanhope County Durham | A+ | 7.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 86% |
| 2 | Melton Suffolk | A+ | 6.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 33% |
| 3 | Salcombe Devon | A+ | 2 | 100% | 3.3 | 65% |
| 4 | Finberry Kent | A+ | 4 | 100% | 5.1 | 2% |
| 5 | Dobcross Greater Manchester | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 4.8 | 22% |
| 6 | Fairlight East Sussex | A+ | 39.6 | 50% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 7 | Crockenhill Kent | A+ | 5.2 | 100% | 3.1 | 27% |
| 8 | Wood Street Village Surrey | A+ | 25.7 | 81% | 4.9 | 18% |
| 9 | Ducklington Oxfordshire | A | 10.1 | 79% | 4.8 | 4% |
| 10 | Roydon Essex | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 11 | North Bradley Wiltshire | A | 3.4 | 100% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 12 | Middle Winterslow Wiltshire | A | 7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | St Athan South Glamorgan | A | 2.2 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 14 | Sabden Lancashire | A− | 0.8 | 100% | 5 | 38% |
| 15 | Oakenshaw West Yorkshire | A− | 7.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 16 | West Wellow Hampshire | A− | 3.6 | 82% | 2.7 | 51% |
| 17 | Thorpe-le-Soken Essex | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 18 | East Dean and Friston East Sussex | B+ | 1.2 | 18% | 4.6 | 58% |
| 19 | King's Cliffe Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Littlebourne Kent | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 3 | 9% |
| 21 | Ambergate Derbyshire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 22 | Farcet Cambridgeshire | B+ | 13.8 | 77% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 23 | Tideswell Derbyshire | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 97% |
| 24 | Mount Hawke Cornwall | B | 1.4 | 85% | 2 | 6% |
| 25 | Fence Lancashire | B | 1.3 | 62% | 6.2 | 32% |
| 26 | Wick Gloucestershire | B− | 1.8 | 56% | 3.6 | 39% |
| 27 | Mundford Norfolk | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 28 | Gotham Nottinghamshire | B− | 3.9 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 29 | South Witham Lincolnshire | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | High Harrington Cumbria | C+ | 0.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 31 | Evenwood County Durham | C+ | 3.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) Worcestershire | C+ | 0.9 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 33 | Bacton and Cotton Suffolk | C+ | 4.4 | 70% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Rufford Lancashire | C | 2.8 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Anna Valley and Upper Clatford Hampshire | C | 2.2 | 77% | 3 | 0% |
| 36 | Four Lanes Cornwall | C | 0.6 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Blisworth Northamptonshire | C | 2.2 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Stock Essex | C | 2.2 | 62% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Harden West Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 40% | 5 | 0% |
| 40 | Scawby Lincolnshire | C− | 25.7 | 68% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Higher Walton Lancashire | C− | 2.2 | 61% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Arksey South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 88% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Rawcliffe East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Glapwell Derbyshire | C− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Horsmonden Kent | C− | 0.5 | 79% | 0.9 | 50% |
| 46 | Tidbury Green West Midlands | C− | 2.4 | 49% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Baston Lincolnshire | C− | 2.3 | 78% | 1 | 0% |
| 48 | Ainsworth Greater Manchester | D | 0.4 | 64% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Whittlesford Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 57% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Henstridge Somerset | D | 1.8 | 47% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Moulton Lincolnshire | D | 1.9 | 75% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 52 | St Erme and Trispen Cornwall | D | 0.3 | 69% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 53 | Findern Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 40% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Wood End (North Warwickshire) Warwickshire | D | 1.1 | 74% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Camblesforth North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 81% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Burton Green Warwickshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Edgmond Shropshire | D− | 1.7 | 33% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew Norfolk | D− | 1.7 | 52% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 59 | School Aycliffe County Durham | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Leasingham Lincolnshire | D− | 1.3 | 50% | 0.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Horsmonden’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 Horsmonden
The biggest is The Heath, 0.7 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Locket Green
Playing field
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Horsmonden
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Horsmonden 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 (79%)Further (21%)
Horsmonden79%
Villages its size81%
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.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Horsmonden
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
High Weald
At the edge west1,462 km²since 198350% of the land within 5 km
Official site50% of the land within 5 km of Horsmonden is National Park or National Landscape, more than 91% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Horsmonden
8 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Horsmonden and the kilometre around it, 0.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
High Weald Landscape Trail8.3 km
The regional route here is the High Weald Landscape Trail.
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 Horsmonden: 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 83 | 53 | 45 | 47 | 54 | 44 | 43 | 52 | 50 | 79 | 79 | 78 |
July is the driest month (43 mm) and the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 83 mm of rain falls in January, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Horsmonden →
Things to do
Viewpoints, hills and nature near Horsmonden
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
Horsmonden is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Beach11 mi from Horsmonden’s edge
DirectionsFairlight Glen Naturist Beach20 mi from Horsmonden’s edge
DirectionsRock-a-Nore Beach20 mi from Horsmonden’s edge
DirectionsCamber Sands20 mi from Horsmonden’s edge
DirectionsNorthfleet Beach22 mi from Horsmonden’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 1
Locket Greenin town
DirectionsCampsites 2
Plus 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.
GoudhurstPaddock WoodMardenPemburyFive Oak GreenCranbrookHorsmonden
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsmonden | C− | 0.5 | 79% | 50% |
| Goudhurst 2.2 mi | B | 1.5 | 100% | 65% |
| Paddock Wood 3.3 mi | C+ | 1.7 | 78% | 28% |
| Marden 3.5 mi | C | 1.8 | 71% | 3% |
| Pembury 4.5 mi | C− | 1.1 | 45% | 58% |
| Five Oak Green 4.6 mi | A− | 3.0 | 100% | 30% |
| Cranbrook 5.3 mi | A | 5.8 | 82% | 65% |
Cranbrook, 5.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 82% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Goudhurst, Paddock Wood and Marden have at least twice Horsmonden’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Horsmonden
What is the biggest park in Horsmonden?
The Heath, 0.7 ha (2 acres). Locket Green (0.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Horsmonden near a National Park?
It covers 1,462 km² and was designated in 1983.
What are the best walks near Horsmonden?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the High Weald Landscape Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Horsmonden?
The Beach, 11 mi from the edge of the village, then Fairlight Glen Naturist Beach (20 mi). Horsmonden itself is inland.
How many people in Horsmonden live near a park?
79% 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 Horsmonden?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Horsmonden good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 6% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 4% (0.5 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 Horsmonden’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Horsmonden’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.
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.