Lyminge’s biggest
Sibton Park
Playing field · 60 m outside town
3.0 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lyminge
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Peter Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lyminge · parks, paths & countryside
Lyminge is inside the Kent Downs National Landscape
Parks and playing fields in Lyminge add up to 3.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 19 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Lyminge grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
83%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
2.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
90%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kent Downs National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Lyminge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Inside the Kent Downs National LandscapeLyminge sits inside it: 879 km² of protected landscape.Room to roam3.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 75% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe North Downs Way passes through.
Lyminge’s strongest suit is a protected landscape all round, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Lyminge grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lyminge, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 77% of UK towns14th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
76out of
100
100
A park within a walk83%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
53out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape90%of the land within 5 km
98out of
100
100
Footpaths2.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
34out 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
Lyminge is 14th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 2,000 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
Lyminge2.1
Villages its size2.3
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lyminge3.5
Villages its size2.4
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lyminge83%
Villages its size81%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Lyminge stands out most for park space per resident: only 17 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westbourne West Sussex | A+ | 9.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 57% |
| 2 | Badshot Lea Surrey | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 5.2 | 25% |
| 3 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | A+ | 4.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 65% |
| 4 | Colyton Devon | A+ | 3.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 79% |
| 5 | Brading Isle of Wight | A+ | 2.9 | 84% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 6 | Chilworth Surrey | A+ | 10.8 | 80% | 6.1 | 59% |
| 7 | Scholes (near Hade Edge) West Yorkshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.7 | 16% |
| 8 | Hayfield Derbyshire | A+ | 2.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 62% |
| 9 | Ravenstone Leicestershire | A− | 5.3 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Ickleford Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 82% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 11 | South Nutfield Surrey | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 12 | Lower Broadheath Worcestershire | A− | 6 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 13 | Goosnargh Lancashire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 6% |
| 14 | Lyminge Kent | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 2.1 | 90% |
| 15 | Highnam Gloucestershire | B+ | 12 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Polesworth Warwickshire | B+ | 13.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 17 | Mevagissey Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.9 | 29% |
| 18 | Wingates Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.8 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 20 | Southgate West Glamorgan | B+ | 1.1 | 21% | 3.7 | 56% |
| 21 | Chinley Derbyshire | B+ | 1.2 | 78% | 4.4 | 53% |
| 22 | Partridge Green West Sussex | B | 2.1 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Shurdington Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 47% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 24 | Beare Green Surrey | B | 1.6 | 70% | 3.9 | 30% |
| 25 | Campsall South Yorkshire | B | 14.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Stanwick Northamptonshire | B− | 7.9 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Dilton Marsh Wiltshire | B− | 2.1 | 67% | 3.5 | 4% |
| 28 | Hutton Cranswick East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Wrea Green Lancashire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Whitland Dyfed | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Wooler Northumberland | B− | 3.3 | 81% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 32 | Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire | B− | 3.4 | 64% | 1.2 | 88% |
| 33 | Oxenhope West Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Leeswood Clwyd | C+ | 4 | 83% | 0.7 | 2% |
| 35 | Wickham Bishops Essex | C+ | 3.4 | 91% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Hockley Heath West Midlands | C+ | 2.6 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Northiam East Sussex | C+ | 2.2 | 76% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 38 | Stratton Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 23% | 3 | 8% |
| 39 | High Spen Tyne and Wear | C+ | 3.3 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Hatton Warwickshire | C | 1.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 41 | Ramsden Heath Essex | C | 2.3 | 82% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Presteigne Powys | C | 3.2 | 61% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Sleights North Yorkshire | C | 0.9 | 30% | 1.5 | 80% |
| 44 | Rode Heath Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Newton Poppleford Devon | C | 1.4 | 44% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 46 | Chivenor and Wrafton Devon | C− | 0.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 17% |
| 47 | Black Notley Essex | C− | 1.6 | 36% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Littlethorpe Leicestershire | C− | 0.4 | 57% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Stocksfield Northumberland | C− | 2.2 | 40% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Brompton-on-Swale North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 71% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Manby Lincolnshire | D | 1.4 | 68% | 0.8 | 2% |
| 52 | Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Hutton Rudby North Yorkshire | D | 1.6 | 35% | 1.1 | 13% |
| 54 | Little Plumstead Norfolk | D | 0.6 | 64% | 1 | 16% |
| 55 | Wheldrake North Yorkshire | D− | 1.4 | 72% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Colnbrook Berkshire | D− | 0.6 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Weeting Norfolk | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Great Gonerby Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Shippon Oxfordshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Goostrey Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 42% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Lyminge’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 Lyminge
The biggest is Sibton Park, 3.0 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
8 in 10 Lyminge 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 (83%)Further (17%)
Lyminge83%
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; 3 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 639 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Lyminge
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
Lyminge is inside it879 km²since 196890% of the land within 5 km
Official site90% of the land within 5 km of Lyminge is National Park or National Landscape, more than 98% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lyminge is on the North Downs Way
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lyminge and the kilometre around it, 2.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalRegional
Elham Valley Way7.5 km
North Downs Way (Eastern)6.9 km
European walking route E9, Rye to Dover2.7 km
Saxon Shore Way2.7 km
The North Downs Way, a national route, passes Lyminge. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Elham Valley Way and Saxon Shore Way.
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 Lyminge: 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) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 82 | 65 | 49 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 59 | 69 | 68 | 103 | 107 | 101 |
March is the driest month (49 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 107 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Lyminge →
Things to do
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
Lyminge is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Seabrook Beach3.9 mi from Lyminge’s edge
DirectionsSandgate Beach4.0 mi from Lyminge’s edge
DirectionsMermaid Beach5.1 mi from Lyminge’s edge
DirectionsSunny Sands5.1 mi from Lyminge’s edge
DirectionsThe Warren5.3 mi from Lyminge’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
Viewpoints 1
Farthing Common1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Hawthorne Trench Campsite1.1 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.
HawkingeHytheLympneFolkestoneBrabourne LeesCapel-le-FerneLyminge
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyminge | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 90% |
| Hawkinge 3.5 mi | A+ | 2.6 | 100% | 74% |
| Hythe 4.0 mi | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 31% |
| Lympne 4.3 mi | A+ | 4.0 | 100% | 34% |
| Folkestone 4.6 mi | A+ | 2.3 | 95% | 45% |
| Brabourne Lees 4.7 mi | C | 0.9 | 0% | 34% |
| Capel-le-Ferne 5.9 mi | A+ | 21.8 | 88% | 52% |
Capel-le-Ferne, 5.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 88% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Capel-le-Ferne has at least twice Lyminge’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Lyminge
What is the biggest park in Lyminge?
Sibton Park, 3.0 ha (7 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Lyminge?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Elham Valley Way, North Downs Way (Eastern) and European walking route E9, Rye to Dover.
What is the nearest beach to Lyminge?
Seabrook Beach, 3.9 mi from the edge of the village, then Sandgate Beach (4.0 mi). Lyminge itself is inland.
How many people in Lyminge live near a park?
83% 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 Lyminge?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lyminge good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 34% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 76% (3.5 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 Lyminge’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lyminge’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.