Lympne’s biggest
Millennium Wood
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
1.8 ha (5 acres)0.3 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Cockney Laurie · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lympne · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Lympne lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Kent Downs National Landscape reaches the edge of Lympne. Parks and playing fields in Lympne add up to 4.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The sea makes up 13% of the area within 5 km. Lympne grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
25 km
2.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
34%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kent Downs National Landscape
The sea
13%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Lympne?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Protected countryside34% of the land within 5 km is Kent Downs National Landscape.Room to roam4.0 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 81% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe European walking route E9, Rye to Dover passes through.
Lympne’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by protected countryside on the doorstep.
Outdoors grade
Lympne grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lympne, 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 almost every UK town2nd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space4.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
81out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape34%of the land within 5 km
85out of
100
100
Footpaths2.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
50out of
100
100
The sea13%of the area within 5 km
87out 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
Lympne is 2nd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,100 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
Lympne2.7
Villages its size2.3
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lympne4.0
Villages its size2.4
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lympne100%
Villages its size78%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Lympne stands out most for park space per resident: only 11 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giggleswick North Yorkshire | A+ | 14.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 75% |
| 2 | Lympne Kent | A+ | 4 | 100% | 2.7 | 34% |
| 3 | Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire | A+ | 11 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 4 | Bromham Wiltshire | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 5 | Blagdon Somerset | A | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 62% |
| 6 | Colney Heath Hertfordshire | A | 8.7 | 100% | 7.4 | 0% |
| 7 | Alston Cumbria | A | 5.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 100% |
| 8 | Heather Leicestershire | A | 16.9 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Blockley Gloucestershire | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 86% |
| 10 | Silverdale Lancashire | A | 2.3 | 46% | 3.9 | 76% |
| 11 | North Curry Somerset | A | 6.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Furness Vale Derbyshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 5 | 36% |
| 13 | Old Langho Lancashire | A− | 7.6 | 73% | 2.9 | 20% |
| 14 | Plumpton Green East Sussex | A− | 4.6 | 54% | 3.6 | 37% |
| 15 | Winford Isle of Wight | A− | 1.7 | 0% | 4.4 | 39% |
| 16 | Cwmgwrach West Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 17 | Calver Derbyshire | B+ | 2.2 | 44% | 4.8 | 99% |
| 18 | North Thoresby Lincolnshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 19 | Bethel Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 10% |
| 20 | Groombridge East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 77% | 2.8 | 92% |
| 21 | Blackfordby Leicestershire | B+ | 3.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Five Ash Down East Sussex | B+ | 2.8 | 0% | 4.1 | 43% |
| 23 | Fishtoft Lincolnshire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Holt Clwyd | B | 0.9 | 100% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Milborne St Andrew Dorset | B | 3.3 | 71% | 2.1 | 33% |
| 26 | Pentre Halkyn Clwyd | B | 1.3 | 59% | 3.6 | 3% |
| 27 | Nanpean Cornwall | B | 4.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Sharnford Leicestershire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Challock Kent | B− | 3 | 62% | 2 | 88% |
| 30 | Tackley Oxfordshire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Twyning Gloucestershire | B− | 1 | 100% | 2.5 | 10% |
| 32 | Ettington Warwickshire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 33 | South Wingfield Derbyshire | B− | 5.4 | 75% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Coopersale Essex | B− | 1.1 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Beeford East Riding of Yorkshire | C+ | 3.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Carleton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | C+ | 0.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 10% |
| 37 | Chillington Devon | C+ | 0.6 | 78% | 1.3 | 55% |
| 38 | Milford Derbyshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Draycott Somerset | C+ | 2.1 | 68% | 2.1 | 46% |
| 40 | Sutterton Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Upper Basildon Berkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 0% | 2 | 97% |
| 42 | Lower Shiplake Oxfordshire | C+ | 3 | 0% | 2 | 28% |
| 43 | Weston Staffordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1 | 4% |
| 44 | Huby (Hambleton) North Yorkshire | C | 2.4 | 75% | 1.5 | 2% |
| 45 | Charlton Marshall Dorset | C | 0.5 | 78% | 2 | 50% |
| 46 | Kimbolton Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Pattishall and Astcote Northamptonshire | C− | 2.9 | 39% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Stebbing Essex | C− | 2.4 | 70% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | North Leverton with Habblesthorpe Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Tolleshunt Knights Essex | C− | 3.4 | 41% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Gorefield Cambridgeshire | D | 2.9 | 67% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Crundale Dyfed | D | 1.5 | 57% | 0.5 | 5% |
| 53 | Napton on the Hill Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 69% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Aberporth Dyfed | D | 0.6 | 38% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Wisbech St Mary Cambridgeshire | D | 1.8 | 69% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Hockliffe Bedfordshire | D− | 1.2 | 49% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | South Hykeham Lincolnshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Pencader Dyfed | D− | 1.2 | 30% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Netheravon Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Leeming Bar North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 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 Lympne’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 Lympne
The biggest is Millennium Wood, 1.8 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Lympne’s homes are to 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Lympne100%
Villages its size78%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 269 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Lympne
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
At the edge south-east879 km²since 196834% of the land within 5 km
Official site34% of the land within 5 km of Lympne is National Park or National Landscape, more than 85% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lympne is on the European walking route E9, Rye to Dover
25 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lympne and the kilometre around it, 2.7 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
European walking route E9, Rye to Dover8.5 km
Saxon Shore Way8.5 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to Folkestone1.7 km
The European walking route E9, Rye to Dover, a national route, passes Lympne. The regional route here is the 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 Lympne: 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 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 77 | 66 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 59 | 68 | 66 | 102 | 105 | 100 |
March is the driest month (49 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 105 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Lympne →
The coast
Lympne is near the sea
13% of the area within 5 km of Lympne is sea.
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.
Things to do
4 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds 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.
HytheDymchurchAldingtonBrabourne LeesLymingeSt Mary's BayLympne
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lympne | A+ | 4.0 | 100% | 34% |
| Hythe 2.6 mi | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 31% |
| Dymchurch 3.3 mi | C+ | 1.6 | 58% | 13% |
| Aldington 3.7 mi | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 11% |
| Brabourne Lees 3.9 mi | C | 0.9 | 0% | 34% |
| Lyminge 4.3 mi | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 90% |
| St Mary's Bay 5.1 mi | D | 0.0 | 0% | 0% |
Lympne grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Lympne
What is the biggest park in Lympne?
Millennium Wood, 1.8 ha (5 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Lympne near a National Park?
It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
What are the best walks near Lympne?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the European walking route E9, Rye to Dover, Saxon Shore Way and King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to Folkestone.
How many people in Lympne live near a park?
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%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Lympne?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lympne good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 50% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 81% (4.0 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 Lympne’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lympne’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.