Warden’s biggest
Warden Community Garden
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Warden
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Penny Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Warden · parks, paths & countryside
Warden is on the coast
The sea makes up 57% of the area within 5 km. Footpaths add up to 6 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 0.9 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Warden add up to 1.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Warden grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
6 km
0.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kent Downs National Landscape
The sea
57%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Warden?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast57% of the area within 5 km is sea; 9 beaches mapped.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Few mapped footpaths0.9 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Warden’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Warden grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Warden, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B−
Better than 47% of UK towns32nd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
24out 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 Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths0.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
5out of
100
100
The sea57%of the area within 5 km
99out 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
Warden is 32nd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,700 to 1,900 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
Warden0.9
Villages its size2.3
Kent towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Warden1.4
Villages its size2.2
Kent towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Warden100%
Villages its size78%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Warden stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 54 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llanberis Gwynedd | A+ | 33.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 49% |
| 2 | St Just Cornwall | A+ | 1.8 | 100% | 4.2 | 50% |
| 3 | Market Lavington Wiltshire | A+ | 9.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 4 | Rogiet Gwent | A+ | 3.9 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 5 | Mistley Essex | A | 4.3 | 86% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 6 | New Denham Buckinghamshire | A | 8.9 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Scalby North Yorkshire | A | 5.9 | 70% | 2 | 43% |
| 8 | Heslington North Yorkshire | A− | 6.3 | 80% | 9.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Wembury Devon | A− | 2.4 | 53% | 2.7 | 41% |
| 10 | Tow Law County Durham | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 1.3 | 21% |
| 11 | Horam East Sussex | B+ | 3.9 | 91% | 1.4 | 46% |
| 12 | Compton Berkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 13 | Painswick Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 81% | 4.3 | 83% |
| 14 | Tongwynlais South Glamorgan | B+ | 8.6 | 65% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Trimdon Colliery County Durham | B+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Marks Tey Essex | B+ | 5.5 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Findon West Sussex | B+ | 1.7 | 74% | 3.7 | 70% |
| 18 | Bishop's Castle Shropshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 19 | Weston Turville Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 64% | 3.1 | 30% |
| 20 | Fernhurst West Sussex | B | 3.1 | 37% | 3 | 92% |
| 21 | Ironville Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Northop Hall Clwyd | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Rhayader Powys | B | 5.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 24 | Hemingfield South Yorkshire | B | 3.3 | 80% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire | B− | 2.1 | 32% | 3.4 | 76% |
| 26 | Llandeilo Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 88% | 2.3 | 22% |
| 27 | Holbrook Derbyshire | B− | 4.2 | 55% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Warton (Lancaster) Lancashire | B− | 0.3 | 32% | 3.5 | 43% |
| 29 | Meldreth Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.7 | 82% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Inkberrow Worcestershire | B− | 5.3 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | B− | 5.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Warden Kent | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 33 | High Halstow Kent | B− | 1.7 | 76% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Copford Essex | B− | 4 | 70% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Great Yeldham Essex | C+ | 3.1 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Lowdham Nottinghamshire | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Pontlottyn Gwent | C+ | 1.8 | 70% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Withnoe Cornwall | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 3% |
| 39 | Ryton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Walkington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Dunkeswell Devon | C | 1.4 | 83% | 0.7 | 87% |
| 42 | Lympstone Devon | C | 1 | 66% | 1.3 | 16% |
| 43 | Penygroes Gwynedd | C− | 0.7 | 66% | 0.6 | 26% |
| 44 | Scotby Cumbria | C− | 3 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Drakes Broughton Worcestershire | C− | 1 | 86% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Woolpit Suffolk | C− | 4.3 | 54% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Shilbottle Northumberland | C− | 1.8 | 49% | 1.9 | 7% |
| 48 | Branton South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 49 | Hatfield Heath Essex | D | 1.3 | 76% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Bradninch Devon | D | 2.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Rickinghall and Botesdale Suffolk | D | 1.7 | 61% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Harston Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 45% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Stainton North Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Barnetby le Wold Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Mickle Trafford Cheshire | D− | 0.5 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Audlem Cheshire | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Pentre Maelor Clwyd | D− | 1.4 | 8% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Bardsey West Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Tockwith North Yorkshire | D− | 0.4 | 14% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Wainfleet All Saints Lincolnshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Warden’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 Warden
The biggest is Warden Community Garden, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Everyone in Warden lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Warden100%
Villages its size78%
Kent towns78%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 260 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Kent Downs National Landscape is 7.2 mi away
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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Warden
6 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Warden and the kilometre around it, 0.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Warden; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Warden: 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 39 | 34 | 29 | 34 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 47 | 45 | 59 | 55 | 50 |
March is the driest month (29 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 59 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 15 nights a year. The climate in Warden →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Warden
57% of the area within 5 km of Warden is sea. 9 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 3 with a name.
Shellbeach2.1 mi from town
DirectionsShellness Beach2.4 mi from town
DirectionsSouth Shellness Beach2.9 mi from town
DirectionsSea: 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
7 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
Hills and peaks 1
Capel Hill1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
Plus 7 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.
EastchurchMinster (Swale)Halfway HousesFavershamSheernessQueenboroughWarden
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warden | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Eastchurch 2.4 mi | C | 1.9 | 72% | 0% |
| Minster (Swale) 4.4 mi | B | 2.5 | 89% | 0% |
| Halfway Houses 5.7 mi | C | 1.8 | 71% | 0% |
| Faversham 6.4 mi | A | 2.0 | 88% | 24% |
| Sheerness 6.4 mi | B− | 3.0 | 68% | 0% |
| Queenborough 6.6 mi | B | 1.6 | 100% | 0% |
Faversham, 6.4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 88% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Sheerness has at least twice Warden’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Warden
What is the biggest park in Warden?
Warden Community Garden, 0.1 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Warden near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Kent Downs National Landscape, 7.2 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 879 km² and was designated in 1968.
How many people in Warden 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 Warden?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Warden good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 5% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 24% (1.4 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 Warden’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Warden’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.