Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Charnock Richard add up to 29.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. 42 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 3.3 for every square kilometre. Charnock Richard grades A for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Charnock Richard’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by parks close to every home.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Charnock Richard, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,200 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Charnock Richard stands out most for park space per resident: none of the other 59 has more.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illogan Cornwall | A+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 7% |
| 2 | Polgooth Cornwall | A+ | 7 | 100% | 2 | 13% |
| 3 | Fairlands Surrey | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 5 | 11% |
| 4 | Chagford Devon | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 98% |
| 5 | Masham North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 3 | 44% |
| 6 | Tolvaddon Cornwall | A | 11.9 | 24% | 4.5 | 9% |
| 7 | Leigh Kent | A | 3 | 100% | 2.6 | 49% |
| 8 | Moston Cheshire | A | 7.8 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Charnock Richard Lancashire | A | 29.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Barns Green West Sussex | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 11 | Mayfield Staffordshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 14% |
| 12 | Grange Moor West Yorkshire | A− | 4.3 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Winford Isle of Wight | A− | 1.7 | 0% | 4.4 | 39% |
| 14 | Llanddulas Clwyd | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 15 | North Thoresby Lincolnshire | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 16 | Bethel Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 10% |
| 17 | Grassington North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.3 | 79% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 18 | Groombridge East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 77% | 2.8 | 92% |
| 19 | South Bents Tyne and Wear | B+ | 4.9 | 62% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 20 | Borth Dyfed | B | 3.1 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Upperthong West Yorkshire | B | 1.7 | 65% | 4.7 | 26% |
| 22 | Fishtoft Lincolnshire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 23 | Barwick and Stoford Somerset | B | 6.4 | 71% | 2.2 | 5% |
| 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 | Bedlinog Mid Glamorgan | B | 4.1 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 29 | Goudhurst Kent | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.2 | 65% |
| 30 | Challock Kent | B− | 3 | 62% | 2 | 88% |
| 31 | Twyning Gloucestershire | B− | 1 | 100% | 2.5 | 10% |
| 32 | Shipham Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 63% | 4 | 55% |
| 33 | South Wingfield Derbyshire | B− | 5.4 | 75% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Roydon (South Norfolk) Norfolk | B− | 4.3 | 50% | 4 | 0% |
| 35 | Beeford East Riding of Yorkshire | C+ | 3.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Milford Derbyshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Easton on the Hill Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Castlethorpe Buckinghamshire | C+ | 3.5 | 72% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Lower Shiplake Oxfordshire | C+ | 3 | 0% | 2 | 28% |
| 40 | Ashchurch Gloucestershire | C | 2 | 59% | 2.2 | 21% |
| 41 | Bow Street Dyfed | C | 3.1 | 33% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Woodhouses Greater Manchester | C | 2.6 | 40% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Charlton Marshall Dorset | C | 0.5 | 78% | 2 | 50% |
| 44 | Glazebury Cheshire | C− | 5.1 | 58% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Milverton Somerset | C− | 2.1 | 70% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Pattishall and Astcote Northamptonshire | C− | 2.9 | 39% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | North Leverton with Habblesthorpe Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Bildeston Suffolk | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Farmborough Somerset | C− | 2 | 38% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Cawston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Broad Oak (Wealden) East Sussex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.4 | 96% |
| 52 | Wattstown Mid Glamorgan | D | 3.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Landrake Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 0% | 0.6 | 38% |
| 54 | Reawla Cornwall | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2 | 3% |
| 55 | Stickney Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 56 | Berryfield Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 53% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Pilton Somerset | D− | 1.2 | 28% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Llanfyllin Powys | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Horwood Buckinghamshire | D− | 0.8 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.2 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Charnock Richard’s built-up area.
The biggest is Yarrow Valley Country Park, 162 ha (400 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 22 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 50 residents.
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.
42 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Charnock Richard and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Charnock Richard; 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.
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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 94 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 64 | 80 | 90 | 97 | 96 | 114 | 109 | 119 |
April is the driest month (60 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 119 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. The climate in Charnock Richard →
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.
Charnock Richard 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.
Plus 19 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Charnock Richard grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Yarrow Valley Country Park, 162 ha (400 acres), with 14.3 km of path. Yarrow Valley Country Park (162 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape, 14 mi north of the village’s edge. It covers 806 km² and was designated in 1964.
Creek Beach North, 14 mi from the edge of the village, then Creek Beach South (14 mi). Charnock Richard itself is inland.
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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
For paths, yes: 3.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 67% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 100% (29.8 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Charnock Richard’s overall grade.
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