Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.053 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 6.1 for every square kilometre. The Forest Of Bowland National Landscape begins 3.4 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Trawden add up to 4.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Trawden grades B− 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.
Trawden’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by plenty of park space. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Trawden, 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 1,100 to 1,300 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Trawden stands out most for path per km²: only 1 of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 52 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastington Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 22% |
| 2 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 13% |
| 3 | Holmbridge West Yorkshire | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 4.2 | 45% |
| 4 | Sundridge Kent | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 73% |
| 5 | Shamley Green Surrey | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3 | 69% |
| 6 | Dawlish Warren Devon | A | 21.1 | 73% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 7 | Niton Isle of Wight | A | 2.6 | 76% | 3.1 | 37% |
| 8 | Donisthorpe Leicestershire | A | 38.4 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Hoddlesden Lancashire | A | 11.4 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Ruardean Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 29% |
| 11 | Great Bedwyn Wiltshire | A | 3 | 76% | 3.7 | 100% |
| 12 | Lower Halstow Kent | A− | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 13 | Nutley East Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 75% | 4.5 | 80% |
| 14 | Low Bradley North Yorkshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 6.2 | 2% |
| 15 | Foulridge Lancashire | A− | 9.4 | 23% | 5.4 | 4% |
| 16 | Oxspring South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 77% | 4 | 1% |
| 17 | Stallingborough Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Toll Bar South Yorkshire | B+ | 10.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 19 | King's Somborne Hampshire | B+ | 5.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 20 | Canewdon Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Keinton Mandeville Somerset | B | 3.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Clyst St Mary Devon | B | 5.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 23 | Bodedern Gwynedd | B | 1.2 | 100% | 0 | 16% |
| 24 | Portreath Cornwall | B | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 25 | Woodchurch Kent | B | 2.3 | 78% | 2.8 | 12% |
| 26 | Corse Gloucestershire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 27 | Stradbroke Suffolk | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Trawden Lancashire | B− | 4 | 0% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Welford Northamptonshire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Rushwick Worcestershire | B− | 5 | 71% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Lyne Surrey | C+ | 4 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire | C+ | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 33 | Clehonger Herefordshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Medomsley County Durham | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Stalmine Lancashire | C | 3.1 | 67% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Clifton upon Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Croughton Northamptonshire | C | 3.6 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Hill Brow and Rake Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 97% |
| 40 | Wolverley Worcestershire | C− | 7.2 | 23% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Crays Hill Essex | C− | 10.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Methley West Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Sproatley East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 8.6 | 47% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Kirby-le-Soken Essex | C− | 0.7 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Parson Drove Cambridgeshire | D | 3.5 | 60% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Shardlow Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 73% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Kingswood Warwickshire | D | 1.7 | 42% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Coup Green Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Horton and Broadway Somerset | D | 0.5 | 45% | 1.9 | 14% |
| 50 | Puddletown Dorset | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2.1 | 15% |
| 51 | Beckingham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.6 | 28% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Stoke Ferry Norfolk | D | 1.1 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Ifold West Sussex | D | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 54 | Bretforton Worcestershire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 9% |
| 55 | Walesby Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.1 | 50% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Rillington North Yorkshire | D− | 1 | 75% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Wrawby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.8 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Darrington West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 72% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Blackwell Worcestershire | D− | 0.7 | 29% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Fiskerton Lincolnshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Trawden’s built-up area.
The biggest is Ball Grove Park, 4.8 ha (12 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).
About 1,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 151 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.
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Trawden scores 0% on it even though the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape is 3.4 mi away. Yorkshire Dales National Park covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
53 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Trawden and the kilometre around it, 6.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
2 regional routes pass through, including the Pendle Way and Bronte Way.
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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 114 | 95 | 80 | 62 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 91 | 93 | 111 | 116 | 131 |
April is the driest month (62 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 131 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. The climate in Trawden →
0% of the area within 5 km of Trawden is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 1 beach is mapped within 5 km.
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.
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.
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trawden | B− | 4.0 | 0% | 0% |
| Colne 1.6 mi | A | 3.2 | 86% | 8% |
| Foulridge 2.6 mi | A− | 9.4 | 23% | 4% |
| Nelson 3.0 mi | A− | 1.8 | 85% | 15% |
| Barrowford 3.4 mi | A | 4.2 | 82% | 22% |
| Brierfield 4.1 mi | A | 2.1 | 92% | 18% |
| Cowling 4.8 mi | B | 1.3 | 100% | 0% |
Barrowford, 3.4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 82% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Foulridge has at least twice Trawden’s green space per resident.
Ball Grove Park, 4.8 ha (12 acres), with 0.9 km of path, just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Yorkshire Dales National Park begins 8.7 mi north of the village’s edge. It covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape, 3.4 mi away.
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Pendle Way and Bronte Way.
0% 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%.
June 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: 6.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 98% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 82% (4.0 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 Trawden’s overall grade.
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