Lutterworth’s biggest
Lutterworth Country Park
Park or garden
7.0 ha (17 acres)1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lutterworth
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lutterworth · parks, paths & countryside
83% of Lutterworth’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
56 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Lutterworth add up to 1.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Lutterworth grades C− for the outdoors: #41 of 50 in Leicestershire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
83%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
56 km
2.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Outdoors grade
Lutterworth grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lutterworth, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C−
Better than 20% of UK towns#41 of 50 in Leicestershire · 50th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
34out 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 Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
30out 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.
Towns its size
Lutterworth is 50th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 9,900 to 11,200 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
Lutterworth2.0
Towns its size3.1
Leicestershire towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lutterworth1.7
Towns its size1.9
Leicestershire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lutterworth83%
Towns its size81%
Leicestershire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Lutterworth falls furthest behind on path per km², where 53 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West End Hampshire | A | 9.1 | 100% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 2 | Brierfield Lancashire | A | 2.1 | 92% | 5.6 | 18% |
| 3 | South Merstham Surrey | A | 3.7 | 84% | 3.7 | 20% |
| 4 | Great Harwood Lancashire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 5 | Godalming Surrey | A− | 4.6 | 73% | 3.1 | 66% |
| 6 | Soham Cambridgeshire | A− | 4.7 | 97% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 7 | Platt Bridge and Abram Greater Manchester | A− | 3.7 | 98% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Royston South Yorkshire | A− | 7.9 | 97% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Kings Hill Kent | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 10 | Romiley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.9 | 80% | 3.8 | 1% |
| 11 | Padiham Lancashire | A− | 1.5 | 95% | 4.5 | 18% |
| 12 | Bingham Nottinghamshire | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire | A− | 4 | 85% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Whitwick Leicestershire | A− | 4.2 | 84% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Chadwell St Mary Essex | A− | 3.2 | 97% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Egglescliffe County Durham | A− | 4.9 | 94% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Kearsley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Tidworth Wiltshire | B+ | 3.7 | 90% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 19 | Pelsall West Midlands | B+ | 6.1 | 95% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Corfe Mullen Dorset | B+ | 3.1 | 72% | 3.5 | 13% |
| 21 | Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire | B+ | 1.9 | 76% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 22 | Woodbridge Suffolk | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 3.9 | 30% |
| 23 | Barnoldswick Lancashire | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 4 | 2% |
| 24 | Cranleigh Surrey | B | 2.5 | 20% | 4.3 | 38% |
| 25 | Corsham Wiltshire | B | 1.9 | 81% | 3 | 31% |
| 26 | Baldock Hertfordshire | B | 2.1 | 91% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Ludlow Shropshire | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2.1 | 16% |
| 28 | Great Dunmow Essex | B | 2 | 92% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Gillingham Dorset | B | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 30 | Monmouth Gwent | B− | 1.5 | 69% | 3.1 | 45% |
| 31 | Oswaldtwistle Lancashire | B− | 1.1 | 94% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Radstock Somerset | B− | 1.1 | 93% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 33 | Filton Gloucestershire | B− | 3.3 | 40% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Cambourne Cambridgeshire | B− | 0.7 | 91% | 7.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Baglan West Glamorgan | C+ | 2.5 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Liskeard Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 89% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 37 | Raunds Northamptonshire | C+ | 4.7 | 74% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Abertillery Gwent | C | 2.4 | 69% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Selsey West Sussex | C | 1.6 | 79% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Earl Shilton Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 98% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Barnham West Sussex | C | 1.3 | 70% | 2.3 | 32% |
| 42 | Kippax West Yorkshire | C | 1.4 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Brimington Derbyshire | C | 1.2 | 72% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Catshill Worcestershire | C | 1.4 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Prudhoe Northumberland | C− | 1.7 | 37% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Epping Essex | C− | 1.2 | 70% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Hexham Northumberland | C− | 1.5 | 64% | 2 | 9% |
| 48 | Chatteris Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Polegate East Sussex | C− | 0.8 | 64% | 2.2 | 24% |
| 50 | Lutterworth Leicestershire | C− | 1.7 | 83% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | West Moors Dorset | C− | 0.9 | 33% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 52 | New Ollerton and Ollerton Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.8 | 80% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Dinnington South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Haxby North Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 59% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Newtown Powys | D | 2.3 | 65% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Sherborne Dorset | D | 1.2 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Longton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Burton Latimer Northamptonshire | D | 0.9 | 62% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Pocklington East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.6 | 65% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Ponteland Northumberland | D− | 1.1 | 36% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Lutterworth’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 Lutterworth
The biggest is Lutterworth Country Park, 7.0 ha (17 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
The Green
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
0.4 ha (1 acres)0.1 km of path
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Lutterworth’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 (83%)Further (17%)
Lutterworth83%
Towns its size81%
Leicestershire towns86%
All UK towns83%
About 1,800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 9 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,169 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Lutterworth
56 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lutterworth and the kilometre around it, 2.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Leicestershire Round1.3 km
The regional route here is the Leicestershire Round.
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 Lutterworth: May, June, August and September
The town’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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 48 | 46 | 53 | 59 | 62 | 76 | 66 | 69 | 77 | 68 | 69 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 77 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Lutterworth →
Things to do
9 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK town its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Lutterworth is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
library8.7 mi from Lutterworth’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
Playgrounds 9
Javelin Play Areain town
DirectionsThe Whittle Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 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.
UllesthorpeGilmortonBroughton AstleyClifton upon DunsmoreSharnfordSapcoteLutterworth
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutterworth | C− | 1.7 | 83% | 0% |
| Ullesthorpe 2.5 mi | D | 1.5 | 75% | 0% |
| Gilmorton 2.9 mi | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Broughton Astley 4.8 mi | D | 1.0 | 82% | 0% |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore 5.4 mi | C | 2.2 | 79% | 0% |
| Sharnford 5.7 mi | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Sapcote 6.2 mi | C− | 2.4 | 67% | 0% |
Sharnford, 5.7 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Lutterworth
What is the biggest park in Lutterworth?
Lutterworth Country Park, 7.0 ha (17 acres), with 1.9 km of path. The Green (0.4 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Lutterworth near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Lutterworth.
What are the best walks near Lutterworth?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Leicestershire Round.
What is the nearest beach to Lutterworth?
library, 8.7 mi from the edge of the town. Lutterworth itself is inland.
How many people in Lutterworth 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 Lutterworth?
May, June, August and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lutterworth good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 30% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 34% (1.7 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 Lutterworth’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lutterworth’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.