Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: MaltaGC at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Parks and playing fields in Moira add up to 15.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 75 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 5.1 for every square kilometre. 86% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Moira grades A for the outdoors: #4 of 50 in Leicestershire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Moira’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by dense footpaths.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Moira, 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 3,100 to 3,300 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Moira stands out most for park space per resident: only 1 of the other 59 has more.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whyteleafe Surrey | A+ | 16.3 | 100% | 4.9 | 15% |
| 2 | Bakewell Derbyshire | A | 5.5 | 91% | 2.7 | 98% |
| 3 | Bignall End Staffordshire | A | 9.1 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 4 | Moira Leicestershire | A | 15.5 | 86% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 5 | Tywyn Gwynedd | A− | 2.4 | 79% | 1.9 | 51% |
| 6 | Gamesley Derbyshire | A− | 0.8 | 100% | 5 | 32% |
| 7 | Neyland Dyfed | A− | 3 | 93% | 1.2 | 13% |
| 8 | Netherton (Kirklees) West Yorkshire | A− | 2 | 88% | 5.5 | 6% |
| 9 | Oughtibridge South Yorkshire | A− | 2.2 | 76% | 6 | 19% |
| 10 | Bream Gloucestershire | A− | 2.2 | 82% | 4.7 | 10% |
| 11 | North Petherton Somerset | B+ | 3.8 | 91% | 2.3 | 5% |
| 12 | Amlwch Gwynedd | B+ | 1.6 | 87% | 2.1 | 14% |
| 13 | Addingham West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.8 | 93% | 3 | 32% |
| 14 | Porthleven Cornwall | B+ | 1.6 | 78% | 2.5 | 19% |
| 15 | Drayton Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 3 | 3% |
| 16 | Markyate Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.2 | 53% |
| 17 | St Agnes Cornwall | B+ | 1 | 81% | 3 | 5% |
| 18 | Wheatley Hill County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 19 | Elton Cheshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Honeybourne Worcestershire | B | 2.9 | 80% | 2.6 | 14% |
| 21 | Madeley Staffordshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Walton West Yorkshire | B | 12.3 | 78% | 3 | 0% |
| 23 | Treeton South Yorkshire | B | 4.4 | 63% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Fernhill Heath Worcestershire | B | 3.2 | 88% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Caddington Bedfordshire | B | 1.3 | 81% | 3.6 | 33% |
| 26 | Ringmer East Sussex | B− | 1.9 | 91% | 1.8 | 37% |
| 27 | Pangbourne Berkshire | B− | 2.9 | 61% | 2 | 85% |
| 28 | Askam in Furness Cumbria | B− | 1.7 | 90% | 2 | 0% |
| 29 | Dunton Green Kent | B− | 1 | 82% | 2.7 | 69% |
| 30 | Healing Lincolnshire | B− | 2 | 78% | 1.3 | 1% |
| 31 | Lambourn Berkshire | C+ | 1.2 | 61% | 3 | 100% |
| 32 | Milborne Port Somerset | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 33 | Thaxted Essex | C | 0.8 | 91% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 34 | West Bergholt Essex | C | 1.5 | 82% | 1.8 | 9% |
| 35 | Swanmore Hampshire | C | 1.4 | 69% | 1.9 | 54% |
| 36 | Teynham Kent | C | 0.8 | 55% | 1.8 | 13% |
| 37 | Bedale North Yorkshire | C | 3.6 | 78% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Laceby Lincolnshire | C | 1.6 | 64% | 2.1 | 18% |
| 39 | Hadlow Kent | C− | 1.7 | 61% | 2 | 11% |
| 40 | Charvil Berkshire | C− | 0.7 | 68% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 41 | Sapcote Leicestershire | C− | 2.4 | 67% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Claydon Suffolk | C− | 2.8 | 72% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria | C− | 1.2 | 63% | 2.1 | 24% |
| 44 | Yarnton Oxfordshire | C− | 0.4 | 69% | 3 | 0% |
| 45 | Farnsfield Nottinghamshire | C− | 2 | 63% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | West Auckland County Durham | C− | 1.1 | 91% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Purton Wiltshire | C− | 0.8 | 60% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Rendlesham Suffolk | C− | 0.8 | 52% | 1.6 | 59% |
| 49 | Astwood Bank Worcestershire | C− | 0.9 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Navenby Lincolnshire | D | 1.2 | 81% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Talbot Green Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 66% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Tarporley Cheshire | D | 1 | 69% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Iver Buckinghamshire | D | 1.3 | 60% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Skellingthorpe Lincolnshire | D | 1.2 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Eccleshall Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 74% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | New Tredegar Gwent | D− | 1.4 | 68% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Headcorn Kent | D− | 1.6 | 48% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Dunnington North Yorkshire | D− | 0.8 | 44% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Upper Tean Staffordshire | D− | 0.6 | 60% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Donington Lincolnshire | D− | 0.8 | 54% | 0.8 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Moira’s built-up area.
The biggest is Hicks Lodge, 152 ha (375 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 400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 28 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 114 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.
75 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Moira and the kilometre around it, 5.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
2 regional routes pass through, including the National Forest Way and Ivanhoe Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 59 | 70 | 64 | 65 |
March is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 70 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Moira →
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.
Moira is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
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 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 1 slipway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moira | A | 15.5 | 86% | 0% |
| Donisthorpe 1.0 mi | A | 38.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Blackfordby 1.3 mi | B+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley 2.0 mi | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Woodville 2.0 mi | B− | 3.7 | 78% | 0% |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch 2.3 mi | C | 1.1 | 90% | 0% |
| Measham 2.4 mi | C− | 1.3 | 83% | 0% |
Donisthorpe, 1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Donisthorpe has at least twice Moira’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Hicks Lodge, 152 ha (375 acres), with 13.6 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Donisthorpe Woodland Park (38 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 15 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the National Forest Way and Ivanhoe Way. Hicks Lodge alone has 13.6 km of path.
library, 15 mi from the edge of the town. Moira itself is inland.
86% 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: 5.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 93% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 98% (15.5 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 Moira’s overall grade.
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