Ashill’s biggest
Goose Green
Park or garden
1.4 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Ashill
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Ashill · parks, paths & countryside
82% of Ashill’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Ashill add up to 3.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 14 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Ashill grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
82%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
14 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Norfolk Coast National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Ashill?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam3.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 78% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe Peddars Way passes through.
Ashill’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by the Peddars Way.
Outdoors grade
Ashill grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Ashill, 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 35% of UK towns38th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
79out of
100
100
A park within a walk82%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
51out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
22out 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.
Villages its size
Ashill is 38th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,300 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
Ashill1.7
Villages its size2.0
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Ashill3.7
Villages its size2.3
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Ashill82%
Villages its size78%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Ashill stands out most for park space per resident: only 12 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 41 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huncoat Lancashire | A+ | 10.1 | 100% | 4.9 | 1% |
| 2 | Clanfield Hampshire | A+ | 6.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 78% |
| 3 | Kirton Suffolk | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 2.3 | 50% |
| 4 | Otterbourne Hampshire | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3.2 | 25% |
| 5 | Thurgoland South Yorkshire | A | 2.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 6 | Box Hill Surrey | A | 35.9 | 12% | 6 | 39% |
| 7 | Cronton Merseyside | A | 6.8 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 8 | Chew Magna Somerset | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 15% |
| 9 | Millhouse Green South Yorkshire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.6 | 18% |
| 10 | East Hanney Oxfordshire | A− | 5.7 | 100% | 1.8 | 4% |
| 11 | Harlech Gwynedd | A− | 1.9 | 36% | 3.5 | 67% |
| 12 | Bonds Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 13 | Bradpole Dorset | A− | 0.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 95% |
| 14 | Felsted Essex | A− | 7.5 | 81% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Westfield East Sussex | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 83% |
| 16 | Tregarth Gwynedd | B+ | 1.5 | 100% | 2.9 | 23% |
| 17 | Bierton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 5.8 | 70% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Walberton West Sussex | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 39% |
| 19 | Sharpness Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 20 | Billy Row County Durham | B | 2.3 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Stoke Holy Cross Norfolk | B | 2.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Horton Kirby Kent | B | 5.9 | 78% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 23 | Bunbury Cheshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Talgarth Powys | B | 5.7 | 71% | 1.5 | 52% |
| 25 | Kilgetty Dyfed | B | 1 | 100% | 0.9 | 18% |
| 26 | Minster Lovell Oxfordshire | B | 3.6 | 79% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 27 | Sutton Benger Wiltshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Eckington Worcestershire | B | 4.1 | 72% | 1.9 | 23% |
| 29 | Potten End Hertfordshire | B− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.2 | 44% |
| 30 | Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Oxfordshire | B− | 2.5 | 72% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 31 | Wyton Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.9 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Gilmorton Leicestershire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Marlpit Hill Kent | B− | 2.5 | 0% | 2.9 | 35% |
| 34 | Chulmleigh Devon | C+ | 3.5 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Trimdon Grange County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Sutton Common Suffolk | C+ | 0.8 | 51% | 3.9 | 85% |
| 37 | Thorpe on the Hill West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.2 | 64% | 4 | 0% |
| 38 | Ashill Norfolk | C+ | 3.7 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Westhampnett West Sussex | C | 0.2 | 79% | 2.6 | 33% |
| 40 | Ampleforth North Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 27% | 1.7 | 95% |
| 41 | Bradfield Essex | C | 1.4 | 27% | 1.5 | 35% |
| 42 | Warwick Bridge Cumbria | C | 6.5 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Stoke Hampshire | C | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 32% |
| 44 | West Clandon Surrey | C | 1.9 | 49% | 2.1 | 28% |
| 45 | Ponthir Gwent | C | 2.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Coedhirwaun West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 47 | South Killingholme Lincolnshire | C | 1.7 | 68% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Hanwood Shropshire | C− | 1.9 | 19% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 49 | Little Downham Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.8 | 61% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Trewoon Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 71% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 51 | Blyth Nottinghamshire | D | 2.5 | 76% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Burton on the Wolds Leicestershire | D | 2.5 | 31% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Southery Norfolk | D | 2 | 61% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Dishforth North Yorkshire | D | 2.3 | 68% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Fleet Hargate Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Elvington North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Felton Northumberland | D− | 1.7 | 50% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Sutton on Trent Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.5 | 39% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Walsham le Willows Suffolk | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Helpston Cambridgeshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Ashill’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 Ashill
The biggest is Goose Green, 1.4 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Ashill’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 (82%)Further (18%)
Ashill82%
Villages its size78%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Norfolk Coast National Landscape is 17 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
Ashill is on the Peddars Way
14 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Ashill and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalLocal
Pickenhams Circular Walk5.9 km
Peddars Way1.0 km
London to Walsingham - stage 081.0 km
The Peddars Way, a national route, passes Ashill. Close to home, the Pickenhams Circular Walk has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the village.
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 Ashill: 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 51 | 68 | 58 | 67 | 60 | 72 | 70 | 66 |
April is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 72 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Ashill →
Things to do
2 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Ashill is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Beach16 mi from Ashill’s edge
DirectionsSnettisham Scalp22 mi from Ashill’s edge
DirectionsWest Sands27 mi from Ashill’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 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Brick Kiln Farm0.6 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Saham ToneyNectonWattonSwaffhamGristonShipdhamAshill
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Ashill grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Ashill
What is the biggest park in Ashill?
Goose Green, 1.4 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Ashill near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Norfolk Coast National Landscape, 17 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 446 km² and was designated in 1968.
What are the best walks near Ashill?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Pickenhams Circular Walk, Peddars Way and London to Walsingham - stage 08.
What is the nearest beach to Ashill?
The Beach, 16 mi from the edge of the village, then Snettisham Scalp (22 mi). Ashill itself is inland.
How many people in Ashill live near a park?
82% 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 Ashill?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Ashill good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 22% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 79% (3.7 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 Ashill’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Ashill’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.