Bradwell’s biggest
Magdalen Recreation Ground
Playing field · 20 m outside town
6.4 ha (16 acres)0.5 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bob Crook · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bradwell · parks, paths & countryside
31% of the land within 5 km of Bradwell is National Park or National Landscape
The Broads National Park reaches the edge of Bradwell. The sea makes up 28% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Bradwell add up to 2.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Bradwell grades A− for the outdoors: #4 of 51 in Norfolk. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
80%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
45 km
2.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
31%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: the Broads National Park
The sea
28%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Bradwell?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside31% of the land within 5 km is the Broads National Park.On a National TrailThe Norfolk Coast Path passes through.
Bradwell’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by the Norfolk Coast Path.
Outdoors grade
Bradwell grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bradwell, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 85% of UK towns#4 of 51 in Norfolk · 13th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
46out of
100
100
A park within a walk80%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
46out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape31%of the land within 5 km
84out of
100
100
Footpaths2.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
52out of
100
100
The sea28%of the area within 5 km
92out 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
Bradwell is 13th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 11,100 to 12,200 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
Bradwell2.7
Towns its size2.8
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bradwell2.0
Towns its size1.9
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bradwell80%
Towns its size84%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tring Hertfordshire | A+ | 5.7 | 95% | 4.8 | 57% |
| 2 | Snodland Kent | A+ | 7.7 | 97% | 4.4 | 44% |
| 3 | Chepstow Gwent | A+ | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 30% |
| 4 | Minehead Somerset | A+ | 1.4 | 95% | 4.3 | 47% |
| 5 | Weybourne Surrey | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 6.1 | 14% |
| 6 | Brockworth Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 95% | 5.1 | 46% |
| 7 | Waltham Cross Hertfordshire | A | 10.6 | 100% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Holyhead Gwynedd | A | 3.4 | 78% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 9 | Penryn Cornwall | A | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 10 | Emsworth Hampshire | A | 2.3 | 56% | 3.7 | 51% |
| 11 | Sandown Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 74% | 4.5 | 28% |
| 12 | Dawlish Devon | A | 2.1 | 93% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Bradwell Norfolk | A− | 2 | 80% | 2.7 | 31% |
| 14 | Matlock Derbyshire | A− | 2.9 | 76% | 4.7 | 20% |
| 15 | Conisbrough South Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Southwater West Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 82% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 17 | Barton-upon-Humber Lincolnshire | A− | 5.9 | 97% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Uppermill Greater Manchester | A− | 2.4 | 70% | 4.8 | 27% |
| 19 | Cleckheaton West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 98% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 20 | New Milton Hampshire | B+ | 2.3 | 75% | 1.9 | 38% |
| 21 | Blandford Forum Dorset | B+ | 2.1 | 90% | 2.2 | 72% |
| 22 | Haslemere Surrey | B+ | 1 | 78% | 5.1 | 80% |
| 23 | Bentley South Yorkshire | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 24 | Worsley Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.7 | 86% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 25 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | B+ | 9 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Oxted Surrey | B | 2.1 | 84% | 2.8 | 28% |
| 27 | Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.4 | 70% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 28 | Buckhurst Hill Essex | B | 4.5 | 64% | 6.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Littleborough Greater Manchester | B | 5 | 85% | 3 | 0% |
| 30 | Warmsworth South Yorkshire | B | 2.7 | 79% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Shirebrook Derbyshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 32 | Sandbach Cheshire | B− | 2.5 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Helston Cornwall | B− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 21% |
| 34 | Ystrad Mynach Gwent | B− | 5.4 | 85% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Honiton Devon | B− | 1.3 | 90% | 2 | 73% |
| 36 | Mossley Greater Manchester | B− | 0.9 | 74% | 4.5 | 14% |
| 37 | Wells Somerset | B− | 1.7 | 65% | 3.4 | 26% |
| 38 | Lymm Cheshire | B− | 3.6 | 89% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Leatherhead Surrey | B− | 1 | 72% | 3.9 | 24% |
| 40 | Kingsteignton Devon | B− | 1.9 | 95% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Bolsover Derbyshire | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Stanwell Surrey | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Sandy Bedfordshire | C | 0.9 | 76% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Ulverston Cumbria | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.8 | 8% |
| 45 | Towcester Northamptonshire | C | 1.3 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Featherstone West Yorkshire | C | 2 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Attleborough Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Cleveleys Lancashire | C− | 0.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | C− | 1 | 85% | 1.4 | 8% |
| 50 | Oakham Rutland | C− | 1.8 | 86% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Downham Market Norfolk | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Cheadle Staffordshire | C− | 1.7 | 90% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Market Drayton Shropshire | C− | 1.5 | 88% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Codsall Staffordshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Leominster Herefordshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Sarn Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.8 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Desborough Northamptonshire | D | 0.6 | 69% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Wetherby West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 14% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Tonyrefail Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 48% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Watton Norfolk | D− | 0.5 | 28% | 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 Bradwell’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 Bradwell
The biggest is Magdalen Recreation Ground, 6.4 ha (16 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Gipsies Green
Park or garden
0.6 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Bradwell
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Bradwell residents live within a 5-minute walk of 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 (80%)Further (20%)
Bradwell80%
Towns its size84%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
About 2,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 51 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 228 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Bradwell
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
31% of the land within 5 km of Bradwell is National Park or National Landscape, more than 84% of UK towns. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Bradwell is on the Norfolk Coast Path
45 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bradwell and the kilometre around it, 2.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
Norfolk Coast Path7.1 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea Palling7.1 km
Angles Way5.6 km
Elizabethan House Museum's Great Yarmouth Heritage Trail, Elizabethan House1.7 km
Weavers’ Way1.2 km
The Norfolk Coast Path, a national route, passes Bradwell. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Angles Way and Weavers’ Way.
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 Bradwell: May to 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 41 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 47 | 55 | 57 | 55 | 69 | 64 | 56 |
April is the driest month (35 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 69 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 24 nights a year. The climate in Bradwell →
The coast
Bradwell is near the sea
28% of the area within 5 km of Bradwell is sea. 5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
The Norfolk Coast Path passes the town.
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.
Things to do
51 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Williamson’s Lookout0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 51
McDonald's PlayPlace0.2 mi from town
DirectionsBeacon Park Playground0.4 mi from town
DirectionsSidney Park0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPops Meadow1.0 mi from town
DirectionsGorleston Cliffs Playground1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 46 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
Gorleston-on-SeaBeltonGreat YarmouthHopton on SeaCortonCaister-on-SeaBradwell
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell | A− | 2.0 | 80% | 31% |
| Gorleston-on-Sea 0.9 mi | A− | 1.4 | 81% | 17% |
| Belton 1.8 mi | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 48% |
| Great Yarmouth 2.5 mi | A− | 1.7 | 73% | 18% |
| Hopton on Sea 2.9 mi | A+ | 6.7 | 100% | 2% |
| Corton 4.6 mi | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 5% |
| Caister-on-Sea 5.1 mi | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 21% |
Corton, 4.6 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hopton on Sea and Corton have at least twice Bradwell’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Bradwell
What is the biggest park in Bradwell?
Magdalen Recreation Ground, 6.4 ha (16 acres), just outside the built-up area. Gipsies Green (0.6 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Bradwell near a National Park?
It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
What are the best walks near Bradwell?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Norfolk Coast Path, King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea Palling and Angles Way.
How many people in Bradwell live near a park?
80% 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 Bradwell?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bradwell good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 52% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 46% (2.0 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 Bradwell’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bradwell’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.
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