Brundall’s biggest
Brundall Countryside Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha (13 acres)3.2 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Brundall · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Brundall
The Broads National Park reaches the edge of Brundall. 62% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. 28 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.3 for every square kilometre. Brundall grades C for the outdoors: #33 of 51 in Norfolk. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
62%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
28 km
2.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
20%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: the Broads National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Brundall?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Broads National Park starts 0.0 mi south.Less park per person1.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Brundall’s strongest suit is the Broads National Park close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Brundall grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Brundall, 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 30% of UK towns#33 of 51 in Norfolk · 36th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
32out of
100
100
A park within a walk62%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
22out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape20%of the land within 5 km
78out of
100
100
Footpaths2.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
39out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 1.1% sea, under the 5% that counts
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
Brundall is 36th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 4,200 to 4,500 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
Brundall2.3
Towns its size2.5
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Brundall1.6
Towns its size1.8
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Brundall62%
Towns its size87%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Brundall falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 45 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keswick Cumbria | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 2 | Lawford Essex | A+ | 3.4 | 94% | 2.8 | 40% |
| 3 | Great Denham Bedfordshire | A | 14.7 | 100% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 4 | Aberbargoed Gwent | A | 22.8 | 95% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 5 | Denaby Main South Yorkshire | A | 10.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Overton Hampshire | A | 3.7 | 92% | 2.5 | 45% |
| 7 | Kimberley Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Whittle-le-Woods Lancashire | A− | 7.7 | 91% | 4 | 0% |
| 9 | Loftus North Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 90% | 2 | 31% |
| 10 | Exminster Devon | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Arborfield Garrison Berkshire | A− | 10.4 | 95% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 12 | Stokenchurch Buckinghamshire | A− | 2.3 | 90% | 2.6 | 86% |
| 13 | Horsford Norfolk | B+ | 6.5 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Ratby Leicestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Girton Cambridgeshire | B+ | 2.8 | 92% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Elmswell Suffolk | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 17 | Clayton West and Scissett West Yorkshire | B | 1.4 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Winchcombe Gloucestershire | B | 2.2 | 60% | 3 | 81% |
| 19 | Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire | B | 4.5 | 72% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Earby Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 93% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Woodford Halse Northamptonshire | B− | 3.6 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Alderley Edge Cheshire | B− | 2.2 | 86% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Wilton Wiltshire | B− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.6 | 45% |
| 24 | Tibshelf Derbyshire | B− | 1.4 | 94% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Ferndale Mid Glamorgan | B− | 3.6 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Woburn Sands Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.1 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Milford on Sea Hampshire | C+ | 1.2 | 50% | 2.1 | 21% |
| 28 | Stamford Bridge East Riding of Yorkshire | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Backwell Somerset | C+ | 2.3 | 57% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Halfway Houses Kent | C | 1.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Queen's Hills Norfolk | C | 0.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Backworth Tyne and Wear | C | 2 | 59% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Hope Clwyd | C | 8.5 | 64% | 2 | 0% |
| 34 | Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse Derbyshire | C | 1.6 | 75% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Skelmanthorpe West Yorkshire | C | 1 | 88% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Brundall Norfolk | C | 1.6 | 62% | 2.3 | 20% |
| 37 | Meopham Kent | C | 1.3 | 53% | 2.5 | 35% |
| 38 | Uppingham Rutland | C | 2.2 | 89% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Long Lawford Warwickshire | C | 1.2 | 91% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Branston Lincolnshire | C | 2.1 | 86% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Llangennech Dyfed | C | 1.6 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Cuffley Hertfordshire | C− | 13.6 | 19% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Ellesmere Shropshire | C− | 12.5 | 54% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Wesham Lancashire | C− | 1.7 | 87% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Chudleigh Devon | C− | 0.3 | 83% | 1.4 | 15% |
| 46 | Saxilby Lincolnshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Epworth Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 75% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Doddington and Wimblington Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.5 | 73% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Great Ayton North Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 48% | 2.2 | 31% |
| 50 | Freckleton Lancashire | D | 0.4 | 73% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | West Kingsdown Kent | D | 0.8 | 28% | 1.6 | 52% |
| 52 | North Weald Bassett Essex | D | 1.4 | 67% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Linton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.1 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Shepperton Green Surrey | D | 1.4 | 73% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Banks Lancashire | D | 0.3 | 33% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Blidworth Nottinghamshire | D | 0.5 | 23% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Kegworth Leicestershire | D | 0.4 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Wheatley Oxfordshire | D− | 0.2 | 34% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Warboys Cambridgeshire | D− | 0.4 | 67% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Pinchbeck Lincolnshire | D− | 1 | 49% | 1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Brundall’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 Brundall
The biggest is Brundall Countryside Park, 5.2 ha (13 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Brundall 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 (62%)Further (38%)
Brundall62%
Towns its size87%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 16 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 274 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Brundall
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
20% of the land within 5 km of Brundall is National Park or National Landscape, more than 77% of UK towns. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
8 waymarked walks pass through or near Brundall
28 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Brundall and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Wherryman's Way6.4 km
Cross-Norfolk Trail5.1 km
Rockland St Mary Circular4.5 km
Blofield Heritage Walk4.1 km
Wherry Lines Walk 13.7 km
Surlingham Circular3.3 km
Wherry Lines Walk 31.6 km
Circular Route0.6 km
The regional route here is the Wherryman's 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 Brundall: 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) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 41 | 56 | 47 | 59 | 57 | 67 | 65 | 59 |
April is the driest month (36 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 67 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Brundall →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 16 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
Brundall is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Corton Sands15 mi from Brundall’s edge
DirectionsCorton Beach15 mi from Brundall’s edge
DirectionsGunton Sands15 mi from Brundall’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
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Strumpshaw Hill1.0 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 3
Church Fen3.1 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsStrumpshaw Fen RSPB Nature Reserve0.7 mi from town
DirectionsSurlingham Church Marsh (RSPB)1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 16
Plus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Strumpshaw Steam Museum0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 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.
BlofieldLittle PlumsteadBlofield HeathLingwoodThorpe EndRackheathBrundall
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brundall | C | 1.6 | 62% | 20% |
| Blofield 1.0 mi | B+ | 2.9 | 100% | 17% |
| Little Plumstead 1.8 mi | D | 0.6 | 64% | 16% |
| Blofield Heath 1.9 mi | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 17% |
| Lingwood 2.4 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 73% | 26% |
| Thorpe End 3.4 mi | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 10% |
| Rackheath 3.6 mi | B | 2.6 | 100% | 14% |
Blofield, 1 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Brundall
What is the biggest park in Brundall?
Brundall Countryside Park, 5.2 ha (13 acres), with 3.2 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Brundall near a National Park?
It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
What are the best walks near Brundall?
8 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wherryman's Way, Cross-Norfolk Trail and Rockland St Mary Circular. Brundall Countryside Park alone has 3.2 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Brundall?
Corton Sands, 15 mi from the edge of the town, then Corton Beach (15 mi). Brundall itself is inland.
How many people in Brundall live near a park?
62% 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 Brundall?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Brundall good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 39% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 32% (1.6 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 Brundall’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Brundall’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.