Chedgrave’s biggest
Pyes Mill
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
1.2 ha (3 acres)0.4 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Picnic site
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Chedgrave · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Chedgrave lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Broads National Park reaches the edge of Chedgrave. Parks and playing fields in Chedgrave add up to 3.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 17 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Chedgrave grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
17 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
26%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: the Broads National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Chedgrave?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Protected countryside26% of the land within 5 km is the Broads National Park.Historic parksLangley Park is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Chedgrave’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by protected countryside on the doorstep.
Outdoors grade
Chedgrave grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Chedgrave, 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 77% of UK towns14th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
69out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape26%of the land within 5 km
82out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
20out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 0.8% 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.
Villages its size
Chedgrave is 14th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,100 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
Chedgrave1.7
Villages its size2.3
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Chedgrave3.0
Villages its size2.4
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Chedgrave100%
Villages its size70%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Chedgrave stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has 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 | Lizard Cornwall | A+ | 2.3 | 100% | 3.3 | 30% |
| 2 | Uplyme Devon | A+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 61% |
| 3 | Bromham Wiltshire | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 4 | Blagdon Somerset | A | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 62% |
| 5 | Colney Heath Hertfordshire | A | 8.7 | 100% | 7.4 | 0% |
| 6 | Abingworth West Sussex | A | 6.1 | 100% | 2.7 | 27% |
| 7 | Newnham Gloucestershire | A | 4.2 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 8 | Heather Leicestershire | A | 16.9 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Aberaeron Dyfed | A | 6.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Shorne Kent | A | 28.3 | 23% | 3.4 | 24% |
| 11 | Silverdale Lancashire | A | 2.3 | 46% | 3.9 | 76% |
| 12 | North Curry Somerset | A | 6.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Godshill Isle of Wight | A | 2.1 | 100% | 2.7 | 53% |
| 14 | Chedgrave Norfolk | A− | 3 | 100% | 1.7 | 26% |
| 15 | Plumpton Green East Sussex | A− | 4.6 | 54% | 3.6 | 37% |
| 16 | Ardleigh Essex | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.5 | 21% |
| 17 | Hyde Heath Buckinghamshire | B+ | 5.4 | 68% | 2.1 | 81% |
| 18 | Crowlas Cornwall | B+ | 3.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 23% |
| 19 | Five Ash Down East Sussex | B+ | 2.8 | 0% | 4.1 | 43% |
| 20 | Avening Gloucestershire | B | 0.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 97% |
| 21 | Morchard Bishop Devon | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Flamstead Hertfordshire | B | 2.1 | 82% | 2.7 | 33% |
| 23 | Llanymynech Shropshire | B | 2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Minley Hampshire | B− | 5.7 | 0% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Sharnford Leicestershire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 26 | High Shincliffe County Durham | B− | 0.5 | 100% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Ettington Warwickshire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 28 | Coopersale Essex | B− | 1.1 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Carleton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | C+ | 0.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 10% |
| 30 | Sutterton Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Little Waltham Essex | C+ | 2.3 | 63% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Weston Staffordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1 | 4% |
| 33 | Simister Greater Manchester | C | 16.6 | 0% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Warmington Northamptonshire | C | 1.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 35 | Little Melton Norfolk | C | 4.2 | 72% | 2 | 0% |
| 36 | Hilton Cambridgeshire | C | 6.8 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Huby (Hambleton) North Yorkshire | C | 2.4 | 75% | 1.5 | 2% |
| 38 | Elswick Lancashire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Freethorpe Norfolk | C− | 2.3 | 26% | 0.7 | 61% |
| 40 | Kimbolton Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Ansley Warwickshire | C− | 1.8 | 64% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Hoylandswaine South Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 60% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Stebbing Essex | C− | 2.4 | 70% | 2 | 0% |
| 44 | Castle Hedingham Essex | C− | 1.7 | 52% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Tolleshunt Knights Essex | C− | 3.4 | 41% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Surfleet Lincolnshire | C− | 4.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 47 | New Quay Dyfed | D | 1.2 | 30% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Skidby East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 2.8 | 56% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Snitterfield Warwickshire | D | 2.4 | 63% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Crundale Dyfed | D | 1.5 | 57% | 0.5 | 5% |
| 51 | Napton on the Hill Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 69% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Hevingham Norfolk | D | 1.8 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Horsham St Faith Norfolk | D | 0.9 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Henham Essex | D | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Methwold Norfolk | D− | 1.8 | 61% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hockliffe Bedfordshire | D− | 1.2 | 49% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Pencader Dyfed | D− | 1.2 | 30% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Wainfleet St Mary Lincolnshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Netheravon Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Leeming Bar North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 0.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Chedgrave’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 Chedgrave
The biggest is Pyes Mill, 1.2 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Chedgrave’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 (100%)Further (0%)
Chedgrave100%
Villages its size70%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 150 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Chedgrave
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
National Park
the Broads
At the edge south-east302 km²since 198926% of the land within 5 km
Official site26% of the land within 5 km of Chedgrave is National Park or National Landscape, more than 81% of UK towns. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
7 waymarked walks pass through or near Chedgrave
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Chedgrave 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.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Wherryman's Way7.8 km
Cross-Norfolk Trail6.0 km
Chedgrave Circular5.8 km
Langley with Hardley Circular5.7 km
Loddon Ingloss Circular3.8 km
Loddon (Warren Hill) Circular2.8 km
Loddon Circular2.2 km
Close to home, the Chedgrave Circular has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. 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.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Chedgrave
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Chedgrave’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IILangley Park42 ha
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Chedgrave: 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) | 8.2 | 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 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 45 | 40 | 38 | 42 | 54 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 66 | 65 | 59 |
April is the driest month (38 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 66 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. The climate in Chedgrave →
Things to do
7 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
Chedgrave is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Corton Sands11 mi from Chedgrave’s edge
DirectionsCorton Beach12 mi from Chedgrave’s edge
DirectionsGunton Sands12 mi from Chedgrave’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
Nature reserves 1
Sisland Carr12 ha · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Pyes Mill Picnic Area0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
The Pitsin town
DirectionsKittens Lane Playground0.3 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways 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.
LoddonThurltonFreethorpeDitchinghamLingwoodBrundallChedgrave
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chedgrave | A− | 3.0 | 100% | 26% |
| Loddon 0.7 mi | B− | 2.4 | 77% | 18% |
| Thurlton 3.4 mi | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 39% |
| Freethorpe 4.4 mi | C− | 2.3 | 26% | 61% |
| Ditchingham 5.2 mi | A+ | 17.2 | 100% | 13% |
| Lingwood 5.5 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 73% | 26% |
| Brundall 5.9 mi | C | 1.6 | 62% | 20% |
Ditchingham, 5.2 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Ditchingham has at least twice Chedgrave’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Chedgrave
What is the biggest park in Chedgrave?
Pyes Mill, 1.2 ha (3 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Chedgrave near a National Park?
It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
What are the best walks near Chedgrave?
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Wherryman's Way, Cross-Norfolk Trail and Chedgrave Circular.
What is the nearest beach to Chedgrave?
Corton Sands, 11 mi from the edge of the village, then Corton Beach (12 mi). Chedgrave itself is inland.
How many people in Chedgrave live near a park?
100% 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 Chedgrave?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Chedgrave are historic?
Langley Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Chedgrave good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 20% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 69% (3.0 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 Chedgrave’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Chedgrave’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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