Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Ditchingham add up to 17.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. The Broads National Park reaches the edge of Ditchingham. Ditchingham grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Ditchingham’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by parks close to every home.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Ditchingham, 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 1,900 to 2,100 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Ditchingham stands out most for park space per resident: only 2 of the other 59 have more.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capel-le-Ferne Kent | A+ | 21.8 | 88% | 4 | 52% |
| 2 | Meliden Clwyd | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 3 | Vigo Village Kent | A+ | 33.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 44% |
| 4 | Llanfoist Gwent | A+ | 10.7 | 86% | 4.2 | 57% |
| 5 | Ditchingham Norfolk | A+ | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 13% |
| 6 | Fowey Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 91% | 2.1 | 32% |
| 7 | Lower Kingswood Surrey | A | 4.7 | 75% | 6.6 | 22% |
| 8 | Bournmoor County Durham | A | 11 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 9 | Upper Rissington Gloucestershire | A | 6.2 | 100% | 1.2 | 100% |
| 10 | Churchill Somerset | A | 2.8 | 84% | 3.9 | 39% |
| 11 | Wrington Somerset | A | 3.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 20% |
| 12 | Machen Gwent | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Y Bala Gwynedd | A | 4 | 100% | 1.4 | 67% |
| 14 | Great Haywood Staffordshire | A− | 7.1 | 27% | 4.1 | 29% |
| 15 | Little Haywood Staffordshire | A− | 1.3 | 100% | 3.3 | 34% |
| 16 | Stowupland Suffolk | A− | 5.3 | 83% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Kirkby Lonsdale Cumbria | B+ | 9.2 | 74% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 18 | Yealmpton Devon | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 1.8 | 50% |
| 19 | Pontesbury Shropshire | B+ | 3.1 | 63% | 3.8 | 28% |
| 20 | Valley Gwynedd | B+ | 5 | 33% | 1.2 | 37% |
| 21 | Martlesham Suffolk | B | 2.1 | 69% | 3.8 | 24% |
| 22 | Sandford Dorset | B | 0.3 | 43% | 4.7 | 41% |
| 23 | Welsh Bicknor Gloucestershire | B | 2.7 | 31% | 3.3 | 45% |
| 24 | Wheaton Aston Staffordshire | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 25 | Felbridge Surrey | B− | 2 | 80% | 2.4 | 25% |
| 26 | Trelewis Mid Glamorgan | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Rothbury Northumberland | B− | 1 | 76% | 3.8 | 21% |
| 28 | Barmouth Gwynedd | B− | 0.5 | 60% | 2 | 53% |
| 29 | Northleach Gloucestershire | B− | 1.5 | 68% | 2.6 | 100% |
| 30 | Audley Staffordshire | C+ | 3.4 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Axbridge Somerset | C+ | 1.3 | 72% | 2.8 | 51% |
| 32 | Landkey Devon | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Langtoft Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 34 | Whitchurch Somerset | C+ | 2.3 | 47% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 35 | Wychbold Worcestershire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Clenchwarton Norfolk | C | 2.2 | 87% | 0.3 | 3% |
| 37 | West Haddon Northamptonshire | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Goodwick Dyfed | C | 0.2 | 47% | 1.9 | 25% |
| 39 | Marcham Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Hightown Merseyside | C | 1.7 | 44% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Longrock Cornwall | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.2 | 26% |
| 42 | Keyingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Cadnam and Bartley Hampshire | C− | 0.9 | 30% | 2.4 | 79% |
| 44 | Pool-in-Wharfedale West Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 44% | 1.6 | 7% |
| 45 | Ashwell Hertfordshire | C− | 3 | 52% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Stoke Golding Leicestershire | C− | 1.4 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Hibaldstow Lincolnshire | C− | 1.7 | 89% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.5 | 78% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Briston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 69% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Broughton Northamptonshire | D | 2.7 | 70% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Baschurch Shropshire | D | 2.3 | 72% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Cookley Worcestershire | D | 2.3 | 52% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Morda Shropshire | D | 0.7 | 84% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Curry Rivel Somerset | D | 1.9 | 33% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Greylees Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Shawbury Shropshire | D− | 2.2 | 30% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Tollerton Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.6 | 19% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Rossett Clwyd | D− | 0.3 | 55% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Wilberfoss East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 69% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Bottisham Cambridgeshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Ditchingham’s built-up area.
The biggest is Broome Heath, 29 ha (71 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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 13 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 154 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.
13% of the land within 5 km of Ditchingham is National Park or National Landscape, more than 73% of UK towns. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
29 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Ditchingham and the kilometre around it, 2.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Close to home, the Bigod's Way has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Via Beata and Angles Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 46 | 44 | 36 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 55 | 66 | 64 | 60 |
April is the driest month (36 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 42 nights a year. The climate in Ditchingham →
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.
Ditchingham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Ditchingham grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Broome Heath, 29 ha (71 acres), with 5.4 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Via Beata, Angles Way and Bigod's Way. Broome Heath alone has 5.4 km of path.
Corton Sands, 12 mi from the edge of the village, then Corton Beach (12 mi). Ditchingham itself is inland.
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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
About average for paths: 2.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 56% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 99% (17.2 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 Ditchingham’s overall grade.
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