Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and walks in Feltwell
Footpaths add up to 5 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Feltwell add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 63% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Feltwell grades D− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Feltwell grades D− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Feltwell, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
How Feltwell compares with UK towns of 2,800 to 3,100
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,800 to 3,100 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Feltwell falls furthest behind on path per km², where 58 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowlands Castle Hampshire | A+ | 26.1 | 100% | 5 | 48% |
| 2 | Halling Kent | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.6 | 54% |
| 3 | Rudloe Wiltshire | A+ | 7.3 | 91% | 4 | 45% |
| 4 | Beaminster Dorset | A | 4.1 | 89% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 5 | Ebbsfleet Valley Kent | A | 9 | 77% | 8.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Downton Wiltshire | A | 4.3 | 100% | 2 | 59% |
| 7 | Langwith Derbyshire | A | 19.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 8 | Ellistown Leicestershire | A | 7.5 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Mortimer Berkshire | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.5 | 37% | 6.8 | 29% |
| 11 | Kingsclere Hampshire | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 50% |
| 12 | New Marske North Yorkshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Wargrave Berkshire | A− | 4 | 100% | 2 | 11% |
| 14 | Threemilestone Cornwall | A− | 3.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 15 | Knighton Powys | A− | 2.7 | 81% | 3.4 | 34% |
| 16 | East Saltdean East Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 0% | 4.9 | 44% |
| 17 | Seaton Sluice Northumberland | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 18 | Rhodes Greater Manchester | B+ | 16.6 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire | B+ | 4.1 | 87% | 1.3 | 100% |
| 20 | Welham Green Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Charfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 100% | 3 | 22% |
| 22 | Almondsbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 7.9 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 23 | South Hetton County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Hertford Heath Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Wing Buckinghamshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 26 | Camelford Cornwall | B | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 33% |
| 27 | Barlborough Derbyshire | B | 4.4 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 28 | Newport Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 29 | Rockwell Green Somerset | B | 1 | 90% | 3.2 | 24% |
| 30 | Denholme West Yorkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Scholes (near Cleckheaton) West Yorkshire | B | 4 | 89% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Aston Clwyd | B− | 4.4 | 37% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire | C+ | 4.6 | 58% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Over Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Capel St Mary Suffolk | C+ | 1.5 | 59% | 3 | 24% |
| 36 | Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire | C+ | 3.8 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Alderholt Dorset | C | 1.9 | 43% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 38 | Hendy and Fforest Dyfed | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Collingham Nottinghamshire | C | 2.4 | 78% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Gwynedd | C | 0.8 | 71% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 41 | Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire | C | 1.5 | 88% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Trimdon County Durham | C | 1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | East Goscote Leicestershire | C | 2.9 | 75% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Corbridge Northumberland | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Maerdy Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Alrewas Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 66% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Great Leighs Essex | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Burnopfield County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Weedon Bec Northamptonshire | C− | 1.1 | 87% | 2 | 0% |
| 50 | St Mary's Bay Kent | D | 0 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Cleobury Mortimer Shropshire | D | 0.8 | 64% | 2 | 2% |
| 52 | Kelsall Cheshire | D | 1 | 57% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Gamlingay Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 32% | 2 | 0% |
| 54 | Scotter Lincolnshire | D | 2.6 | 61% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Thurston Suffolk | D | 1.6 | 39% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Pevensey Bay East Sussex | D | 0.5 | 0% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Bampton Oxfordshire | D | 1.1 | 63% | 2 | 0% |
| 58 | Hunmanby North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 33% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Langstone Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Feltwell Norfolk | D− | 1.1 | 63% | 0.4 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Feltwell’s built-up area.
6 in 10 Feltwell 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).
About 1,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 10 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 292 residents.
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Feltwell
5 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Feltwell and the kilometre around it, 0.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Feltwell: 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 | |
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| 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) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 42 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 47 | 68 | 63 | 58 |
March is the driest month (39 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 68 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 55 nights a year. The climate in Feltwell →
10 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
Feltwell is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
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 10
Plus 10 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feltwell | D− | 1.1 | 63% | 0% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton 1.9 mi | D | 1.6 | 75% | 0% |
| Methwold 2.7 mi | D− | 1.8 | 61% | 0% |
| Weeting 4.1 mi | D− | 1.2 | 68% | 0% |
| Lakenheath 4.9 mi | D | 1.1 | 57% | 0% |
| Brandon 5.1 mi | D | 0.8 | 39% | 0% |
| Mundford 5.7 mi | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 0% |
Mundford, 5.7 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Mundford has at least twice Feltwell’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Feltwell
Is Feltwell near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Feltwell.
What are the best walks near Feltwell?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the The Brecks.
What is the nearest beach to Feltwell?
The Beach, 7.6 mi from the edge of the town. Feltwell itself is inland.
How many people in Feltwell live near a park?
63% 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 Feltwell?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Feltwell good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 1% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 16% (1.1 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 Feltwell’s overall grade.
Where Feltwell’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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