Martham’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden
1.1 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Martham
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Martham · parks, paths & countryside
45% of the land within 5 km of Martham is National Park or National Landscape
The Broads National Park and the Norfolk Coast National Landscape both begin about a mile from the town’s edge. Footpaths add up to 22 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 74% of residents. Martham grades B for the outdoors: #16 of 51 in Norfolk. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
74%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
22 km
1.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
45%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: the Broads National Park
The sea
9%
of the area within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Martham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside45% of the land within 5 km is the Broads National Park.Less park per person1.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Martham’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Martham grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Martham, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 60% of UK towns#16 of 51 in Norfolk · 19th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
35out of
100
100
A park within a walk74%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape45%of the land within 5 km
90out of
100
100
Footpaths1.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
25out of
100
100
The sea9%of the area within 5 km
86out 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
Martham is 19th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,500 to 3,800 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
Martham1.8
Towns its size2.7
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Martham1.7
Towns its size1.7
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Martham74%
Towns its size79%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Martham falls furthest behind on path per km², where 44 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trimley St Mary Suffolk | A+ | 2.3 | 100% | 3.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Tutshill and Sedbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 87% | 4.5 | 32% |
| 3 | Marsden West Yorkshire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 6.5 | 33% |
| 4 | Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Gloucestershire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 51% |
| 5 | Lingfield Surrey | A | 3.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 16% |
| 6 | Bishopston West Glamorgan | A | 3 | 47% | 3.1 | 41% |
| 7 | Kingsbury Warwickshire | A− | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Shenley Hertfordshire | A− | 6.1 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Taff's Well Mid Glamorgan | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Grassmoor Derbyshire | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Church Stretton Shropshire | A− | 2.2 | 68% | 4.7 | 92% |
| 12 | Keresley Newlands Warwickshire | B+ | 4.4 | 89% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel Staffordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 86% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Watchet Somerset | B+ | 1.3 | 86% | 2 | 18% |
| 15 | Chartham Kent | B | 2.3 | 67% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 16 | Lyme Regis Dorset | B | 1.4 | 60% | 2.5 | 56% |
| 17 | Roade Northamptonshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Mayland Essex | B | 2.6 | 91% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Martham Norfolk | B | 1.7 | 74% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 20 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | B | 1 | 48% | 2.9 | 38% |
| 21 | Sturminster Newton Dorset | B | 1.4 | 85% | 3.6 | 5% |
| 22 | Belton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 48% |
| 23 | Whitwell Derbyshire | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 24 | Theydon Bois Essex | B− | 2.4 | 70% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Lower Nazeing Essex | B− | 23.8 | 58% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Worlingham Suffolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 24% |
| 27 | Pulborough West Sussex | B− | 1.4 | 77% | 2.7 | 50% |
| 28 | Bembridge Isle of Wight | B− | 1.5 | 50% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 29 | Penllergaer West Glamorgan | B− | 21 | 83% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Langport Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Oakworth West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 84% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 32 | Fradley Staffordshire | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Tutbury Staffordshire | C+ | 2.5 | 90% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Great Lumley County Durham | C+ | 1.4 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Boreham Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Hatfield Peverel Essex | C | 2 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Bransgore Hampshire | C | 1.9 | 71% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 38 | Cowbridge South Glamorgan | C | 1.2 | 86% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Haltwhistle Northumberland | C | 1.5 | 59% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 40 | Glemsford Suffolk | C− | 1.1 | 84% | 3 | 0% |
| 41 | Bramhope West Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 0% | 2.7 | 2% |
| 42 | Hawkhurst Kent | C− | 1.1 | 60% | 1.4 | 100% |
| 43 | Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.3 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Fulbourn Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Pwllheli Gwynedd | C− | 0.1 | 23% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 46 | West Parley Dorset | C− | 1.6 | 20% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Bloxham Oxfordshire | C− | 2.6 | 71% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.2 | 89% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Windlesham Surrey | D | 2 | 57% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Hoveton and Wroxham Norfolk | D | 1.4 | 65% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 51 | Langford Bedfordshire | D | 1.4 | 63% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Spilsby Lincolnshire | D | 0 | 0% | 2.2 | 23% |
| 53 | St Columb Major Cornwall | D | 1 | 89% | 1 | 0% |
| 54 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | D | 0.8 | 44% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Willaston (Cheshire East) Cheshire | D | 1 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Bilton East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.3 | 66% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Upwell and Outwell Norfolk | D− | 1.8 | 43% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Wollaston Northamptonshire | D− | 1.2 | 11% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Llanharry Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Copmanthorpe North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 38% | 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 Martham’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 Martham
The biggest is The Green, 1.1 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Martham 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 (74%)Further (26%)
Martham74%
Towns its size79%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
About 900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 727 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Martham
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 north-west302 km²since 198940% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Norfolk Coast
0.6 mi north-east446 km²since 196811% of the land within 5 km
Official site45% of the land within 5 km of Martham is National Park or National Landscape, more than 90% of UK towns. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Martham
22 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Martham and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Potter Heigham Circular2.3 km
Weavers’ Way2.3 km
Winterton on Sea Circular0.3 km
The regional route here is the 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 Martham: 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 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 51 | 42 | 41 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 58 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 64 |
April is the driest month (32 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. The climate in Martham →
The coast
Martham is near the sea
9% of the area within 5 km of Martham is sea. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
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
5 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
Nature reserves 1
Matham Broad0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Martham Boat Building and Development slipway0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
HemsbyOrmesby St MargaretCaister-on-SeaAcleSuttonStalhamMartham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martham | B | 1.7 | 74% | 45% |
| Hemsby 2.6 mi | B | 2.5 | 51% | 22% |
| Ormesby St Margaret 3.3 mi | B | 2.1 | 79% | 21% |
| Caister-on-Sea 5.4 mi | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 21% |
| Acle 5.6 mi | B+ | 1.6 | 89% | 43% |
| Sutton 5.6 mi | D− | 0.0 | 0% | 29% |
| Stalham 6.4 mi | B− | 1.9 | 85% | 23% |
Acle, 5.6 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: 89% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Martham
What is the biggest park in Martham?
The Green, 1.1 ha (3 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Martham near a National Park?
The Broads National Park reaches the edge of Martham. It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
What are the best walks near Martham?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Potter Heigham Circular, Weavers’ Way and Winterton on Sea Circular.
How many people in Martham live near a park?
74% 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 Martham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Martham good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 25% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 35% (1.7 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 Martham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Martham’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.