Reepham’s biggest
Stimpson's Piece
Playing field
5.2 ha (13 acres)0.5 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Reepham
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Reepham · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Reepham
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 66% of residents. Footpaths add up to 25 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Reepham add up to 2.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Reepham grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
66%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
25 km
2.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Norfolk Coast National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Reepham grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Reepham, 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 18% of UK towns45th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
53out of
100
100
A park within a walk66%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
26out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
34out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland
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
Reepham is 45th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,200 to 2,400 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
Reepham2.1
Villages its size2.1
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Reepham2.3
Villages its size1.8
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Reepham66%
Villages its size76%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Reepham stands out most for park space per resident: only 23 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 41 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radford Semele Warwickshire | A | 12.3 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 2 | Westcott Surrey | A | 1.8 | 86% | 5.5 | 78% |
| 3 | Harlington Bedfordshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 2.7 | 16% |
| 4 | Millbrook Cornwall | A− | 2 | 100% | 1.1 | 19% |
| 5 | Picket Piece Hampshire | A− | 3.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 33% |
| 6 | Cannington Somerset | A− | 2.8 | 88% | 3.2 | 3% |
| 7 | Clare Suffolk | A− | 7.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 8 | Y Felinheli Gwynedd | B+ | 4.9 | 65% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 9 | Hall Green West Yorkshire | B+ | 7.5 | 82% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 10 | Tisbury Wiltshire | B+ | 1.5 | 86% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 11 | Bowness-on-Windermere Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 76% | 2.8 | 100% |
| 12 | Pen-y-fai Mid Glamorgan | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Creech St Michael Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Dormansland Surrey | B− | 2.5 | 70% | 2.3 | 33% |
| 15 | Upper Halliford Surrey | B− | 5.1 | 44% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 16 | Bickershaw Greater Manchester | B− | 5 | 13% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire | B− | 3.8 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 18 | Wiveliscombe Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 19 | Debenham Suffolk | C+ | 1 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 20 | St Dennis Cornwall | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 21 | Osbaldwick North Yorkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 70% | 5 | 0% |
| 22 | Padstow Cornwall | C+ | 0.6 | 33% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 23 | Delph Greater Manchester | C+ | 0.7 | 72% | 3.9 | 17% |
| 24 | Bramford Suffolk | C+ | 3.2 | 76% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Mickleton Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 52% | 2.1 | 45% |
| 26 | Boughton under Blean Kent | C+ | 2.7 | 24% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 27 | Bishopsteignton Devon | C | 3 | 62% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Stanton Suffolk | C | 2.6 | 87% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Caistor Lincolnshire | C | 2.8 | 39% | 1.3 | 33% |
| 30 | Hawkesbury Warwickshire | C | 1 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Woolavington Somerset | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Dearham Cumbria | C | 0.6 | 72% | 1.4 | 6% |
| 33 | West Rainton County Durham | C | 2.1 | 73% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Tatworth Somerset | C | 1.3 | 71% | 1.7 | 44% |
| 35 | Whaddon Wiltshire | C | 2.6 | 55% | 1.3 | 10% |
| 36 | Wardley Greater Manchester | C− | 0.6 | 88% | 3 | 0% |
| 37 | Stanford in the Vale Oxfordshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Credenhill Herefordshire | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Roche Cornwall | C− | 2.8 | 81% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Hathern Leicestershire | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 41 | Knowsley Merseyside | C− | 3.1 | 77% | 1 | 0% |
| 42 | Creigiau South Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Kings Sutton Northamptonshire | C− | 1.8 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Collingham West Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Reepham Norfolk | C− | 2.3 | 66% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Stilton Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Coates and Eastrea Cambridgeshire | C− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Goxhill Lincolnshire | C− | 1.5 | 69% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Usk Gwent | C− | 3.5 | 56% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Netherton (Wakefield) West Yorkshire | D | 0.7 | 27% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Scholes (Leeds) West Yorkshire | D | 0 | 0% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 52 | St Stephen Cornwall | D | 1.2 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Bicknacre Essex | D | 1 | 56% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Belton Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 67% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Tattenhall Cheshire | D− | 1.8 | 28% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Ixworth Suffolk | D− | 1 | 73% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Hingham Norfolk | D− | 1.9 | 13% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Norton South Yorkshire | D− | 1.3 | 63% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Leven East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.2 | 64% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Isleham Cambridgeshire | D− | 0.2 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Reepham’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 Reepham
The biggest is Stimpson's Piece, 5.2 ha (13 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Reepham 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 (66%)Further (34%)
Reepham66%
Villages its size76%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
About 800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 3 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 772 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Norfolk Coast National Landscape is 9.4 mi away
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
The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Reepham
25 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Reepham and the kilometre around it, 2.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Themelthorpe Loop15.5 km
Ten Towers Trail11.6 km
Marriott's Way10.2 km
Two Stations8.2 km
Cawston Circular6.5 km
Close to home, the Themelthorpe Loop has 15 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. The regional route here is the Marriott'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 Reepham: 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) | 8.1 | 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 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 49 | 49 | 44 | 46 | 64 | 60 | 66 | 60 | 76 | 76 | 66 |
April is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 76 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Reepham →
Things to do
3 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
Reepham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Holkham Naturist Beach20 mi from Reepham’s edge
DirectionsWest Sands27 mi from Reepham’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 2
Booton Common8.1 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsWhitwell Common, Open Access Land1.1 mi from town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Whitwell and Reepham Railway Camping0.2 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.
CawstonFoulshamAylshamHevinghamBristonSwanton MorleyReepham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Swanton Morley, 6.4 miles away, grades C+, the best next door: 94% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Reepham
What is the biggest park in Reepham?
Stimpson's Piece, 5.2 ha (13 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Reepham near a National Park?
Yes. the Broads National Park begins 9.9 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Norfolk Coast National Landscape, 9.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Reepham?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Themelthorpe Loop, Ten Towers Trail and Marriott's Way.
What is the nearest beach to Reepham?
Holkham Naturist Beach, 20 mi from the edge of the village, then West Sands (27 mi). Reepham itself is inland.
How many people in Reepham live near a park?
66% 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 Reepham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Reepham good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 34% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 53% (2.3 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 Reepham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Reepham’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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