Thorpe End’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden
0.7 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Thorpe End
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Craig Tuck · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Thorpe End · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Thorpe End lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Broads National Park begins 1.3 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Thorpe End add up to 0.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 16 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.5 for every square kilometre. Thorpe End grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
16 km
2.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
10%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: the Broads National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Thorpe End?
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.Countryside close byThe Broads National Park starts 1.3 mi south.Less park per person0.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Thorpe End’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by the Broads National Park close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Thorpe End grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Thorpe End, 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 50% of UK towns17th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space0.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
7out 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 Landscape10%of the land within 5 km
71out of
100
100
Footpaths2.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
44out of
100
100
The sea0%of the area within 5 km · Inland: 1% 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
Thorpe End is 17th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 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
Thorpe End2.5
Villages its size1.9
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Thorpe End0.7
Villages its size2.2
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Thorpe End100%
Villages its size75%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Thorpe End stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 54 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porlock Somerset | A+ | 2.9 | 75% | 5.2 | 71% |
| 2 | Sundridge Kent | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 73% |
| 3 | Longhoughton Northumberland | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 27% |
| 4 | Halmer End and Alsagers Bank Staffordshire | A | 33.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 5 | Egloshayle Cornwall | A | 7.3 | 100% | 2.6 | 12% |
| 6 | Bures Suffolk | A | 5.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 14% |
| 7 | Brighstone Isle of Wight | A | 2.2 | 55% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 8 | Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire | A− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 23% |
| 9 | Hurst Green East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 10 | Shillingstone Dorset | B+ | 2.8 | 67% | 3.2 | 51% |
| 11 | Stallingborough Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 12 | St Bees Cumbria | B | 8.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Slinfold West Sussex | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Gislingham Suffolk | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Moresby Parks Cumbria | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 16 | Stradbroke Suffolk | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Thorpe End Norfolk | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 10% |
| 18 | Stretton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Penybanc Dyfed | B− | 7.4 | 35% | 2.4 | 1% |
| 20 | Datchworth Hertfordshire | C+ | 10.8 | 76% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Coddington Nottinghamshire | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 22 | Tansley Derbyshire | C+ | 1.6 | 73% | 3.4 | 4% |
| 23 | Child Okeford Dorset | C+ | 1.7 | 45% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 24 | Coldeast Devon | C+ | 1.6 | 47% | 3.6 | 30% |
| 25 | Grampound Road Cornwall | C+ | 3.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 26 | Haswell County Durham | C+ | 3.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Allithwaite Cumbria | C+ | 1.9 | 60% | 1 | 17% |
| 28 | Baslow Derbyshire | C+ | 1.6 | 45% | 2.8 | 98% |
| 29 | Chesterton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Blackmore Essex | C+ | 3.6 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Wadworth South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Dickleburgh Norfolk | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 33 | Cold Norton Essex | C | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Carlyon Bay Cornwall | C | 0.7 | 0% | 2.4 | 12% |
| 35 | Rearsby Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Yoxall Staffordshire | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Barrington Cambridgeshire | C | 3.6 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 38 | Raglan Gwent | C− | 3.9 | 0% | 1.2 | 1% |
| 39 | Hordle Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 41% |
| 40 | North Elmham Norfolk | C− | 4.7 | 71% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Owston Ferry Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Southfields Essex | C− | 2.8 | 0% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Old Leake Lincolnshire | C− | 3.6 | 75% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Chilworth Hampshire | C− | 1.1 | 24% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Chudleigh Knighton Devon | C− | 1 | 46% | 2.5 | 16% |
| 46 | Guilsfield Powys | C− | 3.6 | 71% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Abbotskerswell Devon | C− | 4.2 | 49% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Bratton Wiltshire | C− | 1.9 | 25% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Spofforth North Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 78% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Shardlow Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 73% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Long Whatton Leicestershire | D | 2.8 | 63% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Ullesthorpe Leicestershire | D | 1.5 | 75% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Pant Shropshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Outlane West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Aston Oxfordshire | D | 2.2 | 62% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Llanybydder Dyfed | D | 2.2 | 60% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Melton Constable Norfolk | D | 1.6 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Bretforton Worcestershire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 9% |
| 59 | Standlake Oxfordshire | D− | 1.7 | 42% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Moor End Gloucestershire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Thorpe End’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 Thorpe End
The biggest is The Green, 0.7 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Thorpe End’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%)
Thorpe End100%
Villages its size75%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 12 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 98 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Broads National Park is 1.3 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
10% of the land within 5 km of Thorpe End is National Park or National Landscape, more than 71% of UK towns. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Thorpe End
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Thorpe End and the kilometre around it, 2.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Thorpe End; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Thorpe End: 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 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 49 | 47 | 40 | 41 | 55 | 53 | 62 | 57 | 70 | 70 | 63 |
April is the driest month (40 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 70 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Thorpe End →
Things to do
12 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
Thorpe End is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Corton Sands19 mi from Thorpe End’s edge
DirectionsCorton Beach19 mi from Thorpe End’s edge
DirectionsGunton Sands19 mi from Thorpe End’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
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Dog agility enclosure0.9 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.
RackheathLittle PlumsteadSalhouseSpixworthBlofield HeathBrundallThorpe End
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe End | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 10% |
| Rackheath 1.1 mi | B | 2.6 | 100% | 14% |
| Little Plumstead 2.1 mi | D | 0.6 | 64% | 16% |
| Salhouse 2.6 mi | C− | 1.9 | 71% | 17% |
| Spixworth 3.1 mi | D | 0.6 | 59% | 5% |
| Blofield Heath 3.2 mi | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 17% |
| Brundall 3.4 mi | C | 1.6 | 62% | 20% |
Rackheath, 1.1 miles away, grades B, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Rackheath, Salhouse and Blofield Heath have at least twice Thorpe End’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Thorpe End
What is the biggest park in Thorpe End?
The Green, 0.7 ha (2 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Thorpe End near a National Park?
Yes. the Broads National Park begins 1.3 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
What is the nearest beach to Thorpe End?
Corton Sands, 19 mi from the edge of the village, then Corton Beach (19 mi). Thorpe End itself is inland.
How many people in Thorpe End 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 Thorpe End?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Thorpe End good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 44% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 7% (0.7 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 Thorpe End’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Thorpe End’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.