Wymondham’s biggest
Wymondham Rugby Football Club
Playing field · 50 m outside town
12 ha (29 acres)
17 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.1 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Wymondham · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Wymondham lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
97% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Wymondham add up to 2.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 65 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.6 for every square kilometre. Wymondham grades B for the outdoors: #18 of 51 in Norfolk. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
97%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
65 km
2.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: the Broads National Park
Outdoors grade
Wymondham grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Wymondham, 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 56% of UK towns#18 of 51 in Norfolk · 34th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
66out of
100
100
A park within a walk97%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
78out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
49out 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.
Towns its size
Wymondham is 34th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,400 to 17,300 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
Wymondham2.6
Towns its size3.3
Norfolk towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Wymondham2.8
Towns its size2.4
Norfolk towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Wymondham97%
Towns its size84%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Wymondham stands out most for park space per resident: only 21 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 46 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 2 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 3 | Swanscombe Kent | A+ | 3.3 | 90% | 8.5 | 0% |
| 4 | Clitheroe Lancashire | A | 3 | 98% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 5 | Hadfield Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 91% | 4.5 | 36% |
| 6 | Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and Wear | A | 9.6 | 98% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 35% |
| 8 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | A | 5.8 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Bredbury and Woodley Greater Manchester | A | 4.8 | 94% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 12 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 96% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 16 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 17 | Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire | B+ | 5.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 18 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 19 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 22 | Swanley Kent | B+ | 1.8 | 78% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 23 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 29 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 32 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 33 | Bangor Gwynedd | B | 0.9 | 79% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 34 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Bramhall Greater Manchester | B− | 4.7 | 71% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 37 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | B− | 1.7 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Redruth Cornwall | B− | 1.5 | 78% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 39 | Hoyland South Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Knaresborough North Yorkshire | B− | 2.3 | 87% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Baildon West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 71% | 7.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Mexborough South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Ramsbottom Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 45 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Bodmin Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 49 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 50 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 52 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Alsager Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan | C | 1.5 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Stone Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | North Hykeham Lincolnshire | C− | 2.4 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Wymondham’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 Wymondham
The biggest is Wymondham Rugby Football Club, 12 ha (29 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Priory Gardens
Park or garden
0.3 ha (1 acres)0.1 km of path
0.6 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Wymondham’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 (97%)Further (3%)
Wymondham97%
Towns its size84%
Norfolk towns73%
All UK towns83%
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 28 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 583 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Broads National Park is 6.6 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
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Wymondham
65 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Wymondham and the kilometre around it, 2.6 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
Kett's Country Walk5.6 km
Wymondham’s Abbey Trail1.8 km
The regional route here is the Kett's Country Walk.
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 Wymondham: 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) | 8.2 | 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 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 48 | 48 | 40 | 47 | 64 | 58 | 64 | 57 | 69 | 69 | 63 |
April is the driest month (40 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 69 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Wymondham →
Things to do
28 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
Wymondham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach22 mi from Wymondham’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 5
Tolls Meadow2.0 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsSouth Field1.7 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsMiddle Field0.5 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsLong Field1.0 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsNorth Field1.0 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 28
Ketts Park Play areain town
DirectionsKing's Head Meadow Playgroundin town
DirectionsSwallow Drive Plagroundin town
DirectionsPlus 25 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
HethersettLittle MeltonMulbartonCringlefordBesthorpeEastonWymondham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymondham | B | 2.8 | 97% | 0% |
| Hethersett 2.9 mi | C | 2.1 | 65% | 0% |
| Little Melton 3.8 mi | C | 4.2 | 72% | 0% |
| Mulbarton 4.9 mi | A− | 7.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Cringleford 5.1 mi | A− | 1.7 | 94% | 0% |
| Besthorpe 5.4 mi | D | 1.5 | 72% | 0% |
| Easton 5.4 mi | D− | 1.0 | 0% | 0% |
Mulbarton, 4.9 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Mulbarton has at least twice Wymondham’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Wymondham
What is the biggest park in Wymondham?
Wymondham Rugby Football Club, 12 ha (29 acres), just outside the built-up area. Priory Gardens (0.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Wymondham near a National Park?
Yes. the Broads National Park begins 6.6 mi north-east of the town’s edge. It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
What are the best walks near Wymondham?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Kett's Country Walk and Wymondham’s Abbey Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Wymondham?
The Beach, 22 mi from the edge of the town. Wymondham itself is inland.
How many people in Wymondham live near a park?
97% 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 Wymondham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Wymondham good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 49% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 66% (2.8 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 Wymondham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Wymondham’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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