Carlin How’s biggest
Angling Green
Park or garden · 80 m outside town
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Carlin How
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Carlin How · parks, paths & countryside
Carlin How is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 36% of the area within 5 km. The North York Moors National Park begins 1.8 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Carlin How add up to 3.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Carlin How grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
17 km
2.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
13%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: North York Moors National Park
The sea
36%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Carlin How?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast36% of the area within 5 km is sea; 4 beaches mapped.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside close byThe North York Moors National Park starts 1.8 mi east.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Carlin How’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Carlin How grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Carlin How, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A+
Better than 97% of UK towns1st of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
71out 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 Landscape13%of the land within 5 km
73out of
100
100
Footpaths2.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
39out of
100
100
The sea36%of the area within 5 km
94out 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
Carlin How is 1st of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,300 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
Carlin How2.3
Villages its size2.0
North Yorkshire towns2.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Carlin How3.1
Villages its size2.6
North Yorkshire towns1.7
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Carlin How100%
Villages its size74%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Carlin How stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 13% |
| 2 | Sundridge Kent | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 73% |
| 3 | Shamley Green Surrey | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3 | 69% |
| 4 | Dawlish Warren Devon | A | 21.1 | 73% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 5 | Niton Isle of Wight | A | 2.6 | 76% | 3.1 | 37% |
| 6 | Donisthorpe Leicestershire | A | 38.4 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 7 | Egloshayle Cornwall | A | 7.3 | 100% | 2.6 | 12% |
| 8 | Bures Suffolk | A | 5.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 14% |
| 9 | Ruardean Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 29% |
| 10 | Great Bedwyn Wiltshire | A | 3 | 76% | 3.7 | 100% |
| 11 | Lower Halstow Kent | A− | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 12 | Low Bradley North Yorkshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 6.2 | 2% |
| 13 | Foulridge Lancashire | A− | 9.4 | 23% | 5.4 | 4% |
| 14 | Hurst Green East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 15 | Oxspring South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 77% | 4 | 1% |
| 16 | Stallingborough Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Toll Bar South Yorkshire | B+ | 10.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | King's Somborne Hampshire | B+ | 5.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 19 | St Bees Cumbria | B | 8.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Clyst St Mary Devon | B | 5.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 21 | Bodedern Gwynedd | B | 1.2 | 100% | 0 | 16% |
| 22 | Woodchurch Kent | B | 2.3 | 78% | 2.8 | 12% |
| 23 | Moresby Parks Cumbria | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 24 | Stradbroke Suffolk | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Trawden Lancashire | B− | 4 | 0% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Welford Northamptonshire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Rushwick Worcestershire | B− | 5 | 71% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Datchworth Hertfordshire | C+ | 10.8 | 76% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Lyne Surrey | C+ | 4 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 30 | Coldeast Devon | C+ | 1.6 | 47% | 3.6 | 30% |
| 31 | Haswell County Durham | C+ | 3.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Chesterton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Stalmine Lancashire | C | 3.1 | 67% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Rearsby Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Barrington Cambridgeshire | C | 3.6 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Croughton Northamptonshire | C | 3.6 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Hill Brow and Rake Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 97% |
| 39 | Wolverley Worcestershire | C− | 7.2 | 23% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Methley West Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Abbotskerswell Devon | C− | 4.2 | 49% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Sproatley East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 8.6 | 47% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Kirby-le-Soken Essex | C− | 0.7 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Parson Drove Cambridgeshire | D | 3.5 | 60% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Shardlow Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 73% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Kingswood Warwickshire | D | 1.7 | 42% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Coup Green Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Horton and Broadway Somerset | D | 0.5 | 45% | 1.9 | 14% |
| 49 | Puddletown Dorset | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2.1 | 15% |
| 50 | Llanybydder Dyfed | D | 2.2 | 60% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Beckingham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.6 | 28% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Stoke Ferry Norfolk | D | 1.1 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Ifold West Sussex | D | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 54 | Bretforton Worcestershire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 9% |
| 55 | Standlake Oxfordshire | D− | 1.7 | 42% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Rillington North Yorkshire | D− | 1 | 75% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Wrawby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.8 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Darrington West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 72% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Blackwell Worcestershire | D− | 0.7 | 29% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Fiskerton Lincolnshire | 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 Carlin How’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 Carlin How
The biggest is Angling Green, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Everyone in Carlin How lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Carlin How100%
Villages its size74%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 109 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North York Moors National Park is 1.8 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
13% of the land within 5 km of Carlin How is National Park or National Landscape, more than 72% of UK towns. North York Moors National Park covers 1,441 km² and has been a National Park since 1952.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Carlin How is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Carlin How and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalLocal
The Miners Way5.6 km
Cleveland Street5.0 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to Newport Bridge4.9 km
Cleveland Way4.9 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Carlin How. Close to home, the The Miners Way has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the village.
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 Carlin How: June, July and 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) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 39 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 56 | 46 | 68 | 53 | 68 | 75 | 62 |
February is the driest month (38 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 75 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 26 nights a year. The climate in Carlin How →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Carlin How
36% of the area within 5 km of Carlin How is sea. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 3 with a name.
Cattersty Sands0.2 mi from town
DirectionsCattersty Sands0.4 mi from town
DirectionsSaltburn Sands2.8 mi from town
DirectionsThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes the town.
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
11 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 2
Plus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
TVWT Cattersty Gill3.9 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsCommunity Woodland1.9 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 11
Plus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Magpie Wood0.2 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.
LoftusBrottonLingdaleSkelton (Redcar and Cleveland)BoosbeckSaltburn-by-the-SeaCarlin How
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlin How | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 13% |
| Loftus 1.0 mi | A− | 1.9 | 90% | 31% |
| Brotton 1.4 mi | A− | 1.4 | 89% | 2% |
| Lingdale 2.8 mi | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 31% |
| Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) 2.9 mi | B+ | 1.7 | 82% | 9% |
| Boosbeck 3.3 mi | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 22% |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea 3.3 mi | A | 4.7 | 92% | 0% |
Carlin How grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Carlin How
What is the biggest park in Carlin How?
Angling Green, 0.1 ha (0 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Carlin How near a National Park?
Yes. North York Moors National Park begins 1.8 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 1,441 km² and has been a National Park since 1952.
What are the best walks near Carlin How?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the The Miners Way, Cleveland Street and King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to Newport Bridge.
How many people in Carlin How 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 Carlin How?
June, July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Carlin How good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 39% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 71% (3.1 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 Carlin How’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Carlin How’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.