Upper Poppleton’s biggest
Millennium Gardens
Park or garden
2.0 ha (5 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Upper Poppleton · parks, paths & countryside
82% of Upper Poppleton’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Upper Poppleton add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 19 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Upper Poppleton grades C for the outdoors: #33 of 54 in North Yorkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
82%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Howardian Hills National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Upper Poppleton grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Upper Poppleton, 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 29% of UK towns#33 of 54 in North Yorkshire · 43rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
67out of
100
100
A park within a walk82%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
52out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
21out 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
Upper Poppleton is 43rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,400 to 3,700 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
Upper Poppleton1.7
Towns its size2.7
North Yorkshire towns2.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Upper Poppleton2.9
Towns its size2.1
North Yorkshire towns1.7
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Upper Poppleton82%
Towns its size83%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Upper Poppleton stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 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 | Tutshill and Sedbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 87% | 4.5 | 32% |
| 2 | Lane End Buckinghamshire | A+ | 3.1 | 92% | 4.7 | 90% |
| 3 | Goring Oxfordshire | A+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 98% |
| 4 | Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Gloucestershire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 51% |
| 5 | Talke and Talke Pits Staffordshire | A | 16.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 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 | Westward Ho! Devon | A− | 12.3 | 63% | 1.7 | 18% |
| 10 | Taff's Well Mid Glamorgan | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 11 | Grassmoor Derbyshire | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 12 | Church Stretton Shropshire | A− | 2.2 | 68% | 4.7 | 92% |
| 13 | Essington Staffordshire | B+ | 6.8 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Blaenau Ffestiniog Gwynedd | B+ | 3.6 | 70% | 2.5 | 78% |
| 15 | St Asaph Clwyd | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 9% |
| 16 | Water Orton Warwickshire | B+ | 5.3 | 82% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Hartley Wintney Hampshire | B+ | 6.1 | 82% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Chartham Kent | B | 2.3 | 67% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 19 | Roade Northamptonshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Brockenhurst Hampshire | B | 1.8 | 63% | 3.3 | 98% |
| 21 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | B | 1 | 48% | 2.9 | 38% |
| 22 | Sturminster Newton Dorset | B | 1.4 | 85% | 3.6 | 5% |
| 23 | Sunniside Tyne and Wear | B | 2.1 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 24 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 2.3 | 66% |
| 25 | Belton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 48% |
| 26 | Burtonwood Cheshire | B− | 3.3 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 27 | Theydon Bois Essex | B− | 2.4 | 70% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 28 | Castle Cary Somerset | B− | 2.2 | 91% | 3 | 0% |
| 29 | Worlingham Suffolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 24% |
| 30 | Pilsley and Lower Pilsley Derbyshire | B− | 1.9 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Bembridge Isle of Wight | B− | 1.5 | 50% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 32 | Penllergaer West Glamorgan | B− | 21 | 83% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Langport Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Kirkheaton West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 92% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Broomfield Essex | C+ | 2.7 | 45% | 5 | 0% |
| 36 | Fradley Staffordshire | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Fishguard Dyfed | C+ | 0.8 | 64% | 2.1 | 23% |
| 38 | Woodstock Oxfordshire | C+ | 1 | 80% | 3 | 11% |
| 39 | Boreham Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Hatfield Peverel Essex | C | 2 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 41 | Thorpe Willoughby North Yorkshire | C | 0.4 | 92% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Cosby Leicestershire | C | 1.6 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | C | 2.9 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Marden Kent | C | 1.8 | 71% | 2.1 | 3% |
| 45 | Goff's Oak Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Bramhope West Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 0% | 2.7 | 2% |
| 47 | Holsworthy Devon | C− | 2.7 | 84% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Lytchett Matravers Dorset | C− | 1.2 | 83% | 1.2 | 5% |
| 49 | Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.3 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Willand Devon | C− | 0.9 | 88% | 0.6 | 1% |
| 51 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.2 | 89% | 2 | 0% |
| 52 | Hoveton and Wroxham Norfolk | D | 1.4 | 65% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 53 | Witham St Hughs Lincolnshire | D | 0.7 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Chapel St Leonards Lincolnshire | D | 0.4 | 53% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Lanchester County Durham | D | 1.4 | 70% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | D | 0.8 | 44% | 3 | 0% |
| 57 | Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Cherry Willingham Lincolnshire | D | 1 | 79% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Wollaston Northamptonshire | D− | 1.2 | 11% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Barlby North Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Upper Poppleton’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 Upper Poppleton
The biggest is Millennium Gardens, 2.0 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
The Green
Park or garden
0.3 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Upper Poppleton
The Green
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Upper Poppleton’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 (82%)Further (18%)
Upper Poppleton82%
Towns its size83%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 20 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 176 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Howardian Hills 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
North York Moors National Park covers 1,441 km² and has been a National Park since 1952.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Upper Poppleton
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Upper Poppleton and the kilometre around it, 1.7 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
Jorvic Way9.3 km
Camino Ingles to Santiago5.9 km
Millennium Way3.4 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Jorvic Way and Camino Ingles to Santiago.
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 Upper Poppleton: May to July and 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 44 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 60 | 57 | 68 | 54 | 66 | 63 | 60 |
March is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 68 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Upper Poppleton →
The coast
Beaches near Upper Poppleton
0% of the area within 5 km of Upper Poppleton is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 1 beach is mapped within 5 km.
York Beach2.4 mi from town
DirectionsSea: 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
20 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
Fishponds Wood Nature Reserve1.6 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 20
Sovereign Park play area0.7 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 19 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.
Skelton (York)YorkHuntingtonWiggintonHaxbyCopmanthorpeUpper Poppleton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Poppleton | C | 2.9 | 82% | 0% |
| Skelton (York) 1.3 mi | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0% |
| York 2.9 mi | B | 2.3 | 89% | 0% |
| Huntington 3.4 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 72% | 0% |
| Wigginton 3.5 mi | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 0% |
| Haxby 3.7 mi | D | 0.6 | 59% | 0% |
| Copmanthorpe 4.6 mi | D− | 0.7 | 38% | 0% |
Wigginton, 3.5 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Upper Poppleton
What is the biggest park in Upper Poppleton?
Millennium Gardens, 2.0 ha (5 acres), with 0.8 km of path. The Green (0.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Upper Poppleton near a National Park?
Yes. North York Moors National Park begins 14 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 1,441 km² and has been a National Park since 1952. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Howardian Hills National Landscape, 9.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Upper Poppleton?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Jorvic Way, Camino Ingles to Santiago and Millennium Way.
How many people in Upper Poppleton live near a park?
82% 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 Upper Poppleton?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Upper Poppleton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 21% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 67% (2.9 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 Upper Poppleton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Upper Poppleton’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.