Wigginton’s biggest
Church Field
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
0.8 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Wigginton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Wigginton · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Wigginton lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Wigginton add up to 4.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 17 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.9 for every square kilometre. Wigginton grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.1 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
2.9 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
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Wigginton?
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.Room to roam4.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 81% of UK towns.
Wigginton’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Wigginton grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Wigginton, 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 76% of UK towns13th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space4.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
82out 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 Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
57out 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
Wigginton is 13th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,400 to 1,500 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
Wigginton2.9
Villages its size2.3
North Yorkshire towns2.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Wigginton4.1
Villages its size2.2
North Yorkshire towns1.7
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Wigginton100%
Villages its size85%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Wigginton stands out most for park space per resident: only 14 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwygyfylchi Clwyd | A+ | 3.2 | 83% | 4.3 | 28% |
| 2 | Trull Somerset | A+ | 5.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 20% |
| 3 | Troon Cornwall | A+ | 6.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 4 | Kingswood Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 100% | 3.7 | 45% |
| 5 | Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant Gwent | A | 22.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Whiteshill and Randwick Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 60% | 7 | 64% |
| 7 | New Houghton Derbyshire | A | 33.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Jump South Yorkshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 9 | St Day Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Chaldon Surrey | A− | 7.4 | 50% | 4.9 | 24% |
| 11 | Five Oak Green Kent | A− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 30% |
| 12 | Hallow Worcestershire | A− | 3.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Wigginton North Yorkshire | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Shotley Gate Suffolk | A− | 1 | 100% | 1.5 | 34% |
| 15 | Grundisburgh Suffolk | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 16 | Princetown Devon | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 17 | Carway Dyfed | B+ | 17 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Stanwell Moor Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Brookwood Surrey | B+ | 8.5 | 59% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Emley West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 21 | Cowling North Yorkshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 22 | Wedmore Somerset | B | 4.7 | 60% | 3.1 | 1% |
| 23 | Kelloe County Durham | B | 5.6 | 42% | 6 | 0% |
| 24 | Woolmer Green Hertfordshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Tye Green Essex | B | 2 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 26 | Bentley Hampshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 22% |
| 27 | Calvert Buckinghamshire | B | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 28 | Abertysswg Gwent | B | 2.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 29 | Little Hallingbury Essex | B− | 1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Brigstock Northamptonshire | B− | 8.2 | 84% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Warkworth Northumberland | B− | 1.8 | 76% | 1.3 | 9% |
| 32 | Bishop Sutton Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 64% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 33 | Orsett Essex | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Ashton Keynes Wiltshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Robertsbridge East Sussex | C+ | 2 | 38% | 2.7 | 100% |
| 36 | Pilning Gloucestershire | C+ | 2 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Gelligaer Gwent | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Shortlanesend Cornwall | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.7 | 2% |
| 39 | Benenden Kent | C | 2 | 57% | 1.7 | 83% |
| 40 | Barlaston Staffordshire | C | 2.7 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Brailsford Derbyshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Ryhall Rutland | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Slip End Bedfordshire | C | 1.9 | 22% | 2.3 | 28% |
| 44 | Stewkley Buckinghamshire | C | 4.2 | 74% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Hurley Warwickshire | C | 2.8 | 75% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Salhouse Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 71% | 1 | 17% |
| 47 | Blofield Heath Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 17% |
| 48 | Mid Lavant West Sussex | C− | 1.3 | 33% | 1.8 | 62% |
| 49 | Newton Flotman Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Thorrington Essex | C− | 1.2 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Shipton Bellinger Hampshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Ranskill Nottinghamshire | D | 0.4 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Meon Vale Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 50% | 1.4 | 19% |
| 54 | Byram North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 19% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Stillington County Durham | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Barford Warwickshire | D | 2.1 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Friday Bridge Cambridgeshire | D− | 1 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Markham Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Easton Norfolk | D− | 1 | 0% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Langham Rutland | D− | 0.3 | 23% | 1.3 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Wigginton’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 Wigginton
The biggest is Church Field, 0.8 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Wigginton’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%)
Wigginton100%
Villages its size85%
North Yorkshire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 284 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Howardian Hills National Landscape is 6.8 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
North York Moors National Park covers 1,441 km² and has been a National Park since 1952.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Wigginton
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Wigginton and the kilometre around it, 2.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Jorvic Way6.1 km
Centenary Way2.0 km
Ebor Way2.0 km
Foss Walk2.0 km
4 regional routes pass through, including the Jorvic Way, Centenary Way, Ebor Way and Foss 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 Wigginton: May to 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 44 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 64 | 55 | 68 | 56 | 63 | 61 | 58 |
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 44 nights a year. The climate in Wigginton →
Things to do
5 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
Wigginton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
York Beach4.1 mi from Wigginton’s edge
DirectionsPebble Beach20 mi from Wigginton’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 1
Moorlands Nature Reserve7.0 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsDog parks 2
Narrow Land Canine Play0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Willow House Caravan Park0.9 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.
HaxbySkelton (York)HuntingtonStrensallUpper PoppletonStockton on the ForestWigginton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigginton | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 0% |
| Haxby 0.7 mi | D | 0.6 | 59% | 0% |
| Skelton (York) 2.2 mi | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0% |
| Huntington 2.3 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 72% | 0% |
| Strensall 2.5 mi | C | 1.3 | 89% | 0% |
| Upper Poppleton 3.5 mi | C | 2.9 | 82% | 0% |
| Stockton on the Forest 4.0 mi | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 0% |
Wigginton grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Wigginton
What is the biggest park in Wigginton?
Church Field, 0.8 ha (2 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 Wigginton near a National Park?
Yes. North York Moors National Park begins 12 mi north of the village’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, 6.8 mi away.
What are the best walks near Wigginton?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Jorvic Way, Centenary Way and Ebor Way.
What is the nearest beach to Wigginton?
York Beach, 4.1 mi from the edge of the village, then Pebble Beach (20 mi). Wigginton itself is inland.
How many people in Wigginton 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 Wigginton?
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 Wigginton good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 57% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 82% (4.1 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 Wigginton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Wigginton’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.