Crick’s biggest
Crick Community Sports Centre
Playing field · 10 m outside town
6.5 ha (16 acres)0.1 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Crick
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Crick · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Crick lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Crick add up to 3.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 18 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. Crick grades B for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
18 km
1.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Crick?
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 roam3.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 80% of UK towns.
Crick’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Crick grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Crick, 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 59% of UK towns21st of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
80out 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
Footpaths1.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
26out 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
Crick is 21st of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,200 to 2,300 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
Crick1.9
Villages its size2.5
Northamptonshire towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Crick3.8
Villages its size2.0
Northamptonshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Crick100%
Villages its size71%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Crick stands out most for park space per resident: only 9 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 39 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brockham Surrey | A+ | 7.4 | 94% | 4.4 | 38% |
| 2 | Limpsfield Surrey | A+ | 2.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 41% |
| 3 | Tanyfron Clwyd | A | 7.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 13% |
| 4 | Elstead Surrey | A | 2.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 82% |
| 5 | Berry Hill Gloucestershire | A | 2.9 | 79% | 4.7 | 55% |
| 6 | Westcott Surrey | A | 1.8 | 86% | 5.5 | 78% |
| 7 | Hapton Lancashire | A | 2.6 | 87% | 6.1 | 2% |
| 8 | Severn Beach Gloucestershire | A− | 5.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Harlington Bedfordshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 2.7 | 16% |
| 10 | Great Horkesley Essex | A− | 4.7 | 78% | 3.3 | 25% |
| 11 | Arnside Cumbria | A− | 1.3 | 65% | 4.1 | 75% |
| 12 | Smalley Derbyshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 13 | Merlin's Bridge Dyfed | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 2 | 11% |
| 14 | Berrow and Brean Somerset | A− | 3.6 | 75% | 1.7 | 1% |
| 15 | Clare Suffolk | A− | 7.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Newstead Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Acle Norfolk | B+ | 1.6 | 89% | 3.1 | 43% |
| 18 | Tisbury Wiltshire | B+ | 1.5 | 86% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 19 | Woodford Greater Manchester | B+ | 5.9 | 80% | 2.3 | 5% |
| 20 | Steventon Oxfordshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2 | 17% |
| 21 | Crick Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Mayfield East Sussex | B− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.9 | 99% |
| 23 | Loddon Norfolk | B− | 2.4 | 77% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 24 | Park Street and Frogmore Hertfordshire | B− | 4.5 | 63% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Bickershaw Greater Manchester | B− | 5 | 13% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Lechlade-on-Thames Gloucestershire | B− | 6.7 | 66% | 1.5 | 6% |
| 27 | Bere Alston Devon | C+ | 1.4 | 64% | 1.3 | 93% |
| 28 | Delph Greater Manchester | C+ | 0.7 | 72% | 3.9 | 17% |
| 29 | Hermitage Berkshire | C+ | 0.6 | 58% | 3.4 | 82% |
| 30 | Boughton under Blean Kent | C+ | 2.7 | 24% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 31 | Cold Ash Berkshire | C+ | 1.5 | 7% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 32 | Berkeley Gloucestershire | C+ | 0.9 | 49% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 33 | Farndon Cheshire | C+ | 1.2 | 82% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 34 | East Bergholt Suffolk | C | 1.9 | 26% | 2.4 | 46% |
| 35 | Bishopsteignton Devon | C | 3 | 62% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 36 | Wickham Market Suffolk | C | 2.5 | 64% | 1.7 | 7% |
| 37 | Caistor Lincolnshire | C | 2.8 | 39% | 1.3 | 33% |
| 38 | Hawkesbury Warwickshire | C | 1 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Tatworth Somerset | C | 1.3 | 71% | 1.7 | 44% |
| 40 | Whaddon Wiltshire | C | 2.6 | 55% | 1.3 | 10% |
| 41 | Eye Suffolk | C | 2 | 66% | 3 | 0% |
| 42 | Wateringbury Kent | C− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Stoke Prior Worcestershire | C− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Coleford Somerset | C− | 1.2 | 51% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Coltishall and Horstead Norfolk | C− | 2.1 | 57% | 1.3 | 8% |
| 46 | Meriden West Midlands | C− | 1.8 | 70% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Woldingham Surrey | C− | 0.2 | 25% | 3.1 | 20% |
| 48 | Hatfield Woodhouse South Yorkshire | C− | 0.6 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 49 | St Osyth Essex | C− | 1.5 | 54% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Scholes (Leeds) West Yorkshire | D | 0 | 0% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Comberton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 71% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Duxford Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Bicknacre Essex | D | 1 | 56% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Kineton Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 55 | Great Barford Bedfordshire | D− | 1.4 | 45% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Leconfield East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.6 | 51% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Mattishall Norfolk | D− | 1.4 | 58% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Isleham Cambridgeshire | D− | 0.2 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Puriton Somerset | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Crick’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 Crick
The biggest is Crick Community Sports Centre, 6.5 ha (16 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Crick’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%)
Crick100%
Villages its size71%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 18 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Crick
18 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Crick and the kilometre around it, 1.9 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
Jurassic Way2.1 km
The regional route here is the Jurassic Way.
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 Crick: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 44 | 41 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 67 | 61 | 61 |
March is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 67 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Crick →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 2 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
Crick is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
library18 mi from Crick’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
Viewpoints 2
Cracks Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsDIRFT Heritage0.8 mi from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 1
Cracks Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 2
Plus 2 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.
KilsbyWest HaddonLong BuckbyClifton upon DunsmoreOnleyBraunstonCrick
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crick | B | 3.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Kilsby 2.0 mi | D− | 0.5 | 50% | 0% |
| West Haddon 2.7 mi | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Long Buckby 4.0 mi | D− | 0.6 | 52% | 0% |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore 4.3 mi | C | 2.2 | 79% | 0% |
| Onley 4.9 mi | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Braunston 5.0 mi | D | 1.8 | 50% | 0% |
Crick 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 Crick
What is the biggest park in Crick?
Crick Community Sports Centre, 6.5 ha (16 acres), just outside the built-up area. The Green (0.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Crick near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 18 mi south-west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Crick?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Jurassic Way.
What is the nearest beach to Crick?
library, 18 mi from the edge of the village. Crick itself is inland.
How many people in Crick 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 Crick?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Crick good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 26% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 80% (3.8 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 Crick’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Crick’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.