Daventry’s biggest
Daventry Country Park
Park or garden
67 ha (166 acres)4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
94 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Daventry
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Daventry · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Daventry lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
99% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Daventry add up to 4.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 95 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.3 for every square kilometre. Daventry grades A− for the outdoors: #2 of 31 in Northamptonshire. 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
99%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
95 km
3.3 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 town is Daventry?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep99% 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 82% of UK towns.
Daventry’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Daventry grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Daventry, 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 75% of UK towns#2 of 31 in Northamptonshire · 22nd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space4.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
82out of
100
100
A park within a walk99%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
Footpaths3.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
66out 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
Daventry is 22nd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 25,700 to 29,900 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
Daventry3.3
Towns its size3.4
Northamptonshire towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Daventry4.1
Towns its size2.5
Northamptonshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Daventry99%
Towns its size83%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Daventry stands out most for park space per resident: only 11 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yate Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.3 | 99% | 6.8 | 11% |
| 2 | Jarrow Tyne and Wear | A+ | 5.3 | 90% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 3 | Stroud Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.6 | 79% | 5.8 | 70% |
| 4 | Northfleet Kent | A | 2 | 85% | 7.7 | 4% |
| 5 | Sevenoaks Kent | A | 8.1 | 76% | 3.8 | 70% |
| 6 | Stalybridge Greater Manchester | A | 5 | 82% | 4.8 | 12% |
| 7 | Ashington Northumberland | A | 5.6 | 83% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Penarth South Glamorgan | A | 3.5 | 83% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 9 | Woodley Berkshire | A | 5 | 81% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 10 | Lancing and Sompting West Sussex | A | 1.8 | 80% | 3 | 37% |
| 11 | Totton Hampshire | A | 1.6 | 94% | 4.4 | 50% |
| 12 | Burntwood Staffordshire | A− | 5.3 | 81% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 13 | Larkfield Kent | A− | 5.6 | 75% | 3.4 | 27% |
| 14 | Ewell Surrey | A− | 7.5 | 89% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Rickmansworth Hertfordshire | A− | 2.9 | 81% | 4.4 | 11% |
| 16 | Stretford Greater Manchester | A− | 3.7 | 92% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 17 | Tadworth and Epsom Downs Surrey | A− | 3.4 | 65% | 5.3 | 16% |
| 18 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | A− | 1.7 | 73% | 3.2 | 18% |
| 19 | Little Hulton Greater Manchester | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 20 | East Grinstead West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 87% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 21 | Cleethorpes Lincolnshire | A− | 3 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 22 | Daventry Northamptonshire | A− | 4.1 | 99% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Eston North Yorkshire | B+ | 2.9 | 93% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 24 | Cramlington Northumberland | B+ | 2.3 | 91% | 6.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Portishead Somerset | B+ | 2 | 82% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Haverhill Suffolk | B+ | 2.4 | 91% | 5 | 0% |
| 27 | Longbenton Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.3 | 80% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Fleetwood Lancashire | B+ | 2.7 | 92% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 29 | Deal Kent | B+ | 1 | 86% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 30 | Farnworth Greater Manchester | B+ | 3 | 85% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Pontypool Gwent | B+ | 3.6 | 93% | 1.8 | 7% |
| 32 | Colwyn Bay Clwyd | B+ | 1.9 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Shipley West Yorkshire | B | 2.1 | 87% | 6 | 0% |
| 34 | Consett County Durham | B | 1.7 | 87% | 3.1 | 19% |
| 35 | Darwen Lancashire | B | 2.2 | 89% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Rugeley Staffordshire | B | 1.2 | 94% | 2.7 | 37% |
| 37 | Witham Essex | B | 1.9 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Egham Surrey | B | 4.1 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Broadstairs Kent | B | 1.7 | 76% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Atherton Greater Manchester | B | 3.8 | 83% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Bushey Hertfordshire | B | 3.1 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 42 | Rhyl Clwyd | B | 1 | 84% | 2.2 | 7% |
| 43 | Droitwich Spa Worcestershire | B | 2.5 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Evesham Worcestershire | B− | 1.7 | 80% | 3.5 | 4% |
| 45 | Stanford-le-Hope Essex | B− | 2.6 | 84% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Ashton-in-Makerfield Greater Manchester | B− | 2.6 | 93% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Melton Mowbray Leicestershire | B− | 3.3 | 84% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Kendal Cumbria | C+ | 0.9 | 67% | 4 | 33% |
| 49 | Horley Surrey | C+ | 1.9 | 84% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Newton Abbot Devon | C+ | 2.6 | 62% | 2.3 | 6% |
| 51 | Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire | C | 1.6 | 84% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Walton-on-Thames Surrey | C | 1.6 | 81% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Frome Somerset | C | 1.3 | 78% | 2.4 | 9% |
| 55 | Wickford Essex | C | 2.4 | 59% | 3 | 0% |
| 56 | Hertford Hertfordshire | C | 0.9 | 65% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Heywood Greater Manchester | C− | 1.3 | 80% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Heswall Merseyside | C− | 1.1 | 56% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Ormskirk Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Wisbech Cambridgeshire | D | 1.2 | 79% | 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 Daventry’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 Daventry
The biggest is Daventry Country Park, 67 ha (166 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Daneholme Park
Park or garden
5.7 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Daventry
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Daventry’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 (99%)Further (1%)
Daventry99%
Towns its size83%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 50 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 556 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 12 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
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Daventry
95 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Daventry and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Jurassic Way7.0 km
Grand Union Canal Walk6.8 km
Nene Way2.7 km
3 regional routes pass through, including the Jurassic Way, Grand Union Canal Walk and Nene 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 Daventry: 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 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 47 | 45 | 52 | 56 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 59 | 70 | 67 | 63 |
March is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 70 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Daventry →
Things to do
50 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
Daventry is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
library21 mi from Daventry’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.
Up high. Fox Hill, at 194 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Daventry.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 4
Fox Hill194 m (636 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsNewnham Hill201 m (659 ft) · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsBorough Hill201 m (659 ft) · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBig Hill224 m (736 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 50
Grange Childrens Parkin town
DirectionsGrenadier Play Parkin town
DirectionsLang Farm Playgroundin town
DirectionsMonksmoor Farm Children's Parkin town
DirectionsShackleton Play Parkin town
DirectionsTigers Indoor Playin town
DirectionsPlus 44 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite 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.
BraunstonLong BuckbyWeedon BecKilsbyFloreOnleyDaventry
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daventry | A− | 4.1 | 99% | 0% |
| Braunston 2.6 mi | D | 1.8 | 50% | 0% |
| Long Buckby 4.2 mi | D− | 0.6 | 52% | 0% |
| Weedon Bec 4.3 mi | C− | 1.1 | 87% | 0% |
| Kilsby 4.8 mi | D− | 0.5 | 50% | 0% |
| Flore 4.8 mi | D | 1.6 | 62% | 0% |
| Onley 5.5 mi | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
Daventry 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 Daventry
What is the biggest park in Daventry?
Daventry Country Park, 67 ha (166 acres), with 4.3 km of path. Daneholme Park (5.7 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Daventry near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 12 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Daventry?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Jurassic Way, Grand Union Canal Walk and Nene Way. Daventry Country Park alone has 4.3 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Daventry?
library, 21 mi from the edge of the town. Daventry itself is inland.
How many people in Daventry live near a park?
99% 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 Daventry?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Daventry good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 66% 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 Daventry’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Daventry’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.