Flore’s biggest
Brodie Lodge Playing Field
Playing field
2.4 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Flore
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Flore · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Flore
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 62% of residents. Footpaths add up to 16 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Flore add up to 1.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Flore grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
62%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
16 km
2.1 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
Outdoors grade
Flore grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Flore, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
D
Better than 11% of UK towns50th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
33out of
100
100
A park within a walk62%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
22out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
33out 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
Flore is 50th 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
Flore2.1
Villages its size2.1
Northamptonshire towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Flore1.6
Villages its size2.1
Northamptonshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Flore62%
Villages its size81%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Flore falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 37 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Runton and Beeston Regis Norfolk | A+ | 25 | 100% | 4.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Sandridge Hertfordshire | A+ | 18.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 3 | Newburn Tyne and Wear | A | 12.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 4 | Whiteshill and Randwick Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 60% | 7 | 64% |
| 5 | New Houghton Derbyshire | A | 33.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 6 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 100% | 1 | 68% |
| 7 | Balcombe West Sussex | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.2 | 90% |
| 8 | Sedbergh Cumbria | A | 1.9 | 83% | 5 | 92% |
| 9 | St Day Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Chaldon Surrey | A− | 7.4 | 50% | 4.9 | 24% |
| 11 | Heath and Reach Bedfordshire | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Five Oak Green Kent | A− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 30% |
| 13 | Llandovery Dyfed | A− | 13.3 | 100% | 1 | 22% |
| 14 | Little Kingshill Buckinghamshire | A− | 6.5 | 50% | 2.9 | 90% |
| 15 | Princetown Devon | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 16 | Burnhope County Durham | B+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Stanwell Moor Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Emley West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 19 | Cowling North Yorkshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 20 | Horspath Oxfordshire | B | 14 | 54% | 5 | 0% |
| 21 | Staveley Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 85% | 2.5 | 89% |
| 22 | Alconbury Cambridgeshire | B | 5.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 23 | Kelloe County Durham | B | 5.6 | 42% | 6 | 0% |
| 24 | Calvert Buckinghamshire | B | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 25 | Little Hallingbury Essex | B− | 1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Brigstock Northamptonshire | B− | 8.2 | 84% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Netherne on-the-Hill Surrey | B− | 1.6 | 40% | 5.9 | 19% |
| 28 | Robertsbridge East Sussex | C+ | 2 | 38% | 2.7 | 100% |
| 29 | Gosfield Essex | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Pirton Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 57% | 2.3 | 24% |
| 31 | Sutton Valence Kent | C+ | 5.6 | 71% | 1 | 1% |
| 32 | Gelligaer Gwent | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Lavendon Buckinghamshire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 34 | Castor and Ailsworth Cambridgeshire | C | 3.4 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Ryhall Rutland | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Newborough Cambridgeshire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Ticehurst East Sussex | C | 1.4 | 75% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 38 | Salhouse Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 71% | 1 | 17% |
| 39 | Patrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3.6 | 79% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Warton Warwickshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Cogenhoe Northamptonshire | C− | 1.5 | 78% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Burniston North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 0.9 | 49% |
| 43 | Blofield Heath Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 17% |
| 44 | Mid Lavant West Sussex | C− | 1.3 | 33% | 1.8 | 62% |
| 45 | Marnhull Dorset | C− | 1.8 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 46 | Hook East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 19% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Shipton Bellinger Hampshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Ranskill Nottinghamshire | D | 0.4 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Keadby Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 84% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Flore Northamptonshire | D | 1.6 | 62% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Westonzoyland Somerset | D | 3.1 | 30% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Blakedown Worcestershire | D | 0.8 | 79% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Gosberton Lincolnshire | D | 1.1 | 86% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Byram North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 19% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Four Crosses Powys | D− | 1.9 | 53% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Markham Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Guilden Sutton Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 56% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Shadwell West Yorkshire | D− | 0.3 | 25% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Easton Norfolk | D− | 1 | 0% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Woodford Northamptonshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Flore’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 Flore
The biggest is Brodie Lodge Playing Field, 2.4 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Flore residents live 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 (62%)Further (39%)
Flore62%
Villages its size81%
Northamptonshire towns83%
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; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 242 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 16 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
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Flore
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Flore and the kilometre around it, 2.1 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
Grand Union Canal Walk7.1 km
Nene Way6.5 km
Midshires Way3.6 km
Macmillan Way2.8 km
4 regional routes pass through, including the Grand Union Canal Walk, Nene Way, Midshires Way and Macmillan 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 Flore: 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 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 55 | 59 | 58 | 70 | 62 | 60 |
March is the driest month (43 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 50 nights a year. The climate in Flore →
Things to do
6 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
Hills and peaks 3
Flore East Hill119 m (390 ft) · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsFlore West Hill119 m (390 ft) · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsGlassthorpe Hill142 m (466 ft) · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 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.
Weedon BecNether HeyfordBugbrookeHarpoleKislingburyPattishall and AstcoteFlore
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flore | D | 1.6 | 62% | 0% |
| Weedon Bec 1.2 mi | C− | 1.1 | 87% | 0% |
| Nether Heyford 1.4 mi | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Bugbrooke 2.9 mi | B− | 3.7 | 80% | 0% |
| Harpole 3.0 mi | C | 2.3 | 81% | 0% |
| Kislingbury 3.3 mi | C | 8.4 | 26% | 0% |
| Pattishall and Astcote 4.2 mi | C− | 2.9 | 39% | 0% |
Bugbrooke, 2.9 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: 80% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Bugbrooke and Kislingbury have at least twice Flore’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Flore
What is the biggest park in Flore?
Brodie Lodge Playing Field, 2.4 ha (6 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Flore near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 16 mi south-west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Flore?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Grand Union Canal Walk, Nene Way and Midshires Way.
How many people in Flore live near a park?
62% 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 Flore?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Flore good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 33% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 33% (1.6 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 Flore’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Flore’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.