Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Almost everyone in Gretton lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
10 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.3 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Gretton add up to 2.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Gretton grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Gretton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Gretton’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Gretton grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Gretton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Gretton is 35th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,400 to 1,600 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Gretton stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 43 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chambercombe Devon | A+ | 8.7 | 100% | 2.8 | 29% |
| 2 | Ashurst Wood West Sussex | A+ | 4 | 100% | 3.4 | 81% |
| 3 | Heathfield Devon | A+ | 20.4 | 100% | 3 | 30% |
| 4 | Ewhurst Surrey | A | 4.3 | 76% | 4.6 | 46% |
| 5 | Newfield County Durham | A | 8.3 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 6 | Gargrave North Yorkshire | A | 5.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 7 | Collett's Green Worcestershire | A | 3.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Hale Cheshire | A− | 4.8 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 9 | Littleton Hampshire | A− | 7.8 | 100% | 1.1 | 10% |
| 10 | Llanrug Gwynedd | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 11 | Longwick Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 12 | Temple Cloud Somerset | B+ | 2.6 | 77% | 3.9 | 15% |
| 13 | Blackhall Mill County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Castleside County Durham | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 3 | 42% |
| 15 | Caer-went Gwent | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 0.8 | 8% |
| 16 | Great Bowden Leicestershire | B+ | 6.1 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Ramsbury Wiltshire | B+ | 3.9 | 62% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 18 | Offenham Worcestershire | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 19 | Kensworth Bedfordshire | B | 1.8 | 79% | 3 | 59% |
| 20 | Burford Oxfordshire | B | 3.5 | 84% | 1.2 | 53% |
| 21 | Sturminster Marshall Dorset | B | 2 | 100% | 1.4 | 30% |
| 22 | Potterne Wiltshire | B | 1.3 | 77% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 23 | South Godstone Surrey | B | 2 | 100% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 24 | Wingrave Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.7 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 25 | Kingstone Herefordshire | B− | 3.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Kibblesworth Tyne and Wear | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Bridge Kent | B− | 2.2 | 60% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 28 | Foxhole Cornwall | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Collingtree and Milton Malsor Northamptonshire | B− | 4.9 | 83% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Carharrack Cornwall | C+ | 0.7 | 80% | 4.2 | 2% |
| 31 | Gilfach Goch Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Trinant Gwent | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Mylor Bridge Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 63% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 34 | Langley Vale Surrey | C+ | 0.8 | 53% | 5.5 | 7% |
| 35 | Gretton Northamptonshire | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 36 | Nether Heyford Northamptonshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Bassingham Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Sibsey Lincolnshire | C | 2.4 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 39 | Flitton Bedfordshire | C | 1.4 | 49% | 3.3 | 6% |
| 40 | Geddington Northamptonshire | C | 3 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Horndon on the Hill Essex | C | 3.5 | 81% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Freeland Oxfordshire | C | 1.4 | 53% | 2.6 | 17% |
| 43 | Waresley Worcestershire | C | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 44 | Alveley Shropshire | C− | 5.4 | 51% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Hartwell Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 59% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Haslingfield Cambridgeshire | C− | 2 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Silverton Devon | C− | 1 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Greens Norton Northamptonshire | C− | 1.2 | 66% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Dalston Cumbria | C− | 3.4 | 66% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Cawood North Yorkshire | D | 1.9 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Braunston Northamptonshire | D | 1.8 | 50% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Croft Cheshire | D | 1.1 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Tetney Lincolnshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Oakington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 52% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Stockton Warwickshire | D | 1.5 | 44% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Newton-with-Scales Lancashire | D | 1.4 | 76% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Gayton Norfolk | D− | 1.6 | 62% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk | D− | 1.5 | 53% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 59 | South Broomhill Northumberland | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Great Bricett Suffolk | D− | 1.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Gretton’s built-up area.
How close Gretton’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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Gretton
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Gretton and the kilometre around it, 1.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
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.
The best walking months in Gretton: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 45 | 43 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 62 | 71 | 65 | 62 |
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 71 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. The climate in Gretton →
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretton | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Weldon 3.3 mi | B | 8.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Corby 3.9 mi | B | 3.4 | 96% | 0% |
| Uppingham 4.2 mi | C | 2.2 | 89% | 0% |
| Cottingham and Middleton 4.4 mi | C− | 12.1 | 53% | 0% |
| Brigstock 6.2 mi | B− | 8.2 | 84% | 0% |
| King's Cliffe 6.9 mi | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 0% |
King's Cliffe, 6.9 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Weldon, Cottingham and Middleton and Brigstock have at least twice Gretton’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Gretton
Is Gretton near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Gretton.
What are the best walks near Gretton?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Jurassic Way.
How many people in Gretton 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 Gretton?
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 Gretton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 12% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 54% (2.3 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 Gretton’s overall grade.
Where Gretton’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.
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