Roade’s biggest
Memorial Green
Park or garden
0.0 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Roade
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Cj1340 at en.wikipedia · Public domainBOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Roade · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Roade lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Roade add up to 2.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 25 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.7 for every square kilometre. Roade grades B for the outdoors: #5 of 31 in Northamptonshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
25 km
2.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Outdoors grade
Roade grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Roade, 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 62% of UK towns#5 of 31 in Northamptonshire · 16th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
61out 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
Footpaths2.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
51out 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
Roade is 16th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,400 to 3,700 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
Roade2.7
Towns its size2.7
Northamptonshire towns2.1
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Roade2.6
Towns its size1.8
Northamptonshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Roade100%
Towns its size82%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Roade stands out most for park space per resident: only 15 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tutshill and Sedbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 87% | 4.5 | 32% |
| 2 | Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Gloucestershire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 51% |
| 3 | Lingfield Surrey | A | 3.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 16% |
| 4 | Bishopston West Glamorgan | A | 3 | 47% | 3.1 | 41% |
| 5 | Kingsbury Warwickshire | A− | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 6 | Shenley Hertfordshire | A− | 6.1 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 7 | Taff's Well Mid Glamorgan | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 8 | Grassmoor Derbyshire | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Church Stretton Shropshire | A− | 2.2 | 68% | 4.7 | 92% |
| 10 | Keresley Newlands Warwickshire | B+ | 4.4 | 89% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 11 | St Asaph Clwyd | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 9% |
| 12 | Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel Staffordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 86% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Watchet Somerset | B+ | 1.3 | 86% | 2 | 18% |
| 14 | Water Orton Warwickshire | B+ | 5.3 | 82% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Chartham Kent | B | 2.3 | 67% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 16 | Roade Northamptonshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Martham Norfolk | B | 1.7 | 74% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 18 | Brockenhurst Hampshire | B | 1.8 | 63% | 3.3 | 98% |
| 19 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | B | 1 | 48% | 2.9 | 38% |
| 20 | Sturminster Newton Dorset | B | 1.4 | 85% | 3.6 | 5% |
| 21 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 2.3 | 66% |
| 22 | Belton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 48% |
| 23 | Theydon Bois Essex | B− | 2.4 | 70% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Burtonwood Cheshire | B− | 3.3 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Lower Nazeing Essex | B− | 23.8 | 58% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Worlingham Suffolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 24% |
| 27 | Pulborough West Sussex | B− | 1.4 | 77% | 2.7 | 50% |
| 28 | Bembridge Isle of Wight | B− | 1.5 | 50% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 29 | Penllergaer West Glamorgan | B− | 21 | 83% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Langport Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Kirkheaton West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 92% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Broomfield Essex | C+ | 2.7 | 45% | 5 | 0% |
| 33 | Fradley Staffordshire | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Great Lumley County Durham | C+ | 1.4 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Woodstock Oxfordshire | C+ | 1 | 80% | 3 | 11% |
| 36 | Boreham Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Hatfield Peverel Essex | C | 2 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Thorpe Willoughby North Yorkshire | C | 0.4 | 92% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Cosby Leicestershire | C | 1.6 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | C | 2.9 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 41 | Cowbridge South Glamorgan | C | 1.2 | 86% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Marden Kent | C | 1.8 | 71% | 2.1 | 3% |
| 43 | Haltwhistle Northumberland | C | 1.5 | 59% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 44 | Goff's Oak Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Bramhope West Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 0% | 2.7 | 2% |
| 46 | Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.3 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Pwllheli Gwynedd | C− | 0.1 | 23% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 48 | West Parley Dorset | C− | 1.6 | 20% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.2 | 89% | 2 | 0% |
| 50 | Hoveton and Wroxham Norfolk | D | 1.4 | 65% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 51 | Witham St Hughs Lincolnshire | D | 0.7 | 91% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Lanchester County Durham | D | 1.4 | 70% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | St Columb Major Cornwall | D | 1 | 89% | 1 | 0% |
| 54 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | D | 0.8 | 44% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire | D | 0.7 | 88% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Willaston (Cheshire East) Cheshire | D | 1 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Bilton East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.3 | 66% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Upwell and Outwell Norfolk | D− | 1.8 | 43% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Wollaston Northamptonshire | D− | 1.2 | 11% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Barlby North Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Roade’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 Roade
The biggest is Memorial Green, 0.0 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Roade’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%)
Roade100%
Towns its size82%
Northamptonshire towns83%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 510 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Roade
25 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Roade and the kilometre around it, 2.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalOther waymarked
Midshires Way7.5 km
Northamptonshire Round5.2 km
Grand Union Canal Walk4.1 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Midshires Way and Grand Union Canal 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 Roade: 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 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 43 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 56 | 69 | 63 | 59 |
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 69 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Roade →
Things to do
7 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
Roade is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
The Beach17 mi from Roade’s edge
Directionslibrary34 mi from Roade’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
Old Brick Pit NR5.6 ha · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Home farm CL1.0 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.
HartwellBlisworthCollingtree and Milton MalsorHanslopeYardley GobionTowcesterRoade
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roade | B | 2.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Hartwell 2.0 mi | C− | 1.2 | 59% | 0% |
| Blisworth 2.1 mi | C | 2.2 | 81% | 0% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor 2.8 mi | B− | 4.9 | 83% | 0% |
| Hanslope 4.0 mi | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Yardley Gobion 4.3 mi | D | 1.2 | 47% | 0% |
| Towcester 4.5 mi | C | 1.3 | 77% | 0% |
Hanslope, 4 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Roade
What is the biggest park in Roade?
Memorial Green, 0.0 ha (0 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Roade near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Roade.
What are the best walks near Roade?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Midshires Way, Northamptonshire Round and Grand Union Canal Walk.
What is the nearest beach to Roade?
The Beach, 17 mi from the edge of the town, then library (34 mi). Roade itself is inland.
How many people in Roade 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 Roade?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Roade good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 51% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 61% (2.6 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 Roade’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Roade’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.