Amble’s biggest
Paddlers Park
Play space
0.4 ha (1 acres)
0.6 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Amble · parks, paths & countryside
Amble is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 48% of the area within 5 km. The Northumberland Coast National Landscape reaches the edge of Amble. 27 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.2 for every square kilometre. Amble grades A for the outdoors: #4 of 20 in Northumberland. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
27 km
2.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
5%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Northumberland Coast National Landscape
The sea
48%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Amble?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast48% of the area within 5 km is sea; 10 beaches mapped.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside close byThe Northumberland Coast National Landscape starts 0.0 mi north-east.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Amble’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Amble grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Amble, 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 90% of UK towns#4 of 20 in Northumberland · 7th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
45out 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 Landscape5%of the land within 5 km
67out of
100
100
Footpaths2.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
35out of
100
100
The sea48%of the area within 5 km
98out 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
Amble is 7th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 5,600 to 6,100 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
Amble2.2
Towns its size2.6
Northumberland towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Amble2.0
Towns its size2.2
Northumberland towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Amble100%
Towns its size82%
Northumberland towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Amble stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 40 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackfield and Langley Hampshire | A+ | 28.1 | 95% | 4.2 | 48% |
| 2 | Saltburn-by-the-Sea North Yorkshire | A | 4.7 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 3 | Bagshot Surrey | A | 10.5 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 4 | Barrowford Lancashire | A | 4.2 | 82% | 5 | 22% |
| 5 | Wareham Dorset | A | 1.9 | 83% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 6 | Leiston Suffolk | A | 1.7 | 95% | 2.7 | 35% |
| 7 | Amble Northumberland | A | 2 | 100% | 2.2 | 5% |
| 8 | West Hallam Derbyshire | A | 4.8 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Haworth West Yorkshire | A | 4.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Millom Cumbria | A | 2 | 82% | 3.2 | 13% |
| 11 | Menston West Yorkshire | A | 2.4 | 90% | 4.1 | 18% |
| 12 | Shepperton Surrey | A | 8.7 | 89% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 13 | Carnforth Lancashire | A− | 1.2 | 89% | 3 | 39% |
| 14 | Barnard Castle County Durham | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 3.4 | 1% |
| 15 | Botley Hampshire | A− | 14.6 | 70% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 16 | East Horsley Surrey | A− | 3.5 | 55% | 4.5 | 33% |
| 17 | Dodworth South Yorkshire | A− | 2.3 | 97% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 18 | Kingsbridge Devon | B+ | 1.5 | 91% | 1.6 | 67% |
| 19 | Marchwood Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 87% | 1.3 | 38% |
| 20 | Moor Park Hertfordshire | B+ | 4.5 | 46% | 4.5 | 1% |
| 21 | Creswell Derbyshire | B+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Thrybergh and Dalton South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 4 | 0% |
| 23 | Willington County Durham | B+ | 4.7 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 24 | Garstang Lancashire | B | 2.4 | 89% | 2.3 | 15% |
| 25 | East Tilbury Essex | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2 | 0% |
| 26 | Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire | B | 2.3 | 94% | 1.6 | 20% |
| 27 | Brixworth Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 94% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Northumberland | B | 2.2 | 77% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Hemsby Norfolk | B | 2.5 | 51% | 1.4 | 22% |
| 30 | Bidford-on-Avon Warwickshire | B | 3.4 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 31 | Cheddar Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 41% | 3 | 56% |
| 32 | Thirsk North Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 33 | Great Torrington Devon | B− | 2.6 | 88% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Hullbridge Essex | C+ | 5.7 | 59% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Kirby Cross Essex | C+ | 2.4 | 44% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Aylesham Kent | C+ | 0.3 | 76% | 3.4 | 33% |
| 37 | Bagillt Clwyd | C+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Crawley Down West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 80% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 39 | Pontyclun Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.4 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 40 | Ruthin Clwyd | C | 2.7 | 51% | 1.5 | 31% |
| 41 | Egremont Cumbria | C | 1.1 | 63% | 1.8 | 11% |
| 42 | Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire | C | 1.1 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Undy and Magor Gwent | C | 0.9 | 86% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Durrington Wiltshire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Red Lodge Suffolk | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Ramsey Cambridgeshire | C | 2.5 | 72% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Ilminster Somerset | C− | 2.3 | 61% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Ottery St Mary Devon | C− | 1.2 | 71% | 1.7 | 34% |
| 49 | Studley Warwickshire | C− | 1.6 | 63% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Pembury Kent | C− | 1.1 | 45% | 2 | 58% |
| 51 | Stainforth South Yorkshire | C− | 2.2 | 80% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Purfleet-on-Thames Essex | C− | 0.9 | 64% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Cuddington Cheshire | C− | 1.5 | 66% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.9 | 60% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Arlesey Bedfordshire | D | 0.9 | 51% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Finningley South Yorkshire | D | 2 | 65% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Werrington Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 42% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Bulkington Warwickshire | D | 0.9 | 76% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Sawtry Cambridgeshire | D | 1.3 | 40% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Burwell Cambridgeshire | D− | 1.5 | 44% | 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 Amble’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 Amble
The biggest is Paddlers Park, 0.4 ha (1 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Everyone in Amble lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Amble100%
Towns its size82%
Northumberland towns80%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 732 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Amble
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
National Landscape
Northumberland Coast
At the edge north-east133 km²since 19585% of the land within 5 km
Official site5% of the land within 5 km of Amble is National Park or National Landscape, more than 67% of UK towns. Northumberland National Park covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Amble is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
27 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Amble and the kilometre around it, 2.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegional
Northumberland Coast Path9.6 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to Amble5.2 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Amble to Bamburgh4.4 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Amble. The regional route here is the Northumberland Coast Path.
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 Amble: June, July and 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) | 7.7 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 7.1 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 51 | 46 | 50 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 52 | 76 | 80 | 60 |
May is the driest month (45 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 80 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Amble →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Amble
48% of the area within 5 km of Amble is sea. 10 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 0 with a name.
The King Charles III England Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 8 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Coquet Island13 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsHauxley Nature Reserve24 ha · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Warkworth dunes Picnic Site1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Coquet Yacht Club0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCoquet Shorebase0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 slipway 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.
WarkworthHadstonSouth BroomhillShilbottleFeltonWiddrington StationAmble
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amble | A | 2.0 | 100% | 5% |
| Warkworth 1.3 mi | B− | 1.8 | 76% | 9% |
| Hadston 2.8 mi | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 1% |
| South Broomhill 3.1 mi | D− | 0.0 | 0% | 0% |
| Shilbottle 4.9 mi | C− | 1.8 | 49% | 7% |
| Felton 5.3 mi | D− | 1.7 | 50% | 0% |
| Widdrington Station 6.6 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 88% | 0% |
Hadston, 2.8 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hadston has at least twice Amble’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Amble
What is the biggest park in Amble?
Paddlers Park, 0.4 ha (1 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Amble near a National Park?
Yes. Northumberland National Park begins 12 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Northumberland Coast National Landscape, at the edge of the town.
What are the best walks near Amble?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Northumberland Coast Path, King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to Amble and King Charles III England Coast Path: Amble to Bamburgh.
How many people in Amble 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 Amble?
June, July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Amble good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 35% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 45% (2.0 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 Amble’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Amble’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.