Longframlington’s biggest
King George's Field
Playing field
1.8 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Longframlington
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Longframlington · parks, paths & countryside
78% of Longframlington’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Northumberland National Park begins 3.5 mi from the village’s edge. Footpaths add up to 12 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.3 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Longframlington add up to 1.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Longframlington grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
12 km
1.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Northumberland starts 3.5 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Longframlington?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byNorthumberland National Park starts 3.5 mi west.Few mapped footpaths1.3 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Longframlington’s strongest suit is Northumberland National Park close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Longframlington grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Longframlington, 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 8% of UK towns
Public green space1.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
21out of
100
100
A park within a walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
43out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Northumberland begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
13out 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
How Longframlington compares with UK villages of 1,300 to 1,400
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,300 to 1,400 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
Longframlington1.3
Villages its size2.3
Northumberland towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Longframlington1.3
Villages its size2.0
Northumberland towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Longframlington78%
Villages its size81%
Northumberland towns80%
All UK towns83%
Longframlington falls furthest behind on path per km², where 45 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Davids Dyfed | A+ | 5.2 | 84% | 2.5 | 47% |
| 2 | Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire | A+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 3 | Winsley Wiltshire | A | 12.4 | 79% | 4.2 | 38% |
| 4 | Goldsithney Cornwall | A | 1.4 | 100% | 3.1 | 10% |
| 5 | Maresfield East Sussex | A | 2.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 44% |
| 6 | Biddenden Kent | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 20% |
| 7 | Distington Cumbria | A− | 4.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 8 | Cwmfelinfach Gwent | A− | 24.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Stoke sub Hamdon Somerset | A− | 25.1 | 81% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Bradwell Derbyshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 11 | Govilon Gwent | A− | 2.1 | 80% | 3.4 | 69% |
| 12 | Layer-de-la-Haye Essex | B+ | 9.5 | 79% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Mynydd Marian Clwyd | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 14 | Quintrell Downs Cornwall | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Barleythorpe Rutland | B+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 16 | Appleton Thorn Cheshire | B+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 17 | Wymeswold Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Motcombe Dorset | B | 9.5 | 74% | 1.5 | 25% |
| 19 | Marazion Cornwall | B | 1.4 | 80% | 2 | 14% |
| 20 | Seven Sisters West Glamorgan | B | 7 | 82% | 0.5 | 19% |
| 21 | Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen West Glamorgan | B | 4.1 | 79% | 1 | 40% |
| 22 | Sampford Peverell Devon | B− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 23 | Holymoorside Derbyshire | B− | 1.1 | 82% | 3.8 | 14% |
| 24 | Burton-in-Kendal Cumbria | B− | 0.6 | 100% | 2.4 | 23% |
| 25 | Narborough Norfolk | B− | 3.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Cockfield County Durham | B− | 2.3 | 81% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Kingswood Kent | B− | 3.8 | 23% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 28 | St Merryn Cornwall | B− | 1.9 | 47% | 1.7 | 29% |
| 29 | Helmsley North Yorkshire | B− | 2.4 | 44% | 2.5 | 73% |
| 30 | Steeple Bumpstead Essex | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Mobberley Cheshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Houghton Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.2 | 81% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Stonnall Staffordshire | C+ | 11.5 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Launton Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 35 | Stoke Gabriel Devon | C+ | 1.2 | 70% | 1.2 | 30% |
| 36 | Great Waldingfield Suffolk | C | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 37 | East Hendred Oxfordshire | C | 1.4 | 29% | 2.8 | 47% |
| 38 | Great Bardfield Essex | C | 2 | 81% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Harpole Northamptonshire | C | 2.3 | 81% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 40 | Ringstead Northamptonshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 41 | Winterley Cheshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Chelford Cheshire | C | 1.8 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Seaton Burn Tyne and Wear | C | 3.3 | 36% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Winkleigh Devon | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Walkern Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 52% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Cottingham and Middleton Northamptonshire | C− | 12.1 | 53% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 47 | Newton St Loe Somerset | C− | 0 | 0% | 3.5 | 17% |
| 48 | Cowbit Lincolnshire | C− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Ogmore-by-Sea South Glamorgan | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Butterwick Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 40% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Todwick South Yorkshire | D | 2 | 51% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Malpas Cheshire | D | 1.6 | 61% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 53 | North Cave East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 2.5 | 47% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Staindrop County Durham | D | 1.4 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Longframlington Northumberland | D | 1.3 | 78% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Bomere Heath Shropshire | D− | 1.8 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Claypole Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Kilsby Northamptonshire | D− | 0.5 | 50% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Griston Norfolk | D− | 0.8 | 15% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Cock and End Suffolk | D− | 0 | 0% | 0.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Longframlington’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 Longframlington
The biggest is King George's Field, 1.8 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Longframlington’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 (78%)Further (22%)
Longframlington78%
Villages its size81%
Northumberland towns80%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Northumberland National Park is 3.5 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Longframlington scores 0% on it even though Northumberland National Park is 3.5 mi away. Northumberland National Park covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Longframlington
12 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Longframlington and the kilometre around it, 1.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Longframlington; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Longframlington: June 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) | 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) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 55 | 54 | 57 | 48 | 59 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 76 | 87 | 69 |
May is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 87 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 52 nights a year. The climate in Longframlington →
Things to do
Viewpoints, hills and nature near Longframlington
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.
The nearest beaches
Longframlington is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Broad Sand Rocks11 mi from Longframlington’s edge
DirectionsHowdlemont Sands12 mi from Longframlington’s edge
DirectionsSuger Sands12 mi from Longframlington’s edge
DirectionsNewbiggin Beach14 mi from Longframlington’s edge
DirectionsNorth Beach15 mi from Longframlington’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
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground 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.
FeltonRothburySouth BroomhillShilbottleWarkworthHadstonLongframlington
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longframlington | D | 1.3 | 78% | 0% |
| Felton 3.5 mi | D− | 1.7 | 50% | 0% |
| Rothbury 4.3 mi | B− | 1.0 | 76% | 21% |
| South Broomhill 6.4 mi | D− | 0.0 | 0% | 0% |
| Shilbottle 6.5 mi | C− | 1.8 | 49% | 7% |
| Warkworth 7.6 mi | B− | 1.8 | 76% | 9% |
| Hadston 7.9 mi | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 1% |
Hadston, 7.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hadston has at least twice Longframlington’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Longframlington
What is the biggest park in Longframlington?
King George's Field, 1.8 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Longframlington near a National Park?
Yes. Northumberland National Park begins 3.5 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957.
What is the nearest beach to Longframlington?
Broad Sand Rocks, 11 mi from the edge of the village, then Howdlemont Sands (12 mi). Longframlington itself is inland.
How many people in Longframlington live near a park?
78% 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 Longframlington?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Longframlington good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 13% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 21% (1.3 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 Longframlington’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Longframlington’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.