Lynemouth’s biggest
Lynemouth Welfare Recreation Ground
Playing field
4.9 ha (12 acres)0.4 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lynemouth
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lynemouth · parks, paths & countryside
Lynemouth is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 46% of the area within 5 km. Parks and playing fields in Lynemouth add up to 3.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 16 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Lynemouth grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
16 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Northumberland Coast National Landscape
The sea
46%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Lynemouth?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast46% of the area within 5 km is sea; 11 beaches mapped.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam3.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 76% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes through.
Lynemouth’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Lynemouth grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lynemouth, 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 82% of UK towns11th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
76out 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
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
21out of
100
100
The sea46%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.
Villages its size
Lynemouth is 11th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,600 to 1,800 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
Lynemouth1.7
Villages its size2.1
Northumberland towns2.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lynemouth3.5
Villages its size2.1
Northumberland towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lynemouth100%
Villages its size79%
Northumberland towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Lynemouth stands out most for park space per resident: only 13 of the other 59 have 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 | Pease Pottage West Sussex | A+ | 4.1 | 100% | 7.4 | 65% |
| 2 | Manningtree Essex | A+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 43% |
| 3 | Guston Kent | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 25% |
| 4 | Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 10.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 5 | Penwithick Cornwall | A | 15 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Wroxall Isle of Wight | A | 1.2 | 84% | 4.6 | 33% |
| 7 | Eccles Kent | A | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 30% |
| 8 | Hutton Somerset | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 22% |
| 9 | Southwell Dorset | A | 0.7 | 100% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Wickwar Gloucestershire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.5 | 15% |
| 11 | Lynemouth Northumberland | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 12 | Hemyock Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.3 | 82% |
| 13 | Seascale Cumbria | A− | 2.1 | 81% | 2.2 | 27% |
| 14 | Clayhanger West Midlands | A− | 17.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Bathampton Somerset | A− | 1 | 85% | 5.5 | 62% |
| 17 | Ripley Surrey | A− | 15 | 64% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 18 | Appledore Devon | B+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 16% |
| 19 | Starcross Devon | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 20 | Aldbourne Wiltshire | B+ | 3.2 | 84% | 1.8 | 100% |
| 21 | Kingsdown Kent | B+ | 1.1 | 67% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 22 | Blewbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 54% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 23 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 24 | Silkstone South Yorkshire | B | 1 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Normandy Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 23% | 3.1 | 26% |
| 26 | Streethouse West Yorkshire | B− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 27 | Eynsford Kent | B− | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 46% |
| 28 | Woodsetts South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 29 | Allhallows Kent | B− | 3.2 | 76% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Onley Northamptonshire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Trethomas Gwent | B− | 6.9 | 48% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Pilling Lancashire | C+ | 4.2 | 46% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 33 | Seahouses and North Sunderland Northumberland | C+ | 1.6 | 17% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 34 | Chipperfield Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 37% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 35 | Rocester Staffordshire | C+ | 15.2 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Bartestree Herefordshire | C+ | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 37 | Templecombe Somerset | C+ | 2 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 38 | New Arley Warwickshire | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Acton Suffolk | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 40 | Stonesfield Oxfordshire | C | 1.9 | 60% | 1.8 | 38% |
| 41 | Earith Cambridgeshire | C | 1.2 | 78% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 42 | Wylam Northumberland | C− | 1.1 | 74% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Leeming North Yorkshire | C− | 5 | 76% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 44 | High Bentham North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 45 | Thorney Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.4 | 74% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Lower Quinton Warwickshire | C− | 2 | 49% | 1.3 | 18% |
| 47 | Modbury Devon | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.2 | 41% |
| 48 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Pensilva Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 60% | 1.3 | 15% |
| 50 | Whitehill County Durham | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Upper Arncott Oxfordshire | D | 3.1 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Holt Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 45% | 2.1 | 2% |
| 53 | Leverington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.8 | 59% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Dobwalls Cornwall | D | 1.4 | 28% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 55 | Tiddington Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Point Clear Essex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Soughton Clwyd | D | 0.4 | 67% | 1.3 | 3% |
| 58 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 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 Lynemouth’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 Lynemouth
The biggest is Lynemouth Welfare Recreation Ground, 4.9 ha (12 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Centennial Garden
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Lynemouth
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
Everyone in Lynemouth 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%)
Lynemouth100%
Villages its size79%
Northumberland towns80%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 9 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 187 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Northumberland Coast National Landscape is 8.4 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
Northumberland National Park covers 1,051 km² and has been a National Park since 1957.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lynemouth is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lynemouth and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
National
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to Amble6.5 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Lynemouth.
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 Lynemouth: 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 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 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) | 55 | 43 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 56 |
March is the driest month (39 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 16 nights a year. The climate in Lynemouth →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Lynemouth
46% of the area within 5 km of Lynemouth is sea. 11 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 3 with a name.
Broad Sand Rocks1.1 mi from town
DirectionsNewbiggin Beach1.5 mi from town
DirectionsThe 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
9 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
Nature reserves 1
Ellington Pond Nature Reserve5.3 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 9
Brewers Fayre Playground1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 8 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.
EllingtonNewbiggin-by-the-SeaAshingtonWiddrington StationStakefordPegswoodLynemouth
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynemouth | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Ellington 1.0 mi | B | 2.5 | 86% | 0% |
| Newbiggin-by-the-Sea 2.2 mi | B | 2.2 | 77% | 0% |
| Ashington 2.6 mi | A | 5.6 | 83% | 0% |
| Widdrington Station 3.4 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 88% | 0% |
| Stakeford 4.0 mi | A+ | 10.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Pegswood 4.9 mi | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 0% |
Stakeford, 4 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Stakeford has at least twice Lynemouth’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Lynemouth
What is the biggest park in Lynemouth?
Lynemouth Welfare Recreation Ground, 4.9 ha (12 acres). Centennial Garden (0.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Lynemouth near a National Park?
Yes. Northumberland National Park begins 14 mi west of the village’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, 8.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Lynemouth?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to Amble.
How many people in Lynemouth 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 Lynemouth?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lynemouth good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 21% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 76% (3.5 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 Lynemouth’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lynemouth’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.