Coddington’s biggest
Thorpe Oaks Playing Field
Playing field
2.5 ha (6 acres)0.3 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Coddington
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Coddington · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Coddington lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
12 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Coddington add up to 2.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Coddington grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
12 km
1.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Coddington?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Few mapped footpaths1.4 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Coddington’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Coddington grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Coddington, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C+
Better than 45% of UK towns23rd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
68out 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
Footpaths1.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
14out 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
Coddington is 23rd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 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
Coddington1.4
Villages its size2.0
Nottinghamshire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Coddington2.9
Villages its size2.2
Nottinghamshire towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Coddington100%
Villages its size75%
Nottinghamshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Coddington 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 | Porlock Somerset | A+ | 2.9 | 75% | 5.2 | 71% |
| 2 | Bathford Somerset | A+ | 4.8 | 100% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 3 | Longhoughton Northumberland | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 27% |
| 4 | Halmer End and Alsagers Bank Staffordshire | A | 33.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 5 | Ovingham Northumberland | A | 6.5 | 100% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Dove Holes Derbyshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 1.5 | 52% |
| 7 | Brighstone Isle of Wight | A | 2.2 | 55% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 8 | Rock Cornwall | A− | 3.2 | 39% | 2.5 | 37% |
| 9 | Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire | A− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 23% |
| 10 | Walton Somerset | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 11 | Hurst Green East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 12 | Shillingstone Dorset | B+ | 2.8 | 67% | 3.2 | 51% |
| 13 | Slinfold West Sussex | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Gislingham Suffolk | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Huntley Gloucestershire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Acomb Northumberland | B | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 17 | Moresby Parks Cumbria | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 18 | Thorpe End Norfolk | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 10% |
| 19 | Stretton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | B− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Romsley Worcestershire | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 21 | Penybanc Dyfed | B− | 7.4 | 35% | 2.4 | 1% |
| 22 | Datchworth Hertfordshire | C+ | 10.8 | 76% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Coddington Nottinghamshire | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Tansley Derbyshire | C+ | 1.6 | 73% | 3.4 | 4% |
| 25 | Child Okeford Dorset | C+ | 1.7 | 45% | 3.3 | 42% |
| 26 | Grampound Road Cornwall | C+ | 3.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Allithwaite Cumbria | C+ | 1.9 | 60% | 1 | 17% |
| 28 | Baslow Derbyshire | C+ | 1.6 | 45% | 2.8 | 98% |
| 29 | Chesterton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Blackmore Essex | C+ | 3.6 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Wadworth South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.7 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Dickleburgh Norfolk | C+ | 1.9 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 33 | Hunston West Sussex | C | 1.8 | 65% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 34 | Stoke Hammond Buckinghamshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Llanerchymedd Gwynedd | C | 4.2 | 64% | 0.6 | 4% |
| 36 | Cold Norton Essex | C | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Carlyon Bay Cornwall | C | 0.7 | 0% | 2.4 | 12% |
| 38 | Rearsby Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Yoxall Staffordshire | C | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Raglan Gwent | C− | 3.9 | 0% | 1.2 | 1% |
| 41 | Hordle Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 41% |
| 42 | North Elmham Norfolk | C− | 4.7 | 71% | 1 | 0% |
| 43 | Owston Ferry Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Southfields Essex | C− | 2.8 | 0% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Old Leake Lincolnshire | C− | 3.6 | 75% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Chilworth Hampshire | C− | 1.1 | 24% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Chudleigh Knighton Devon | C− | 1 | 46% | 2.5 | 16% |
| 48 | Eastrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Guilsfield Powys | C− | 3.6 | 71% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Abbotskerswell Devon | C− | 4.2 | 49% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Bratton Wiltshire | C− | 1.9 | 25% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Spofforth North Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 78% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Long Whatton Leicestershire | D | 2.8 | 63% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Ullesthorpe Leicestershire | D | 1.5 | 75% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Pant Shropshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Outlane West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Aston Oxfordshire | D | 2.2 | 62% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Melton Constable Norfolk | D | 1.6 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Moor End Gloucestershire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Clipsham Rutland | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Coddington’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 Coddington
The biggest is Thorpe Oaks Playing Field, 2.5 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
The Heights Play Area
Play space · 180 m outside town
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.4 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Coddington’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%)
Coddington100%
Villages its size75%
Nottinghamshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 13 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 90 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Coddington
12 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Coddington and the kilometre around it, 1.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Trent Valley Way2.1 km
The regional route here is the Trent Valley Way.
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 Coddington: May 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 38 | 35 | 43 | 45 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 55 |
March is the driest month (35 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 62 mm of rain falls in June, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. The climate in Coddington →
Things to do
13 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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
Coddington is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Beach13 mi from Coddington’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
Hills and peaks 1
Beacon Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Edgehill Drive Play Area0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCollis Close Play Area0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 11 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.
Newark-on-TrentBaldertonFarndonClaypoleCollinghamLong BenningtonCoddington
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coddington | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Newark-on-Trent 1.6 mi | C | 2.2 | 91% | 0% |
| Balderton 2.0 mi | D | 1.4 | 64% | 0% |
| Farndon 3.6 mi | B | 3.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Claypole 3.7 mi | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 0% |
| Collingham 4.6 mi | C | 2.4 | 78% | 0% |
| Long Bennington 6.0 mi | C− | 1.6 | 82% | 0% |
Farndon, 3.6 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 Coddington
What is the biggest park in Coddington?
Thorpe Oaks Playing Field, 2.5 ha (6 acres). The Heights Play Area (0.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Coddington near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Coddington.
What are the best walks near Coddington?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Trent Valley Way.
What is the nearest beach to Coddington?
The Beach, 13 mi from the edge of the village. Coddington itself is inland.
How many people in Coddington 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 Coddington?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Coddington good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 14% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 68% (2.9 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 Coddington’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Coddington’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.