Farndon’s biggest
Farndon Ponds
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
6.5 ha (16 acres)0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Farndon
Directionsto the park
Photo: Bob Danylec · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Farndon · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Farndon lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Farndon add up to 3.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 16 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Farndon grades B for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.8 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
1.8 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 Farndon?
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.Room to roam3.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 79% of UK towns.
Farndon’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Farndon grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Farndon, 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 57% of UK towns18th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
80out 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
Footpaths1.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
25out 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
Farndon is 18th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,400 to 2,600 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
Farndon1.8
Villages its size2.2
Nottinghamshire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Farndon3.8
Villages its size2.2
Nottinghamshire towns2.4
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Farndon100%
Villages its size86%
Nottinghamshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Farndon 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 39 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rawnsley Staffordshire | A+ | 17.7 | 100% | 3.7 | 36% |
| 2 | Shalford Surrey | A+ | 14.9 | 89% | 4.8 | 47% |
| 3 | Wolsingham County Durham | A+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 55% |
| 4 | Eton Berkshire | A | 22.9 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Aldeburgh Suffolk | A | 2.3 | 88% | 2.3 | 41% |
| 6 | Lyndhurst Hampshire | A | 3.6 | 73% | 4.3 | 100% |
| 7 | Old Stratford Northamptonshire | A | 9.8 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Rowhedge Essex | A | 1.6 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Little Clacton Essex | A− | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Awsworth Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 11 | West Wick Somerset | A− | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 16% |
| 12 | Saundersfoot Dyfed | A− | 10.2 | 69% | 0.9 | 19% |
| 13 | Higher Folds Greater Manchester | A− | 2.8 | 90% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Sway Hampshire | B+ | 2.9 | 38% | 4 | 74% |
| 15 | Kington Herefordshire | B+ | 3.9 | 89% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Williton Somerset | B+ | 1.1 | 88% | 2.1 | 31% |
| 17 | Henlow Bedfordshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Farndon Nottinghamshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Oakley Bedfordshire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 20 | Alresford Essex | B− | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Watlington Oxfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 67% | 2.4 | 55% |
| 22 | Wootton (Vale of White Horse) Oxfordshire | B− | 3.4 | 84% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Redlynch and Woodfalls Wiltshire | B− | 2.1 | 34% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 24 | Coundon and Leeholme County Durham | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 25 | Kelvedon Hatch Essex | B− | 7.3 | 77% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Timsbury Somerset | B− | 2.7 | 68% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Llanrwst Clwyd | C+ | 2.2 | 75% | 1.6 | 45% |
| 28 | Crossways Dorset | C+ | 0.5 | 100% | 1.8 | 22% |
| 29 | Renishaw Derbyshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Hendreforgan Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.7 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Shepley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.6 | 87% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Widdrington Station Northumberland | C+ | 1 | 88% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Grendon Warwickshire | C+ | 8.1 | 71% | 2 | 0% |
| 34 | Ruspidge Gloucestershire | C+ | 2 | 46% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Whittington Staffordshire | C | 7.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Great Houghton South Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Pontycymer Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.2 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 38 | Tycroes Dyfed | C | 3.5 | 80% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Laleham Surrey | C | 9.8 | 34% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Bugle Cornwall | C− | 1.8 | 92% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Eggborough North Yorkshire | C− | 1.5 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 42 | Hambleton Lancashire | C− | 2.3 | 14% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) Cheshire | C− | 4.2 | 60% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Upper Heyford Oxfordshire | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Aberfan Mid Glamorgan | C− | 4.5 | 58% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Cornforth County Durham | C− | 1.9 | 66% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Loggerheads Staffordshire | C− | 1.2 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Cwm Gwent | C− | 2 | 12% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Maulden Bedfordshire | D | 0.9 | 55% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 50 | East Harling Norfolk | D | 1.7 | 85% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Lampeter Dyfed | D | 1.5 | 88% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Llanhilleth Gwent | D | 1.3 | 71% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Long Crendon Buckinghamshire | D | 1.4 | 86% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Mawsley Village Northamptonshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 2 | 0% |
| 55 | Broughton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 45% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Long Itchington Warwickshire | D | 2.1 | 45% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Aston-on-Trent Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 44% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Clophill Bedfordshire | D | 0.7 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Garden City Clwyd | D− | 1.5 | 58% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Shipdham Norfolk | D− | 1 | 59% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Farndon’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 Farndon
The biggest is Farndon Ponds, 6.5 ha (16 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Farndon Play Area
Play space
0.3 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Farndon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Farndon’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%)
Farndon100%
Villages its size86%
Nottinghamshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 412 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Farndon
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Farndon and the kilometre around it, 1.8 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 Way5.7 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 Farndon: 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 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 46 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 49 | 60 | 54 | 54 |
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 63 mm of rain falls in July, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. The climate in Farndon →
Things to do
6 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
Farndon is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Beach11 mi from Farndon’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
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Sconny's Play Area0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 5 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-TrentBaldertonCoddingtonSouthwellClaypoleLong BenningtonFarndon
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farndon | B | 3.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Newark-on-Trent 2.0 mi | C | 2.2 | 91% | 0% |
| Balderton 2.8 mi | D | 1.4 | 64% | 0% |
| Coddington 3.6 mi | C+ | 2.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Southwell 4.6 mi | C− | 1.7 | 59% | 0% |
| Claypole 5.1 mi | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 0% |
| Long Bennington 6.0 mi | C− | 1.6 | 82% | 0% |
Farndon grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Farndon
What is the biggest park in Farndon?
Farndon Ponds, 6.5 ha (16 acres), with 0.6 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Farndon Play Area (0.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Farndon near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Farndon.
What are the best walks near Farndon?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Trent Valley Way.
What is the nearest beach to Farndon?
The Beach, 11 mi from the edge of the village. Farndon itself is inland.
How many people in Farndon 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 Farndon?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Farndon good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 25% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 80% (3.8 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 Farndon’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Farndon’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.