Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Bob1960evens · CC BY-SA 3.0Parks and playing fields in Langold add up to 13.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 18 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.3 for every square kilometre. Langold grades B+ for the outdoors: #14 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Langold’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Langold, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,500 to 2,700 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Langold stands out most for park space per resident: only 2 of the other 59 have more.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petworth West Sussex | A+ | 29.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 93% |
| 2 | Tywardreath Cornwall | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 3 | Ambleside Cumbria | A+ | 6.9 | 92% | 4.6 | 100% |
| 4 | Downley Buckinghamshire | A+ | 9.5 | 76% | 7.6 | 71% |
| 5 | Silloth Cumbria | A+ | 7.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 17% |
| 6 | Hopton on Sea Norfolk | A+ | 6.7 | 100% | 1.6 | 2% |
| 7 | Hellingly East Sussex | A | 6.9 | 90% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 8 | Dolgellau Gwynedd | A | 3.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 100% |
| 9 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | A | 5.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Hawley Hampshire | A | 6.9 | 92% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Maple Cross Hertfordshire | A | 3.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 12 | Darenth Kent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 13 | Drybrook Gloucestershire | A− | 3.9 | 83% | 3.4 | 10% |
| 14 | Stewartby Bedfordshire | A− | 21 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Avonmouth Bristol | B+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Langold Nottinghamshire | B+ | 13 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Porthmadog Gwynedd | B+ | 0.9 | 94% | 2 | 41% |
| 18 | Blofield Norfolk | B+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.5 | 17% |
| 19 | Thornley County Durham | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Dipton County Durham | B | 3.2 | 87% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Craven Arms Shropshire | B | 1.3 | 87% | 2.9 | 59% |
| 22 | Prestbury Cheshire | B | 5.6 | 42% | 3.2 | 6% |
| 23 | Barlestone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Builth Wells Powys | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Brynamman Dyfed | B | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 51% |
| 26 | Brewood Staffordshire | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Halton Lancashire | B− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 35% |
| 28 | Seer Green Buckinghamshire | B− | 1.7 | 38% | 3.8 | 35% |
| 29 | Grimsargh Lancashire | B− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 30 | Ash Green Warwickshire | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Godstone Surrey | C+ | 1.7 | 52% | 3.7 | 18% |
| 32 | Hurworth-on-Tees County Durham | C+ | 4.5 | 93% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Endon Staffordshire | C+ | 3 | 89% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Little Dunmow Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 89% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Dunchurch Warwickshire | C+ | 7.8 | 68% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Caton Lancashire | C+ | 1.2 | 72% | 2.2 | 67% |
| 37 | Stratton Gloucestershire | C | 0.7 | 46% | 3.3 | 70% |
| 38 | Heage Derbyshire | C | 1.9 | 78% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Watlington Norfolk | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 40 | South Brent Devon | C | 1.5 | 79% | 0.8 | 64% |
| 41 | Smallfield Surrey | C | 1.6 | 70% | 2.4 | 1% |
| 42 | Llandybie Dyfed | C | 2.6 | 59% | 1.2 | 13% |
| 43 | Marham Norfolk | C | 3.5 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Higham Kent | C− | 0.5 | 0% | 1.8 | 18% |
| 45 | Hardwick Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Hatton Derbyshire | C− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Costessey Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 12% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Probus Cornwall | C− | 0.6 | 75% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 49 | Saughall Cheshire | D | 2.5 | 27% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Christleton and Waverton Cheshire | D | 2.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Tonna West Glamorgan | D | 2.1 | 36% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Keele Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Fordham Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 35% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Silverstone Northamptonshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Watton at Stone Hertfordshire | D | 0.8 | 61% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Swineshead Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 73% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Manea Cambridgeshire | D− | 1.3 | 63% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Holme upon Spalding Moor East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.5 | 41% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Rhos West Glamorgan | D− | 1 | 58% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Cranwell Lincolnshire | D− | 0.5 | 57% | 1.1 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Langold’s built-up area.
The biggest is Langold Country Park, 55 ha (137 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 521 residents.
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.
Peak District National Park covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
18 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Langold and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Langold; 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.
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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 40 | 37 | 48 | 45 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 55 |
March is the driest month (37 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 November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Langold →
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.
Langold is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Firbeck Colliery Spoil Heap, at 82 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Langold.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langold | B+ | 13.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Carlton in Lindrick 1.3 mi | B+ | 9.0 | 95% | 0% |
| Blyth 2.5 mi | D | 2.5 | 76% | 0% |
| Woodsetts 3.0 mi | B− | 2.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Harworth and Bircotes 3.8 mi | D | 1.9 | 64% | 0% |
| Tickhill 3.9 mi | D | 1.7 | 69% | 0% |
| Dinnington 4.0 mi | C− | 1.1 | 81% | 0% |
Langold grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Langold Country Park, 55 ha (137 acres), with 6.5 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Peak District National Park begins 18 mi west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,438 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Sea Lions, 8.5 mi from the edge of the town, then Beach at Doncaster Lakeside (8.8 mi). Langold itself is inland.
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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 38% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 97% (13.0 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Langold’s overall grade.
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