Upper Arncott’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden
0.3 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Upper Arncott
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Upper Arncott · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Upper Arncott
15 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.2 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Upper Arncott add up to 3.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 59% of residents. Upper Arncott grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
59%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
15 km
1.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Outdoors grade
Upper Arncott grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Upper Arncott, 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 15% of UK towns49th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space3.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
72out of
100
100
A park within a walk59%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
19out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
11out 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
Upper Arncott is 49th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,600 to 1,700 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
Upper Arncott1.2
Villages its size2.1
Oxfordshire towns2.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Upper Arncott3.1
Villages its size2.1
Oxfordshire towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Upper Arncott59%
Villages its size78%
Oxfordshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Upper Arncott stands out most for park space per resident: only 18 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 47 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 | Portskewett Gwent | A+ | 10 | 100% | 2.9 | 3% |
| 3 | Manningtree Essex | A+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 43% |
| 4 | Guston Kent | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 25% |
| 5 | Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 10.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 6 | Pen-clawdd West Glamorgan | A | 4 | 100% | 0.5 | 42% |
| 7 | Hutton Somerset | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 22% |
| 8 | Lynemouth Northumberland | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Hemyock Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.3 | 82% |
| 10 | Shillington Bedfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 83% | 3.2 | 14% |
| 11 | Bean Kent | A− | 17 | 72% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Hampton Magna Warwickshire | A− | 6.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 14 | Starcross Devon | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 15 | Aldbourne Wiltshire | B+ | 3.2 | 84% | 1.8 | 100% |
| 16 | Kingsdown Kent | B+ | 1.1 | 67% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 17 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 18 | Abridge Essex | B | 3 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Ardingly West Sussex | B | 1.7 | 53% | 4.1 | 83% |
| 20 | Silkstone South Yorkshire | B | 1 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Edgworth Lancashire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Normandy Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 23% | 3.1 | 26% |
| 23 | Streethouse West Yorkshire | B− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Eynsford Kent | B− | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 46% |
| 25 | Woodsetts South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Allhallows Kent | B− | 3.2 | 76% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Onley Northamptonshire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | West Horndon Essex | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Seahouses and North Sunderland Northumberland | C+ | 1.6 | 17% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 30 | Chipperfield Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 37% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 31 | Bartestree Herefordshire | C+ | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 32 | Rocester Staffordshire | C+ | 15.2 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Templecombe Somerset | C+ | 2 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Clutton Somerset | C+ | 0.9 | 74% | 3.3 | 11% |
| 35 | New Arley Warwickshire | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 36 | High Littleton Somerset | C+ | 1 | 58% | 4.9 | 1% |
| 37 | Potterspury Northamptonshire | C | 1.4 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Acton Suffolk | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Stonesfield Oxfordshire | C | 1.9 | 60% | 1.8 | 38% |
| 40 | Earith Cambridgeshire | C | 1.2 | 78% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Wylam Northumberland | C− | 1.1 | 74% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Thorney Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.4 | 74% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Lower Quinton Warwickshire | C− | 2 | 49% | 1.3 | 18% |
| 44 | Modbury Devon | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.2 | 41% |
| 45 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Pensilva Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 60% | 1.3 | 15% |
| 47 | Whitehill County Durham | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Sywell and Overstone Northamptonshire | D | 3.1 | 62% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Upper Arncott Oxfordshire | D | 3.1 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Thurcaston Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 33% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Leverington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.8 | 59% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Dobwalls Cornwall | D | 1.4 | 28% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 53 | Tiddington Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Balsham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 57% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Woodborough Nottinghamshire | D− | 1 | 45% | 2 | 0% |
| 57 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Scarcroft West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 15% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Fenton North Yorkshire | D− | 0.3 | 50% | 0.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Upper Arncott’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 Upper Arncott
The biggest is The Green, 0.3 ha (1 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Upper Arncott residents live 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 (59%)Further (41%)
Upper Arncott59%
Villages its size78%
Oxfordshire towns81%
All UK towns83%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 151 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 10 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Upper Arncott
15 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Upper Arncott and the kilometre around it, 1.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Upper Arncott; 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 Upper Arncott: 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 52 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 44 | 59 | 60 | 51 | 67 | 64 | 54 |
June is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 67 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 52 nights a year. The climate in Upper Arncott →
Things to do
11 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
Upper Arncott is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Leys Park16 mi from Upper Arncott’s edge
DirectionsThe Beach26 mi from Upper Arncott’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
Viewpoints 1
The Mad Mile1.0 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
AmbrosdenOakleyLauntonChestertonBicesterCalvertUpper Arncott
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Oakley, 3.5 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 Upper Arncott
What is the biggest park in Upper Arncott?
The Green, 0.3 ha (1 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Upper Arncott near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 10 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What is the nearest beach to Upper Arncott?
The Leys Park, 16 mi from the edge of the village, then The Beach (26 mi). Upper Arncott itself is inland.
How many people in Upper Arncott live near a park?
59% 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 Upper Arncott?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Upper Arncott good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 11% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 72% (3.1 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 Upper Arncott’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Upper Arncott’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.