Knighton’s biggest
Offa's Dyke Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha (6 acres)1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Knighton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Knighton · parks, paths & countryside
34% of the land within 5 km of Knighton is National Park or National Landscape
The Shropshire Hills National Landscape reaches the edge of Knighton. Footpaths add up to 38 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Knighton add up to 2.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Knighton grades A− for the outdoors: #2 of 7 in Powys. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
81%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
38 km
3.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
34%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Shropshire Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Knighton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside34% of the land within 5 km is Shropshire Hills National Landscape.On a National TrailThe Offa's Dyke Path passes through.
Knighton’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by the Offa's Dyke Path.
Outdoors grade
Knighton grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Knighton, 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 80% of UK towns#2 of 7 in Powys · 15th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
65out of
100
100
A park within a walk81%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
49out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape34%of the land within 5 km
85out of
100
100
Footpaths3.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
70out 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.
Towns its size
Knighton is 15th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,800 to 3,000 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
Knighton3.4
Towns its size2.4
Powys towns1.6
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Knighton2.7
Towns its size2.2
Powys towns2.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Knighton81%
Towns its size87%
Powys towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Knighton stands out most for path per km²: only 16 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowlands Castle Hampshire | A+ | 26.1 | 100% | 5 | 48% |
| 2 | Halling Kent | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 4.6 | 54% |
| 3 | Rudloe Wiltshire | A+ | 7.3 | 91% | 4 | 45% |
| 4 | Beaminster Dorset | A | 4.1 | 89% | 3.4 | 100% |
| 5 | Ebbsfleet Valley Kent | A | 9 | 77% | 8.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Downton Wiltshire | A | 4.3 | 100% | 2 | 59% |
| 7 | Ellistown Leicestershire | A | 7.5 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Hartshill Warwickshire | A | 19 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Mortimer Berkshire | A | 2.4 | 100% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.5 | 37% | 6.8 | 29% |
| 11 | Kingsclere Hampshire | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 50% |
| 12 | New Marske North Yorkshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Wargrave Berkshire | A− | 4 | 100% | 2 | 11% |
| 14 | Threemilestone Cornwall | A− | 3.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 15 | Knighton Powys | A− | 2.7 | 81% | 3.4 | 34% |
| 16 | East Saltdean East Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 0% | 4.9 | 44% |
| 17 | Seaton Sluice Northumberland | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 18 | Rhodes Greater Manchester | B+ | 16.6 | 78% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 19 | Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire | B+ | 4.1 | 87% | 1.3 | 100% |
| 20 | Welham Green Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.5 | 93% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Charfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 100% | 3 | 22% |
| 22 | Almondsbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 7.9 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 23 | South Hetton County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Hertford Heath Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 25 | Wing Buckinghamshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 26 | Camelford Cornwall | B | 2 | 100% | 1.5 | 33% |
| 27 | Barlborough Derbyshire | B | 4.4 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 28 | Newport Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 29 | Rockwell Green Somerset | B | 1 | 90% | 3.2 | 24% |
| 30 | Denholme West Yorkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Scholes (near Cleckheaton) West Yorkshire | B | 4 | 89% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Aston Clwyd | B− | 4.4 | 37% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Waltham Chase Hampshire | B− | 2 | 75% | 2.2 | 39% |
| 34 | Over Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Capel St Mary Suffolk | C+ | 1.5 | 59% | 3 | 24% |
| 36 | Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire | C+ | 3.8 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Alderholt Dorset | C | 1.9 | 43% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 38 | Hendy and Fforest Dyfed | C | 2.1 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Collingham Nottinghamshire | C | 2.4 | 78% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Gwynedd | C | 0.8 | 71% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 41 | Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire | C | 1.5 | 88% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 42 | Trimdon County Durham | C | 1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | East Goscote Leicestershire | C | 2.9 | 75% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Corbridge Northumberland | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Maerdy Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Alrewas Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 66% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Great Leighs Essex | C− | 1.5 | 87% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Burnopfield County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Weedon Bec Northamptonshire | C− | 1.1 | 87% | 2 | 0% |
| 50 | St Mary's Bay Kent | D | 0 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Cleobury Mortimer Shropshire | D | 0.8 | 64% | 2 | 2% |
| 52 | Kelsall Cheshire | D | 1 | 57% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Gamlingay Cambridgeshire | D | 2.1 | 32% | 2 | 0% |
| 54 | Scotter Lincolnshire | D | 2.6 | 61% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Pevensey Bay East Sussex | D | 0.5 | 0% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Bampton Oxfordshire | D | 1.1 | 63% | 2 | 0% |
| 57 | West Winch Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 73% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Hunmanby North Yorkshire | D | 0.3 | 33% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Langstone Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Feltwell Norfolk | D− | 1.1 | 63% | 0.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Knighton’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 Knighton
The biggest is Offa's Dyke Park, 2.5 ha (6 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Bryn-y-Castell Recreation Ground
Playing field
3.9 ha (10 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Knighton
Bryn y Castell monument
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Knighton 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 (81%)Further (19%)
Knighton81%
Towns its size87%
Powys towns80%
All UK towns83%
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 485 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Knighton
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
National Landscape
Shropshire Hills
At the edge north-east808 km²since 195934% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Park
Brecon Beacons
18 mi south1,350 km²since 1955
34% of the land within 5 km of Knighton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 85% of UK towns. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Knighton is on the Offa's Dyke Path
38 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Knighton and the kilometre around it, 3.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegional
Heart of Wales Line Trail9.2 km
Offa's Dyke Path7.9 km
Glyndŵr's Way6.0 km
The Offa's Dyke Path, a national route, passes Knighton. The regional route here is the Heart of Wales Line Trail.
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 Knighton: May to September
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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 102 | 78 | 69 | 71 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 103 | 99 | 110 |
July is the driest month (60 mm) and the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 110 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 62 nights a year. The climate in Knighton →
Things to do
6 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 6
Kinsley Wood0.3 mi from town
DirectionsFridd0.3 mi from town
DirectionsPanpunton Hill0.7 mi from town
DirectionsCoed-Detton0.8 mi from town
DirectionsLlan-Wen Hill1.2 mi from town
DirectionsCwmgilla Hill380 m (1,247 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 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.
PresteigneKingtonBishop's CastleCraven ArmsKnighton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knighton | A− | 2.7 | 81% | 34% |
| Presteigne 5.3 mi | C | 3.2 | 61% | 0% |
| Kington 9.6 mi | B+ | 3.9 | 89% | 0% |
| Bishop's Castle 10.5 mi | B+ | 2.0 | 100% | 53% |
| Craven Arms 11.2 mi | B | 1.3 | 87% | 59% |
Knighton grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Knighton
What is the biggest park in Knighton?
Offa's Dyke Park, 2.5 ha (6 acres), with 1.4 km of path. Bryn-y-Castell Recreation Ground (3.9 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Knighton near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 18 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Shropshire Hills National Landscape, at the edge of the town.
What are the best walks near Knighton?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Heart of Wales Line Trail, Offa's Dyke Path and Glyndŵr's Way.
How many people in Knighton live near a park?
81% 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 Knighton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Knighton good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 70% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 65% (2.7 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 Knighton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Knighton’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.
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