Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Llandrindod Wells add up to 4.5 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 88% of residents. 36 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 2.3 for every square kilometre. Llandrindod Wells grades B− for the outdoors: #4 of 7 in Powys. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Llandrindod Wells’ strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by its historic parks.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Llandrindod Wells, 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 5,200 to 5,700 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Llandrindod Wells stands out most for park space per resident: only 6 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 36 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventnor Isle of Wight | A+ | 4.5 | 61% | 3.7 | 25% |
| 2 | St Ives Cornwall | A | 0.8 | 89% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 3 | Budleigh Salterton Devon | A− | 2.7 | 70% | 2.3 | 38% |
| 4 | Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire | A− | 5.6 | 90% | 4 | 0% |
| 5 | Hoylake Merseyside | A− | 3.5 | 83% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 6 | Brotton North Yorkshire | A− | 1.4 | 89% | 3 | 2% |
| 7 | Eynsham Oxfordshire | A− | 3 | 94% | 2.8 | 1% |
| 8 | Steyning West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 86% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 9 | Merley Dorset | B+ | 3.9 | 64% | 4.1 | 6% |
| 10 | Highbridge Somerset | B+ | 2.9 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 11 | Carlton in Lindrick Nottinghamshire | B+ | 9 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Sonning Common Oxfordshire | B+ | 2.6 | 60% | 3.7 | 74% |
| 13 | Aston Clinton Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.1 | 61% | 3.8 | 29% |
| 14 | Llantwit Major South Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Drighlington West Yorkshire | B+ | 4.1 | 92% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Whitchurch Hampshire | B+ | 2.3 | 75% | 3.3 | 43% |
| 17 | Cottam Lancashire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 18 | New Alresford Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 94% | 2.3 | 38% |
| 19 | Waverley and Catcliffe South Yorkshire | B+ | 8.8 | 65% | 5 | 0% |
| 20 | Shrivenham and Watchfield Oxfordshire | B+ | 3.5 | 96% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 21 | Dartmouth Devon | B+ | 2.1 | 71% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 22 | Newent Gloucestershire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Battle East Sussex | B+ | 1.7 | 64% | 4.3 | 84% |
| 24 | Askern South Yorkshire | B | 8.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Longstanton and Northstowe Cambridgeshire | B | 4.3 | 86% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 26 | Rowlands Gill Tyne and Wear | B | 4.9 | 84% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 27 | Shinfield Berkshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Llandrindod Wells Powys | B− | 4.5 | 88% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Haddenham Buckinghamshire | B− | 3.1 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Midhurst West Sussex | C+ | 0.3 | 28% | 4.3 | 100% |
| 31 | Brynmawr Gwent | C+ | 1.2 | 68% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 32 | Broseley Shropshire | C+ | 1.2 | 74% | 3.4 | 8% |
| 33 | Quorndon Leicestershire | C+ | 2.7 | 81% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Rainford Merseyside | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 35 | Helsby Cheshire | C+ | 1.4 | 66% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Oakley Hampshire | C | 1.7 | 56% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 37 | Wadebridge Cornwall | C | 1.8 | 74% | 1.8 | 17% |
| 38 | Coningsby and Tattershall Lincolnshire | C | 2.7 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Four Marks Hampshire | C | 0.9 | 46% | 3 | 31% |
| 40 | Bovingdon Hertfordshire | C | 1.4 | 55% | 2.3 | 26% |
| 41 | Shevington Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 73% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 42 | Waterbeach Cambridgeshire | C | 1.5 | 94% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Looe Cornwall | C− | 0.1 | 47% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 44 | Welshpool Powys | C− | 2.6 | 82% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 45 | Ludgershall Wiltshire | C− | 0.7 | 72% | 1.9 | 32% |
| 46 | Llangefni Gwynedd | C− | 1.8 | 95% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Ingatestone Essex | C− | 3.2 | 56% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Measham Leicestershire | C− | 1.3 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Littlestone-on-Sea Kent | C− | 1.4 | 37% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Long Sutton Lincolnshire | D | 2.2 | 81% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Takeley and Little Canfield Essex | D | 1 | 45% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Blackrod Greater Manchester | D | 1 | 83% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Wigton Cumbria | D | 2.4 | 65% | 1 | 0% |
| 54 | Thornton West Yorkshire | D | 0.4 | 54% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Pontardawe West Glamorgan | D | 2.3 | 60% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Treherbert Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.2 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Eye Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Winslow Buckinghamshire | D− | 1.4 | 59% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Ravenshead Nottinghamshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirton Lincolnshire | D− | 0.6 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Llandrindod Wells’ built-up area.
The biggest is Rock Park, 11 ha (26 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).
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 679 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.
Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
36 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Llandrindod Wells and the kilometre around it, 2.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
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.
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Llandrindod Wells’ named parks.
11 ha. Part of Llandrindod Wells Public Parks, a registered historic park (Grade II*). 2 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
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 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 121 | 96 | 78 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 78 | 79 | 116 | 113 | 135 |
June is the driest month (67 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 135 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 57 nights a year. The climate in Llandrindod Wells →
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.
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandrindod Wells | B− | 4.5 | 88% | 0% |
| Builth Wells 6.6 mi | B | 4.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Rhayader 7.0 mi | B | 5.5 | 100% | 0% |
Rhayader, 7 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.
Rock Park, 11 ha (26 acres), with 4.2 km of path. The Common (7.8 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 15 mi south-east 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, 13 mi away.
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Heart of Wales Line Trail. Rock Park alone has 4.2 km of path.
88% 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.
Llandrindod Wells Public Parks (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
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 85% (4.5 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 Llandrindod Wells’ overall grade.
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