Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and walks in Llanfyllin
Footpaths add up to 12 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.6 for every square kilometre. No park or playing field is mapped within a 5-minute walk of homes in Llanfyllin. Llanfyllin grades D− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Llanfyllin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Llanfyllin’s strongest suit is its historic parks. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Llanfyllin grades D− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Llanfyllin, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
How Llanfyllin compares with UK villages of 1,100 to 1,200
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Llanfyllin falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 51 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corton Suffolk | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3 | 5% |
| 2 | Upton St Leonards Gloucestershire | A+ | 5.2 | 80% | 7.5 | 43% |
| 3 | Fairlands Surrey | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 5 | 11% |
| 4 | Chagford Devon | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 98% |
| 5 | Masham North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 3 | 44% |
| 6 | Ditchling East Sussex | A | 7.4 | 77% | 4 | 57% |
| 7 | Tolvaddon Cornwall | A | 11.9 | 24% | 4.5 | 9% |
| 8 | Leigh Kent | A | 3 | 100% | 2.6 | 49% |
| 9 | Barns Green West Sussex | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Horsted Keynes West Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.3 | 83% |
| 11 | Wenvoe South Glamorgan | A− | 5.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Chatburn Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 59% |
| 13 | Boosbeck North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 22% |
| 14 | Camber East Sussex | A− | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 5% |
| 15 | Grange Moor West Yorkshire | A− | 4.3 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 16 | St Erth Cornwall | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 17 | Gotherington Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.7 | 72% | 3.7 | 33% |
| 18 | Grassington North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.3 | 79% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 19 | South Bents Tyne and Wear | B+ | 4.9 | 62% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 20 | Borth Dyfed | B | 3.1 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Oakley Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 22 | Cropston Leicestershire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Jacobs Well Surrey | B | 1.4 | 77% | 4.7 | 8% |
| 24 | Goudhurst Kent | B | 1.5 | 100% | 1.2 | 65% |
| 25 | Bishop Middleham County Durham | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Shipham Somerset | B− | 1.2 | 63% | 4 | 55% |
| 27 | Plaxtol Kent | B− | 2.6 | 57% | 2.5 | 40% |
| 28 | Harpur Hill Derbyshire | B− | 3.1 | 31% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 29 | Roydon (South Norfolk) Norfolk | B− | 4.3 | 50% | 4 | 0% |
| 30 | Beaumaris Gwynedd | B− | 2.7 | 30% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 31 | Castlethorpe Buckinghamshire | C+ | 3.5 | 72% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Gainford County Durham | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Lacey Green and Loosley Row Buckinghamshire | C+ | 2.1 | 27% | 2.4 | 82% |
| 34 | Whimple Devon | C+ | 5.2 | 70% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 35 | Brinklow Warwickshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 36 | Three Legged Cross Dorset | C | 1.5 | 77% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 37 | Ashchurch Gloucestershire | C | 2 | 59% | 2.2 | 21% |
| 38 | Bow Street Dyfed | C | 3.1 | 33% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Bow Devon | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 40 | Swindon Staffordshire | C | 2.5 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Baldwin's Gate Staffordshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 42 | North Newbald East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Milverton Somerset | C− | 2.1 | 70% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 44 | Maiden Newton Dorset | C− | 1.1 | 27% | 2 | 100% |
| 45 | Wetheral Cumbria | C− | 3.8 | 51% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Crowle Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 34% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Beachley Gloucestershire | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 1.2 | 14% |
| 48 | Farmborough Somerset | C− | 2 | 38% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Cawston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Chawley Oxfordshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Wattstown Mid Glamorgan | D | 3.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Landrake Cornwall | D | 0.9 | 0% | 0.6 | 38% |
| 53 | Reawla Cornwall | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2 | 3% |
| 54 | Stickney Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 55 | Pilton Somerset | D− | 1.2 | 28% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Moulton Chapel Lincolnshire | D− | 1.5 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| 57 | Kentford Suffolk | D− | 1.9 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Llanfyllin Powys | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Horwood Buckinghamshire | D− | 0.8 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.2 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Llanfyllin’s built-up area.
Few Llanfyllin 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).
About 1,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Snowdonia National Park is 11 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.
Snowdonia
Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/clwydian Range and Dee Valley
Snowdonia National Park covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
Footpaths in and around Llanfyllin
12 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Llanfyllin and the kilometre around it, 1.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Llanfyllin; 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.
A registered historic park in Llanfyllin
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Llanfyllin’s named parks.
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 best walking months in Llanfyllin: 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 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 113 | 98 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 99 | 79 | 78 | 115 | 112 | 150 |
June is the driest month (72 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 150 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Llanfyllin →
Viewpoints, hills and nature near Llanfyllin
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 11
Plus 3 hills and peaks more.
Campsites 1
The outdoors in nearby towns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfyllin | D− | 0.0 | 0% | 0% |
| Guilsfield 6.9 mi | C− | 3.6 | 71% | 0% |
| Llanymynech 7.8 mi | B | 2.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Four Crosses 8.1 mi | D− | 1.9 | 53% | 0% |
| Pant 8.4 mi | D | 0.3 | 0% | 0% |
| Welshpool 9.0 mi | C− | 2.6 | 82% | 0% |
| Morda 10.4 mi | D | 0.7 | 84% | 0% |
Llanymynech, 7.8 miles away, grades B, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Guilsfield, Llanymynech and Four Crosses have at least twice Llanfyllin’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Llanfyllin
Is Llanfyllin near a National Park?
Yes. Snowdonia National Park begins 11 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 2,140 km² and has been a National Park since 1951.
How many people in Llanfyllin live near a park?
0% 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 Llanfyllin?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Llanfyllin are historic?
Bodfach Hall (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Llanfyllin good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 19% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 0% (0.0 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 Llanfyllin’s overall grade.
Where Llanfyllin’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.