Ryhall’s biggest
Meadows Playing Field
Playing field
2.7 ha (7 acres)0.3 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Ryhall
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Ryhall · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Ryhall lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 10 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.2 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Ryhall add up to 1.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Ryhall grades C for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
10 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
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Ryhall?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Few mapped footpaths1.2 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Ryhall’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Ryhall grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Ryhall, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C
Better than 30% of UK towns41st of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space1.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
42out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out 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
10out 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
Ryhall is 41st of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,400 to 1,500 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
Ryhall1.2
Villages its size2.2
Rutland towns1.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Ryhall1.9
Villages its size2.5
Rutland towns1.8
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Ryhall100%
Villages its size85%
Rutland towns71%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Ryhall stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has 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 | West Runton and Beeston Regis Norfolk | A+ | 25 | 100% | 4.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Trull Somerset | A+ | 5.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 20% |
| 3 | Sandridge Hertfordshire | A+ | 18.8 | 100% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 4 | Whiteshill and Randwick Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 60% | 7 | 64% |
| 5 | New Houghton Derbyshire | A | 33.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 6 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 100% | 1 | 68% |
| 7 | Balcombe West Sussex | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.2 | 90% |
| 8 | Jump South Yorkshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Sedbergh Cumbria | A | 1.9 | 83% | 5 | 92% |
| 10 | St Day Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Chaldon Surrey | A− | 7.4 | 50% | 4.9 | 24% |
| 12 | Heath and Reach Bedfordshire | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 13 | Five Oak Green Kent | A− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 30% |
| 14 | Llandovery Dyfed | A− | 13.3 | 100% | 1 | 22% |
| 15 | Hallow Worcestershire | A− | 3.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Grundisburgh Suffolk | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 17 | Princetown Devon | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 18 | Burnhope County Durham | B+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Stanwell Moor Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Brookwood Surrey | B+ | 8.5 | 59% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Emley West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 22 | Cowling North Yorkshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 23 | Staveley Cumbria | B | 1.7 | 85% | 2.5 | 89% |
| 24 | Alconbury Cambridgeshire | B | 5.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 25 | Wedmore Somerset | B | 4.7 | 60% | 3.1 | 1% |
| 26 | Kelloe County Durham | B | 5.6 | 42% | 6 | 0% |
| 27 | Calvert Buckinghamshire | B | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 28 | Abertysswg Gwent | B | 2.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 29 | Little Hallingbury Essex | B− | 1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Brigstock Northamptonshire | B− | 8.2 | 84% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Bishop Sutton Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 64% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 32 | Orsett Essex | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Robertsbridge East Sussex | C+ | 2 | 38% | 2.7 | 100% |
| 34 | Ashton Keynes Wiltshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Gosfield Essex | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Pirton Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 57% | 2.3 | 24% |
| 37 | Sutton Valence Kent | C+ | 5.6 | 71% | 1 | 1% |
| 38 | Gelligaer Gwent | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Shortlanesend Cornwall | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.7 | 2% |
| 40 | Castor and Ailsworth Cambridgeshire | C | 3.4 | 41% | 3 | 0% |
| 41 | Ryhall Rutland | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Ticehurst East Sussex | C | 1.4 | 75% | 0.8 | 100% |
| 43 | Salhouse Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 71% | 1 | 17% |
| 44 | Patrington East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 3.6 | 79% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Blofield Heath Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 17% |
| 46 | Mid Lavant West Sussex | C− | 1.3 | 33% | 1.8 | 62% |
| 47 | Thorrington Essex | C− | 1.2 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Shipton Bellinger Hampshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Ranskill Nottinghamshire | D | 0.4 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 50 | Keadby Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 84% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Flore Northamptonshire | D | 1.6 | 62% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Westonzoyland Somerset | D | 3.1 | 30% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Blakedown Worcestershire | D | 0.8 | 79% | 2 | 0% |
| 54 | Gosberton Lincolnshire | D | 1.1 | 86% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Byram North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 19% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Barford Warwickshire | D | 2.1 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Markham Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Guilden Sutton Cheshire | D− | 0.3 | 56% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Shadwell West Yorkshire | D− | 0.3 | 25% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Easton Norfolk | D− | 1 | 0% | 1.2 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Ryhall’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 Ryhall
The biggest is Meadows Playing Field, 2.7 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Ryhall’s homes are to 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Ryhall100%
Villages its size85%
Rutland towns71%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Ryhall
10 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Ryhall and the kilometre around it, 1.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Macmillan Way3.5 km
The regional route here is the Macmillan Way.
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 Ryhall: May to July and 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 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 49 | 55 | 61 | 66 | 52 | 61 | 61 | 59 |
February is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 66 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Ryhall →
Things to do
2 playgrounds
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
Hills and peaks 3
Plus 3 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 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.
StamfordBarnackEaston on the HillKettonBastonWitteringRyhall
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Easton on the Hill, 4.3 miles away, grades C+, 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 Ryhall
What is the biggest park in Ryhall?
Meadows Playing Field, 2.7 ha (7 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Ryhall near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Ryhall.
What are the best walks near Ryhall?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Macmillan Way.
How many people in Ryhall live near a park?
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%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Ryhall?
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Ryhall good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 10% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 42% (1.9 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 Ryhall’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Ryhall’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.