Bishop Sutton’s biggest
Wick Green
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.6 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the park
Photo: Rodw · Public domainB−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bishop Sutton · parks, paths & countryside
36% of the land within 5 km of Bishop Sutton is National Park or National Landscape
The Mendip Hills National Landscape reaches the edge of Bishop Sutton. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 64% of residents. Footpaths add up to 19 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 2.5 for every square kilometre. Bishop Sutton grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
64%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
19 km
2.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
36%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Mendip Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Bishop Sutton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside36% of the land within 5 km is Mendip Hills National Landscape.Parks can be a walk away36% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Bishop Sutton’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Bishop Sutton grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bishop Sutton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B−
Better than 49% of UK towns33rd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
54out of
100
100
A park within a walk64%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
24out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape36%of the land within 5 km
86out of
100
100
Footpaths2.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
46out 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
Bishop Sutton is 33rd 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
Bishop Sutton2.5
Villages its size2.3
Somerset towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bishop Sutton2.3
Villages its size2.3
Somerset towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bishop Sutton64%
Villages its size93%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Bishop Sutton stands out most for path per km²: only 26 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 44 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwygyfylchi Clwyd | A+ | 3.2 | 83% | 4.3 | 28% |
| 2 | Trull Somerset | A+ | 5.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 20% |
| 3 | Troon Cornwall | A+ | 6.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 4 | Kingswood Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 100% | 3.7 | 45% |
| 5 | Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant Gwent | A | 22.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Whiteshill and Randwick Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 60% | 7 | 64% |
| 7 | New Houghton Derbyshire | A | 33.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Balcombe West Sussex | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.2 | 90% |
| 9 | Jump South Yorkshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 10 | St Day Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Chaldon Surrey | A− | 7.4 | 50% | 4.9 | 24% |
| 12 | Five Oak Green Kent | A− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 30% |
| 13 | Hallow Worcestershire | A− | 3.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 14 | Wigginton North Yorkshire | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Shotley Gate Suffolk | A− | 1 | 100% | 1.5 | 34% |
| 16 | Grundisburgh Suffolk | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 17 | Princetown Devon | B+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 100% |
| 18 | Carway Dyfed | B+ | 17 | 100% | 1.8 | 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 | Wedmore Somerset | B | 4.7 | 60% | 3.1 | 1% |
| 24 | Kelloe County Durham | B | 5.6 | 42% | 6 | 0% |
| 25 | Woolmer Green Hertfordshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Tye Green Essex | B | 2 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 27 | Bentley Hampshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 22% |
| 28 | Calvert Buckinghamshire | B | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Abertysswg Gwent | B | 2.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Little Hallingbury Essex | B− | 1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Brigstock Northamptonshire | B− | 8.2 | 84% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 32 | Warkworth Northumberland | B− | 1.8 | 76% | 1.3 | 9% |
| 33 | Bishop Sutton Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 64% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 34 | Orsett Essex | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Ashton Keynes Wiltshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Robertsbridge East Sussex | C+ | 2 | 38% | 2.7 | 100% |
| 37 | Gelligaer Gwent | C+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Shortlanesend Cornwall | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.7 | 2% |
| 39 | Benenden Kent | C | 2 | 57% | 1.7 | 83% |
| 40 | Barlaston Staffordshire | C | 2.7 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Brailsford Derbyshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Ryhall Rutland | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Slip End Bedfordshire | C | 1.9 | 22% | 2.3 | 28% |
| 44 | Stewkley Buckinghamshire | C | 4.2 | 74% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Hurley Warwickshire | C | 2.8 | 75% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Salhouse Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 71% | 1 | 17% |
| 47 | Blofield Heath Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 17% |
| 48 | Mid Lavant West Sussex | C− | 1.3 | 33% | 1.8 | 62% |
| 49 | Newton Flotman Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Thorrington Essex | C− | 1.2 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Shipton Bellinger Hampshire | D | 1.5 | 79% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Ranskill Nottinghamshire | D | 0.4 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Keadby Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 84% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Meon Vale Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 50% | 1.4 | 19% |
| 55 | Byram North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 19% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Stillington County Durham | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Barford Warwickshire | D | 2.1 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Friday Bridge Cambridgeshire | D− | 1 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Markham Gwent | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.6 | 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 Bishop Sutton’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 Bishop Sutton
The biggest is Wick Green, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Bishop Sutton 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 (64%)Further (36%)
Bishop Sutton64%
Villages its size93%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 285 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Bishop Sutton
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
Mendip Hills
At the edge north198 km²since 198936% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
15 mi south-east986 km²since 1983
Official site36% of the land within 5 km of Bishop Sutton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 86% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Bishop Sutton
19 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bishop Sutton and the kilometre around it, 2.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
Three Peaks Walk5.6 km
Limestone Link1.0 km
Two Rivers Way0.4 km
Close to home, the Three Peaks Walk has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Limestone Link and Two Rivers 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 Bishop Sutton: 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 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 102 | 83 | 73 | 66 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 85 | 77 | 110 | 116 | 116 |
June is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 116 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Bishop Sutton →
Things to do
5 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.
1Viewpoints3Hills and peaks1Nature reserves3Picnic sites5Playgroundsabout the same as villages its size1Campsites
The nearest beaches
Bishop Sutton is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Sugar Loaf Beach13 mi from Bishop Sutton’s edge
DirectionsClevedon Beach13 mi from Bishop Sutton’s edge
DirectionsLadye Bay14 mi from Bishop Sutton’s edge
DirectionsBerrow Sands18 mi from Bishop Sutton’s edge
DirectionsFossil Beach21 mi from Bishop Sutton’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
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Burledge Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsKnowle Hill112 m (367 ft) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsWhite Hill1.2 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Burledge Hill Nature Reserve0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Chew Valley Picnic Area Two0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite 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.
Chew MagnaCluttonTemple CloudHigh LittletonPaultonFarmboroughBishop Sutton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Sutton | B− | 2.3 | 64% | 36% |
| Chew Magna 2.3 mi | A | 2.4 | 100% | 15% |
| Clutton 2.5 mi | C+ | 0.9 | 74% | 11% |
| Temple Cloud 2.6 mi | B+ | 2.6 | 77% | 15% |
| High Littleton 3.8 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 58% | 1% |
| Paulton 4.5 mi | A− | 2.1 | 96% | 0% |
| Farmborough 4.9 mi | C− | 2.0 | 38% | 0% |
Chew Magna, 2.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Bishop Sutton
What is the biggest park in Bishop Sutton?
Wick Green, 0.1 ha (0 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Bishop Sutton near a National Park?
It covers 198 km² and was designated in 1989.
What are the best walks near Bishop Sutton?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Three Peaks Walk, Limestone Link and Two Rivers Way.
What is the nearest beach to Bishop Sutton?
Sugar Loaf Beach, 13 mi from the edge of the village, then Clevedon Beach (13 mi). Bishop Sutton itself is inland.
How many people in Bishop Sutton live near a park?
64% 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 Bishop Sutton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bishop Sutton good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 46% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 54% (2.3 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 Bishop Sutton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bishop Sutton’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.