Clevedon’s biggest
Salthouse Fields
Playing field
4.4 ha (11 acres)1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: The original uploader was Icrutt at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Clevedon · parks, paths & countryside
Clevedon is on the coast, on the King Charles III England Coast Path
The sea makes up 43% of the area within 5 km. The Mendip Hills National Landscape begins 6.0 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Clevedon add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Clevedon grades C+ for the outdoors: #37 of 49 in Somerset. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
69%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
69 km
3.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Mendip Hills starts 6.0 mi out, past the 5 km
The sea
43%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Clevedon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On the coast43% of the area within 5 km is sea; 9 beaches mapped.Hills with a view6 mapped viewpoints, about 6× as many per resident as the typical town its size.Countryside close byThe Mendip Hills National Landscape starts 6.0 mi south.Less park per person1.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Clevedon’s strongest suit is the sea, followed by its views. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Clevedon grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Clevedon, 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 42% of UK towns#37 of 49 in Somerset · 46th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
15out of
100
100
A park within a walk69%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
29out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Mendip Hills begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths3.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
68out of
100
100
The sea43%of the area within 5 km
97out 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
Clevedon is 46th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 19,700 to 22,600 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
Clevedon3.3
Towns its size3.6
Somerset towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Clevedon1.1
Towns its size2.3
Somerset towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Clevedon69%
Towns its size86%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
Clevedon falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 54 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapeltown and High Green South Yorkshire | A+ | 4.9 | 94% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 2 | Camborne Cornwall | A+ | 2.2 | 93% | 4 | 8% |
| 3 | Dronfield Derbyshire | A+ | 3.2 | 97% | 5.3 | 9% |
| 4 | Buxton Derbyshire | A | 3.5 | 86% | 3.8 | 61% |
| 5 | Reddish Greater Manchester | A | 6.7 | 100% | 5 | 0% |
| 6 | Faversham Kent | A | 2 | 88% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 7 | Hebburn Tyne and Wear | A | 6.6 | 99% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 8 | Quedgeley and Hardwicke Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 99% | 4.7 | 21% |
| 9 | Farnham Surrey | A | 5.1 | 73% | 4.3 | 35% |
| 10 | Hazlemere Buckinghamshire | A | 2.5 | 81% | 4.7 | 68% |
| 11 | Stratton St Margaret Wiltshire | A | 3.3 | 82% | 5.1 | 5% |
| 12 | Seaham County Durham | A | 2.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 13 | Harwich Essex | A− | 1.7 | 95% | 2.1 | 20% |
| 14 | South Ockendon Essex | A− | 2.6 | 88% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Peterlee County Durham | A− | 2.3 | 85% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 16 | Workington Cumbria | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 17 | Dukinfield Greater Manchester | A− | 4 | 95% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Coalville Leicestershire | A− | 3.7 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 19 | Rothwell West Yorkshire | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Whitefield Greater Manchester | A− | 4.7 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 21 | Crowborough East Sussex | B+ | 3.2 | 68% | 2.6 | 91% |
| 22 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 93% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 23 | Hythe and Dibden Purlieu Hampshire | B+ | 0.8 | 49% | 4.4 | 44% |
| 24 | Ossett West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.8 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Sandhurst Berkshire | B+ | 5.1 | 79% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 26 | Hazel Grove Greater Manchester | B+ | 2.9 | 62% | 4.2 | 3% |
| 27 | Brownhills West Midlands | B | 11 | 80% | 2 | 2% |
| 28 | Great Bookham and Fetcham Surrey | B | 1.7 | 68% | 4.4 | 33% |
| 29 | Ripley Derbyshire | B | 2.4 | 91% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Irlam Greater Manchester | B | 3.1 | 95% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Biggleswade Bedfordshire | B | 1.6 | 95% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Westhoughton Greater Manchester | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Penwortham Lancashire | B | 2.9 | 91% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Old Trafford Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 79% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Hailsham East Sussex | B | 1.4 | 87% | 3.2 | 12% |
| 36 | Dorchester Dorset | B | 1.6 | 78% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 37 | Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershire | B | 3.1 | 79% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Romsey Hampshire | B− | 1.2 | 82% | 4.5 | 2% |
| 39 | Bingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.1 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 40 | Calne Wiltshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 2.4 | 33% |
| 41 | Berkhamsted Hertfordshire | B− | 1 | 69% | 3.6 | 56% |
| 42 | Staines-upon-Thames Surrey | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Wednesbury West Midlands | B− | 2.7 | 93% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Dereham Norfolk | B− | 1.8 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Failsworth Greater Manchester | C+ | 1.8 | 77% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Clevedon Somerset | C+ | 1.1 | 69% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey | C+ | 2 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Kenilworth Warwickshire | C+ | 2.7 | 75% | 3 | 0% |
| 49 | Spennymoor County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Normanton West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Horwich Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 67% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 52 | Maghull Merseyside | C− | 1.6 | 86% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Skegness Lincolnshire | C− | 0.9 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Stowmarket Suffolk | C− | 0.8 | 50% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Gainsborough Lincolnshire | C− | 1 | 96% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 56 | March Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 87% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Goole East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.7 | 81% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Stamford Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 64% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Tiverton Devon | D | 1.5 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Darlaston West Midlands | D | 1.3 | 78% | 1.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Clevedon’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 Clevedon
The biggest is Salthouse Fields, 4.4 ha (11 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 8 named parks by size: 14 ha (36 acres) and 3 km of path
Parks & gardens 2.9 haPlaying fields 12 haPlay spaces 0.1 ha
The two biggest, Salthouse Fields and Marshalls Field, are 55% of the named green space. 5 of the 8 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Marshalls Field
Playing field
3.6 ha (9 acres)0.4 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Clevedon Rugby Football Club
Playing field
3.5 ha (9 acres)0.2 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Clevedon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Herbert Gardens
Park or garden
1.2 ha (3 acres)0.4 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Clevedon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Alexandra Gardens
Park or garden
0.8 ha (2 acres)0.3 km of path
0.4 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Green Beach
Park or garden
0.7 ha (2 acres)0.2 km of path
0.5 mi westfrom the centre
2 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Sunhill Park
Park or garden
0.2 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Clevedon
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Salthouse Wheels Park
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Clevedon 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 (69%)Further (32%)
Clevedon69%
Towns its size86%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
About 7,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,406 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Mendip Hills National Landscape is 6.0 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.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
National Park
Brecon Beacons
19 mi north1,350 km²since 1955
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Clevedon scores 0% on it even though the Mendip Hills National Landscape is 6.0 mi away. Brecon Beacons National Park covers 1,350 km² and has been a National Park since 1955.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Clevedon is on the King Charles III England Coast Path
69 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Clevedon and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalLocal
Gordano Round8.7 km
King Charles III England Coast Path: Old Passage, Aust to Wain's Hill, Clevedon6.4 km
Round Yatton Walk4.2 km
The King Charles III England Coast Path, a national route, passes Clevedon. Close to home, the Gordano Round has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Clevedon
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Clevedon’s named parks.
Registered · Grade II*Clevedon Court1.0 ha
Listed buildings insideGreen BeachBandstand on Green Beach and Fountain on Green Beach
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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Clevedon: May to July and 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 91 | 57 | 57 | 52 | 58 | 57 | 66 | 82 | 64 | 93 | 96 | 95 |
April is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 96 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Clevedon →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Clevedon
43% of the area within 5 km of Clevedon is sea. 9 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 4 with a name.
Clevedon BeachIn town
DirectionsLadye Bay0.0 mi from town
DirectionsSugar Loaf Beach3.0 mi from town
DirectionsThe King Charles III England Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
6 viewpoints and 15 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.
6Viewpoints6.2× towns its size5Hills and peaks5.2× towns its size15Playgrounds0.5× towns its size3Campsites
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 6
Clevedon Special0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPoets Walk south headland0.1 mi from town
DirectionsClevedon Sea Wall0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 5
Dial Hill90 m (295 ft) · in town
DirectionsChurch Hill0.0 mi from town
DirectionsCourt Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBack Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 15
Kenn Moor Fields Playground0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Dowlais Farm0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBullock Farm (Fishing & Camping)0.7 mi from town
DirectionsCranmoor Campsite1.1 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
YattonNailseaPortisheadBackwellCongresburyWest WickClevedon
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clevedon | C+ | 1.1 | 69% | 0% |
| Yatton 3.5 mi | B− | 3.7 | 40% | 0% |
| Nailsea 4.1 mi | C | 1.1 | 65% | 0% |
| Portishead 4.8 mi | B+ | 2.0 | 82% | 0% |
| Backwell 5.1 mi | C+ | 2.3 | 57% | 0% |
| Congresbury 5.2 mi | A− | 8.5 | 67% | 10% |
| West Wick 6.2 mi | A− | 1.6 | 100% | 16% |
Congresbury, 5.2 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 67% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Yatton, Backwell and Congresbury have at least twice Clevedon’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Clevedon
What is the biggest park in Clevedon?
Salthouse Fields, 4.4 ha (11 acres), with 1.1 km of path. Marshalls Field (3.6 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Clevedon near a National Park?
Yes. Brecon Beacons National Park begins 19 mi north 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 Mendip Hills National Landscape, 6.0 mi away.
What are the best walks near Clevedon?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Gordano Round, King Charles III England Coast Path: Old Passage, Aust to Wain's Hill, Clevedon and Round Yatton Walk.
How many people in Clevedon live near a park?
69% 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 Clevedon?
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.
Which parks in Clevedon are historic?
Clevedon Court (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Clevedon good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 68% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 15% (1.1 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 Clevedon’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Clevedon’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.