Congresbury’s biggest
Broadstone Playing Field
Playing field
2.8 ha (7 acres)0.1 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Congresbury
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Refectory the Vicarage · Photo: Rodw · Public domainA−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Congresbury · parks, paths & countryside
Congresbury has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Congresbury add up to 8.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Mendip Hills National Landscape begins 1.6 mi from the town’s edge. 50 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.5 for every square kilometre. Congresbury grades A− for the outdoors: #11 of 49 in Somerset. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
8.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
67%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
50 km
3.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
10%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Mendip Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Congresbury?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam8.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 94% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Mendip Hills National Landscape starts 1.6 mi south.Parks can be a walk away33% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Congresbury’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by the Mendip Hills National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Congresbury grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Congresbury, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 79% of UK towns#11 of 49 in Somerset · 8th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space8.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
95out of
100
100
A park within a walk67%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
27out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape10%of the land within 5 km
71out of
100
100
Footpaths3.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
72out 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.
Towns its size
Congresbury is 8th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,700 to 2,900 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
Congresbury3.5
Towns its size2.2
Somerset towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Congresbury8.5
Towns its size1.5
Somerset towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Congresbury67%
Towns its size76%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Congresbury stands out most for park space per resident: only 3 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 39 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindford Hampshire | A+ | 17.1 | 100% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 2 | Bruton Somerset | A | 9.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 1% |
| 3 | Penmaenmawr Clwyd | A | 1.7 | 78% | 3.4 | 39% |
| 4 | Hartshill Warwickshire | A | 19 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.5 | 37% | 6.8 | 29% |
| 6 | Martlesham Heath Suffolk | A− | 3.5 | 68% | 4.6 | 25% |
| 7 | Threemilestone Cornwall | A− | 3.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 8 | Congresbury Somerset | A− | 8.5 | 67% | 3.5 | 10% |
| 9 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | A− | 2.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 10 | Holywell Green and Stainland West Yorkshire | A− | 4 | 89% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 11 | Charfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 100% | 3 | 22% |
| 12 | Perranporth Cornwall | B+ | 1.3 | 75% | 3.4 | 4% |
| 13 | Hertford Heath Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.6 | 100% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Mundesley Norfolk | B | 1.8 | 79% | 1.5 | 24% |
| 15 | Charlbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 66% | 2.4 | 65% |
| 16 | Barlborough Derbyshire | B | 4.4 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 17 | Boverton South Glamorgan | B | 4.3 | 52% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 18 | Ormesby St Margaret Norfolk | B | 2.1 | 79% | 0.8 | 21% |
| 19 | Rockwell Green Somerset | B | 1 | 90% | 3.2 | 24% |
| 20 | Tollesbury Essex | B− | 2 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Chalgrove Oxfordshire | B− | 4.1 | 85% | 1.2 | 4% |
| 22 | Aston Clwyd | B− | 4.4 | 37% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Denby Dale West Yorkshire | B− | 0.7 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 24 | Waltham Chase Hampshire | B− | 2 | 75% | 2.2 | 39% |
| 25 | Pimperne Dorset | C+ | 1.9 | 72% | 1.9 | 89% |
| 26 | Great Totham Essex | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Hambrook and Nutbourne West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 28% | 2 | 69% |
| 28 | Rhostyllen Clwyd | C+ | 1.1 | 68% | 3.7 | 10% |
| 29 | Bluntisham and Colne Cambridgeshire | C+ | 2.3 | 88% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Asfordby Leicestershire | C | 4 | 57% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 31 | Woolton Hill and Highclere Hampshire | C | 1.2 | 60% | 2.3 | 70% |
| 32 | Kidwelly Dyfed | C | 2.8 | 56% | 1 | 0% |
| 33 | Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire | C | 1.5 | 88% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Trimdon County Durham | C | 1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 35 | Buckden Cambridgeshire | C | 2.9 | 85% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Maerdy Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Swavesey Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.8 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 38 | Alrewas Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 66% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Cheswick Green West Midlands | C− | 1 | 77% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Tuxford Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.4 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 41 | Mere Wiltshire | C− | 1.6 | 34% | 1.5 | 54% |
| 42 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen West Glamorgan | C− | 1.1 | 80% | 0.8 | 26% |
| 43 | Tarvin Cheshire | C− | 1.2 | 90% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 44 | Clifton Bedfordshire | C− | 1.7 | 64% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Weedon Bec Northamptonshire | C− | 1.1 | 87% | 2 | 0% |
| 46 | Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire | C− | 0.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 37% |
| 47 | Thorngumbald East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Catterall Lancashire | D | 1 | 47% | 1.9 | 9% |
| 49 | Croston Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 78% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Harbury Warwickshire | D | 1.6 | 73% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Ambrosden Oxfordshire | D | 1 | 78% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Sherburn County Durham | D | 0.2 | 0% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Berinsfield Oxfordshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 2.1 | 11% |
| 54 | Terrington St Clement Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 53% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 55 | Seghill Northumberland | D | 0.2 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Repton Derbyshire | D | 0.8 | 36% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 57 | East Ayton and West Ayton North Yorkshire | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.2 | 33% |
| 58 | West Winch Norfolk | D | 1.5 | 73% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Pickmere Cheshire | D− | 0.4 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Greetham Rutland | D− | 0.9 | 30% | 0.8 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Congresbury’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 Congresbury
The biggest is Broadstone Playing Field, 2.8 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
King George V Jubilee Playing Fields
Playing field
2.2 ha (5 acres)0.3 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Congresbury
Directionsto the nearest entrance
St Congars Place Play Area
Play space
0.0 ha (0 acres)
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Congresbury 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 (67%)Further (33%)
Congresbury67%
Towns its size76%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
About 900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 466 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Mendip Hills National Landscape is 1.6 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
10% of the land within 5 km of Congresbury is National Park or National Landscape, more than 71% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Congresbury
50 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Congresbury and the kilometre around it, 3.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Round Yatton Walk8.5 km
Two Rivers Way3.5 km
Close to home, the Round Yatton Walk has 8 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. The regional route here is the 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 Congresbury: 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) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 94 | 62 | 53 | 56 | 65 | 59 | 72 | 85 | 71 | 97 | 99 | 96 |
March is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 99 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Congresbury →
Things to do
8 viewpoints, 6 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Congresbury is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Clevedon Beach4.9 mi from Congresbury’s edge
DirectionsLadye Bay5.4 mi from Congresbury’s edge
DirectionsSugar Loaf Beach7.2 mi from Congresbury’s edge
DirectionsBerrow Sands10 mi from Congresbury’s edge
DirectionsThe Bendricks18 mi from Congresbury’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.
Up high. Cadbury Hill, at 81 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Congresbury.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 8
My Newt Buttress1.0 mi from town
DirectionsCombination Buttress1.1 mi from town
DirectionsBard the Bowman1.2 mi from town
DirectionsBombur1.2 mi from town
DirectionsElrond1.2 mi from town
DirectionsObelisk1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 4
Cadbury Hill81 m (266 ft) · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsCleeve Hill170 m (558 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsCleeve Toot90 m (295 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Jungle Runin town
DirectionsThe Treehousein town
DirectionsPlus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Cleeve Caravan & Camping1.0 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.
YattonWringtonChurchillWinscombe and SandfordShiphamBanwellCongresbury
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Churchill, 2.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 84% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Congresbury
What is the biggest park in Congresbury?
Broadstone Playing Field, 2.8 ha (7 acres). King George V Jubilee Playing Fields (2.2 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Congresbury near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Mendip Hills National Landscape, 1.6 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 198 km² and was designated in 1989.
What are the best walks near Congresbury?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Round Yatton Walk and Two Rivers Way.
What is the nearest beach to Congresbury?
Clevedon Beach, 4.9 mi from the edge of the town, then Ladye Bay (5.4 mi). Congresbury itself is inland.
How many people in Congresbury live near a park?
67% 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 Congresbury?
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 Congresbury good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 72% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 95% (8.5 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 Congresbury’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Congresbury’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.
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