Radstock’s biggest
Clandown Recreation Ground
Playing field
1.8 ha (4 acres)0.3 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Radstock · parks, paths & countryside
93% of Radstock’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The Cotswolds National Landscape begins 2.5 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Radstock add up to 1.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 55 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.9 for every square kilometre. Radstock grades B− for the outdoors: #33 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
93%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
55 km
2.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
1%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Radstock?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside both waysCotswolds starts 2.5 mi north-east, Mendip Hills 4.4 mi west.Less park per person1.1 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Radstock’s strongest suit is two protected landscapes close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Radstock grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Radstock, 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 47% of UK towns#33 of 49 in Somerset · 35th 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 walk93%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
72out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape1%of the land within 5 km
63out of
100
100
Footpaths2.9 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
56out 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
Radstock is 35th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 9,400 to 10,700 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
Radstock2.9
Towns its size3.1
Somerset towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Radstock1.1
Towns its size2.3
Somerset towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Radstock93%
Towns its size84%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Radstock stands out most for homes near a park: only 11 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 52 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caldicot Gwent | A+ | 4.2 | 92% | 3 | 2% |
| 2 | South Merstham Surrey | A | 3.7 | 84% | 3.7 | 20% |
| 3 | Beccles Suffolk | A | 4.5 | 87% | 3.2 | 20% |
| 4 | Nuthall and Watnall Nottinghamshire | A | 6.3 | 97% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 5 | Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire | A | 2.8 | 88% | 3.7 | 21% |
| 6 | Godalming Surrey | A− | 4.6 | 73% | 3.1 | 66% |
| 7 | Southborough Kent | A− | 2.8 | 94% | 2.5 | 57% |
| 8 | Thurmaston Leicestershire | A− | 10.4 | 89% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Soham Cambridgeshire | A− | 4.7 | 97% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Platt Bridge and Abram Greater Manchester | A− | 3.7 | 98% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 11 | Esher Surrey | A− | 6.9 | 86% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Kings Hill Kent | A− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 7% |
| 13 | Padiham Lancashire | A− | 1.5 | 95% | 4.5 | 18% |
| 14 | Bingham Nottinghamshire | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire | A− | 4 | 85% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 16 | Whitwick Leicestershire | A− | 4.2 | 84% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Egglescliffe County Durham | A− | 4.9 | 94% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 18 | Yarm North Yorkshire | A− | 3.3 | 96% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Pelsall West Midlands | B+ | 6.1 | 95% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Corfe Mullen Dorset | B+ | 3.1 | 72% | 3.5 | 13% |
| 21 | Woodbridge Suffolk | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 3.9 | 30% |
| 22 | Cranleigh Surrey | B | 2.5 | 20% | 4.3 | 38% |
| 23 | Shildon County Durham | B | 2.8 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Ludlow Shropshire | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2.1 | 16% |
| 25 | North Wingfield and Holmewood Derbyshire | B | 2.7 | 84% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Great Dunmow Essex | B | 2 | 92% | 4 | 0% |
| 27 | Queensbury West Yorkshire | B | 2.6 | 91% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Immingham Lincolnshire | B | 2 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Pembroke Dock Dyfed | B− | 1.7 | 80% | 1.1 | 25% |
| 30 | Yaxley Cambridgeshire | B− | 2.6 | 90% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 31 | Caernarfon Gwynedd | B− | 1.7 | 83% | 1.4 | 14% |
| 32 | Horbury West Yorkshire | B− | 2.5 | 75% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Mildenhall Suffolk | B− | 2.1 | 91% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Monmouth Gwent | B− | 1.5 | 69% | 3.1 | 45% |
| 35 | Radstock Somerset | B− | 1.1 | 93% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 36 | Knottingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 88% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Whitchurch Shropshire | B− | 2.7 | 86% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Mold Clwyd | C+ | 1.9 | 86% | 1.6 | 17% |
| 39 | Baglan West Glamorgan | C+ | 2.5 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Brandon County Durham | C+ | 2.2 | 72% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Raunds Northamptonshire | C+ | 4.7 | 74% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Crook County Durham | C+ | 1.5 | 85% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Lydney Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.1 | 52% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Abertillery Gwent | C | 2.4 | 69% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Diss Norfolk | C | 1.5 | 80% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Barnham West Sussex | C | 1.3 | 70% | 2.3 | 32% |
| 47 | Kippax West Yorkshire | C | 1.4 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Shepton Mallet Somerset | C | 1.2 | 70% | 2.8 | 1% |
| 49 | Catshill Worcestershire | C | 1.4 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Prudhoe Northumberland | C− | 1.7 | 37% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Polegate East Sussex | C− | 0.8 | 64% | 2.2 | 24% |
| 52 | Lutterworth Leicestershire | C− | 1.7 | 83% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | West Moors Dorset | C− | 0.9 | 33% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Haxby North Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 59% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 55 | Sherborne Dorset | D | 1.2 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Broughton Astley Leicestershire | D | 1 | 82% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Burton Latimer Northamptonshire | D | 0.9 | 62% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Pocklington East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.6 | 65% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Pheasey West Midlands | D− | 0.9 | 40% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Ponteland Northumberland | D− | 1.1 | 36% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Radstock’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 Radstock
The biggest is Clandown Recreation Ground, 1.8 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 4 named parks by size: 5 ha (12 acres)
Parks & gardens 0.6 haPlaying fields 4.1 haPlay spaces 0.3 ha
The two biggest, Clandown Recreation Ground and Westfield Recreation Ground, are 82% of the named green space. 3 of the 4 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Westfield Recreation Ground
Playing field
2.3 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Radstock
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Somervale Gardens
Park or garden
0.6 ha (2 acres)0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Radstock
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Tom Huyton Play Area
Play space
0.3 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Radstock
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Radstock’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 (93%)Further (7%)
Radstock93%
Towns its size84%
Somerset towns83%
All UK towns83%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 39 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 256 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Cotswolds and Mendip Hills both start about 4 miles from Radstock
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
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
8.1 mi south-east986 km²since 1983
Official siteFootpaths & waymarked walks
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Radstock
55 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Radstock and the kilometre around it, 2.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Regional
Limestone Link2.4 km
The regional route here is the Limestone Link.
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 Radstock: May to 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 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 103 | 83 | 70 | 66 | 71 | 65 | 67 | 86 | 72 | 110 | 113 | 117 |
June is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 117 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Radstock →
Things to do
39 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
Radstock is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Sugar Loaf Beach19 mi from Radstock’s edge
DirectionsClevedon Beach20 mi from Radstock’s edge
DirectionsLadye Bay20 mi from Radstock’s edge
DirectionsBerrow Sands23 mi from Radstock’s edge
DirectionsFossil Beach24 mi from Radstock’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. Haydon Hill, at 135 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Radstock.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Haydon Hill135 m (443 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsWelton Hill142 m (466 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Silver Street Nature Reserve2.6 ha · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 39
Southfields Play Areain town
DirectionsWest Clewes Playground0.4 mi from town
DirectionsShoscombe Village Hall Playground1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 36 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.
Midsomer NortonPeasedown St JohnPaultonTimsburyChilcomptonHigh LittletonRadstock
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radstock | B− | 1.1 | 93% | 1% |
| Midsomer Norton 1.4 mi | B− | 1.9 | 90% | 0% |
| Peasedown St John 2.1 mi | B+ | 1.5 | 88% | 9% |
| Paulton 2.4 mi | A− | 2.1 | 96% | 0% |
| Timsbury 2.7 mi | B− | 2.7 | 68% | 0% |
| Chilcompton 2.8 mi | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 1% |
| High Littleton 3.3 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 58% | 1% |
Paulton, 2.4 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 96% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Timsbury and Chilcompton have at least twice Radstock’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Radstock
What is the biggest park in Radstock?
Clandown Recreation Ground, 1.8 ha (4 acres). Westfield Recreation Ground (2.3 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Radstock near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 2.5 mi north-east of the town’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Radstock?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the town, including the Limestone Link.
What is the nearest beach to Radstock?
Sugar Loaf Beach, 19 mi from the edge of the town, then Clevedon Beach (20 mi). Radstock itself is inland.
How many people in Radstock live near a park?
93% 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 Radstock?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Radstock good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 56% 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 Radstock’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Radstock’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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