Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and walks in Yatton
The Mendip Hills National Landscape begins 3.1 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Yatton add up to 3.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 40% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Yatton grades B− for the outdoors: #34 of 49 in Somerset. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors town is Yatton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Yatton’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.
Yatton grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Yatton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Yatton is 31st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 7,400 to 8,100 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Yatton stands out most for park space per resident: only 7 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 58 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freshwater and Totland Isle of Wight | A+ | 5 | 89% | 3.9 | 20% |
| 2 | Ruddington Nottinghamshire | A | 9.7 | 100% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 3 | Dursley Gloucestershire | A | 1.8 | 90% | 7.2 | 52% |
| 4 | Grove Oxfordshire | A | 2.2 | 92% | 4.7 | 27% |
| 5 | Bolton upon Dearne South Yorkshire | A | 5.6 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 6 | Prestwood and Great Missenden Buckinghamshire | A− | 5.5 | 65% | 3.2 | 94% |
| 7 | Dinas Powis South Glamorgan | A− | 3 | 73% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 8 | London Colney Hertfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Burnham-on-Crouch Essex | A− | 5.3 | 86% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 10 | City of London London | A− | 2 | 100% | 11 | 0% |
| 11 | Seaton Devon | A− | 1.1 | 84% | 2.5 | 55% |
| 12 | Cam Gloucestershire | A− | 2.8 | 57% | 5 | 34% |
| 13 | Goldthorpe South Yorkshire | A− | 8.4 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Pembroke Dyfed | B+ | 2.2 | 91% | 1 | 31% |
| 15 | Annfield Plain County Durham | B+ | 3.4 | 93% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Great Notley Essex | B+ | 6.4 | 79% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Cromer Norfolk | B+ | 1.4 | 74% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 18 | Gowerton West Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 79% | 1.2 | 14% |
| 19 | Partington Greater Manchester | B | 2.8 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Edenbridge Kent | B | 2.6 | 64% | 3 | 42% |
| 21 | Barugh Green and Redbrook South Yorkshire | B | 2.1 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 22 | Rusthall and Langton Green Kent | B | 2.1 | 69% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 23 | Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire | B | 1.4 | 78% | 3.2 | 57% |
| 24 | Clayton-le-Moors Lancashire | B | 1.1 | 86% | 4.2 | 2% |
| 25 | Ashley Hampshire | B | 2.2 | 53% | 1.7 | 47% |
| 26 | Berechurch Essex | B− | 2.1 | 72% | 10.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Wootton Bedfordshire | B− | 2.5 | 79% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Rogerstone Gwent | B− | 3.1 | 60% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Eckington Derbyshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 6 | 0% |
| 30 | Crawcrook and Greenside Tyne and Wear | B− | 3.2 | 86% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Yatton Somerset | B− | 3.7 | 40% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Abersychan Gwent | B− | 2.8 | 83% | 1.1 | 17% |
| 33 | Buntingford Hertfordshire | C+ | 1.5 | 95% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Ystalyfera West Glamorgan | C+ | 2.6 | 84% | 0.8 | 15% |
| 35 | Crediton Devon | C+ | 2.4 | 89% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 36 | Paddock Wood Kent | C+ | 1.7 | 78% | 2.1 | 28% |
| 37 | Countesthorpe Leicestershire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Seaton Delaval Northumberland | C+ | 0.5 | 66% | 4 | 0% |
| 39 | Sprotbrough South Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Holywell Clwyd | C | 0.9 | 68% | 3 | 0% |
| 41 | Mablethorpe Lincolnshire | C | 2.1 | 66% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Elworth Cheshire | C | 1.8 | 83% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Newbridge Gwent | C | 2.2 | 94% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Fazeley Staffordshire | C | 3.2 | 35% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Norton-on-Derwent North Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 58% | 2.4 | 16% |
| 46 | Marske-by-the-Sea North Yorkshire | C | 1.6 | 66% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Dalton-in-Furness Cumbria | C | 0.9 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Histon and Impington Cambridgeshire | C | 1.5 | 66% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Heathfield East Sussex | C | 0.9 | 53% | 2.3 | 79% |
| 50 | Rainworth Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.5 | 65% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Tenterden Kent | C− | 0.8 | 58% | 1.8 | 48% |
| 52 | Cotgrave Nottinghamshire | C− | 1 | 47% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Godmanchester Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.6 | 66% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Highworth Wiltshire | C− | 0.4 | 59% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Clowne Derbyshire | C− | 1.4 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross Berkshire | D | 0.7 | 78% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Polesworth and Dordon Warwickshire | D | 1.6 | 68% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Old Windsor and Wraysbury Berkshire | D | 1.2 | 52% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Market Weighton East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 79% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Treorchy Mid Glamorgan | D− | 1 | 57% | 1.6 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Yatton’s built-up area.
4 in 10 Yatton 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).
About 4,600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 10 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 770 residents.
The Mendip Hills National Landscape is 3.1 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.
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Yatton scores 0% on it even though the Mendip Hills National Landscape is 3.1 mi away.
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Yatton
48 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Yatton 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 town.
Close to home, the Round Yatton Walk has 20 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.
The best walking months in Yatton: 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 | |
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| 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 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 90 | 59 | 58 | 52 | 61 | 58 | 67 | 81 | 70 | 94 | 98 | 94 |
April is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 98 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 34 nights a year. The climate in Yatton →
Yatton is near the sea
6% of the area within 5 km of Yatton is sea. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
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.
9 viewpoints and 10 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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 9
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Playgrounds 10
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Churchill, 3.8 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 84% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Congresbury has at least twice Yatton’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Yatton
Is Yatton near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Mendip Hills National Landscape, 3.1 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 198 km² and was designated in 1989.
What are the best walks near Yatton?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Round Yatton Walk and Two Rivers Way.
How many people in Yatton live near a park?
40% 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 Yatton?
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 Yatton good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 45% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 79% (3.7 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 Yatton’s overall grade.
Where Yatton’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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