Framlingham’s biggest
Castle Meadow
Park or garden
1.4 ha (3 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Framlingham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Framlingham · parks, paths & countryside
Framlingham has more footpath per square kilometre than 8 in 10 UK towns
60 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.2 for every square kilometre. The Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape begins 6.2 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Framlingham add up to 3.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Framlingham grades B for the outdoors: #16 of 34 in Suffolk. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
73%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
60 km
4.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Suffolk Coast & Heaths starts 6.2 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Framlingham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.2 km of path per km², more than 83% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Room to roam3.7 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 79% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape starts 6.2 mi south-east.
Framlingham’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Framlingham grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Framlingham, 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 59% of UK towns#16 of 34 in Suffolk · 23rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
79out of
100
100
A park within a walk73%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
34out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Suffolk Coast & Heaths begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
83out 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
Framlingham is 23rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,700 to 4,000 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
Framlingham4.2
Towns its size2.5
Suffolk towns2.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Framlingham3.7
Towns its size2.0
Suffolk towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Framlingham73%
Towns its size81%
Suffolk towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Framlingham stands out most for park space per resident: only 8 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 | Batheaston Somerset | A | 3 | 84% | 4.6 | 71% |
| 2 | Cuckfield West Sussex | A | 6.7 | 70% | 4.9 | 49% |
| 3 | Walter's Ash and Naphill Buckinghamshire | A | 3.7 | 50% | 5.3 | 79% |
| 4 | Bethesda Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 90% | 3.2 | 49% |
| 5 | Disley Cheshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 4.6 | 22% |
| 6 | Mulbarton Norfolk | A− | 7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 7 | Kingswood Surrey | A− | 4.6 | 27% | 6.3 | 17% |
| 8 | Welwyn Hertfordshire | A− | 2.6 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 9 | Esh Winning County Durham | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Old Basing Hampshire | A− | 13.6 | 92% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 11 | Colden Common Hampshire | B+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 12 | Barnt Green Worcestershire | B+ | 37.8 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Stanstead Abbotts Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.5 | 92% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Long Melford Suffolk | B+ | 6.9 | 87% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 15 | Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Locking Somerset | B+ | 2.7 | 84% | 2.4 | 23% |
| 17 | Lyme Regis Dorset | B | 1.4 | 60% | 2.5 | 56% |
| 18 | Greasbrough South Yorkshire | B | 2.9 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Queenborough Kent | B | 1.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 20 | Mayland Essex | B | 2.6 | 91% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 21 | Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire | B | 7.7 | 76% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Romanby North Yorkshire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Framlingham Suffolk | B | 3.7 | 73% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Mytholmroyd West Yorkshire | B | 1.8 | 88% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Pirbright Surrey | B | 2 | 84% | 5.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Rhuddlan Clwyd | B− | 1.8 | 85% | 0.9 | 8% |
| 27 | Glanaman Dyfed | B− | 3.3 | 83% | 0.8 | 29% |
| 28 | Cholsey Oxfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 55% | 2.5 | 81% |
| 29 | Alford Lincolnshire | B− | 2.1 | 85% | 1.5 | 26% |
| 30 | Cardigan Dyfed | B− | 1.9 | 69% | 1.4 | 13% |
| 31 | New Romney Kent | C+ | 2.5 | 79% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 32 | Kingskerswell Devon | C+ | 3.5 | 76% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Chipping Ongar Essex | C+ | 2.5 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Bar Hill Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Pewsey Wiltshire | C+ | 1 | 64% | 3 | 91% |
| 36 | Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.5 | 84% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 37 | Norton Fitzwarren Somerset | C+ | 1.3 | 35% | 5.2 | 6% |
| 38 | Forest Row East Sussex | C+ | 0.3 | 51% | 3.4 | 94% |
| 39 | Coggeshall Essex | C | 2.1 | 84% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Silver End Essex | C | 2 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Cubbington Warwickshire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Bromyard Herefordshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Desford Leicestershire | C− | 1.6 | 90% | 2 | 0% |
| 44 | Holton le Clay Lincolnshire | C− | 2 | 59% | 1.4 | 8% |
| 45 | Lydd Kent | C− | 1.7 | 66% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Fulbourn Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Kingston Bagpuize Oxfordshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Sutton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.9 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Kempsey Worcestershire | D | 0.9 | 40% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Glyn-neath West Glamorgan | D | 1.3 | 57% | 1.1 | 22% |
| 51 | Pen-pedair-heol Gwent | D | 0.9 | 80% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Puckeridge and Standon Hertfordshire | D | 0.9 | 59% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Wilsden West Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 61% | 3 | 0% |
| 54 | Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 79% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Willingham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 73% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Llanbradach Gwent | D− | 1.2 | 52% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Long Buckby Northamptonshire | D− | 0.6 | 52% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Penyffordd Clwyd | D− | 0.7 | 36% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Llanharry Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road Cornwall | D− | 0.7 | 27% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Framlingham’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 Framlingham
The biggest is Castle Meadow, 1.4 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Pageant Field
Playing field
1.5 ha (4 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Framlingham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
7 in 10 Framlingham 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 (73%)Further (28%)
Framlingham73%
Towns its size81%
Suffolk towns80%
All UK towns83%
About 1,100 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 town, about one for every 766 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape is 6.2 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Framlingham scores 0% on it even though the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape is 6.2 mi away. The Broads National Park covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths and waymarked walks in Framlingham
60 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Framlingham and the kilometre around it, 4.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Framlingham; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Framlingham: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 46 | 43 | 38 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 60 | 50 | 63 | 66 | 60 |
April is the driest month (38 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 66 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. The climate in Framlingham →
Things to do
5 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
Framlingham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Honolulu Beach7.6 mi from Framlingham’s edge
DirectionsTrimley Shores15 mi from Framlingham’s edge
DirectionsGunton Sands25 mi from Framlingham’s edge
DirectionsCorton Beach26 mi from Framlingham’s edge
DirectionsCorton Sands26 mi from Framlingham’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
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 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.
Wickham MarketLaxfieldSaxmundhamDebenhamRendleshamStradbrokeFramlingham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framlingham | B | 3.7 | 73% | 0% |
| Wickham Market 4.7 mi | C | 2.5 | 64% | 7% |
| Laxfield 5.6 mi | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Saxmundham 6.0 mi | B+ | 3.3 | 100% | 3% |
| Debenham 7.0 mi | C+ | 1.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Rendlesham 7.1 mi | C− | 0.8 | 52% | 59% |
| Stradbroke 7.3 mi | B− | 3.0 | 100% | 0% |
Saxmundham, 6 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Framlingham
What is the biggest park in Framlingham?
Castle Meadow, 1.4 ha (3 acres). Pageant Field (1.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Framlingham near a National Park?
Yes. the Broads National Park begins 16 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 302 km² and has been a National Park since 1989. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape, 6.2 mi away.
What is the nearest beach to Framlingham?
Honolulu Beach, 7.6 mi from the edge of the town, then Trimley Shores (15 mi). Framlingham itself is inland.
How many people in Framlingham live near a park?
73% 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 Framlingham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Framlingham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 83% 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 Framlingham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Framlingham’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.