Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and walks in Kentford
Footpaths add up to 5 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 0.5 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Kentford add up to 1.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. No park or playing field is mapped within a 5-minute walk of homes in Kentford. Kentford grades D− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Kentford grades D− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Kentford, 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.
How Kentford compares with UK villages of 1,100 to 1,200
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,200 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Kentford falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 51 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corton Suffolk | A+ | 4.4 | 100% | 3 | 5% |
| 2 | Upton St Leonards Gloucestershire | A+ | 5.2 | 80% | 7.5 | 43% |
| 3 | Fairlands Surrey | A+ | 2.8 | 100% | 5 | 11% |
| 4 | Chagford Devon | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 98% |
| 5 | Masham North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 3 | 44% |
| 6 | Ditchling East Sussex | A | 7.4 | 77% | 4 | 57% |
| 7 | Tolvaddon Cornwall | A | 11.9 | 24% | 4.5 | 9% |
| 8 | Barns Green West Sussex | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Horsted Keynes West Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.3 | 83% |
| 10 | Wenvoe South Glamorgan | A− | 5.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 11 | Chatburn Lancashire | A− | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 59% |
| 12 | Boosbeck North Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 22% |
| 13 | Camber East Sussex | A− | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 5% |
| 14 | Grange Moor West Yorkshire | A− | 4.3 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 15 | St Erth Cornwall | B+ | 0.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 16 | Gotherington Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.7 | 72% | 3.7 | 33% |
| 17 | Grassington North Yorkshire | B+ | 1.3 | 79% | 4.1 | 100% |
| 18 | South Bents Tyne and Wear | B+ | 4.9 | 62% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 19 | Borth Dyfed | B | 3.1 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Oakley Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Cropston Leicestershire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Jacobs Well Surrey | B | 1.4 | 77% | 4.7 | 8% |
| 23 | Bishop Middleham County Durham | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Plaxtol Kent | B− | 2.6 | 57% | 2.5 | 40% |
| 25 | Harpur Hill Derbyshire | B− | 3.1 | 31% | 2.3 | 60% |
| 26 | Kelly Bray Cornwall | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 22% |
| 27 | Roydon (South Norfolk) Norfolk | B− | 4.3 | 50% | 4 | 0% |
| 28 | Beaumaris Gwynedd | B− | 2.7 | 30% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 29 | Latchingdon Essex | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Castlethorpe Buckinghamshire | C+ | 3.5 | 72% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 31 | Gainford County Durham | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Lacey Green and Loosley Row Buckinghamshire | C+ | 2.1 | 27% | 2.4 | 82% |
| 33 | Whimple Devon | C+ | 5.2 | 70% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 34 | Brinklow Warwickshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 35 | St Cleer Cornwall | C | 3 | 29% | 1.6 | 32% |
| 36 | Three Legged Cross Dorset | C | 1.5 | 77% | 2.6 | 1% |
| 37 | Bow Devon | C | 1.9 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Swindon Staffordshire | C | 2.5 | 67% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 39 | Mannings Heath West Sussex | C | 1 | 71% | 1.9 | 44% |
| 40 | Baldwin's Gate Staffordshire | C− | 1.3 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 41 | North Newbald East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Milverton Somerset | C− | 2.1 | 70% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Maiden Newton Dorset | C− | 1.1 | 27% | 2 | 100% |
| 44 | Wetheral Cumbria | C− | 3.8 | 51% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Crowle Worcestershire | C− | 2.4 | 34% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Beachley Gloucestershire | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 1.2 | 14% |
| 47 | Farmborough Somerset | C− | 2 | 38% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | D | 0.8 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Cawston Norfolk | D | 2.7 | 71% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Ramsey Island Essex | D | 1.4 | 39% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Pelynt Cornwall | D | 0 | 0% | 0.6 | 13% |
| 52 | Chawley Oxfordshire | D | 0.3 | 0% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Wattstown Mid Glamorgan | D | 3.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Reawla Cornwall | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2 | 3% |
| 55 | Stickney Lincolnshire | D | 2.4 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| 56 | Moulton Chapel Lincolnshire | D− | 1.5 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| 57 | Kentford Suffolk | D− | 1.9 | 0% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Austrey Warwickshire | D− | 1.7 | 0% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Llanfyllin Powys | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 0.2 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Kentford’s built-up area.
Few Kentford 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 1,100 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 4 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 281 residents.
1 waymarked walk passes through or near Kentford
5 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Kentford and the kilometre around it, 0.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
The regional route here is the Icknield Way Path.
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 Kentford: May to July and September
The village’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 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 56 | 66 | 52 | 61 | 61 | 60 |
March is the driest month (40 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 66 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Kentford →
4 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Kentford is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Mildenhall, 5.4 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: 91% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Kentford
Is Kentford near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Kentford.
What are the best walks near Kentford?
1 waymarked walking route passes within 2 km of the village, including the Icknield Way Path.
What is the nearest beach to Kentford?
The Beach, 9.9 mi from the edge of the village. Kentford itself is inland.
How many people in Kentford live near a park?
0% 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 Kentford?
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 Kentford good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 0.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 2% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 43% (1.9 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 Kentford’s overall grade.
Where Kentford’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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