Woolpit’s biggest
Lukeswood
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
2.7 ha (7 acres)0.3 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Woolpit · parks, paths & countryside
Woolpit has more park space per resident than 8 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Woolpit add up to 4.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 54% of residents. 20 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Woolpit grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
54%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
20 km
1.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Dedham Vale National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Woolpit?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam4.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 83% of UK towns.Parks can be a walk away46% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Woolpit’s strongest suit is plenty of park space. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Woolpit grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Woolpit, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C−
Better than 21% of UK towns45th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space4.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
84out of
100
100
A park within a walk54%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
16out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.7 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
21out 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.
Villages its size
Woolpit is 45th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,800 to 1,900 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
Woolpit1.7
Villages its size2.3
Suffolk towns2.5
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Woolpit4.3
Villages its size2.0
Suffolk towns2.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Woolpit54%
Villages its size75%
Suffolk towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Woolpit stands out most for park space per resident: only 12 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 40 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llanberis Gwynedd | A+ | 33.7 | 100% | 3.9 | 49% |
| 2 | St Just Cornwall | A+ | 1.8 | 100% | 4.2 | 50% |
| 3 | Southwick Wiltshire | A+ | 22.2 | 100% | 5.2 | 1% |
| 4 | Market Lavington Wiltshire | A+ | 9.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 1% |
| 5 | Mistley Essex | A | 4.3 | 86% | 1.9 | 41% |
| 6 | Colwall Stone Herefordshire | A | 4.5 | 67% | 5.5 | 64% |
| 7 | Wembury Devon | A− | 2.4 | 53% | 2.7 | 41% |
| 8 | Flamborough East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Painswick Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.3 | 81% | 4.3 | 83% |
| 10 | Waddesdon Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 11 | Tongwynlais South Glamorgan | B+ | 8.6 | 65% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Marks Tey Essex | B+ | 5.5 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Findon West Sussex | B+ | 1.7 | 74% | 3.7 | 70% |
| 14 | Bishop's Castle Shropshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 1.3 | 53% |
| 15 | Weston Turville Buckinghamshire | B | 2.9 | 64% | 3.1 | 30% |
| 16 | Fernhurst West Sussex | B | 3.1 | 37% | 3 | 92% |
| 17 | Hathersage Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 58% | 4.5 | 100% |
| 18 | Westham East Sussex | B | 3.8 | 18% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Ironville Derbyshire | B | 1.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 20 | Northop Hall Clwyd | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 21 | Rhayader Powys | B | 5.5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Hemingfield South Yorkshire | B | 3.3 | 80% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire | B− | 2.1 | 32% | 3.4 | 76% |
| 24 | Chilcompton Somerset | B− | 6.5 | 40% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 25 | Yelverton Devon | B− | 3.6 | 72% | 1.1 | 85% |
| 26 | Meldreth Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.7 | 82% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Inkberrow Worcestershire | B− | 5.3 | 83% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Ingrave and Herongate Essex | B− | 5 | 51% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | B− | 5.9 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Warden Kent | B− | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 31 | High Halstow Kent | B− | 1.7 | 76% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Barnburgh and Harlington South Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Great Yeldham Essex | C+ | 3.1 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 34 | Houghton Conquest Bedfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Lowdham Nottinghamshire | C+ | 3.7 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Pontlottyn Gwent | C+ | 1.8 | 70% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Withnoe Cornwall | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 3% |
| 38 | Ryton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 39 | Walkington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 2.3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 40 | Dunkeswell Devon | C | 1.4 | 83% | 0.7 | 87% |
| 41 | Lympstone Devon | C | 1 | 66% | 1.3 | 16% |
| 42 | Scotby Cumbria | C− | 3 | 75% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 43 | Drakes Broughton Worcestershire | C− | 1 | 86% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Toft Hill and High Etherley County Durham | C− | 2.5 | 83% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 45 | Woolpit Suffolk | C− | 4.3 | 54% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Branton South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 47 | Bradninch Devon | D | 2.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Thornton-le-Dale North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 58% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 49 | Rickinghall and Botesdale Suffolk | D | 1.7 | 61% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 50 | Harston Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 45% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Stainton North Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 0% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Barnetby le Wold Lincolnshire | D | 1.8 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Wragby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 69% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Hampton in Arden West Midlands | D− | 0.1 | 44% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Mickle Trafford Cheshire | D− | 0.5 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Audlem Cheshire | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Great Barton Suffolk | D− | 1.6 | 19% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Pentre Maelor Clwyd | D− | 1.4 | 8% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Bardsey West Yorkshire | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Burstwick East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Woolpit’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 Woolpit
The biggest is Lukeswood, 2.7 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Woolpit 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 (54%)Further (46%)
Woolpit54%
Villages its size75%
Suffolk towns80%
All UK towns83%
About 800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 167 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Dedham Vale National Landscape is 14 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
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Woolpit
20 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Woolpit and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Woolpit; 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 Woolpit: May to 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 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 63 | 49 | 60 | 62 | 58 |
April is the driest month (37 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 63 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Woolpit →
Things to do
11 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
Woolpit is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
The Beach15 mi from Woolpit’s edge
DirectionsHonolulu Beach20 mi from Woolpit’s edge
DirectionsTrimley Shores23 mi from Woolpit’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
Playgrounds 11
Crown Mill Play Park0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 10 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.
ElmswellHaughleyThurstonStowmarketStowuplandWalsham le WillowsWoolpit
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolpit | C− | 4.3 | 54% | 0% |
| Elmswell 1.4 mi | B | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Haughley 3.3 mi | C | 3.0 | 71% | 0% |
| Thurston 4.0 mi | D | 1.6 | 39% | 0% |
| Stowmarket 5.1 mi | C− | 0.8 | 50% | 0% |
| Stowupland 5.7 mi | A− | 5.3 | 83% | 0% |
| Walsham le Willows 5.8 mi | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 0% |
Stowupland, 5.7 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 83% 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 Woolpit
What is the biggest park in Woolpit?
Lukeswood, 2.7 ha (7 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Woolpit near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Dedham Vale National Landscape, 14 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 91 km² and was designated in 1970.
What is the nearest beach to Woolpit?
The Beach, 15 mi from the edge of the village, then Honolulu Beach (20 mi). Woolpit itself is inland.
How many people in Woolpit live near a park?
54% 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 Woolpit?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Woolpit good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 21% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 84% (4.3 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 Woolpit’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Woolpit’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.