Addlestone’s biggest
Chertsey Meads
Park or garden
71 ha (176 acres)15.5 km of path
3 h 25 minto walk all 15.5 km of path
100 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi northfrom the centre
Horse Margin
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: James Emmans · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Addlestone · parks, paths & countryside
Addlestone has more footpath per square kilometre than 9 in 10 UK towns
70 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Addlestone add up to 4.3 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 90% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Addlestone grades A− for the outdoors: #22 of 65 in Surrey. 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
90%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
70 km
4.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Surrey Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Addlestone?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.8 km of path per km², more than 91% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Room to roam4.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 83% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England passes through.Historic parksWoburn Farm is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Addlestone’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Addlestone grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Addlestone, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A−
Better than 82% of UK towns#22 of 65 in Surrey · 9th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space4.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
84out of
100
100
A park within a walk90%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
67out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
92out 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
Addlestone is 9th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 13,100 to 14,500 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
Addlestone4.8
Towns its size3.2
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Addlestone4.3
Towns its size2.2
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Addlestone90%
Towns its size81%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Addlestone stands out most for park space per resident: only 8 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farncombe Surrey | A+ | 5.7 | 92% | 3.8 | 54% |
| 2 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 3 | Sidmouth Devon | A | 2.6 | 73% | 2.9 | 60% |
| 4 | Abergavenny Gwent | A | 3.2 | 83% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 5 | Wellington Somerset | A | 2.2 | 99% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 6 | Wick West Sussex | A | 1.3 | 91% | 3 | 25% |
| 7 | Stoke Gifford Gloucestershire | A− | 5.7 | 87% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 9 | Addlestone Surrey | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Heckmondwike West Yorkshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 11 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 12 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Churchdown Gloucestershire | A− | 2.2 | 92% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 14 | Bacup Lancashire | A− | 2.5 | 94% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 17 | Audenshaw Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.6 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 18 | Berwick-upon-Tweed Northumberland | B+ | 2.5 | 62% | 2.7 | 1% |
| 19 | Verwood Dorset | B+ | 5.7 | 41% | 3.9 | 13% |
| 20 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 21 | Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 80% | 3.5 | 18% |
| 22 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 24 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Gomersal and Birkenshaw West Yorkshire | B | 3.2 | 83% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Enderby and Narborough Leicestershire | B | 1.9 | 89% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 27 | West Kirby Merseyside | B | 1.9 | 68% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 30 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 31 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 33 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 34 | Midsomer Norton Somerset | B− | 1.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 35 | Sheerness Kent | B− | 3 | 68% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Leicestershire | B− | 3.4 | 73% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Davenham Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Knutsford Cheshire | C+ | 2.6 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 40 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 41 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Buckley Clwyd | C+ | 2.6 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 45 | Birtley Tyne and Wear | C | 1.4 | 71% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Flitwick Bedfordshire | C | 0.8 | 59% | 3.9 | 3% |
| 47 | Syston Leicestershire | C | 1.4 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Ferndown Dorset | C | 0.7 | 13% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Rhondda Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1.4 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Brough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.4 | 74% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Porth Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.8 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Halstead Essex | D | 0.6 | 73% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Northallerton North Yorkshire | D | 1.1 | 70% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Driffield East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 75% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 58 | New Rossington and Rossington South Yorkshire | D | 0.8 | 50% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Whittlesey Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 73% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Village Mid Glamorgan | D | 0.7 | 72% | 1.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Addlestone’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 Addlestone
The biggest is Chertsey Meads, 71 ha (176 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 98 ha (242 acres) and 20 km of path
Parks & gardens 87 haPlaying fields 11 ha
The two biggest, Chertsey Meads and Franklands Park, are 89% of the named green space and carry 20 km of path between them.
Franklands Park
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
15 ha (38 acres)4.1 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.1 km of path
21 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Franklands Park Loop TrailFranklands Park Exercise Track
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Victory Park
Playing field
4.9 ha (12 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Addlestone
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Abbey Rangers Football Club
Playing field · 140 m outside town
5.8 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Kingthorpe Gardens
Park or garden
0.6 ha (1 acres)
Centralin the middle of Addlestone
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Addlestone 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 (90%)Further (10%)
Addlestone90%
Towns its size81%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 1,300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 38 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 362 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 7.3 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
7 waymarked walks pass through or near Addlestone
70 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Addlestone and the kilometre around it, 4.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England10.1 km
Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations8.8 km
Locks and Levels (SCC)7.3 km
Thames Path5.2 km
New Haw Lock to Pyrford Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations3.1 km
Thames Path - alternate1.6 km
Basingstoke Canal0.8 km
The European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, a national route, passes Addlestone. Close to home, the Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Thames Path - alternate and Basingstoke Canal.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
A registered historic park in Addlestone
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Addlestone’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIWoburn Farm41 ha
Heritage walks
Basingstoke Canal 0.8 km
A listed building or monument counts when it sits inside the park’s OS Open Greenspace outline (to about 15 m), so a few at the boundary are included. Historic England, National Heritage List for England.
When to get out
The best walking months in Addlestone: 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 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 49 | 42 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 59 | 54 | 72 | 74 | 65 |
March is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 74 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. The climate in Addlestone →
The coast
Beaches near Addlestone
0% of the area within 5 km of Addlestone is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km.
Amity Beach1.9 mi from town
DirectionsSea: 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.
Things to do
2 viewpoints and 38 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 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Rowhill50 m (164 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 38
Plus 38 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
ChertseyWeybridgeNew Haw, West Byfleet and SheerwaterByfleetLyneShepperton GreenAddlestone
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 0% |
| Chertsey 1.3 mi | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 0% |
| Weybridge 1.8 mi | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 0% |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater 1.9 mi | C+ | 2.2 | 69% | 0% |
| Byfleet 2.0 mi | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 0% |
| Lyne 2.5 mi | C+ | 4.0 | 71% | 0% |
| Shepperton Green 2.6 mi | D | 1.4 | 73% | 0% |
Addlestone grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Addlestone
What is the biggest park in Addlestone?
Chertsey Meads, 71 ha (176 acres), with 15.5 km of path. Franklands Park (15 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Addlestone near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, 7.3 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 422 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Addlestone?
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations and Locks and Levels (SCC). Chertsey Meads alone has 15.5 km of path.
How many people in Addlestone live near a park?
90% 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 Addlestone?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which parks in Addlestone are historic?
Woburn Farm (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Addlestone good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 92% 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 Addlestone’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Addlestone’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.