Bagshot’s biggest
Lightwater Country Park
Park or garden
65 ha (160 acres)11.7 km of path
2 h 35 minto walk all 11.7 km of path
90 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi southfrom the centre
Peak Viewpoint
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bagshot · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Bagshot lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Bagshot add up to 10.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 65 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 5.2 for every square kilometre. Bagshot grades A for the outdoors: #7 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
10.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
65 km
5.2 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 Bagshot?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Room to roam10.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 96% of UK towns.A town of footpaths5.2 km of path per km², more than 94% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Historic parksBagshot Park is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Bagshot’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Bagshot grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bagshot, 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 94% of UK towns#7 of 65 in Surrey · 3rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space10.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
96out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths5.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
94out 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
Bagshot is 3rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 5,700 to 6,200 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
Bagshot5.2
Towns its size2.6
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bagshot10.5
Towns its size2.0
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bagshot100%
Towns its size81%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Bagshot stands out most for park space per resident: only 2 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackfield and Langley Hampshire | A+ | 28.1 | 95% | 4.2 | 48% |
| 2 | Saltburn-by-the-Sea North Yorkshire | A | 4.7 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 3 | Bagshot Surrey | A | 10.5 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 4 | Barrowford Lancashire | A | 4.2 | 82% | 5 | 22% |
| 5 | Wareham Dorset | A | 1.9 | 83% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 6 | Leiston Suffolk | A | 1.7 | 95% | 2.7 | 35% |
| 7 | Amble Northumberland | A | 2 | 100% | 2.2 | 5% |
| 8 | West Hallam Derbyshire | A | 4.8 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 9 | Boldon Colliery Tyne and Wear | A | 5.3 | 95% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Menston West Yorkshire | A | 2.4 | 90% | 4.1 | 18% |
| 11 | Shepperton Surrey | A | 8.7 | 89% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 12 | Carnforth Lancashire | A− | 1.2 | 89% | 3 | 39% |
| 13 | Barnard Castle County Durham | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 3.4 | 1% |
| 14 | Botley Hampshire | A− | 14.6 | 70% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 15 | East Horsley Surrey | A− | 3.5 | 55% | 4.5 | 33% |
| 16 | Dodworth South Yorkshire | A− | 2.3 | 97% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Marchwood Hampshire | B+ | 2 | 87% | 1.3 | 38% |
| 18 | Moor Park Hertfordshire | B+ | 4.5 | 46% | 4.5 | 1% |
| 19 | Creswell Derbyshire | B+ | 2.7 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Thrybergh and Dalton South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 4 | 0% |
| 21 | Axminster Devon | B | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 66% |
| 22 | Garstang Lancashire | B | 2.4 | 89% | 2.3 | 15% |
| 23 | East Tilbury Essex | B | 2.3 | 92% | 2 | 0% |
| 24 | Wixams Bedfordshire | B | 5.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire | B | 2.3 | 94% | 1.6 | 20% |
| 26 | Brixworth Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 94% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Northumberland | B | 2.2 | 77% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 28 | East Wittering West Sussex | B | 1.1 | 78% | 1.9 | 27% |
| 29 | Bidford-on-Avon Warwickshire | B | 3.4 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 30 | Cheddar Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 41% | 3 | 56% |
| 31 | Thirsk North Yorkshire | B− | 1.8 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Great Torrington Devon | B− | 2.6 | 88% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Kirby Cross Essex | C+ | 2.4 | 44% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Oakdale Gwent | C+ | 5.2 | 79% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Aylesham Kent | C+ | 0.3 | 76% | 3.4 | 33% |
| 36 | Lower Willingdon East Sussex | C+ | 0.8 | 57% | 4.2 | 33% |
| 37 | Bagillt Clwyd | C+ | 1.3 | 87% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Crawley Down West Sussex | C+ | 1.2 | 80% | 2.2 | 40% |
| 39 | Strensall North Yorkshire | C | 1.3 | 89% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Pontyclun Mid Glamorgan | C | 2.4 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Bowdon Greater Manchester | C | 1.8 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 42 | Egremont Cumbria | C | 1.1 | 63% | 1.8 | 11% |
| 43 | Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire | C | 1.1 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Undy and Magor Gwent | C | 0.9 | 86% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Red Lodge Suffolk | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Ilminster Somerset | C− | 2.3 | 61% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 47 | Ottery St Mary Devon | C− | 1.2 | 71% | 1.7 | 34% |
| 48 | Studley Warwickshire | C− | 1.6 | 63% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Pembury Kent | C− | 1.1 | 45% | 2 | 58% |
| 50 | Stainforth South Yorkshire | C− | 2.2 | 80% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Purfleet-on-Thames Essex | C− | 0.9 | 64% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Cuddington Cheshire | C− | 1.5 | 66% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.9 | 60% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 54 | Arlesey Bedfordshire | D | 0.9 | 51% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Finningley South Yorkshire | D | 2 | 65% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Werrington Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 42% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Earls Barton Northamptonshire | D | 1.5 | 71% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 58 | Sawtry Cambridgeshire | D | 1.3 | 40% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Burwell Cambridgeshire | D− | 1.5 | 44% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Thurcroft South Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 56% | 2 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bagshot’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 Bagshot
The biggest is Lightwater Country Park, 65 ha (160 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Earlswood Park
Park or garden
7.5 ha (18 acres)3.4 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.4 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Bagshot
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Bagshot’s homes are to 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Bagshot100%
Towns its size81%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 15 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 395 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 8.4 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
South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
2 waymarked walks pass through or near Bagshot
65 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bagshot and the kilometre around it, 5.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Local
Lightwater Country Park Purple1.3 km
Lightwater Country Park orange0.3 km
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 Bagshot
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Bagshot’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIBagshot Park2.1 ha
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 Bagshot: 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 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 75 | 53 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 54 | 52 | 59 | 56 | 79 | 83 | 73 |
March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 83 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Bagshot →
Things to do
15 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
Bagshot is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Amity Beach7.8 mi from Bagshot’s edge
DirectionsPenguin Beach13 mi from Bagshot’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole19 mi from Bagshot’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows19 mi from Bagshot’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.
Up high. Jenkin's Hill, at 91 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Bagshot.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
High Curley Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 11
Jenkin's Hill91 m (299 ft) · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsBlack Hill125 m (410 ft) · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsCurley Hill129 m (423 ft) · 0.4 mi from town
DirectionsThe Blue Bucket100 m (328 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsCollingwood Mount120 m (394 ft) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsSurrey Hill125 m (410 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsCar Crash Hill120 m (394 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsDeer Rock Hill125 m (410 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 3 hills and peaks more.
Playgrounds 15
Freemantle Road Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 14 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.
LightwaterWindleshamCamberleyWest End and ChobhamAscotBisleyBagshot
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagshot | A | 10.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Lightwater 1.2 mi | B+ | 9.2 | 72% | 0% |
| Windlesham 1.7 mi | D | 2.0 | 57% | 0% |
| Camberley 2.4 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 73% | 0% |
| West End and Chobham 2.7 mi | B− | 3.3 | 65% | 0% |
| Ascot 3.1 mi | C+ | 3.6 | 56% | 0% |
| Bisley 3.4 mi | A | 8.0 | 92% | 0% |
Bagshot 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 Bagshot
What is the biggest park in Bagshot?
Lightwater Country Park, 65 ha (160 acres), with 11.7 km of path. Earlswood Park (7.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Bagshot near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 12 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, 8.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Bagshot?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Lightwater Country Park Purple and Lightwater Country Park orange. Lightwater Country Park alone has 11.7 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Bagshot?
Amity Beach, 7.8 mi from the edge of the town, then Penguin Beach (13 mi). Bagshot itself is inland.
How many people in Bagshot live near a park?
100% 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 Bagshot?
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 Bagshot are historic?
Bagshot Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Bagshot good for walking?
For paths, yes: 5.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 94% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 96% (10.5 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 Bagshot’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bagshot’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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