Camberley’s biggest
Barossa Common
Park or garden
26 ha (65 acres)
37 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Camberley · parks, paths & countryside
Camberley has more footpath per square kilometre than 9 in 10 UK towns
168 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.8 for every square kilometre. The Surrey Hills National Landscape begins 6.2 mi from the town’s edge. 73% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Camberley grades C+ for the outdoors: #48 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
73%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
168 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
Surrey Hills starts 6.2 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Camberley?
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.Countryside close byThe Surrey Hills National Landscape starts 6.2 mi south.
Camberley’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by the Surrey Hills National Landscape close by.
Outdoors grade
Camberley grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Camberley, 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 45% of UK towns#48 of 65 in Surrey · 53rd of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
46out of
100
100
A park within a walk73%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
35out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Surrey Hills begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
91out 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
Camberley is 53rd of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 33,100 to 40,800 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
Camberley4.8
Towns its size3.9
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Camberley2.0
Towns its size2.6
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Camberley73%
Towns its size85%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Camberley stands out most for path per km²: only 16 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 42 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locks Heath Hampshire | A+ | 3.5 | 91% | 3.7 | 4% |
| 2 | Great Malvern Worcestershire | A+ | 3.9 | 90% | 6 | 38% |
| 3 | Dover Kent | A+ | 3 | 86% | 2.9 | 29% |
| 4 | Hyde Greater Manchester | A | 4.3 | 91% | 3.9 | 1% |
| 5 | Epsom Surrey | A | 5.7 | 80% | 4.8 | 2% |
| 6 | Burgess Hill West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 87% | 5 | 27% |
| 7 | Aldershot Hampshire | A | 3.4 | 77% | 6.3 | 17% |
| 8 | Skelmersdale Lancashire | A | 7.8 | 91% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan | A | 3.3 | 89% | 3.2 | 29% |
| 10 | Haywards Heath West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 84% | 4.2 | 44% |
| 11 | Ilkeston Derbyshire | A | 3.7 | 98% | 5 | 0% |
| 12 | Rustington West Sussex | A− | 2.1 | 78% | 2.7 | 25% |
| 13 | Dunstable Bedfordshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 8 | 29% |
| 14 | Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire | A− | 4.3 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 15 | Accrington Lancashire | A− | 2.6 | 79% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Chorley Lancashire | A− | 5 | 88% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 17 | Nelson Lancashire | A− | 1.8 | 85% | 5.2 | 15% |
| 18 | Bamber Bridge Lancashire | A− | 6.4 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 19 | St Neots Cambridgeshire | A− | 3.5 | 91% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Didcot Oxfordshire | A− | 1.6 | 88% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 21 | Hoddesdon Hertfordshire | A− | 6.5 | 82% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Exmouth Devon | A− | 1.4 | 82% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 23 | Leyland Lancashire | B+ | 4.6 | 91% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Waterlooville Hampshire | B+ | 1 | 66% | 5.2 | 18% |
| 25 | Chippenham Wiltshire | B+ | 2.8 | 76% | 3.9 | 7% |
| 26 | Fulwood Lancashire | B+ | 3.5 | 87% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 27 | Swadlincote Derbyshire | B+ | 4.1 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Fleet Hampshire | B+ | 3.3 | 79% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Pudsey West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 94% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Hucknall Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 31 | Aberdare Mid Glamorgan | B+ | 4.6 | 84% | 1.8 | 19% |
| 32 | Hitchin Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 4.4 | 10% |
| 33 | Rowley Regis West Midlands | B+ | 4.1 | 71% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 34 | West Bridgford Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.2 | 86% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Brighouse West Yorkshire | B | 2.5 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Wigston Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | B | 3 | 81% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Billingham County Durham | B | 4.7 | 86% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear | B | 1.9 | 82% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Warwick Warwickshire | B | 3 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 41 | Denton Greater Manchester | B | 2.4 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Letchworth Hertfordshire | B | 2.2 | 85% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Loughton Essex | B | 2.9 | 74% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 91% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Borehamwood Hertfordshire | B | 1.8 | 97% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 46 | Bicester Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 99% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Prescot Merseyside | B | 3.5 | 94% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Blyth Northumberland | B | 1.6 | 83% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Chadderton Greater Manchester | B | 1.9 | 87% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Redcar North Yorkshire | B− | 2.6 | 79% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Canvey Island Essex | B− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 52 | Tonbridge Kent | B− | 2.1 | 65% | 2.6 | 38% |
| 53 | Camberley Surrey | C+ | 2 | 73% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Billericay Essex | C+ | 4.1 | 70% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Horndean Hampshire | C+ | 0.9 | 57% | 3.3 | 53% |
| 56 | Neath West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 80% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Long Eaton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Bilston West Midlands | C− | 1.5 | 76% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Bromsgrove Worcestershire | C− | 1.4 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Camberley’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 Camberley
The biggest is Barossa Common, 26 ha (65 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 11 named parks by size: 68 ha (168 acres) and 7 km of path
Parks & gardens 59 haPlaying fields 8.7 haPlay spaces 0.6 ha
The two biggest, Barossa Common and Hawley Farm Open Space, are 60% of the named green space and carry 3 km of path between them. 5 of the 11 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Hawley Farm Open Space
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
14 ha (36 acres)3.0 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
20 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Crabtree Park
Park or garden
7.0 ha (17 acres)1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Watchetts Recreation Ground
Playing field
8.3 ha (20 acres)0.9 km of path
15 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
12 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi south-westfrom the centre
PlaygroundWatchetts Park Path
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Watchetts Lakes
Park or garden
5.0 ha (12 acres)
7 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Warren Wood
Park or garden
1.3 ha (3 acres)0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Tomlin's Pond
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
2.2 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Southcote Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.5 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Barossa CommonPark or garden · 26 ha
DirectionsHawley Farm Open SpacePark or garden · 14 ha · 3.0 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCrabtree ParkPark or garden · 7.0 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsWatchetts Recreation GroundPlaying field · 8.3 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsWatchetts LakesPark or garden · 5.0 ha
DirectionsWarren WoodPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsTomlin's PondPark or garden · 2.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSouthcote ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha
DirectionsCollege TownPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsCamberley ParkPlaying field · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSouthcote Park PlaygroundPlay space · 0.6 ha
DirectionsClose to home
7 in 10 Camberley 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 (27%)
Camberley73%
Towns its size85%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 10,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 55 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 669 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills 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 Camberley scores 0% on it even though the Surrey Hills National Landscape is 6.2 mi away. South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Camberley
168 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Camberley 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.
RegionalLocal
Blackwater Valley Path8.9 km
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough2.8 km
Lightwater Country Park Purple1.3 km
Basingstoke Canal0.7 km
Lightwater Country Park orange0.3 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Blackwater Valley Path and Basingstoke Canal.
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 Camberley: 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 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 76 | 55 | 48 | 52 | 48 | 54 | 52 | 61 | 58 | 82 | 84 | 74 |
March is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 84 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Camberley →
Things to do
55 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.
1Viewpoints18Hills and peaks17.5× towns its size2Nature reserves55Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size
The nearest beaches
Camberley is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Amity Beach9.2 mi from Camberley’s edge
DirectionsPenguin Beach10 mi from Camberley’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole20 mi from Camberley’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows20 mi from Camberley’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. Collingwood Mount, at 120 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Camberley.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
High Curley Hill0.6 mi from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 18
Collingwood Mount120 m (394 ft) · in town
DirectionsBlack Hill125 m (410 ft) · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsFrith Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsRedroad Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsStrawberry Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsLoveland's Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsCurley Hill129 m (423 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsThe Blue Bucket100 m (328 ft) · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 10 hills and peaks more.
Playgrounds 55
London Road Recreation Ground Playgroundin town
DirectionsWatchetts Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsEvergreen Road Playground0.1 mi from town
DirectionsHawley Play Ground0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBurrell Road Playground0.4 mi from town
DirectionsMoor Road Play Ground0.5 mi from town
DirectionsCurly Bridge Close play area0.6 mi from town
DirectionsIrvine Drive Playground1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 47 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.
FrimleyHawleyDeepcutBagshotSandhurstBlackwaterCamberley
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Deepcut, 2.3 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hawley, Deepcut and Bagshot have at least twice Camberley’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Camberley
What is the biggest park in Camberley?
Barossa Common, 26 ha (65 acres). Hawley Farm Open Space (14 ha) is second. 11 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Camberley near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 9.2 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, 6.2 mi away.
What are the best walks near Camberley?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Blackwater Valley Path, Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough and Lightwater Country Park Purple.
What is the nearest beach to Camberley?
Amity Beach, 9.2 mi from the edge of the town, then Penguin Beach (10 mi). Camberley itself is inland.
How many people in Camberley 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 Camberley?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Camberley good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 91% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 46% (2.0 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 Camberley’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Camberley’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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