Chertsey’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
0.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Horse Margin
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Christianmesmar · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Chertsey · parks, paths & countryside
Chertsey has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Chertsey add up to 6.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 87 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.2 for every square kilometre. 84% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Chertsey grades A− for the outdoors: #28 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
6.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
84%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
87 km
4.2 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 Chertsey?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam6.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 90% of UK towns.A town of footpaths4.2 km of path per km², more than 83% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.On a National TrailThe European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England passes through.Historic parks2 registered historic parks and gardens, including St Ann's Hill and the Dingle.
Chertsey’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by dense footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Chertsey grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Chertsey, 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 76% of UK towns#28 of 65 in Surrey · 21st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space6.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
91out of
100
100
A park within a walk84%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
55out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
84out 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
Chertsey is 21st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 14,000 to 15,200 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
Chertsey4.2
Towns its size3.4
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Chertsey6.2
Towns its size2.7
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Chertsey84%
Towns its size84%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Chertsey stands out most for park space per resident: only 7 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lymington Hampshire | A+ | 2.8 | 89% | 3.3 | 56% |
| 2 | Hythe Kent | A+ | 3.7 | 76% | 4 | 31% |
| 3 | Otley West Yorkshire | A+ | 5.8 | 93% | 4.4 | 26% |
| 4 | Tadley Hampshire | A+ | 11.4 | 96% | 4.2 | 9% |
| 5 | Llandudno Clwyd | A+ | 2.1 | 83% | 4.9 | 3% |
| 6 | Kesgrave Suffolk | A | 3.3 | 97% | 4.7 | 14% |
| 7 | Petersfield Hampshire | A | 3.2 | 93% | 3.2 | 100% |
| 8 | Yeadon West Yorkshire | A | 3.5 | 94% | 4.6 | 2% |
| 9 | Staveley Derbyshire | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Cheadle Greater Manchester | A | 6.5 | 96% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 11 | Penzance Cornwall | A | 1.6 | 96% | 2.3 | 34% |
| 12 | Stapleford Nottinghamshire | A | 3.5 | 95% | 5.9 | 0% |
| 13 | Skipton North Yorkshire | A | 1.7 | 99% | 4.2 | 25% |
| 14 | Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint West Sussex | A− | 1.9 | 84% | 4.7 | 42% |
| 15 | Yateley Hampshire | A− | 14.9 | 85% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 16 | Honley West Yorkshire | A− | 2.1 | 87% | 5.1 | 8% |
| 17 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.9 | 88% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Frimley Surrey | A− | 2.9 | 99% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 19 | Tredegar Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 78% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 20 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | A− | 2.5 | 97% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 21 | Chertsey Surrey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Birstall Leicestershire | A− | 6 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Tewkesbury Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.2 | 84% | 4 | 6% |
| 24 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.6 | 76% | 5.7 | 37% |
| 25 | Uckfield East Sussex | B+ | 2.9 | 47% | 4.9 | 22% |
| 26 | Buckingham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 3.4 | 96% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 27 | Neston Cheshire | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Somercotes and Swanwick Derbyshire | B+ | 3.6 | 95% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 39% |
| 30 | Ashtead Surrey | B+ | 2.7 | 62% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 31 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | B+ | 6.4 | 92% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Humberston and New Waltham Lincolnshire | B+ | 4.1 | 44% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 33 | Tilbury Essex | B | 1.4 | 98% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 34 | Morpeth Northumberland | B | 3.7 | 80% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Blaby and Whetstone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 79% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire | B− | 4.9 | 78% | 1.8 | 6% |
| 37 | Newport Shropshire | B− | 3.3 | 95% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 38 | Chard Somerset | B− | 1.6 | 94% | 1.9 | 34% |
| 39 | Hawarden Clwyd | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | B− | 3.7 | 83% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 41 | Aberystwyth Dyfed | B− | 1.8 | 51% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Cowes Isle of Wight | C+ | 1.1 | 50% | 2.2 | 15% |
| 43 | Herne Kent | C+ | 1.2 | 54% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne Gloucestershire | C+ | 2.2 | 78% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire | C+ | 1.9 | 57% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 46 | Darton South Yorkshire | C+ | 2.5 | 86% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Byfleet Surrey | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Dunscroft and Hatfield South Yorkshire | C+ | 4 | 91% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Kidlington Oxfordshire | C+ | 0.9 | 81% | 3 | 2% |
| 50 | Garforth West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Milford Haven Dyfed | C | 0.8 | 70% | 0.9 | 30% |
| 52 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | C− | 1.2 | 73% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Taverham and Drayton Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 67% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | C− | 1 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 56 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | C− | 1.1 | 79% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 73% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Middlewich Cheshire | D | 1.4 | 81% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Shepshed Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 69% | 2.2 | 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 Chertsey’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 Chertsey
The biggest is Chertsey Meads, 71 ha (176 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 7 named parks by size: 108 ha (268 acres) and 24 km of path
Parks & gardens 100 haPlaying fields 8.3 ha
The two biggest, Chertsey Meads and Homewood Park, are 82% of the named green space and carry 20 km of path between them.
Homewood Park
Park or garden
18 ha (44 acres)5.0 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5 km of path
25 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Gogmore Farm Park
Park or garden
6.4 ha (16 acres)2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Chertsey
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Orchard Gardens
Park or garden
4.3 ha (11 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Abbey Rangers Football Club
Playing field
5.8 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Chertsey Cricket Club
Playing field
1.9 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Staines Lane Recreation Ground
Playing field
0.6 ha (2 acres)
0.7 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Chertsey 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 (84%)Further (16%)
Chertsey84%
Towns its size84%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 2,300 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 383 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 8.3 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
South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Chertsey is on the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England
87 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Chertsey and the kilometre around it, 4.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England10.6 km
Thames Path6.9 km
Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations5.9 km
Locks and Levels (SCC)2.5 km
Circular Route2.5 km
Thames Path - alternate0.7 km
The European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, a national route, passes Chertsey. Close to home, the Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations has 6 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. The regional route here is the Thames Path - alternate.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
History along the way
2 registered historic parks in Chertsey
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Chertsey’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IISt Ann's Hill and the Dingle0.5 ha
Registered · Grade IIWoburn Farm7.8 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 Chertsey: 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) | 62 | 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 36 nights a year. The climate in Chertsey →
The coast
Beaches near Chertsey
0% of the area within 5 km of Chertsey is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km.
Amity Beach0.5 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
3 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.
3Viewpoints3× towns its size3Hills and peaks38Playgrounds1.6× towns its size1Dog parks1Campsites2Slipways
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
St Ann's Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsEther Hill70 m (230 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsRowhill50 m (164 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 38
Plus 38 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Laleham Camping Club0.5 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways 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.
AddlestoneLyneThorpeLalehamShepperton GreenWeybridgeChertsey
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey | A− | 6.2 | 84% | 0% |
| Addlestone 1.3 mi | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 0% |
| Lyne 1.6 mi | C+ | 4.0 | 71% | 0% |
| Thorpe 2.0 mi | A− | 5.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Laleham 2.1 mi | C | 9.8 | 34% | 0% |
| Shepperton Green 2.2 mi | D | 1.4 | 73% | 0% |
| Weybridge 2.6 mi | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 0% |
Addlestone, 1.3 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: 90% 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 Chertsey
What is the biggest park in Chertsey?
Chertsey Meads, 71 ha (176 acres), with 15.5 km of path. Homewood Park (18 ha) is second. 7 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Chertsey near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 18 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, 8.3 mi away.
What are the best walks near Chertsey?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Thames Path and Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations. Chertsey Meads alone has 15.5 km of path.
How many people in Chertsey live near a park?
84% 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 Chertsey?
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 Chertsey are historic?
St Ann's Hill and the Dingle (Grade II) and Woburn Farm (Grade II) are on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Chertsey good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.2 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 84% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 91% (6.2 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 Chertsey’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Chertsey’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.