Deepcut’s biggest
Village Green
Park or garden
2.2 ha (5 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Deepcut
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Deepcut · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Deepcut lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 72 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 6.8 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Deepcut add up to 8.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Surrey Hills National Landscape begins 4.9 mi from the village’s edge. Deepcut grades A for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
8.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
72 km
6.8 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 4.9 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Deepcut?
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.A village of footpaths6.8 km of path per km², more than 98% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Room to roam8.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 94% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Surrey Hills National Landscape starts 4.9 mi south.
Deepcut’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by dense footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Deepcut grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Deepcut, 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 95% of UK towns4th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space8.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
94out 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 · Surrey Hills begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths6.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
99out 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
Deepcut is 4th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,100 to 2,300 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
Deepcut6.8
Villages its size2.2
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Deepcut8.4
Villages its size2.3
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Deepcut100%
Villages its size83%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Deepcut stands out most for park space per resident: only 4 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mullion Cornwall | A+ | 3.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 64% |
| 2 | Broughton Buckinghamshire | A+ | 8 | 100% | 6.5 | 0% |
| 3 | Bestwood Village Nottinghamshire | A | 43.8 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 4 | Deepcut Surrey | A | 8.4 | 100% | 6.8 | 0% |
| 5 | Springwell Tyne and Wear | A | 5 | 100% | 6.7 | 0% |
| 6 | Carlton South Yorkshire | A | 23.1 | 87% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 7 | Smalley Derbyshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 8 | Streethay Staffordshire | A− | 10.1 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 9 | Gilwern Gwent | A− | 1.9 | 100% | 2 | 83% |
| 10 | Woodcote Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.6 | 84% | 3.5 | 99% |
| 11 | Hanslope Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 12 | Church Warsop Nottinghamshire | B+ | 4.1 | 85% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Chiddingfold Surrey | B+ | 2.2 | 87% | 2.5 | 68% |
| 14 | Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk | B+ | 2 | 70% | 1.9 | 65% |
| 15 | Charing Kent | B+ | 2.7 | 85% | 2.1 | 56% |
| 16 | Brimscombe and Thrupp Gloucestershire | B+ | 2.1 | 12% | 5.9 | 89% |
| 17 | Sharlston West Yorkshire | B+ | 4.9 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 18 | Gamston (Rushcliffe) Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.7 | 86% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Holbrook Suffolk | B+ | 1.1 | 74% | 2.7 | 52% |
| 20 | Banwell Somerset | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 38% |
| 21 | Carnon Downs and Devoran Cornwall | B+ | 0.3 | 87% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 22 | Yarnfield Staffordshire | B | 6.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Longtown Cumbria | B | 4.3 | 100% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 24 | Wheelock Cheshire | B | 2.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Ellington Northumberland | B | 2.5 | 86% | 2 | 0% |
| 26 | Trowell Nottinghamshire | B | 7.7 | 56% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 27 | Evercreech Somerset | B | 3.5 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 28 | Rayne Essex | B− | 4.3 | 64% | 4 | 0% |
| 29 | Resolven West Glamorgan | B− | 2.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 30 | East Peckham Kent | B− | 14.5 | 66% | 2 | 1% |
| 31 | Hutton Lancashire | B− | 6.6 | 90% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 32 | Swanton Morley Norfolk | C+ | 3.5 | 94% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Burgh le Marsh Lincolnshire | C+ | 3.2 | 74% | 1.3 | 7% |
| 34 | Hook Norton Oxfordshire | C+ | 2 | 70% | 2 | 28% |
| 35 | Luddenden Foot West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.2 | 68% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Machynlleth Powys | C+ | 2.6 | 45% | 2 | 29% |
| 37 | Huncote Leicestershire | C+ | 0.8 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 38 | Trimsaran Dyfed | C | 2.4 | 31% | 1 | 2% |
| 39 | Linton Derbyshire | C | 1.8 | 76% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 40 | Mitcheldean Gloucestershire | C | 1.5 | 80% | 1.9 | 1% |
| 41 | Barwick in Elmet West Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 87% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Llanidloes Powys | C | 2.4 | 89% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Aspatria Cumbria | C− | 3.1 | 60% | 0.8 | 1% |
| 44 | Great Blakenham Suffolk | C− | 3.6 | 70% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Rudgwick West Sussex | C− | 2.5 | 16% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 46 | Meriden West Midlands | C− | 1.8 | 70% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 47 | Lanner Cornwall | C− | 1.3 | 65% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Long Bennington Lincolnshire | C− | 1.6 | 82% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Underwood Gwent | C− | 1.9 | 87% | 1 | 0% |
| 50 | Wickham Hampshire | D | 0.8 | 26% | 2 | 13% |
| 51 | Thurlby Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 54% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 52 | Morton Lincolnshire | D | 0.2 | 28% | 3 | 0% |
| 53 | Mattishall Norfolk | D− | 1.4 | 58% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Misterton Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.4 | 47% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Billinghay Lincolnshire | D− | 1.8 | 41% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Bozeat Northamptonshire | D− | 1.3 | 13% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Shenstone Staffordshire | D− | 1 | 55% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Cilfrew West Glamorgan | D− | 0.8 | 44% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Aslockton Nottinghamshire | D− | 1 | 11% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Ipplepen Devon | D− | 0.8 | 42% | 1.1 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Deepcut’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 Deepcut
The biggest is Village Green, 2.2 ha (5 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Deepcut’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%)
Deepcut100%
Villages its size83%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 27 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 80 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 4.9 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 Deepcut scores 0% on it even though the Surrey Hills National Landscape is 4.9 mi away. 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 Deepcut
72 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Deepcut and the kilometre around it, 6.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Regional
Basingstoke Canal6.2 km
Blackwater Valley Path3.1 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Basingstoke Canal and Blackwater Valley Path.
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 Deepcut: 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) | 8.3 | 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) | 80 | 58 | 49 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 54 | 62 | 60 | 85 | 86 | 78 |
May is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 86 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Deepcut →
Things to do
27 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
Deepcut is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
Amity Beach9.9 mi from Deepcut’s edge
DirectionsPenguin Beach10.0 mi from Deepcut’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole21 mi from Deepcut’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows21 mi from Deepcut’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
Hills and peaks 9
Blackdown Hill0.0 mi from town
DirectionsMainstone Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsFrith Hill0.2 mi from town
DirectionsPorridgepot Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsLodge Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsLoveland's Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsOld Windmill Hill0.5 mi from town
DirectionsTunnel Hill1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak more.
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 27
Evergreen Road Playground1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 26 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 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.
FrimleyPirbrightCamberleyFarnboroughBrookwoodLightwaterDeepcut
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepcut | A | 8.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Frimley 1.3 mi | A− | 2.9 | 99% | 0% |
| Pirbright 2.0 mi | B | 2.0 | 84% | 0% |
| Camberley 2.3 mi | C+ | 2.0 | 73% | 0% |
| Farnborough 2.8 mi | A | 4.0 | 77% | 3% |
| Brookwood 2.9 mi | B+ | 8.5 | 59% | 0% |
| Lightwater 3.0 mi | B+ | 9.2 | 72% | 0% |
Deepcut grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Deepcut
What is the biggest park in Deepcut?
Village Green, 2.2 ha (5 acres), with 0.8 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Deepcut near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 9.1 mi south-west of the village’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, 4.9 mi away.
What are the best walks near Deepcut?
2 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Basingstoke Canal and Blackwater Valley Path.
What is the nearest beach to Deepcut?
Amity Beach, 9.9 mi from the edge of the village, then Penguin Beach (10.0 mi). Deepcut itself is inland.
How many people in Deepcut 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 Deepcut?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Deepcut good for walking?
For paths, yes: 6.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 99% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 94% (8.4 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 Deepcut’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Deepcut’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.