Ewell’s biggest
Horton Country Park
Park or garden
191 ha (472 acres)12.9 km of path
2 h 50 minto walk all 12.9 km of path
268 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi westfrom the centre
Nature reserve
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bobulous · CC BY-SA 4.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Ewell · parks, paths & countryside
Ewell has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Ewell add up to 7.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Footpaths add up to 123 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 4.4 for every square kilometre. The Surrey Hills National Landscape begins 3.8 mi from the town’s edge. Ewell grades A− for the outdoors: #20 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
7.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
89%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
123 km
4.4 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 3.8 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Ewell?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam7.5 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 93% of UK towns.A town of footpaths4.4 km of path per km², more than 86% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Countryside close byThe Surrey Hills National Landscape starts 3.8 mi south-west.Historic parksNonsuch Park is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Ewell’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by dense footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Ewell grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Ewell, 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 84% of UK towns#20 of 65 in Surrey · 14th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space7.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
93out of
100
100
A park within a walk89%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
66out 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
Footpaths4.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
87out 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
Ewell is 14th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 25,500 to 29,700 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
Ewell4.4
Towns its size3.6
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Ewell7.5
Towns its size2.6
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Ewell89%
Towns its size84%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Ewell 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 | Yate Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.3 | 99% | 6.8 | 11% |
| 2 | Jarrow Tyne and Wear | A+ | 5.3 | 90% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 3 | Stroud Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.6 | 79% | 5.8 | 70% |
| 4 | Sevenoaks Kent | A | 8.1 | 76% | 3.8 | 70% |
| 5 | Stalybridge Greater Manchester | A | 5 | 82% | 4.8 | 12% |
| 6 | Ashington Northumberland | A | 5.6 | 83% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 7 | Penarth South Glamorgan | A | 3.5 | 83% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 8 | Huntingdon Cambridgeshire | A | 5.7 | 99% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Woodley Berkshire | A | 5 | 81% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 10 | Lancing and Sompting West Sussex | A | 1.8 | 80% | 3 | 37% |
| 11 | Totton Hampshire | A | 1.6 | 94% | 4.4 | 50% |
| 12 | Burntwood Staffordshire | A− | 5.3 | 81% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 13 | Larkfield Kent | A− | 5.6 | 75% | 3.4 | 27% |
| 14 | Ewell Surrey | A− | 7.5 | 89% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Rickmansworth Hertfordshire | A− | 2.9 | 81% | 4.4 | 11% |
| 16 | Stretford Greater Manchester | A− | 3.7 | 92% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 17 | Tadworth and Epsom Downs Surrey | A− | 3.4 | 65% | 5.3 | 16% |
| 18 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | A− | 1.7 | 73% | 3.2 | 18% |
| 19 | Little Hulton Greater Manchester | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 20 | East Grinstead West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 87% | 3.7 | 58% |
| 21 | Wilmslow Cheshire | A− | 4.4 | 90% | 4 | 0% |
| 22 | Daventry Northamptonshire | A− | 4.1 | 99% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Eston North Yorkshire | B+ | 2.9 | 93% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 24 | Cramlington Northumberland | B+ | 2.3 | 91% | 6.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Portishead Somerset | B+ | 2 | 82% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Haverhill Suffolk | B+ | 2.4 | 91% | 5 | 0% |
| 27 | Longbenton Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.3 | 80% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 28 | Thatcham Berkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 87% | 3.1 | 27% |
| 29 | Fleetwood Lancashire | B+ | 2.7 | 92% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Deal Kent | B+ | 1 | 86% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 31 | Farnworth Greater Manchester | B+ | 3 | 85% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Pontypool Gwent | B+ | 3.6 | 93% | 1.8 | 7% |
| 33 | Colwyn Bay Clwyd | B+ | 1.9 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Shipley West Yorkshire | B | 2.1 | 87% | 6 | 0% |
| 35 | Darwen Lancashire | B | 2.2 | 89% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Newton Aycliffe County Durham | B | 2.1 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Rugeley Staffordshire | B | 1.2 | 94% | 2.7 | 37% |
| 38 | Witham Essex | B | 1.9 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Egham Surrey | B | 4.1 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Broadstairs Kent | B | 1.7 | 76% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Atherton Greater Manchester | B | 3.8 | 83% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Bushey Hertfordshire | B | 3.1 | 77% | 4 | 0% |
| 43 | Rhyl Clwyd | B | 1 | 84% | 2.2 | 7% |
| 44 | Droitwich Spa Worcestershire | B | 2.5 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Evesham Worcestershire | B− | 1.7 | 80% | 3.5 | 4% |
| 46 | Stanford-le-Hope Essex | B− | 2.6 | 84% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Ashton-in-Makerfield Greater Manchester | B− | 2.6 | 93% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Melton Mowbray Leicestershire | B− | 3.3 | 84% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Kendal Cumbria | C+ | 0.9 | 67% | 4 | 33% |
| 50 | Horley Surrey | C+ | 1.9 | 84% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Newton Abbot Devon | C+ | 2.6 | 62% | 2.3 | 6% |
| 52 | Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire | C | 1.6 | 84% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 53 | Walton-on-Thames Surrey | C | 1.6 | 81% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 54 | Golborne Greater Manchester | C | 3 | 66% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Frome Somerset | C | 1.3 | 78% | 2.4 | 9% |
| 56 | Wickford Essex | C | 2.4 | 59% | 3 | 0% |
| 57 | Hertford Hertfordshire | C | 0.9 | 65% | 5.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Heswall Merseyside | C− | 1.1 | 56% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Ormskirk Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Wisbech Cambridgeshire | D | 1.2 | 79% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Ewell’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 Ewell
The biggest is Horton Country Park, 191 ha (472 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 8 named parks by size: 391 ha (965 acres) and 45 km of path
Parks & gardens 374 haPlaying fields 17 ha
The two biggest, Horton Country Park and Nonsuch Park, are 82% of the named green space and carry 33 km of path between them.
Historic park · Grade II
Nonsuch Park
Park or garden
128 ha (316 acres)19.8 km of path
4 h 25 minto walk all 19.8 km of path
179 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Warren Farm
Park or garden
24 ha (59 acres)5.7 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.7 km of path
33 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi eastfrom the centre
Nature reserve
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Cheam Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
23 ha (57 acres)1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
32 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.7 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Gately Green
Park or garden
8.1 ha (20 acres)2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi north-westfrom the centre
Nature reserve
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Alexandra Recreation Ground
Playing field · 40 m outside town
6.3 ha (16 acres)1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.3 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Gibraltar Recreation Ground
Playing field
4.4 ha (11 acres)1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Ewell
Directionsto the nearest entrance
King George's Field
Playing field
6.2 ha (15 acres)0.3 km of path
9 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Ewell
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Ewell 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 (89%)Further (11%)
Ewell89%
Towns its size84%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 3,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 45 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 611 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 3.8 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 Ewell scores 0% on it even though the Surrey Hills National Landscape is 3.8 mi away.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
11 waymarked walks pass through or near Ewell
123 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Ewell and the kilometre around it, 4.4 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
Hogsmill Valley Walk9.0 km
Thames Down Link8.9 km
London LOOP (Section 8)7.7 km
London LOOP (Section 7)5.7 km
Town and Down Circular Walk4.5 km
Chessington Countryside Walk4.0 km
Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail1.4 km
London LOOP (Section 6)1.1 km
LOOP link to Banstead station0.5 km
LOOP link to Ewell West station0.5 km
LOOP link to Malden Manor station0.4 km
Close to home, the Hogsmill Valley Walk has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 8 regional routes pass through, including the Thames Down Link, London LOOP (Section 8), London LOOP (Section 7) and Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail.
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 historic park in the middle of Ewell
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Ewell’s named parks.
Registered park · Grade II
Nonsuch Park
128 ha. A registered historic park (Grade II). 0 listed structures and monuments stand inside it or at its edge.
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 Ewell: 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 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 47 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 71 | 71 | 65 |
March is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. The climate in Ewell →
Things to do
2 viewpoints, 45 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
Ewell is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Hog Hole7.9 mi from Ewell’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows8.0 mi from Ewell’s edge
DirectionsAmity Beach10 mi from Ewell’s edge
DirectionsKelson Beach14 mi from Ewell’s edge
DirectionsDock Beach15 mi from Ewell’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
Nature reserves 10
Bonesgate Open Space8.1 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsCastle Hill Local Nature Reserve3.2 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsWarren Farm22 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsHowell Hill Nature Reserve4.6 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsHorton Country Park107 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsThe Pastures1.4 ha · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsHogsmill Wood Nature Reserve0.7 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsEdith Gardens Nature Reserve0.4 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 2 nature reserves without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 45
Childrens Playground0.4 mi from town
DirectionsKnollmead Playground0.8 mi from town
DirectionsNork park playground0.8 mi from town
DirectionsOverton Park0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 41 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.
Worcester Park and StoneleighEpsomKingston upon ThamesBansteadLangley ValeSuttonEwell
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewell | A− | 7.5 | 89% | 0% |
| Worcester Park and Stoneleigh 1.0 mi | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 0% |
| Epsom 1.4 mi | A | 5.7 | 80% | 2% |
| Kingston upon Thames 3.0 mi | B | 3.3 | 71% | 0% |
| Banstead 3.4 mi | B+ | 2.4 | 66% | 3% |
| Langley Vale 3.4 mi | C+ | 0.8 | 53% | 7% |
| Sutton 3.5 mi | A− | 2.9 | 85% | 1% |
Epsom, 1.4 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 80% of its residents live within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Ewell
What is the biggest park in Ewell?
Horton Country Park, 191 ha (472 acres), with 12.9 km of path. Nonsuch Park (128 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Ewell near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, 3.8 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 422 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Ewell?
11 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Hogsmill Valley Walk, Thames Down Link and London LOOP (Section 8). Horton Country Park alone has 12.9 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Ewell?
Hog Hole, 7.9 mi from the edge of the town, then The Hollows (8.0 mi). Ewell itself is inland.
How many people in Ewell live near a park?
89% 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 Ewell?
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 Ewell are historic?
Nonsuch Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Ewell good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 87% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 93% (7.5 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 Ewell’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Ewell’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.