Photo: Nigel Freeman · CC BY-SA 2.080% of Felbridge’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
The High Weald National Landscape begins 1.4 mi from the village’s edge. 27 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Felbridge add up to 2.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Felbridge grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Felbridge grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Felbridge, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Felbridge is 26th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,900 to 2,100 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Felbridge falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 37 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meliden Clwyd | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 4.2 | 21% |
| 2 | Hay-on-Wye Powys | A+ | 9.3 | 100% | 3.8 | 21% |
| 3 | Vigo Village Kent | A+ | 33.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 44% |
| 4 | Wye Kent | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 3.1 | 71% |
| 5 | Llanfoist Gwent | A+ | 10.7 | 86% | 4.2 | 57% |
| 6 | Seaview and Nettlestone Isle of Wight | A+ | 3.6 | 89% | 2.8 | 8% |
| 7 | Ditchingham Norfolk | A+ | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 13% |
| 8 | Fowey Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 91% | 2.1 | 32% |
| 9 | Lower Kingswood Surrey | A | 4.7 | 75% | 6.6 | 22% |
| 10 | Chiseldon Wiltshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 3.4 | 69% |
| 11 | Upper Rissington Gloucestershire | A | 6.2 | 100% | 1.2 | 100% |
| 12 | Wrington Somerset | A | 3.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 20% |
| 13 | Highfields Caldecote Cambridgeshire | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Bishops Lydeard Somerset | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 23% |
| 15 | Great Haywood Staffordshire | A− | 7.1 | 27% | 4.1 | 29% |
| 16 | Stowupland Suffolk | A− | 5.3 | 83% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Yealmpton Devon | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 1.8 | 50% |
| 18 | Culverstone Green Kent | B+ | 5.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 42% |
| 19 | Brompton North Yorkshire | B+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Valley Gwynedd | B+ | 5 | 33% | 1.2 | 37% |
| 21 | Sandford Dorset | B | 0.3 | 43% | 4.7 | 41% |
| 22 | Alveston Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 23 | Meppershall Bedfordshire | B | 2.3 | 83% | 3 | 2% |
| 24 | Needingworth Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.6 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 25 | Dyserth Clwyd | B− | 0.5 | 54% | 3.6 | 22% |
| 26 | Felbridge Surrey | B− | 2 | 80% | 2.4 | 25% |
| 27 | Trelewis Mid Glamorgan | B− | 2.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 28 | Uffculme Devon | B− | 2.8 | 86% | 1.3 | 14% |
| 29 | Edenfield Lancashire | B− | 2.7 | 69% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Rothbury Northumberland | B− | 1 | 76% | 3.8 | 21% |
| 31 | Exning Suffolk | B− | 3.6 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Northleach Gloucestershire | B− | 1.5 | 68% | 2.6 | 100% |
| 33 | Ightham Kent | C+ | 2 | 30% | 3 | 56% |
| 34 | Axbridge Somerset | C+ | 1.3 | 72% | 2.8 | 51% |
| 35 | Kintbury Berkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 71% | 1.8 | 92% |
| 36 | Landkey Devon | C+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 37 | Langtoft Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 38 | Read Lancashire | C+ | 1.6 | 71% | 2.5 | 21% |
| 39 | Wychbold Worcestershire | C | 2.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Clenchwarton Norfolk | C | 2.2 | 87% | 0.3 | 3% |
| 41 | Goodwick Dyfed | C | 0.2 | 47% | 1.9 | 25% |
| 42 | Marcham Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Hightown Merseyside | C | 1.7 | 44% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Barrowby Lincolnshire | C− | 3.5 | 66% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Keyingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Micklefield West Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 48% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Cadnam and Bartley Hampshire | C− | 0.9 | 30% | 2.4 | 79% |
| 48 | Carlton North Yorkshire | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Sutton Bonington Nottinghamshire | C− | 2.7 | 28% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Urpeth County Durham | C− | 1.3 | 0% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Winwick Cheshire | C− | 3.2 | 48% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Ilchester Somerset | C− | 3.5 | 40% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 53 | Hibaldstow Lincolnshire | C− | 1.7 | 89% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Stoke Golding Leicestershire | C− | 1.4 | 85% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.5 | 78% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Baschurch Shropshire | D | 2.3 | 72% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 57 | Curry Rivel Somerset | D | 1.9 | 33% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Haxey Lincolnshire | D | 1.6 | 46% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Westwoodside Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 33% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Wilberfoss East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 69% | 0.3 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Felbridge’s built-up area.
How close Felbridge’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).
About 400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 185 residents.
The High Weald National Landscape is 1.4 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.
High Weald
25% of the land within 5 km of Felbridge is National Park or National Landscape, more than 81% of UK towns. South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
4 waymarked walks pass through or near Felbridge
27 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Felbridge and the kilometre around it, 2.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
2 regional routes pass through, including the Tandridge Border Path and Sussex Border Path.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Felbridge: 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 90 | 68 | 53 | 55 | 60 | 51 | 51 | 62 | 65 | 101 | 101 | 104 |
July is the driest month (51 mm) and the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 104 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Felbridge →
11 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
Felbridge is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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 1
Nature reserves 1
Playgrounds 11
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felbridge | B− | 2.0 | 80% | 25% |
| Crawley Down 1.8 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 80% | 40% |
| East Grinstead 1.8 mi | A− | 1.6 | 87% | 58% |
| Lingfield 2.8 mi | A | 3.5 | 100% | 16% |
| Dormansland 2.8 mi | B− | 2.5 | 70% | 33% |
| Copthorne 2.9 mi | C | 1.2 | 62% | 13% |
| Ashurst Wood 3.7 mi | A+ | 4.0 | 100% | 81% |
Ashurst Wood, 3.7 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Ashurst Wood has at least twice Felbridge’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Felbridge
Is Felbridge near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 13 mi south 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 High Weald National Landscape, 1.4 mi away.
What are the best walks near Felbridge?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Tandridge Border Path, Sussex Border Path and Worth Way.
What is the nearest beach to Felbridge?
Brighton Beach, 22 mi from the edge of the village, then Duke's Mound Naturist Beach (22 mi). Felbridge itself is inland.
How many people in Felbridge live near a park?
80% 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 Felbridge?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Felbridge good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 41% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 44% (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 Felbridge’s overall grade.
Where Felbridge’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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