Redhill’s biggest
Redhill Common
Park or garden
25 ha (62 acres)6.1 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6.1 km of path
35 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Redhill
Viewpoint 1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0A−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Redhill · parks, paths & countryside
Redhill has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
Footpaths add up to 122 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 4.3 for every square kilometre. The Surrey Hills National Landscape reaches the edge of Redhill. 91% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Redhill grades A− for the outdoors: #19 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
91%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
122 km
4.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
14%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Surrey Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Redhill?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.3 km of path per km², more than 85% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Hills with a view10 mapped viewpoints, about 10× as many per resident as the typical town its size.Countryside close byThe Surrey Hills National Landscape starts 0.0 mi north-west.On a National TrailThe North Downs Way passes through.
Redhill’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by its views.
Outdoors grade
Redhill grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Redhill, 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#19 of 65 in Surrey · 7th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space2.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
50out of
100
100
A park within a walk91%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
68out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape14%of the land within 5 km
74out of
100
100
Footpaths4.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
86out 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
Redhill is 7th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 29,600 to 35,600 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
Redhill4.3
Towns its size3.7
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Redhill2.2
Towns its size2.1
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Redhill91%
Towns its size84%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Redhill stands out most for path per km²: only 16 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Malvern Worcestershire | A+ | 3.9 | 90% | 6 | 38% |
| 2 | Northfleet Kent | A | 2 | 85% | 7.7 | 4% |
| 3 | Burgess Hill West Sussex | A | 2.4 | 87% | 5 | 27% |
| 4 | Skelmersdale Lancashire | A | 7.8 | 91% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 5 | Witney Oxfordshire | A | 2.5 | 88% | 4.6 | 19% |
| 6 | Prestwich Greater Manchester | A | 9 | 94% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 7 | Redhill Surrey | A− | 2.2 | 91% | 4.3 | 14% |
| 8 | Rustington West Sussex | A− | 2.1 | 78% | 2.7 | 25% |
| 9 | Chandler's Ford Hampshire | A− | 2.7 | 80% | 5.3 | 6% |
| 10 | Dunstable Bedfordshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 8 | 29% |
| 11 | Caversham Berkshire | A− | 2.5 | 77% | 4.3 | 32% |
| 12 | Accrington Lancashire | A− | 2.6 | 79% | 5.6 | 0% |
| 13 | Nelson Lancashire | A− | 1.8 | 85% | 5.2 | 15% |
| 14 | St Neots Cambridgeshire | A− | 3.5 | 91% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Didcot Oxfordshire | A− | 1.6 | 88% | 3.8 | 39% |
| 16 | Cleethorpes Lincolnshire | A− | 3 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Exmouth Devon | A− | 1.4 | 82% | 2.6 | 21% |
| 18 | Waterlooville Hampshire | B+ | 1 | 66% | 5.2 | 18% |
| 19 | Harpenden Hertfordshire | B+ | 3.5 | 84% | 2.9 | 2% |
| 20 | Fulwood Lancashire | B+ | 3.5 | 87% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 21 | Swadlincote Derbyshire | B+ | 4.1 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Chichester West Sussex | B+ | 1.6 | 89% | 3 | 40% |
| 23 | Lichfield Staffordshire | B+ | 2.7 | 82% | 3.1 | 2% |
| 24 | Brierley Hill West Midlands | B+ | 3.1 | 82% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Pudsey West Yorkshire | B+ | 1.9 | 94% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Hitchin Hertfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 83% | 4.4 | 10% |
| 27 | Windsor Berkshire | B | 5.5 | 83% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 28 | Consett County Durham | B | 1.7 | 87% | 3.1 | 19% |
| 29 | Brighouse West Yorkshire | B | 2.5 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Wigston Leicestershire | B | 2.9 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Billingham County Durham | B | 4.7 | 86% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Loughton Essex | B | 2.9 | 74% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Letchworth Hertfordshire | B | 2.2 | 85% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.1 | 91% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Caerphilly Gwent | B | 2.6 | 82% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Morecambe Lancashire | B− | 0.8 | 84% | 2.2 | 2% |
| 37 | Radcliffe Greater Manchester | B− | 1.7 | 86% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Whitstable Kent | B− | 1.5 | 84% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Billericay Essex | C+ | 4.1 | 70% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Winsford Cheshire | C+ | 1.3 | 92% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Pontefract West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.6 | 84% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 42 | New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater Surrey | C+ | 2.2 | 69% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Newton Abbot Devon | C+ | 2.6 | 62% | 2.3 | 6% |
| 44 | Morley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.2 | 87% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Horndean Hampshire | C+ | 0.9 | 57% | 3.3 | 53% |
| 46 | Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire | C | 2.2 | 91% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | Bedworth Warwickshire | C | 1.5 | 87% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Barnstaple Devon | C | 1.6 | 92% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 49 | Rayleigh Essex | C | 2 | 71% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 0.7 | 92% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 51 | Sedgley West Midlands | C | 1.5 | 65% | 4 | 0% |
| 52 | Congleton Cheshire | C | 1.7 | 72% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 80% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Bilston West Midlands | C− | 1.5 | 76% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Rushden Northamptonshire | C− | 1.5 | 84% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Heywood Greater Manchester | C− | 1.3 | 80% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 57 | Bromsgrove Worcestershire | C− | 1.4 | 75% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 58 | Port Talbot West Glamorgan | C− | 1.3 | 68% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Spalding Lincolnshire | D | 1.1 | 85% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan | D | 1.5 | 70% | 1.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Redhill’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 Redhill
The biggest is Redhill Common, 25 ha (62 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 5 named parks by size: 40 ha (98 acres) and 9 km of path
Parks & gardens 40 ha
The two biggest, Redhill Common and Wray Common, are 88% of the named green space and carry 7 km of path between them.
Wray Common
Park or garden
9.7 ha (24 acres)0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
14 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Memorial Park
Park or garden
3.1 ha (8 acres)1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Woodhatch Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
0.9 ha (2 acres)0.3 km of path
1.4 mi south-westfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Crossways Rest Garden
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
0.9 ha (2 acres)
1.8 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Redhill 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 (91%)Further (9%)
Redhill91%
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; 38 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 856 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Redhill
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
National Landscape
Surrey Hills
At the edge north-west422 km²since 195814% of the land within 5 km
Official site14% of the land within 5 km of Redhill is National Park or National Landscape, more than 74% of UK towns. South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
9 waymarked walks pass through or near Redhill
122 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Redhill and the kilometre around it, 4.3 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
Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail15.1 km
Greensand Way12.0 km
Tandridge Border Path7.1 km
North Downs Way (Eastern)6.7 km
Reigate Hill Walk, Harewoods3.9 km
Reigate Hill From the Train Station Walk, Harewoods3.8 km
Gatton Park Past and Present Walk, Harewoods3.5 km
Margery Wood Circular Walk, Harewoods2.8 km
Priory Farm Discovery Trail2.0 km
The North Downs Way, a national route, passes Redhill. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail, Greensand Way and Tandridge Border Path.
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 registered historic park in Redhill
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Redhill’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IILower Gatton Park2.2 ha
Heritage walks
Priory Farm Discovery Trail 2.0 km
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 Redhill: 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 88 | 60 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 47 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 84 | 87 | 86 |
June is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 88 mm of rain falls in January, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Redhill →
Things to do
10 viewpoints, 38 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.
10Viewpoints10.3× towns its size4Hills and peaks3Nature reserves1.5× towns its size3Picnic sites3× towns its size38Playgroundsabout the same as towns its size1Campsites
The nearest beaches
Redhill is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Hog Hole17 mi from Redhill’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows17 mi from Redhill’s edge
DirectionsKelson Beach18 mi from Redhill’s edge
DirectionsAmity Beach18 mi from Redhill’s edge
DirectionsDock Beach19 mi from Redhill’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
Viewpoints 10
George V Jubilee0.1 mi from town
DirectionsReigate Hill0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 8 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 4
Reigate Hill0.8 mi from town
DirectionsKingswood Hill0.9 mi from town
DirectionsChurch Hill1.1 mi from town
DirectionsAshtead Hill1.1 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 3
Petridgewood Common19 ha · 0.1 mi from town
DirectionsNutfield Marsh Nature Reserve0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 38
Abinger Drive Playgroundin town
DirectionsBattlebridge Playgroundin town
DirectionsFairfax Avenue Playgroundin town
DirectionsGreen Way Playgroundin town
DirectionsSomerset Road Playgroundin town
DirectionsWordsworth Mead Play Areain town
DirectionsWoodhatch Park0.1 mi from town
DirectionsPriory Park Playground0.6 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 30 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Jordan Heights0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNext door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
ReigateSouth NutfieldSouth MersthamSalfordsLower KingswoodBletchingleyRedhill
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redhill | A− | 2.2 | 91% | 14% |
| Reigate 1.3 mi | A− | 5.5 | 58% | 20% |
| South Nutfield 1.7 mi | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 11% |
| South Merstham 1.9 mi | A | 3.7 | 84% | 20% |
| Salfords 2.2 mi | D | 1.3 | 12% | 0% |
| Lower Kingswood 3.1 mi | A | 4.7 | 75% | 22% |
| Bletchingley 3.1 mi | C | 0.5 | 10% | 18% |
Lower Kingswood, 3.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 75% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Reigate and Lower Kingswood have at least twice Redhill’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Redhill
What is the biggest park in Redhill?
Redhill Common, 25 ha (62 acres), with 6.1 km of path. Wray Common (9.7 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Redhill near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 18 mi south 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, at the edge of the town.
What are the best walks near Redhill?
9 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail, Greensand Way and Tandridge Border Path. Redhill Common alone has 6.1 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Redhill?
Hog Hole, 17 mi from the edge of the town, then The Hollows (17 mi). Redhill itself is inland.
How many people in Redhill live near a park?
91% 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 Redhill?
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 Redhill are historic?
Lower Gatton Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Redhill good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 86% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 50% (2.2 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 Redhill’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Redhill’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.