Smallfield’s biggest
Queen Elizabeth II Field
Playing field
0.9 ha (2 acres)
Centralin the middle of Smallfield
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0COutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Smallfield · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Smallfield
The High Weald National Landscape begins 2.5 mi from the town’s edge. 70% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Smallfield add up to 1.6 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Smallfield grades C for the outdoors: #60 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
70%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
44 km
2.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
1%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: High Weald National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Smallfield?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside both waysHigh Weald starts 2.5 mi south, Surrey Hills 4.5 mi north.Less park per person1.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Smallfield’s strongest suit is two protected landscapes close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Smallfield grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Smallfield, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C
Better than 29% of UK towns#60 of 65 in Surrey · 40th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
31out of
100
100
A park within a walk70%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
30out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape1%of the land within 5 km
64out of
100
100
Footpaths2.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
43out 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
Smallfield is 40th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,500 to 2,700 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
Smallfield2.4
Towns its size2.3
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Smallfield1.6
Towns its size2.5
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Smallfield70%
Towns its size83%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Smallfield falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 41 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petworth West Sussex | A+ | 29.6 | 100% | 4.1 | 93% |
| 2 | Ambleside Cumbria | A+ | 6.9 | 92% | 4.6 | 100% |
| 3 | Tywardreath Cornwall | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 4 | Downley Buckinghamshire | A+ | 9.5 | 76% | 7.6 | 71% |
| 5 | Hopton on Sea Norfolk | A+ | 6.7 | 100% | 1.6 | 2% |
| 6 | Yorkley and Whitecroft Gloucestershire | A | 3.3 | 74% | 6.4 | 1% |
| 7 | Hellingly East Sussex | A | 6.9 | 90% | 3.7 | 11% |
| 8 | Dolgellau Gwynedd | A | 3.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 100% |
| 9 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | A | 5.5 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 10 | Hawley Hampshire | A | 6.9 | 92% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Maple Cross Hertfordshire | A | 3.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 12 | Darenth Kent | A− | 1.8 | 100% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 13 | Drybrook Gloucestershire | A− | 3.9 | 83% | 3.4 | 10% |
| 14 | Stewartby Bedfordshire | A− | 21 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Avonmouth Bristol | B+ | 2.5 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Langold Nottinghamshire | B+ | 13 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Porthmadog Gwynedd | B+ | 0.9 | 94% | 2 | 41% |
| 18 | Blofield Norfolk | B+ | 2.9 | 100% | 1.5 | 17% |
| 19 | Dipton County Durham | B | 3.2 | 87% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 20 | Craven Arms Shropshire | B | 1.3 | 87% | 2.9 | 59% |
| 21 | Prestbury Cheshire | B | 5.6 | 42% | 3.2 | 6% |
| 22 | Barlestone Leicestershire | B | 3 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Builth Wells Powys | B | 4.9 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 24 | Brynamman Dyfed | B | 1.7 | 100% | 1 | 51% |
| 25 | Brewood Staffordshire | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Halton Lancashire | B− | 0.9 | 100% | 1.7 | 35% |
| 27 | Seer Green Buckinghamshire | B− | 1.7 | 38% | 3.8 | 35% |
| 28 | Grimsargh Lancashire | B− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.8 | 2% |
| 29 | Ash Green Warwickshire | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Godstone Surrey | C+ | 1.7 | 52% | 3.7 | 18% |
| 31 | Hurworth-on-Tees County Durham | C+ | 4.5 | 93% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Endon Staffordshire | C+ | 3 | 89% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Little Dunmow Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 89% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Dunchurch Warwickshire | C+ | 7.8 | 68% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 35 | Caton Lancashire | C+ | 1.2 | 72% | 2.2 | 67% |
| 36 | Stratton Gloucestershire | C | 0.7 | 46% | 3.3 | 70% |
| 37 | Heage Derbyshire | C | 1.9 | 78% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Watlington Norfolk | C | 2.3 | 100% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 39 | South Brent Devon | C | 1.5 | 79% | 0.8 | 64% |
| 40 | Smallfield Surrey | C | 1.6 | 70% | 2.4 | 1% |
| 41 | Llandybie Dyfed | C | 2.6 | 59% | 1.2 | 13% |
| 42 | Marham Norfolk | C | 3.5 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Wittering Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.1 | 83% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Higham Kent | C− | 0.5 | 0% | 1.8 | 18% |
| 45 | Codicote Hertfordshire | C− | 0.4 | 90% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Hardwick Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.5 | 82% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Hatton Derbyshire | C− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Costessey Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 12% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Probus Cornwall | C− | 0.6 | 75% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 50 | Saughall Cheshire | D | 2.5 | 27% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Christleton and Waverton Cheshire | D | 2.4 | 55% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Tonna West Glamorgan | D | 2.1 | 36% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 53 | Keele Staffordshire | D | 1.1 | 0% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Fordham Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 35% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Watton at Stone Hertfordshire | D | 0.8 | 61% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Swineshead Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 73% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Manea Cambridgeshire | D− | 1.3 | 63% | 1 | 0% |
| 58 | Holme upon Spalding Moor East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.5 | 41% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Rhos West Glamorgan | D− | 1 | 58% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 60 | Cranwell Lincolnshire | D− | 0.5 | 57% | 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 Smallfield’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 Smallfield
The biggest is Queen Elizabeth II Field, 0.9 ha (2 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Smallfield 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 (70%)Further (30%)
Smallfield70%
Towns its size83%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 800 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 19 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 138 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
High Weald and Surrey Hills both start about 4 miles from Smallfield
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
1% of the land within 5 km of Smallfield is National Park or National Landscape, more than 63% of UK towns. South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
6 waymarked walks pass through or near Smallfield
44 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Smallfield 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 town.
RegionalLocal
Tandridge Border Path11.0 km
Sussex Border Path7.2 km
Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail4.6 km
Outwood Common Walk at Harewoods3.0 km
Horencourt Wood Spring Walk, Harewoods2.8 km
Outwood Common All Weathers Loop, Harewoods1.8 km
3 regional routes pass through, including the Tandridge Border Path, Sussex Border Path 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Smallfield: 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 | 16.5 | 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) | 84 | 60 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 89 | 90 | 88 |
March is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 90 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 52 nights a year. The climate in Smallfield →
Things to do
19 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
Smallfield is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Hog Hole22 mi from Smallfield’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows22 mi from Smallfield’s edge
DirectionsKelson Beach22 mi from Smallfield’s edge
DirectionsAmity Beach22 mi from Smallfield’s edge
DirectionsBrighton Beach23 mi from Smallfield’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 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Harewoods0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 19
Plus 19 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.
HorleyCopthorneSalfordsBlindley HeathSouth NutfieldFelbridgeSmallfield
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallfield | C | 1.6 | 70% | 1% |
| Horley 2.0 mi | C+ | 1.9 | 84% | 0% |
| Copthorne 2.4 mi | C | 1.2 | 62% | 13% |
| Salfords 2.8 mi | D | 1.3 | 12% | 0% |
| Blindley Heath 3.3 mi | B− | 3.2 | 79% | 1% |
| South Nutfield 3.7 mi | A− | 2.5 | 100% | 11% |
| Felbridge 3.8 mi | B− | 2.0 | 80% | 25% |
South Nutfield, 3.7 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Smallfield
What is the biggest park in Smallfield?
Queen Elizabeth II Field, 0.9 ha (2 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Smallfield near a National Park?
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 14 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 High Weald National Landscape, 2.5 mi away.
What are the best walks near Smallfield?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Tandridge Border Path, Sussex Border Path and Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail.
What is the nearest beach to Smallfield?
Hog Hole, 22 mi from the edge of the town, then The Hollows (22 mi). Smallfield itself is inland.
How many people in Smallfield live near a park?
70% 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 Smallfield?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Smallfield good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 43% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 31% (1.6 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 Smallfield’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Smallfield’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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