Warlingham’s biggest
Manor Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
20 ha (50 acres)3.0 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
28 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.1 mi south-westfrom the centre
Peak
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0AOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Warlingham · parks, paths & countryside
Warlingham has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
75 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.3 for every square kilometre. The Surrey Hills National Landscape begins 0.1 mi from the town’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Warlingham add up to 4.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Warlingham grades A for the outdoors: #13 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
4.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
81%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
75 km
4.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
13%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Surrey Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Warlingham?
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.Room to roam4.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 82% of UK towns.Countryside both waysSurrey Hills starts 0.1 mi south, Kent Downs 3.6 mi east.
Warlingham’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Warlingham grades A for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Warlingham, 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 89% of UK towns#13 of 65 in Surrey · 7th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space4.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
83out of
100
100
A park within a walk81%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
49out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape13%of the land within 5 km
73out 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
Warlingham is 7th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 8,600 to 9,300 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
Warlingham4.3
Towns its size3.1
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Warlingham4.2
Towns its size2.5
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Warlingham81%
Towns its size85%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Warlingham stands out most for park space per resident: only 13 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swanage Dorset | A+ | 6.9 | 95% | 4.2 | 47% |
| 2 | Worsbrough South Yorkshire | A | 10.1 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 3 | Storrington West Sussex | A | 5.5 | 85% | 3.2 | 54% |
| 4 | Ilfracombe Devon | A | 2 | 86% | 3 | 28% |
| 5 | Killamarsh Derbyshire | A | 10.6 | 97% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 6 | New Mills Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 84% | 5.1 | 34% |
| 7 | Warlingham Surrey | A | 4.2 | 81% | 4.3 | 13% |
| 8 | Greasby Merseyside | A | 5.9 | 74% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 9 | Hetton-le-Hole Tyne and Wear | A− | 7.8 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Shelf and Northowram West Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 88% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Billingshurst West Sussex | A− | 2.9 | 95% | 3.1 | 3% |
| 12 | Ryton Tyne and Wear | A− | 5.5 | 85% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 13 | Brightlingsea Essex | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Thurnscoe South Yorkshire | A− | 9.4 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 15 | Shaftesbury Dorset | A− | 2.8 | 92% | 2.3 | 44% |
| 16 | Shanklin Isle of Wight | A− | 1.4 | 33% | 4.5 | 29% |
| 17 | Alfreton Derbyshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Longridge Lancashire | B+ | 1.9 | 89% | 3 | 32% |
| 19 | Winnersh Berkshire | B+ | 9.6 | 80% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 20 | Frodsham Cheshire | B+ | 2.5 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 21 | Hadleigh Suffolk | B+ | 2.6 | 87% | 2.7 | 10% |
| 22 | Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire | B+ | 3.5 | 93% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Hayle Cornwall | B+ | 1.4 | 72% | 3.4 | 6% |
| 24 | Banstead Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 66% | 5.2 | 3% |
| 25 | Cinderford Gloucestershire | B+ | 1.7 | 80% | 4.7 | 4% |
| 26 | Ashbourne Derbyshire | B | 1.9 | 92% | 2.7 | 14% |
| 27 | Cockermouth Cumbria | B | 2.6 | 81% | 2.2 | 42% |
| 28 | Ampthill Bedfordshire | B | 6.8 | 71% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Hemsworth West Yorkshire | B | 3.6 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Clay Cross Derbyshire | B | 2.6 | 88% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Gatley Greater Manchester | B | 5.7 | 66% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 32 | South Kirkby West Yorkshire | B | 3 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Marlborough Wiltshire | B | 1.2 | 72% | 3.8 | 100% |
| 34 | Wendover Buckinghamshire | B | 1 | 58% | 5.6 | 60% |
| 35 | Hornsea East Riding of Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 90% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Whitnash Warwickshire | B− | 2 | 95% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 37 | Cullompton Devon | B− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 38 | Stansted Mountfitchet Essex | B− | 0.8 | 96% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Hook Hampshire | B− | 2.4 | 80% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 40 | West End and Chobham Surrey | B− | 3.3 | 65% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Caister-on-Sea Norfolk | C+ | 1.1 | 58% | 2.1 | 21% |
| 42 | Hoo St Werburgh Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 92% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Wideopen Tyne and Wear | C+ | 2.1 | 75% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Okehampton Devon | C+ | 0.9 | 85% | 2.2 | 37% |
| 45 | Atherstone Warwickshire | C+ | 2.7 | 88% | 2 | 0% |
| 46 | Brinsworth South Yorkshire | C | 1.3 | 76% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Barwell Leicestershire | C | 1.7 | 90% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 48 | Kinmel Bay Clwyd | C | 1.8 | 76% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Totnes Devon | C | 0.4 | 65% | 3.3 | 11% |
| 50 | Burscough Lancashire | C | 2.6 | 76% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 51 | Ferryhill County Durham | C− | 1.5 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Pencoed Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.8 | 52% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | Sileby Leicestershire | C− | 1 | 80% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Adlington Lancashire | C− | 1.3 | 64% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Shifnal Shropshire | D | 1 | 89% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Littleport Cambridgeshire | D | 1 | 71% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Harworth and Bircotes Nottinghamshire | D | 1.9 | 64% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Holbeach Lincolnshire | D | 1 | 91% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Lancashire | D | 1.5 | 63% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Kirkham Lancashire | D− | 1.3 | 66% | 1.3 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Warlingham’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 Warlingham
The biggest is Manor Park, 20 ha (50 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 7 named parks by size: 43 ha (107 acres) and 6 km of path
Parks & gardens 28 haPlaying fields 15 ha
The two biggest, Manor Park and Great Farleigh Green, are 57% of the named green space and carry 4 km of path between them.
Great Farleigh Green
Park or garden
4.2 ha (10 acres)1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
6 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.8 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Whyteleafe Recreation Ground
Playing field
7.9 ha (20 acres)1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Greenlawn Memorial Park
Park or garden
3.4 ha (8 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.6 mi eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Hamsey Green Playing Field
Playing field
3.4 ha (8 acres)0.4 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Warlingham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Whyteleafe Community Sports Centre
Playing field · 180 m outside town
3.8 ha (9 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
The Green
Park or garden
0.2 ha (1 acres)0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Warlingham
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Warlingham 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 (81%)Further (19%)
Warlingham81%
Towns its size85%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 13 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 686 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Surrey Hills and Kent Downs both start about 4 miles from Warlingham
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
13% of the land within 5 km of Warlingham is National Park or National Landscape, more than 73% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
10 waymarked walks pass through or near Warlingham
75 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Warlingham 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.
RegionalLocal
Tandridge Border Path11.0 km
Vanguard Way7.3 km
London LOOP (Section 5)5.3 km
Woldingham walk (SCC)5.1 km
London LOOP (Section 4)3.3 km
Caterham Circular Walk3.0 km
Greenwich Meridian Trail3.0 km
Woldingham Countryside Walk2.1 km
LOOP link to Whyteleafe station1.6 km
Over the Downs to Oxted Mill walk (SCC)1.3 km
Close to home, the Woldingham walk (SCC) has 5 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 6 regional routes pass through, including the Tandridge Border Path, Vanguard Way, London LOOP (Section 5) and London LOOP (Section 4).
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 Warlingham: 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) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 88 | 67 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 56 | 57 | 69 | 64 | 94 | 93 | 92 |
March is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 94 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. The climate in Warlingham →
Things to do
13 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
Warlingham is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Kelson Beach12 mi from Warlingham’s edge
DirectionsDock Beach13 mi from Warlingham’s edge
DirectionsThe Hollows15 mi from Warlingham’s edge
DirectionsHog Hole15 mi from Warlingham’s edge
DirectionsNorthfleet Beach18 mi from Warlingham’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 4
Joysons Hill0.3 mi from town
DirectionsStony Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsBurntwood Hill0.4 mi from town
DirectionsNore Hill0.9 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 3
Hamsey Green Pond0.1 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsSanderstead to Whyteleafe Countryside Area96 ha · 0.2 mi from town
DirectionsSelsdon Wood79 ha · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Plus 13 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.
WhyteleafeCaterhamWoldinghamChaldonTatsfieldNetherne on-the-HillWarlingham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warlingham | A | 4.2 | 81% | 13% |
| Whyteleafe 1.0 mi | A+ | 16.3 | 100% | 15% |
| Caterham 2.1 mi | A | 4.3 | 84% | 17% |
| Woldingham 2.2 mi | C− | 0.2 | 25% | 20% |
| Chaldon 3.0 mi | A− | 7.4 | 50% | 24% |
| Tatsfield 3.7 mi | A+ | 7.5 | 100% | 34% |
| Netherne on-the-Hill 4.0 mi | B− | 1.6 | 40% | 19% |
Whyteleafe, 1 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Whyteleafe has at least twice Warlingham’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Warlingham
What is the biggest park in Warlingham?
Manor Park, 20 ha (50 acres), with 3 km of path, just outside the built-up area. Great Farleigh Green (4.2 ha) is second. 7 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Warlingham near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, 0.1 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 422 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Warlingham?
10 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Tandridge Border Path, Vanguard Way and London LOOP (Section 5). Manor Park alone has 3 km of path.
What is the nearest beach to Warlingham?
Kelson Beach, 12 mi from the edge of the town, then Dock Beach (13 mi). Warlingham itself is inland.
How many people in Warlingham live near a park?
81% 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 Warlingham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Warlingham 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 83% (4.2 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 Warlingham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Warlingham’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.