Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: BabelStone · CC BY-SA 3.097 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 6.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Weybourne add up to 7.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Surrey Hills National Landscape begins 0.9 mi from the town’s edge. Weybourne grades A+ for the outdoors: #5 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Weybourne’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by plenty of park space.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Weybourne, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 10,700 to 11,800 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Weybourne stands out most for park space per resident: only 3 of the other 59 have more.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minehead Somerset | A+ | 1.4 | 95% | 4.3 | 47% |
| 2 | Weybourne Surrey | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 6.1 | 14% |
| 3 | West End Hampshire | A | 9.1 | 100% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 4 | Holyhead Gwynedd | A | 3.4 | 78% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 5 | Brierfield Lancashire | A | 2.1 | 92% | 5.6 | 18% |
| 6 | Penryn Cornwall | A | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 31% |
| 7 | Emsworth Hampshire | A | 2.3 | 56% | 3.7 | 51% |
| 8 | Sandown Isle of Wight | A | 1.4 | 74% | 4.5 | 28% |
| 9 | Great Harwood Lancashire | A | 2.2 | 97% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 10 | Dawlish Devon | A | 2.1 | 93% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Bradwell Norfolk | A− | 2 | 80% | 2.7 | 31% |
| 12 | Conisbrough South Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 99% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Royston South Yorkshire | A− | 7.9 | 97% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 14 | Romiley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.9 | 80% | 3.8 | 1% |
| 15 | Southwater West Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 82% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 16 | Uppermill Greater Manchester | A− | 2.4 | 70% | 4.8 | 27% |
| 17 | Kearsley Greater Manchester | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 18 | Cleckheaton West Yorkshire | B+ | 3.3 | 98% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 19 | Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire | B+ | 1.9 | 76% | 3.4 | 56% |
| 20 | Barnoldswick Lancashire | B+ | 1.8 | 87% | 4 | 2% |
| 21 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | B+ | 9 | 92% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 22 | Oxted Surrey | B | 2.1 | 84% | 2.8 | 28% |
| 23 | Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire | B | 2.4 | 70% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 24 | Buckhurst Hill Essex | B | 4.5 | 64% | 6.3 | 0% |
| 25 | Corsham Wiltshire | B | 1.9 | 81% | 3 | 31% |
| 26 | Warmsworth South Yorkshire | B | 2.7 | 79% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Gillingham Dorset | B | 1.9 | 91% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 28 | Shirebrook Derbyshire | B | 1.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Sandbach Cheshire | B− | 2.5 | 87% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Helston Cornwall | B− | 1.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 21% |
| 31 | Mossley Greater Manchester | B− | 0.9 | 74% | 4.5 | 14% |
| 32 | Oswaldtwistle Lancashire | B− | 1.1 | 94% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Lymm Cheshire | B− | 3.6 | 89% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 34 | Leatherhead Surrey | B− | 1 | 72% | 3.9 | 24% |
| 35 | Filton Gloucestershire | B− | 3.3 | 40% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Cambourne Cambridgeshire | B− | 0.7 | 91% | 7.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Liskeard Cornwall | C+ | 0.8 | 89% | 2.7 | 6% |
| 38 | Bolsover Derbyshire | C+ | 1.9 | 85% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 39 | Stanwell Surrey | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Selsey West Sussex | C | 1.6 | 79% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Earl Shilton Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 98% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Sandy Bedfordshire | C | 0.9 | 76% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 43 | Brimington Derbyshire | C | 1.2 | 72% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Ulverston Cumbria | C | 0.7 | 60% | 1.8 | 8% |
| 45 | Towcester Northamptonshire | C | 1.3 | 77% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 46 | Featherstone West Yorkshire | C | 2 | 77% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Attleborough Norfolk | C− | 1.8 | 93% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Hexham Northumberland | C− | 1.5 | 64% | 2 | 9% |
| 49 | Cleveleys Lancashire | C− | 0.8 | 71% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Downham Market Norfolk | C− | 1.5 | 77% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 51 | Chatteris Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.4 | 94% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Cheadle Staffordshire | C− | 1.7 | 90% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Dinnington South Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 54 | New Ollerton and Ollerton Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.8 | 80% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Leominster Herefordshire | C− | 1.1 | 72% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Newtown Powys | D | 2.3 | 65% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Longton Lancashire | D | 1.7 | 60% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | Wetherby West Yorkshire | D | 0.5 | 14% | 3 | 0% |
| 59 | Tonyrefail Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 48% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 60 | Watton Norfolk | D− | 0.5 | 28% | 1.4 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Weybourne’s built-up area.
The biggest is Farnham Park, 131 ha (323 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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 1,600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 62 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 181 residents.
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.
14% of the land within 5 km of Weybourne is National Park or National Landscape, more than 73% of UK towns. South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
97 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Weybourne and the kilometre around it, 6.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
The North Downs Way, a national route, passes Weybourne. 2 regional routes pass through, including the St Swithun's Way and Blackwater Valley Path.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Weybourne’s named parks.
131 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.
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 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 59 | 57 | 85 | 89 | 75 |
May is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 89 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Weybourne →
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.
Weybourne is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Check the water before you swim. The Environment Agency tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Plus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 14 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Plus 2 nature reserves more.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 54 playgrounds without a name on the map.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weybourne | A+ | 7.1 | 86% | 14% |
| Badshot Lea 1.3 mi | A+ | 25.9 | 100% | 25% |
| Aldershot 1.7 mi | A | 3.4 | 77% | 17% |
| Farnham 1.8 mi | A | 5.1 | 73% | 35% |
| Wrecclesham 2.9 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 50% | 37% |
| Crondall 3.0 mi | C+ | 3.6 | 73% | 1% |
| Ash and Ash Vale 3.4 mi | A | 4.3 | 72% | 20% |
Badshot Lea, 1.3 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Badshot Lea has at least twice Weybourne’s green space per resident.
Farnham Park, 131 ha (323 acres), with 13.3 km of path. Farnham Rugby Club (7.0 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Yes. South Downs National Park begins 2.6 mi south-west 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, 0.9 mi away.
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the St Swithun's Way, Blackwater Valley Path and North Downs Way (Western). Farnham Park alone has 13.3 km of path.
Penguin Beach, 3.5 mi from the edge of the town, then Amity Beach (16 mi). Weybourne itself is inland.
86% 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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Farnham Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
For paths, yes: 6.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 98% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 93% (7.1 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Weybourne’s overall grade.
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