Weybridge’s biggest
Chertsey Meads
Park or garden
71 ha (176 acres)15.5 km of path
3 h 25 minto walk all 15.5 km of path
100 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi north-westfrom the centre
Horse Margin
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Weybridge · parks, paths & countryside
Weybridge has more footpath per square kilometre than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
91 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 4.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Weybridge add up to 3.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 80% of residents. Weybridge grades B+ for the outdoors: #34 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
3.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
80%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
91 km
4.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Surrey Hills National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Weybridge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A town of footpaths4.4 km of path per km², more than 87% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.Room to roam3.9 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 80% of UK towns.On a National TrailThe European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England passes through.Historic parksOatlands is a registered historic park (Grade II).
Weybridge’s strongest suit is dense footpaths, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Weybridge grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Weybridge, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B+
Better than 69% of UK towns#34 of 65 in Surrey · 21st of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space3.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
81out of
100
100
A park within a walk80%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
47out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths4.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
87out 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
Weybridge is 21st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,100 to 16,800 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
Weybridge4.4
Towns its size3.3
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Weybridge3.9
Towns its size2.4
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Weybridge80%
Towns its size87%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Weybridge stands out most for park space per resident: only 11 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saltash Cornwall | A+ | 2.4 | 96% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 2 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 3 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 4 | Swanscombe Kent | A+ | 3.3 | 90% | 8.5 | 0% |
| 5 | Clitheroe Lancashire | A | 3 | 98% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 6 | Hadfield Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 91% | 4.5 | 36% |
| 7 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 35% |
| 8 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | A | 5.8 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Staveley Derbyshire | A | 6.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 12 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Frimley Surrey | A− | 2.9 | 99% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 96% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 16 | Risca Gwent | A− | 6.9 | 94% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 17 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 18 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 19 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 20 | Somercotes and Swanwick Derbyshire | B+ | 3.6 | 95% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 22 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 23 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire | B+ | 2.6 | 95% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 26 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 28 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 30 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 31 | Crowthorne Berkshire | B | 4.7 | 60% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 35 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 36 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Redruth Cornwall | B− | 1.5 | 78% | 3.7 | 3% |
| 39 | Hoyland South Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Knaresborough North Yorkshire | B− | 2.3 | 87% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Mexborough South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Teignmouth Devon | B− | 1.7 | 82% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 44 | East Ardsley West Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 91% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 45 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 47 | South Hayling Hampshire | C+ | 1 | 65% | 1.4 | 26% |
| 48 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 49 | Hockley and Hawkwell Essex | C+ | 1.6 | 85% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Garforth West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 52 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 54 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire | C | 1.1 | 90% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 56 | Alsager Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 57 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Weybridge’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 Weybridge
The biggest is Chertsey Meads, 71 ha (176 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 8 named parks by size: 92 ha (228 acres) and 17 km of path
Parks & gardens 79 haPlaying fields 13 ha
The two biggest, Chertsey Meads and Thames Meadow, are 85% of the named green space and carry 16 km of path between them.
Thames Meadow
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
7.2 ha (18 acres)
10 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.2 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Churchfields Recreation Ground
Playing field
2.9 ha (7 acres)0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Weybridge
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Sheep Walk
Playing field · 10 m outside town
3.4 ha (8 acres)
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
1.6 mi north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Oatlands Park
Playing field
2.3 ha (6 acres)0.3 km of path
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Weybridge
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Hersham Football Club
Playing field · 300 m outside town
2.7 ha (7 acres)
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi northfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Weybridge Cricket Club
Playing field
2.2 ha (5 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Weybridge
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Monument Green
Park or garden
0.2 ha (1 acres)0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Weybridge
1 listed
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
8 in 10 Weybridge 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 (80%)Further (20%)
Weybridge80%
Towns its size87%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 3,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 36 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 442 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is 6.7 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.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
Footpaths & waymarked walks
6 waymarked walks pass through or near Weybridge
91 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Weybridge and the kilometre around it, 4.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England10.0 km
Thames Path8.8 km
Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations8.8 km
Locks and Levels (SCC)7.3 km
Thames Path - alternate3.7 km
New Haw Lock to Pyrford Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations0.7 km
The European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, a national route, passes Weybridge. Close to home, the Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations has 9 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. The regional route here is the Thames Path - alternate.
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 Weybridge
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Weybridge’s named parks.
Registered · Grade IIOatlands4.7 ha
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 Weybridge: 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) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 49 | 43 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 61 | 56 | 74 | 75 | 67 |
March is the driest month (43 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 75 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Weybridge →
The coast
Beaches near Weybridge
0% of the area within 5 km of Weybridge is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km.
Amity Beach1.9 mi from town
DirectionsSea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
2 viewpoints and 36 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 36
Plus 36 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Laleham Camping Club1.0 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway 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.
SheppertonAddlestoneByfleetHershamWalton-on-ThamesShepperton GreenWeybridge
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weybridge | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 0% |
| Shepperton 1.6 mi | A | 8.7 | 89% | 0% |
| Addlestone 1.8 mi | A− | 4.3 | 90% | 0% |
| Byfleet 1.9 mi | C+ | 3.1 | 59% | 0% |
| Hersham 2.0 mi | C | 2.5 | 73% | 0% |
| Walton-on-Thames 2.0 mi | C | 1.6 | 81% | 0% |
| Shepperton Green 2.1 mi | D | 1.4 | 73% | 0% |
Shepperton, 1.6 miles away, grades A, the best next door: 89% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Shepperton has at least twice Weybridge’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Weybridge
What is the biggest park in Weybridge?
Chertsey Meads, 71 ha (176 acres), with 15.5 km of path. Thames Meadow (7.2 ha) is second. 8 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Weybridge near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, 6.7 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 422 km² and was designated in 1958.
What are the best walks near Weybridge?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Thames Path and Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations. Chertsey Meads alone has 15.5 km of path.
How many people in Weybridge 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 Weybridge?
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 Weybridge are historic?
Oatlands (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Weybridge good for walking?
For paths, yes: 4.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 87% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 81% (3.9 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 Weybridge’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Weybridge’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.