Wrecclesham’s biggest
Holt Pound Recreation Ground
Park or garden
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: John P Reeves · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Wrecclesham · parks, paths & countryside
37% of the land within 5 km of Wrecclesham is National Park or National Landscape
The South Downs National Park and the Surrey Hills National Landscape both begin about a mile from the town’s edge. 65 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.8 for every square kilometre. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 50% of residents. Wrecclesham grades C+ for the outdoors: #53 of 65 in Surrey. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
50%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
65 km
3.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
37%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: South Downs National Park
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Wrecclesham?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside37% of the land within 5 km is South Downs National Park.A town of footpaths3.8 km of path per km², more than 76% of UK towns. The typical town has 3.0.On a National TrailThe North Downs Way passes through.Less park per person1.2 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Wrecclesham’s strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by dense footpaths. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Wrecclesham grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Wrecclesham, 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 40% of UK towns#53 of 65 in Surrey · 35th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
17out of
100
100
A park within a walk50%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
13out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape37%of the land within 5 km
87out of
100
100
Footpaths3.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
77out 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
Wrecclesham is 35th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 7,000 to 7,600 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
Wrecclesham3.8
Towns its size3.2
Surrey towns4.3
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Wrecclesham1.2
Towns its size2.0
Surrey towns3.1
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Wrecclesham50%
Towns its size78%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Wrecclesham stands out most for path per km²: only 20 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 48 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freshwater and Totland Isle of Wight | A+ | 5 | 89% | 3.9 | 20% |
| 2 | Holbury Hampshire | A+ | 5.5 | 89% | 3.1 | 42% |
| 3 | Sheringham Norfolk | A+ | 11.6 | 74% | 3.4 | 32% |
| 4 | Stocksbridge South Yorkshire | A | 2.2 | 100% | 4.4 | 30% |
| 5 | Ruddington Nottinghamshire | A | 9.7 | 100% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 6 | Bude Cornwall | A | 3.1 | 78% | 3.3 | 9% |
| 7 | Liphook Hampshire | A | 3.1 | 86% | 3.8 | 64% |
| 8 | Bolton upon Dearne South Yorkshire | A | 5.6 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 9 | Bourne End Buckinghamshire | A | 2.9 | 87% | 4 | 19% |
| 10 | Gwersyllt Clwyd | A | 14.6 | 96% | 2.5 | 2% |
| 11 | Ashley Heath Dorset | A | 24.2 | 68% | 4 | 15% |
| 12 | Darfield South Yorkshire | A | 4 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 13 | Seaton Devon | A− | 1.1 | 84% | 2.5 | 55% |
| 14 | Otford and Kemsing Kent | A− | 3.3 | 53% | 3.6 | 73% |
| 15 | Torpoint Cornwall | A− | 2.2 | 84% | 1.6 | 26% |
| 16 | Goldthorpe South Yorkshire | A− | 8.4 | 84% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 17 | Blackwater Hampshire | B+ | 10.6 | 74% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 18 | Chinnor Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.5 | 88% | 3.7 | 37% |
| 19 | Kiveton Park South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.8 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Cromer Norfolk | B+ | 1.4 | 74% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 21 | Gowerton West Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 79% | 1.2 | 14% |
| 22 | Barugh Green and Redbrook South Yorkshire | B | 2.1 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 23 | Malmesbury Wiltshire | B | 2 | 86% | 2.5 | 26% |
| 24 | Wroughton Wiltshire | B | 1.1 | 78% | 3.9 | 52% |
| 25 | Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire | B | 1.4 | 78% | 3.2 | 57% |
| 26 | Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire | B− | 1 | 75% | 3.8 | 58% |
| 27 | Woodville Derbyshire | B− | 3.7 | 78% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 28 | Rogerstone Gwent | B− | 3.1 | 60% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Eckington Derbyshire | B− | 1.8 | 80% | 6 | 0% |
| 30 | Balsall Common West Midlands | B− | 3.7 | 81% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Crawcrook and Greenside Tyne and Wear | B− | 3.2 | 86% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 32 | Borrowash Derbyshire | B− | 2.8 | 85% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 33 | Bollington Cheshire | B− | 1.3 | 56% | 4.1 | 31% |
| 34 | Abersychan Gwent | B− | 2.8 | 83% | 1.1 | 17% |
| 35 | Wrecclesham Surrey | C+ | 1.2 | 50% | 3.8 | 37% |
| 36 | Poringland Norfolk | C+ | 1.3 | 91% | 2.1 | 5% |
| 37 | Pelton and Ouston County Durham | C+ | 2 | 64% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Murton County Durham | C+ | 2.1 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 39 | West Mersea Essex | C+ | 1.9 | 69% | 2 | 0% |
| 40 | Sprotbrough South Yorkshire | C+ | 1.8 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 41 | Thrapston Northamptonshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Caerleon Gwent | C | 1.9 | 64% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Horncastle Lincolnshire | C | 0.6 | 60% | 3.9 | 10% |
| 44 | Radcliffe on Trent Nottinghamshire | C | 2.5 | 76% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Sawston Cambridgeshire | C | 1.4 | 97% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Castle Donington Leicestershire | C | 1.8 | 85% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 47 | Dalton-in-Furness Cumbria | C | 0.9 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Aylsham Norfolk | C | 2.6 | 74% | 2 | 0% |
| 49 | Wivenhoe Essex | C− | 0.9 | 65% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire | C− | 2.1 | 82% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Southwell Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.7 | 59% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Calverton Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.7 | 62% | 3 | 0% |
| 53 | Breaston and Draycott Derbyshire | C− | 1.1 | 73% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Pickering North Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.7 | 19% |
| 55 | Shefford Bedfordshire | D | 1.1 | 67% | 3 | 0% |
| 56 | Deeping St James Lincolnshire | D | 0.5 | 73% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Polesworth and Dordon Warwickshire | D | 1.6 | 68% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Beddau Mid Glamorgan | D | 1 | 77% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Market Weighton East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 79% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Featherstone Staffordshire | D− | 1.2 | 52% | 1.5 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Wrecclesham’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 Wrecclesham
The biggest is Holt Pound Recreation Ground, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Wrecclesham 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 (50%)Further (51%)
Wrecclesham50%
Towns its size78%
Surrey towns75%
All UK towns83%
About 3,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 31 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 236 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Wrecclesham
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 Park
South Downs
At the edge south-west1,653 km²since 201013% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Surrey Hills
0.4 mi south-east422 km²since 195824% of the land within 5 km
Official site37% of the land within 5 km of Wrecclesham is National Park or National Landscape, more than 86% of UK towns. South Downs National Park covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Wrecclesham is on the North Downs Way
65 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Wrecclesham and the kilometre around it, 3.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocalOther waymarked
St Swithun's Way5.0 km
The Shipwrights Way4.4 km
Alice Holt Forest: Lodge Pond Trail4.1 km
Alice Holt Forest: Adaptation Trail2.8 km
Alice Holt Forest: Easy Access Trail1.7 km
Alice Holt Forest: Habitat Trail1.1 km
Alice Holt Forest: Willows Green Trail1.0 km
Bourne Wood Purple Route0.7 km
North Downs Way (Western)0.3 km
The North Downs Way, a national route, passes Wrecclesham. 2 regional routes pass through, including the St Swithun's Way and The Shipwrights Way.
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 Wrecclesham: 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 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 91 | 65 | 54 | 57 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 93 | 98 | 91 |
May is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 98 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 54 nights a year. The climate in Wrecclesham →
The coast
Beaches near Wrecclesham
0% of the area within 5 km of Wrecclesham is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 1 with a name.
Penguin Beach0.5 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 31 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.
Hills and peaks 1
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 6
Lodge Pond Meadow0.4 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 31
Baldreys playground0.2 mi from town
DirectionsDoormouse House - Habitat Trail0.4 mi from town
DirectionsWoodpecker Tower - Habitat Trail0.5 mi from town
DirectionsLog Pile House - Habitat Trail0.5 mi from town
DirectionsThe Owl - Habitat Trail0.5 mi from town
DirectionsBourne Recreation Ground Play Area0.6 mi from town
DirectionsMorley Road Recreation Ground Play Area0.9 mi from town
DirectionsSnake1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 23 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.
FarnhamBentleyWeybourneCrondallBadshot LeaAldershotWrecclesham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Badshot Lea, 3.5 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Farnham, Weybourne and Crondall have at least twice Wrecclesham’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Wrecclesham
What is the biggest park in Wrecclesham?
Holt Pound Recreation Ground, 1.5 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Wrecclesham near a National Park?
South Downs National Park reaches the edge of Wrecclesham. It covers 1,653 km² and has been a National Park since 2010.
What are the best walks near Wrecclesham?
9 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the St Swithun's Way, The Shipwrights Way and Alice Holt Forest: Lodge Pond Trail.
How many people in Wrecclesham live near a park?
50% 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 Wrecclesham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Wrecclesham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 77% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 17% (1.2 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 Wrecclesham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Wrecclesham’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.