Baddesley Ensor’s biggest
Baddesley Common
Park or garden
22 ha (54 acres)0.4 km of path
31 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Baddesley Ensor
North Arden Trail
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Baddesley Ensor · parks, paths & countryside
Baddesley Ensor has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Baddesley Ensor add up to 18.3 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 100% of residents. 12 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.1 for every square kilometre. Baddesley Ensor grades B+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
18.3 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
12 km
2.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cannock Chase National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Baddesley Ensor?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam18.3 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 98% of UK towns.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.
Baddesley Ensor’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by parks close to every home.
Outdoors grade
Baddesley Ensor grades B+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Baddesley Ensor, 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 73% of UK towns13th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space18.3 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
99out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
34out 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.
Villages its size
Baddesley Ensor is 13th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,200 to 1,400 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
Baddesley Ensor2.1
Villages its size2.1
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Baddesley Ensor18.3
Villages its size1.9
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Baddesley Ensor100%
Villages its size67%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Baddesley Ensor stands out most for park space per resident: only 2 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hightown Hampshire | A+ | 15.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 58% |
| 2 | Rough Common Kent | A+ | 11 | 100% | 9.2 | 1% |
| 3 | Box Wiltshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 56% |
| 4 | Aldington Kent | A+ | 4.6 | 100% | 3.8 | 11% |
| 5 | Holybourne Hampshire | A+ | 12.2 | 100% | 2.7 | 23% |
| 6 | Amberley Gloucestershire | A | 13.7 | 0% | 6.3 | 87% |
| 7 | Box Hill Surrey | A | 35.9 | 12% | 6 | 39% |
| 8 | Cliffs End Kent | A | 6.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 9 | South Heath Buckinghamshire | A− | 20.4 | 0% | 3 | 85% |
| 10 | Exton Devon | A− | 2.2 | 100% | 0.6 | 7% |
| 11 | Westfield East Sussex | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 1.9 | 83% |
| 12 | New Brancepeth County Durham | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Baddesley Ensor Warwickshire | B+ | 18.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 14 | Marshfield Gloucestershire | B+ | 4.9 | 42% | 2.7 | 99% |
| 15 | Farningham Kent | B+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2 | 33% |
| 16 | Lidlington Bedfordshire | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 17 | Minster Lovell Oxfordshire | B | 3.6 | 79% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 18 | Sutton Benger Wiltshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Beer Devon | B | 1.6 | 50% | 2.2 | 43% |
| 20 | Weir Lancashire | B | 0.6 | 100% | 6 | 0% |
| 21 | Codmore Hill West Sussex | B− | 3.5 | 0% | 2.7 | 46% |
| 22 | Potten End Hertfordshire | B− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.2 | 44% |
| 23 | Blindley Heath Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 1% |
| 24 | Blakeney Gloucestershire | B− | 2.1 | 68% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Fowlmere Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.5 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Marlpit Hill Kent | B− | 2.5 | 0% | 2.9 | 35% |
| 27 | Burham Kent | C+ | 1.4 | 77% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 28 | Gaerwen Gwynedd | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 0.4 | 7% |
| 29 | Weobley Herefordshire | C+ | 1.6 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Biddulph Moor Staffordshire | C | 8.4 | 43% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Stoke Hampshire | C | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 32% |
| 32 | Silkstone Common South Yorkshire | C | 1.5 | 63% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 33 | Coedhirwaun West Glamorgan | C | 2 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Nefyn Gwynedd | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 24% |
| 35 | Foxton Cambridgeshire | C | 2.3 | 84% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Atworth Wiltshire | C− | 1.5 | 62% | 2.2 | 13% |
| 37 | Ninfield East Sussex | C− | 1.8 | 50% | 1.4 | 50% |
| 38 | Spratton Northamptonshire | C− | 2.3 | 85% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Weeley Essex | C− | 7.5 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Langthorpe North Yorkshire | C− | 0.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Aldbrough East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Wooden Dyfed | D | 0.1 | 0% | 0.4 | 18% |
| 43 | Yardley Gobion Northamptonshire | D | 1.2 | 47% | 3 | 0% |
| 44 | East Markham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.2 | 46% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Bampton Devon | D | 1.5 | 22% | 1.6 | 5% |
| 46 | Pagham West Sussex | D | 0.3 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | Heddon-on-the-Wall Northumberland | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk | D | 1.6 | 75% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 50 | Garsington Oxfordshire | D | 0.4 | 65% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 51 | Fleet Hargate Lincolnshire | D | 1.7 | 76% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Appleby Magna Leicestershire | D | 1.7 | 46% | 2 | 0% |
| 53 | Saham Toney Norfolk | D | 3 | 18% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 54 | Croeserw West Glamorgan | D | 1.3 | 33% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Byfield Northamptonshire | D | 1.9 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hadham Cross Hertfordshire | D | 0 | 0% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Elvington North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 0% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Felton Northumberland | D− | 1.7 | 50% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Deeping St Nicholas Lincolnshire | D− | 0.7 | 80% | 0 | 0% |
| 60 | Hunger Hill Greater Manchester | D− | 0 | 0% | 2.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Baddesley Ensor’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 Baddesley Ensor
The biggest is Baddesley Common, 22 ha (54 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Baddesley Common
Park or garden
22 ha (54 acres)0.4 km of path
31 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Baddesley Ensor
North Arden Trail
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
Everyone in Baddesley Ensor lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Baddesley Ensor100%
Villages its size67%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cannock Chase National Landscape is 15 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
Footpaths in and around Baddesley Ensor
12 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Baddesley Ensor and the kilometre around it, 2.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Baddesley Ensor; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Baddesley Ensor: May to September
The village’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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 54 | 67 | 61 | 66 | 58 | 68 | 67 | 65 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 68 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Baddesley Ensor →
Things to do
2 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the village in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK village its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Baddesley Ensor is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
library6.7 mi from Baddesley Ensor’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.
Up high. Bentley Common, at 178 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Baddesley Ensor.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Bentley Common178 m (584 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 2
Plus 2 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.
GrendonWood End (North Warwickshire)HurleyPolesworth and DordonAtherstonePolesworthBaddesley Ensor
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baddesley Ensor | B+ | 18.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Grendon 0.9 mi | C+ | 8.1 | 71% | 0% |
| Wood End (North Warwickshire) 1.8 mi | D | 1.1 | 74% | 0% |
| Hurley 2.1 mi | C | 2.8 | 75% | 0% |
| Polesworth and Dordon 2.2 mi | D | 1.6 | 68% | 0% |
| Atherstone 2.4 mi | C+ | 2.7 | 88% | 0% |
| Polesworth 3.1 mi | B+ | 13.5 | 100% | 0% |
Baddesley Ensor grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Baddesley Ensor
What is the biggest park in Baddesley Ensor?
Baddesley Common, 22 ha (54 acres). Baddesley Common (22 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Baddesley Ensor near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 15 mi north-west of the village’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.
What is the nearest beach to Baddesley Ensor?
library, 6.7 mi from the edge of the village. Baddesley Ensor itself is inland.
How many people in Baddesley Ensor live near a park?
100% 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 Baddesley Ensor?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Baddesley Ensor good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 34% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 99% (18.3 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 Baddesley Ensor’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Baddesley Ensor’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.