Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0Almost everyone in Bermuda lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Bermuda add up to 4.7 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 21 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Bermuda grades B for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Bermuda?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Bermuda’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Bermuda grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bermuda, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Bermuda is 12th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,000 to 2,200 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Bermuda stands out most for park space per resident: only 6 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 42 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hay-on-Wye Powys | A+ | 9.3 | 100% | 3.8 | 21% |
| 2 | Wye Kent | A+ | 4.7 | 100% | 3.1 | 71% |
| 3 | Crickhowell Powys | A+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 4 | Seaview and Nettlestone Isle of Wight | A+ | 3.6 | 89% | 2.8 | 8% |
| 5 | Chiseldon Wiltshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 3.4 | 69% |
| 6 | Highfields Caldecote Cambridgeshire | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 7 | Marldon Devon | A− | 4.1 | 70% | 2.7 | 3% |
| 8 | Bishops Lydeard Somerset | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.8 | 23% |
| 9 | Great Haywood Staffordshire | A− | 7.1 | 27% | 4.1 | 29% |
| 10 | Culverstone Green Kent | B+ | 5.3 | 61% | 2.7 | 42% |
| 11 | Brompton North Yorkshire | B+ | 4.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 12 | Bermuda Warwickshire | B | 4.7 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 13 | Alveston Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Bickington Devon | B | 1.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 15 | Meppershall Bedfordshire | B | 2.3 | 83% | 3 | 2% |
| 16 | Needingworth Cambridgeshire | B− | 4.6 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Dyserth Clwyd | B− | 0.5 | 54% | 3.6 | 22% |
| 18 | Bishop's Tachbrook Warwickshire | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 19 | Felbridge Surrey | B− | 2 | 80% | 2.4 | 25% |
| 20 | Uffculme Devon | B− | 2.8 | 86% | 1.3 | 14% |
| 21 | Edenfield Lancashire | B− | 2.7 | 69% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 22 | Wardle Greater Manchester | B− | 1 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 23 | Exning Suffolk | B− | 3.6 | 82% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Westoning Bedfordshire | B− | 1.1 | 100% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 25 | Ightham Kent | C+ | 2 | 30% | 3 | 56% |
| 26 | Brantham Suffolk | C+ | 1 | 27% | 2.6 | 42% |
| 27 | Kintbury Berkshire | C+ | 1.9 | 71% | 1.8 | 92% |
| 28 | Gregson Lane Lancashire | C+ | 1.7 | 86% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Pembrey Dyfed | C+ | 0.3 | 48% | 2.6 | 11% |
| 30 | Read Lancashire | C+ | 1.6 | 71% | 2.5 | 21% |
| 31 | Hixon Staffordshire | C+ | 0.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 11% |
| 32 | Market Bosworth Leicestershire | C | 10.9 | 25% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 33 | Galgate Lancashire | C | 1.1 | 58% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 34 | Marcham Oxfordshire | C | 1.2 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 35 | Bredon Worcestershire | C | 2.1 | 66% | 1.6 | 25% |
| 36 | Benllech Gwynedd | C | 0.1 | 17% | 1.8 | 27% |
| 37 | Maesycwmmer Gwent | C− | 1.9 | 73% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Barrowby Lincolnshire | C− | 3.5 | 66% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Keyingham East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.7 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Micklefield West Yorkshire | C− | 2.1 | 48% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 41 | Carlton North Yorkshire | C− | 0.7 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Crich Derbyshire | C− | 0.6 | 69% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Sutton Bonington Nottinghamshire | C− | 2.7 | 28% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Urpeth County Durham | C− | 1.3 | 0% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Radley Oxfordshire | C− | 2.1 | 36% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Winwick Cheshire | C− | 3.2 | 48% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Ilchester Somerset | C− | 3.5 | 40% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Scholar Green Cheshire | C− | 0.7 | 65% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Bardney Lincolnshire | D | 4.1 | 49% | 1 | 0% |
| 50 | Stone Buckinghamshire | D | 2.2 | 57% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Stretham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 60% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Merriott Somerset | D | 1.1 | 39% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Meden Vale Nottinghamshire | D | 0.3 | 58% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Haxey Lincolnshire | D | 1.6 | 46% | 2 | 0% |
| 55 | Great Eccleston Lancashire | D | 1.2 | 72% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 56 | West Hill Devon | D | 0 | 0% | 1.2 | 27% |
| 57 | Wymott Lancashire | D− | 0.3 | 10% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Keelby Lincolnshire | D− | 1 | 71% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Westwoodside Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 33% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Wythall Worcestershire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bermuda’s built-up area.
How close Bermuda’s homes are to 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).
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 22 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 94 residents.
6 waymarked walks pass through or near Bermuda
21 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bermuda and the kilometre around it, 2.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
2 regional routes pass through, including the Centenary Way and A Coventry Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Bermuda: 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) | 8.2 | 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 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 47 | 44 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 64 |
March is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 66 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Bermuda →
Beaches near Bermuda
0% of the area within 5 km of Bermuda is sea, so the Outdoors Grade counts it as inland. 1 beach is mapped within 5 km.
Sea: 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.
22 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 22
Plus 19 playgrounds without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermuda | B | 4.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Nuneaton 1.2 mi | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 0% |
| Bedworth 2.0 mi | C | 1.5 | 87% | 0% |
| Bulkington 3.0 mi | D | 0.9 | 76% | 0% |
| Hartshill 3.1 mi | A | 19.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Hawkesbury 3.3 mi | C | 1.0 | 78% | 0% |
| Ash Green 3.4 mi | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 0% |
Hartshill, 3.1 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hartshill has at least twice Bermuda’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Bermuda
Is Bermuda near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Bermuda.
What are the best walks near Bermuda?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Centenary Way, Rail Trail: Bermuda Park > Bedworth and Rail Trail: Bedworth Circular via Bulkington.
How many people in Bermuda 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 Bermuda?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bermuda good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 31% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 85% (4.7 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 Bermuda’s overall grade.
Where Bermuda’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.
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