Photo: Robin Stott · CC BY-SA 2.0Almost everyone in Cubbington lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
42 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.7 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Cubbington add up to 1.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Cubbington grades C for the outdoors: #24 of 34 in Warwickshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors town is Cubbington?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Cubbington’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by its historic parks. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Cubbington grades C for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Cubbington, 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.
Cubbington is 41st of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,700 to 4,000 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Cubbington stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 41 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darley Dale Derbyshire | A+ | 3.8 | 100% | 3.4 | 51% |
| 2 | Batheaston Somerset | A | 3 | 84% | 4.6 | 71% |
| 3 | Cranbrook Kent | A | 5.8 | 82% | 2.9 | 65% |
| 4 | Chickerell Dorset | A | 1.5 | 88% | 3 | 27% |
| 5 | Walter's Ash and Naphill Buckinghamshire | A | 3.7 | 50% | 5.3 | 79% |
| 6 | Disley Cheshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 4.6 | 22% |
| 7 | Bowerhill Wiltshire | A− | 7.4 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 8 | Mulbarton Norfolk | A− | 7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 9 | Welwyn Hertfordshire | A− | 2.6 | 100% | 4 | 0% |
| 10 | Esh Winning County Durham | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 11 | Old Basing Hampshire | A− | 13.6 | 92% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Colden Common Hampshire | B+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 13 | Barnt Green Worcestershire | B+ | 37.8 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Carbis Bay Cornwall | B+ | 0.5 | 88% | 2.8 | 20% |
| 15 | Long Melford Suffolk | B+ | 6.9 | 87% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 16 | Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Chirk Clwyd | B+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.3 | 15% |
| 18 | Locking Somerset | B+ | 2.7 | 84% | 2.4 | 23% |
| 19 | Greasbrough South Yorkshire | B | 2.9 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 20 | Queenborough Kent | B | 1.6 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 21 | Tangmere West Sussex | B | 2.1 | 100% | 1.2 | 36% |
| 22 | Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire | B | 7.7 | 76% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Romanby North Yorkshire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 24 | Mytholmroyd West Yorkshire | B | 1.8 | 88% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Framlingham Suffolk | B | 3.7 | 73% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Pirbright Surrey | B | 2 | 84% | 5.7 | 0% |
| 27 | Calverley West Yorkshire | B | 1.5 | 92% | 6 | 0% |
| 28 | Rhuddlan Clwyd | B− | 1.8 | 85% | 0.9 | 8% |
| 29 | Glanaman Dyfed | B− | 3.3 | 83% | 0.8 | 29% |
| 30 | South Cerney Gloucestershire | B− | 2.5 | 77% | 2.4 | 7% |
| 31 | Alford Lincolnshire | B− | 2.1 | 85% | 1.5 | 26% |
| 32 | Lower Stondon Bedfordshire | B− | 2.7 | 73% | 2.2 | 5% |
| 33 | New Romney Kent | C+ | 2.5 | 79% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Chipping Ongar Essex | C+ | 2.5 | 83% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Bar Hill Cambridgeshire | C+ | 1.4 | 93% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Pewsey Wiltshire | C+ | 1 | 64% | 3 | 91% |
| 37 | Heacham Norfolk | C+ | 1.5 | 53% | 1.1 | 29% |
| 38 | Forest Row East Sussex | C+ | 0.3 | 51% | 3.4 | 94% |
| 39 | Shirland and Stonebroom Derbyshire | C | 3.7 | 43% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Silver End Essex | C | 2 | 88% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Cubbington Warwickshire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Tenbury Wells Worcestershire | C | 2.3 | 51% | 2.1 | 3% |
| 43 | Oaklands Hertfordshire | C | 2 | 7% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Bromyard Herefordshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Whiston South Yorkshire | C− | 1 | 75% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 46 | Desford Leicestershire | C− | 1.6 | 90% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | Holton le Clay Lincolnshire | C− | 2 | 59% | 1.4 | 8% |
| 48 | Lydd Kent | C− | 1.7 | 66% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 49 | Kingston Bagpuize Oxfordshire | C− | 0.8 | 100% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 50 | Swanland East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 1.1 | 75% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Sutton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.9 | 82% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Glyn-neath West Glamorgan | D | 1.3 | 57% | 1.1 | 22% |
| 53 | Crowle Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 91% | 1 | 0% |
| 54 | Puckeridge and Standon Hertfordshire | D | 0.9 | 59% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 79% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | North Ferriby East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 33% | 1 | 0% |
| 57 | Willingham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.4 | 73% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Long Buckby Northamptonshire | D− | 0.6 | 52% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Penyffordd Clwyd | D− | 0.7 | 36% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road Cornwall | D− | 0.7 | 27% | 1.6 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Cubbington’s built-up area.
How close Cubbington’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; 17 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 229 residents.
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 11 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.
11 waymarked walks pass through or near Cubbington
42 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Cubbington and the kilometre around it, 1.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Close to home, the ACW Circular Walk 07 has 10 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 4 regional routes pass through, including the Millennium Way (Warks), Shakespeare's Avon Way, 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.
A registered historic park in Cubbington
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Cubbington’s named parks.
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 best walking months in Cubbington: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 43 | 42 | 46 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 54 | 64 | 64 | 60 |
March is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 64 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Cubbington →
17 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
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.
The nearest beaches
Cubbington 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.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Plus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Playgrounds 17
Plus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubbington | C | 1.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Royal Leamington Spa 1.8 mi | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 0% |
| Radford Semele 2.5 mi | A | 12.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Leek Wootton 3.0 mi | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Whitnash 3.3 mi | B− | 2.0 | 95% | 0% |
| Kenilworth 3.7 mi | C+ | 2.7 | 75% | 0% |
| Warwick 3.7 mi | B | 3.0 | 85% | 0% |
Radford Semele, 2.5 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Radford Semele and Warwick have at least twice Cubbington’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Cubbington
Is Cubbington near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 11 mi south of the town’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Cubbington?
11 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the ACW Circular Walk 07, Millennium Way (Warks) and Shakespeare's Avon Way.
What is the nearest beach to Cubbington?
library, 12 mi from the edge of the town. Cubbington itself is inland.
How many people in Cubbington 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 Cubbington?
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 Cubbington are historic?
Stoneleigh Abbey (Grade II*) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Is Cubbington good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 22% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 26% (1.5 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 Cubbington’s overall grade.
Where Cubbington’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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