Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Almost everyone in Hampton Magna lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Hampton Magna add up to 6.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 23 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 2.6 for every square kilometre. Hampton Magna grades A− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Hampton Magna?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Hampton Magna’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Hampton Magna grades A− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Hampton Magna, 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.
Hampton Magna is 13th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,600 to 1,700 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against villages its size, Hampton Magna stands out most for park space per resident: only 8 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portskewett Gwent | A+ | 10 | 100% | 2.9 | 3% |
| 2 | Manningtree Essex | A+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 43% |
| 3 | Melton Suffolk | A+ | 6.5 | 100% | 4.1 | 33% |
| 4 | Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 10.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 5 | Pen-clawdd West Glamorgan | A | 4 | 100% | 0.5 | 42% |
| 6 | Hale Bank Cheshire | A− | 9.1 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 7 | Hemyock Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.3 | 82% |
| 8 | Shillington Bedfordshire | A− | 3.7 | 83% | 3.2 | 14% |
| 9 | Bean Kent | A− | 17 | 72% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Woodhouse Eaves Leicestershire | A− | 35.7 | 85% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Kewstoke Somerset | A− | 1.3 | 74% | 4.3 | 1% |
| 12 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Hampton Magna Warwickshire | A− | 6.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 14 | Sonning Berkshire | A− | 11.1 | 80% | 2.5 | 7% |
| 15 | East Dean and Friston East Sussex | B+ | 1.2 | 18% | 4.6 | 58% |
| 16 | Stithians Cornwall | B+ | 3.2 | 80% | 3.4 | 3% |
| 17 | Staining Lancashire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 18 | Seal Kent | B+ | 3.3 | 78% | 2.1 | 77% |
| 19 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 20 | Ardingly West Sussex | B | 1.7 | 53% | 4.1 | 83% |
| 21 | Abridge Essex | B | 3 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 22 | Edgworth Lancashire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 23 | Normandy Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 23% | 3.1 | 26% |
| 24 | Sibertswold Kent | B− | 1.9 | 79% | 2.2 | 38% |
| 25 | Onley Northamptonshire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Whittington Shropshire | B− | 3.7 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 27 | West Horndon Essex | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 28 | Bartestree Herefordshire | C+ | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 29 | Everton Hampshire | C+ | 1.3 | 58% | 1.5 | 37% |
| 30 | Templecombe Somerset | C+ | 2 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Clutton Somerset | C+ | 0.9 | 74% | 3.3 | 11% |
| 32 | New Arley Warwickshire | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 33 | High Littleton Somerset | C+ | 1 | 58% | 4.9 | 1% |
| 34 | Potterspury Northamptonshire | C | 1.4 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 35 | Acton Suffolk | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 36 | Blisworth Northamptonshire | C | 2.2 | 81% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 37 | Buxted East Sussex | C | 1.1 | 63% | 2.4 | 52% |
| 38 | Stonesfield Oxfordshire | C | 1.9 | 60% | 1.8 | 38% |
| 39 | Harden West Yorkshire | C | 1.8 | 40% | 5 | 0% |
| 40 | Earith Cambridgeshire | C | 1.2 | 78% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Scawby Lincolnshire | C− | 25.7 | 68% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Wylam Northumberland | C− | 1.1 | 74% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Higher Walton Lancashire | C− | 2.2 | 61% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Thorney Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.4 | 74% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Pensilva Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 60% | 1.3 | 15% |
| 47 | Sywell and Overstone Northamptonshire | D | 3.1 | 62% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Upper Arncott Oxfordshire | D | 3.1 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Thurcaston Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 33% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Whittlesford Cambridgeshire | D | 2.3 | 57% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Moulton Lincolnshire | D | 1.9 | 75% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 52 | Ketton Rutland | D | 2.1 | 56% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Balsham Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 57% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | St Erme and Trispen Cornwall | D | 0.3 | 69% | 1.2 | 2% |
| 55 | Findern Derbyshire | D | 1.8 | 40% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Woodborough Nottinghamshire | D− | 1 | 45% | 2 | 0% |
| 58 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Scarcroft West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 15% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Fenton North Yorkshire | D− | 0.3 | 50% | 0.7 | 0% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Hampton Magna’s built-up area.
How close Hampton Magna’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; 12 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 136 residents.
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 12 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.
6 waymarked walks pass through or near Hampton Magna
23 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Hampton Magna and the kilometre around it, 2.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
Close to home, the Rail Trail: Warwick Parkway Circular via Hatton has 5 km of local walk within 2 km of the village. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Shakespeare's Avon Way, Grand Union Canal Walk and Centenary 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 Hampton Magna: 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 | |
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| 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 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 60 | 59 | 63 | 66 | 59 | 68 | 69 | 63 |
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 69 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 49 nights a year. The climate in Hampton Magna →
2 viewpoints, 12 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
Hampton Magna is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
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
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Magna | A− | 6.8 | 100% | 0% |
| Hatton 1.4 mi | C | 1.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Warwick 1.9 mi | B | 3.0 | 85% | 0% |
| Barford 2.7 mi | D | 2.1 | 58% | 0% |
| Leek Wootton 3.2 mi | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Claverdon 3.7 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 100% | 0% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook 4.0 mi | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
Hampton Magna 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 Hampton Magna
Is Hampton Magna near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 12 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Hampton Magna?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Shakespeare's Avon Way, Rail Trail: Warwick Parkway Circular via Hatton and Grand Union Canal Walk.
What is the nearest beach to Hampton Magna?
library, 18 mi from the edge of the village. Hampton Magna itself is inland.
How many people in Hampton Magna 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 Hampton Magna?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Hampton Magna good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.6 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 49% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 92% (6.8 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 Hampton Magna’s overall grade.
Where Hampton Magna’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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