Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Kenilworth add up to 2.7 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 75% of residents. Footpaths add up to 86 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 3.0 for every square kilometre. Kenilworth grades C+ for the outdoors: #19 of 34 in Warwickshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Kenilworth, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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.
The 60 UK towns and cities of 20,700 to 23,900 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Kenilworth stands out most for park space per resident: only 27 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 42 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapeltown and High Green South Yorkshire | A+ | 4.9 | 94% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 2 | Dronfield Derbyshire | A+ | 3.2 | 97% | 5.3 | 9% |
| 3 | Reddish Greater Manchester | A | 6.7 | 100% | 5 | 0% |
| 4 | Faversham Kent | A | 2 | 88% | 3.5 | 24% |
| 5 | Caterham Surrey | A | 4.3 | 84% | 4.3 | 17% |
| 6 | Hebburn Tyne and Wear | A | 6.6 | 99% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Quedgeley and Hardwicke Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 99% | 4.7 | 21% |
| 8 | Seaham County Durham | A | 2.9 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Thornaby-on-Tees North Yorkshire | A | 5.4 | 92% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 10 | South Ockendon Essex | A− | 2.6 | 88% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Reigate Surrey | A− | 5.5 | 58% | 4.7 | 20% |
| 12 | Workington Cumbria | A− | 3 | 97% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 13 | Dukinfield Greater Manchester | A− | 4 | 95% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 14 | Hedge End Hampshire | A− | 5.5 | 87% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 15 | Coalville Leicestershire | A− | 3.7 | 94% | 4 | 0% |
| 16 | Rothwell West Yorkshire | A− | 3.4 | 91% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 17 | Kempston Bedfordshire | A− | 4.9 | 88% | 4 | 0% |
| 18 | Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex | A− | 1.6 | 74% | 2.7 | 35% |
| 19 | Whitefield Greater Manchester | A− | 4.7 | 87% | 4 | 0% |
| 20 | Ingleby Barwick North Yorkshire | B+ | 2.9 | 87% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Maldon Essex | B+ | 2.8 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 22 | Whitehaven Cumbria | B+ | 1.8 | 91% | 2 | 1% |
| 23 | Chesham Buckinghamshire | B+ | 1.9 | 73% | 4 | 64% |
| 24 | Crowborough East Sussex | B+ | 3.2 | 68% | 2.6 | 91% |
| 25 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire | B+ | 3 | 93% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock Essex | B+ | 2.2 | 97% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Seaford East Sussex | B+ | 0.8 | 73% | 2.8 | 52% |
| 28 | Ossett West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.8 | 91% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 29 | Orrell Greater Manchester | B+ | 4.1 | 77% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 30 | Brownhills West Midlands | B | 11 | 80% | 2 | 2% |
| 31 | Swinton Greater Manchester | B | 3.9 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 32 | Great Bookham and Fetcham Surrey | B | 1.7 | 68% | 4.4 | 33% |
| 33 | Biggleswade Bedfordshire | B | 1.6 | 95% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 34 | Westhoughton Greater Manchester | B | 1.9 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 35 | Old Trafford Greater Manchester | B | 2.5 | 79% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 36 | Hailsham East Sussex | B | 1.4 | 87% | 3.2 | 12% |
| 37 | Truro Cornwall | B | 1.6 | 84% | 2.9 | 21% |
| 38 | Dorchester Dorset | B | 1.6 | 78% | 2.9 | 53% |
| 39 | Rawtenstall Lancashire | B | 1.9 | 83% | 6.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Royton Greater Manchester | B− | 2.8 | 71% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 41 | Bingley West Yorkshire | B− | 2.1 | 80% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Berkhamsted Hertfordshire | B− | 1 | 69% | 3.6 | 56% |
| 43 | Staines-upon-Thames Surrey | B− | 3.4 | 67% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 44 | Dereham Norfolk | B− | 1.8 | 90% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 45 | Bishop Auckland County Durham | B− | 2.7 | 85% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 46 | Chester-le-Street County Durham | C+ | 1.7 | 75% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 47 | Ashford Surrey | C+ | 3.4 | 73% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Clevedon Somerset | C+ | 1.1 | 69% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Clifton Nottinghamshire | C+ | 1.5 | 76% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey | C+ | 2 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 51 | Kenilworth Warwickshire | C+ | 2.7 | 75% | 3 | 0% |
| 52 | Formby Merseyside | C+ | 1.4 | 63% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Potters Bar Hertfordshire | C | 1.6 | 71% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 54 | Normanton West Yorkshire | C | 1.2 | 88% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 55 | Stowmarket Suffolk | C− | 0.8 | 50% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Retford Nottinghamshire | C− | 1.7 | 76% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 57 | Gainsborough Lincolnshire | C− | 1 | 96% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | March Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 87% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Stamford Lincolnshire | D | 1.3 | 64% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 60 | Darlaston West Midlands | D | 1.3 | 78% | 1.9 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Kenilworth’s built-up area.
The biggest is The Park, 25 ha (63 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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).
About 6,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 14 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,589 residents.
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.
86 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Kenilworth and the kilometre around it, 3.0 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 Rail Trail: Kenilworth Circular has 12 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Centenary Way, A Coventry Way and Millennium Way (Warks).
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
Historic England’s register of parks and gardens, and the listed buildings and scheduled monuments that stand inside Kenilworth’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 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 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 48 | 45 | 47 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 68 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 65 |
March is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 72 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Kenilworth →
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.
Kenilworth 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.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth | C+ | 2.7 | 75% | 0% |
| Leek Wootton 1.8 mi | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Burton Green 2.6 mi | D− | 0.0 | 0% | 0% |
| Cubbington 3.7 mi | C | 1.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Hatton 3.9 mi | C | 1.6 | 100% | 0% |
| Royal Leamington Spa 4.2 mi | B+ | 2.7 | 91% | 0% |
| Warwick 4.2 mi | B | 3.0 | 85% | 0% |
Leek Wootton, 1.8 miles away, grades B+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
The Park, 25 ha (63 acres), with 5.4 km of path. St John's Playing Fields (1.5 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 14 mi south-east of the town’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
12 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Centenary Way, Rail Trail: Kenilworth Circular and ACW Circular Walk 04A (short-cut for C04). The Park alone has 5.4 km of path.
library, 12 mi from the edge of the town. Kenilworth itself is inland.
75% 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%.
May to July and September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Garden at 1 Castle Hill (formerly Wantage) (Grade II) and Kenilworth Castle (Grade II*) are on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
About average for paths: 3.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 59% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 64% (2.7 ha per 1,000 residents).
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 Kenilworth’s overall grade.
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