Kineton’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
0.6 ha (1 acres)
0.5 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Kineton · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Kineton
The Cotswolds National Landscape begins 2.1 mi from the village’s edge. Parks and playing fields in Kineton add up to 0.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 17 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 1.8 for every square kilometre. Kineton grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
0%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
17 km
1.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
5%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Kineton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cotswolds National Landscape starts 2.1 mi south-east.Parks can be a walk away100% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Kineton’s strongest suit is the Cotswolds National Landscape close by. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Outdoors grade
Kineton grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Kineton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
D
Better than 5% of UK towns52nd of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space0.2 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
2out of
100
100
A park within a walk0%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
2out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape5%of the land within 5 km
67out of
100
100
Footpaths1.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
23out 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
Kineton is 52nd of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 2,100 to 2,300 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
Kineton1.8
Villages its size2.4
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Kineton0.2
Villages its size2.0
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Kineton0%
Villages its size68%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Kineton falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 57 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brockham Surrey | A+ | 7.4 | 94% | 4.4 | 38% |
| 2 | Limpsfield Surrey | A+ | 2.9 | 100% | 3.7 | 41% |
| 3 | Tanyfron Clwyd | A | 7.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 13% |
| 4 | Berry Hill Gloucestershire | A | 2.9 | 79% | 4.7 | 55% |
| 5 | Elstead Surrey | A | 2.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 82% |
| 6 | Westcott Surrey | A | 1.8 | 86% | 5.5 | 78% |
| 7 | Hapton Lancashire | A | 2.6 | 87% | 6.1 | 2% |
| 8 | Severn Beach Gloucestershire | A− | 5.8 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 9 | Great Horkesley Essex | A− | 4.7 | 78% | 3.3 | 25% |
| 10 | Arnside Cumbria | A− | 1.3 | 65% | 4.1 | 75% |
| 11 | Smalley Derbyshire | A− | 2.9 | 100% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 12 | Merlin's Bridge Dyfed | A− | 3.3 | 100% | 2 | 11% |
| 13 | Berrow and Brean Somerset | A− | 3.6 | 75% | 1.7 | 1% |
| 14 | Clare Suffolk | A− | 7.7 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 15 | Newstead Nottinghamshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Woodcote Oxfordshire | B+ | 1.6 | 84% | 3.5 | 99% |
| 17 | Acle Norfolk | B+ | 1.6 | 89% | 3.1 | 43% |
| 18 | Tisbury Wiltshire | B+ | 1.5 | 86% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 19 | Woodford Greater Manchester | B+ | 5.9 | 80% | 2.3 | 5% |
| 20 | Steventon Oxfordshire | B+ | 2 | 100% | 2 | 17% |
| 21 | Crick Northamptonshire | B | 3.8 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Mayfield East Sussex | B− | 3.3 | 61% | 1.9 | 99% |
| 23 | Loddon Norfolk | B− | 2.4 | 77% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 24 | Park Street and Frogmore Hertfordshire | B− | 4.5 | 63% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Bickershaw Greater Manchester | B− | 5 | 13% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Lechlade-on-Thames Gloucestershire | B− | 6.7 | 66% | 1.5 | 6% |
| 27 | Bere Alston Devon | C+ | 1.4 | 64% | 1.3 | 93% |
| 28 | Delph Greater Manchester | C+ | 0.7 | 72% | 3.9 | 17% |
| 29 | Hermitage Berkshire | C+ | 0.6 | 58% | 3.4 | 82% |
| 30 | Boughton under Blean Kent | C+ | 2.7 | 24% | 2.5 | 18% |
| 31 | Cold Ash Berkshire | C+ | 1.5 | 7% | 3.1 | 60% |
| 32 | Berkeley Gloucestershire | C+ | 0.9 | 49% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 33 | Farndon Cheshire | C+ | 1.2 | 82% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 34 | East Bergholt Suffolk | C | 1.9 | 26% | 2.4 | 46% |
| 35 | Trimsaran Dyfed | C | 2.4 | 31% | 1 | 2% |
| 36 | Bishopsteignton Devon | C | 3 | 62% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Wickham Market Suffolk | C | 2.5 | 64% | 1.7 | 7% |
| 38 | Llanidloes Powys | C | 2.4 | 89% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 39 | Eye Suffolk | C | 2 | 66% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Wateringbury Kent | C− | 2.4 | 73% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Stoke Prior Worcestershire | C− | 2.6 | 67% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 42 | Coleford Somerset | C− | 1.2 | 51% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Coltishall and Horstead Norfolk | C− | 2.1 | 57% | 1.3 | 8% |
| 44 | Meriden West Midlands | C− | 1.8 | 70% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Woldingham Surrey | C− | 0.2 | 25% | 3.1 | 20% |
| 46 | Hatfield Woodhouse South Yorkshire | C− | 0.6 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 47 | St Osyth Essex | C− | 1.5 | 54% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 48 | Scholes (Leeds) West Yorkshire | D | 0 | 0% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 49 | Comberton Cambridgeshire | D | 1.6 | 71% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 50 | Duxford Cambridgeshire | D | 1.7 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Bicknacre Essex | D | 1 | 56% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 52 | Kineton Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 5% |
| 53 | Great Barford Bedfordshire | D− | 1.4 | 45% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Leconfield East Riding of Yorkshire | D− | 1.6 | 51% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 55 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.7 | 71% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Mattishall Norfolk | D− | 1.4 | 58% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Misterton Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.4 | 47% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Billinghay Lincolnshire | D− | 1.8 | 41% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 59 | Shenstone Staffordshire | D− | 1 | 55% | 1 | 0% |
| 60 | Puriton Somerset | D− | 0.1 | 0% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Kineton’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 Kineton
The biggest is The Green, 0.6 ha (1 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
Few Kineton residents live 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Kineton0%
Villages its size68%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 2,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Cotswolds National Landscape is 2.1 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
National Landscape
Cotswolds
2.1 mi south-east2,041 km²since 19665% of the land within 5 km
Official site5% of the land within 5 km of Kineton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 67% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Kineton
17 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Kineton and the kilometre around it, 1.8 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Kineton; 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 Kineton: 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 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 42 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 55 | 60 | 62 | 51 | 65 | 64 | 60 |
February 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 65 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Kineton →
Things to do
Viewpoints, hills and nature near Kineton
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 1
Plus 1 playground 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.
EttingtonWellesbourneBishop's ItchingtonHarburyBishop's TachbrookBarfordKineton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kineton | D | 0.2 | 0% | 5% |
| Ettington 4.3 mi | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 0% |
| Wellesbourne 4.4 mi | D | 1.1 | 88% | 0% |
| Bishop's Itchington 5.2 mi | C+ | 1.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Harbury 5.7 mi | D | 1.6 | 73% | 0% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook 6.4 mi | B− | 2.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Barford 7.2 mi | D | 2.1 | 58% | 0% |
Bishop's Tachbrook, 6.4 miles away, grades B−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Ettington, Wellesbourne and Bishop's Itchington have at least twice Kineton’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Kineton
What is the biggest park in Kineton?
The Green, 0.6 ha (1 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Kineton near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 2.1 mi south-east of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
How many people in Kineton live near a park?
0% 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 Kineton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Kineton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 23% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 2% (0.2 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 Kineton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Kineton’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.