Lower Quinton’s biggest
The Green
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
1.2 ha (3 acres)
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi southfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lower Quinton · parks, paths & countryside
The Cotswolds National Landscape begins 0.1 mi from Lower Quinton
Footpaths add up to 9 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.3 for every square kilometre. 49% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Parks and playing fields in Lower Quinton add up to 2.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Lower Quinton grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
49%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
9 km
1.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
18%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Lower Quinton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cotswolds National Landscape starts 0.1 mi south.On a National TrailThe E2 hiking trail Birmingham passes through.Few mapped footpaths1.3 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
Lower Quinton’s strongest suit is the Cotswolds National Landscape close by, followed by the E2 hiking trail Birmingham. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
Lower Quinton grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lower Quinton, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
C−
Better than 19% of UK towns46th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
44out of
100
100
A park within a walk49%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
13out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape18%of the land within 5 km
76out of
100
100
Footpaths1.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
11out 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
Lower Quinton is 46th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,600 to 1,800 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
Lower Quinton1.3
Villages its size2.2
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lower Quinton2.0
Villages its size2.0
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lower Quinton49%
Villages its size80%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Lower Quinton falls furthest behind on path per km², where 46 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pease Pottage West Sussex | A+ | 4.1 | 100% | 7.4 | 65% |
| 2 | Manningtree Essex | A+ | 5.6 | 100% | 2.5 | 43% |
| 3 | Guston Kent | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 2.5 | 25% |
| 4 | Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 10.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 8% |
| 5 | Penwithick Cornwall | A | 15 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 6 | Wroxall Isle of Wight | A | 1.2 | 84% | 4.6 | 33% |
| 7 | Eccles Kent | A | 3.7 | 100% | 2.4 | 30% |
| 8 | Hutton Somerset | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 22% |
| 9 | Flimby Cumbria | A | 1.7 | 100% | 2.3 | 2% |
| 10 | Southwell Dorset | A | 0.7 | 100% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Wickwar Gloucestershire | A− | 2 | 100% | 3.5 | 15% |
| 12 | Lynemouth Northumberland | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Hemyock Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.3 | 82% |
| 14 | Seascale Cumbria | A− | 2.1 | 81% | 2.2 | 27% |
| 15 | Clayhanger West Midlands | A− | 17.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 16 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 17 | Bathampton Somerset | A− | 1 | 85% | 5.5 | 62% |
| 18 | Ripley Surrey | A− | 15 | 64% | 3.6 | 2% |
| 19 | Appledore Devon | B+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 16% |
| 20 | Starcross Devon | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 21 | Aldbourne Wiltshire | B+ | 3.2 | 84% | 1.8 | 100% |
| 22 | Kingsdown Kent | B+ | 1.1 | 67% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 23 | Blewbury Oxfordshire | B | 3.1 | 54% | 2.7 | 79% |
| 24 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 25 | Silkstone South Yorkshire | B | 1 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 26 | Normandy Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 23% | 3.1 | 26% |
| 27 | Streethouse West Yorkshire | B− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Eynsford Kent | B− | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 46% |
| 29 | Shaldon Devon | B− | 1.7 | 85% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 30 | Woodsetts South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 31 | Allhallows Kent | B− | 3.2 | 76% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 32 | Onley Northamptonshire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Trethomas Gwent | B− | 6.9 | 48% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 34 | Pilling Lancashire | C+ | 4.2 | 46% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Seahouses and North Sunderland Northumberland | C+ | 1.6 | 17% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 36 | Chipperfield Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 37% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 37 | Rocester Staffordshire | C+ | 15.2 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 38 | Harvington Worcestershire | C+ | 2.6 | 100% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Minsterley Shropshire | C+ | 1.1 | 77% | 2.4 | 38% |
| 40 | New Arley Warwickshire | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Acton Suffolk | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Stonesfield Oxfordshire | C | 1.9 | 60% | 1.8 | 38% |
| 43 | Wylam Northumberland | C− | 1.1 | 74% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 44 | Leeming North Yorkshire | C− | 5 | 76% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 45 | High Bentham North Yorkshire | C− | 0.1 | 0% | 2.9 | 45% |
| 46 | Lower Quinton Warwickshire | C− | 2 | 49% | 1.3 | 18% |
| 47 | Modbury Devon | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.2 | 41% |
| 48 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Whitehill County Durham | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 50 | Holt Wiltshire | D | 1.1 | 45% | 2.1 | 2% |
| 51 | Leverington Cambridgeshire | D | 2.8 | 59% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 52 | Dobwalls Cornwall | D | 1.4 | 28% | 1.5 | 15% |
| 53 | Tiddington Warwickshire | D | 0.2 | 79% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Point Clear Essex | D | 0.1 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 55 | Soughton Clwyd | D | 0.4 | 67% | 1.3 | 3% |
| 56 | Monk Fryston and Hillam North Yorkshire | D | 2.7 | 40% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 57 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 58 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 59 | Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Swffryd Gwent | D− | 1.4 | 17% | 0.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Lower Quinton’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 Lower Quinton
The biggest is The Green, 1.2 ha (3 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Swithins Wood Play Area
Play space
0.0 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Lower Quinton
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
5 in 10 Lower Quinton 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 (49%)Further (51%)
Lower Quinton49%
Villages its size80%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 282 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Lower Quinton
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
18% of the land within 5 km of Lower Quinton is National Park or National Landscape, more than 76% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lower Quinton is on the E2 hiking trail Birmingham
9 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lower Quinton and the kilometre around it, 1.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
NationalRegional
Monarch's Way6.4 km
E2 hiking trail Birmingham5.9 km
Heart of England Way5.9 km
Centenary Way2.3 km
The E2 hiking trail Birmingham, a national route, passes Lower Quinton. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Monarch's Way, Heart of England Way and Centenary Way.
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 Lower Quinton: 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) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 60 | 57 |
February is the driest month (38 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 61 mm of rain falls in July, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Lower Quinton →
Things to do
6 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
Hills and peaks 1
Meon Hill195 m (640 ft) · 0.9 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds 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.
Meon ValeMickletonWelford-on-AvonHoneybourneStratford-upon-AvonChipping CampdenLower Quinton
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Quinton | C− | 2.0 | 49% | 18% |
| Meon Vale 0.8 mi | D | 0.4 | 50% | 19% |
| Mickleton 2.3 mi | C+ | 2.2 | 52% | 45% |
| Welford-on-Avon 3.4 mi | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 0% |
| Honeybourne 4.3 mi | B | 2.9 | 80% | 14% |
| Stratford-upon-Avon 5.1 mi | C | 1.6 | 84% | 0% |
| Chipping Campden 5.2 mi | A− | 2.1 | 100% | 74% |
Chipping Campden, 5.2 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park.
Questions about the outdoors in Lower Quinton
What is the biggest park in Lower Quinton?
The Green, 1.2 ha (3 acres), just outside the built-up area. Swithins Wood Play Area (0.0 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Lower Quinton near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cotswolds National Landscape, 0.1 mi south of the village’s edge. It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Lower Quinton?
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Monarch's Way, E2 hiking trail Birmingham and Heart of England Way.
How many people in Lower Quinton live near a park?
49% 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 Lower Quinton?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lower Quinton good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 11% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 44% (2.0 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 Lower Quinton’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Lower Quinton’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.