Meon Vale’s biggest
Swithins Wood Play Area
Play space · 320 m outside town
0.0 ha (0 acres)
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Meon Vale · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Meon Vale
The Cotswolds National Landscape reaches the edge of Meon Vale. Parks and playing fields in Meon Vale add up to 0.4 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 50% of residents. Meon Vale grades D for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
0.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
50%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
16 km
1.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
19%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cotswolds National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Meon Vale?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byThe Cotswolds National Landscape starts 0.0 mi south-east.On a National TrailThe E2 hiking trail Birmingham passes through.Less park per person0.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Meon Vale’s strongest suit is the Cotswolds National Landscape close by, followed by the E2 hiking trail Birmingham. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Meon Vale grades D for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Meon Vale, 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 8% of UK towns54th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space0.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
3out of
100
100
A park within a walk50%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
13out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape19%of the land within 5 km
77out of
100
100
Footpaths1.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
15out 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
Meon Vale is 54th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,300 to 1,500 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
Meon Vale1.4
Villages its size2.3
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Meon Vale0.4
Villages its size2.2
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Meon Vale50%
Villages its size81%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Meon Vale falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 58 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwygyfylchi Clwyd | A+ | 3.2 | 83% | 4.3 | 28% |
| 2 | Trull Somerset | A+ | 5.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 20% |
| 3 | Troon Cornwall | A+ | 6.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 4 | Kingswood Gloucestershire | A | 2.1 | 100% | 3.7 | 45% |
| 5 | Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant Gwent | A | 22.1 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 6 | Cromford Derbyshire | A | 1.8 | 100% | 6.6 | 12% |
| 7 | New Houghton Derbyshire | A | 33.8 | 100% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 8 | Jump South Yorkshire | A | 5.1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Startforth County Durham | A | 6 | 78% | 4.3 | 4% |
| 10 | St Day Cornwall | A | 3.2 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Sherston Wiltshire | A | 3.7 | 100% | 1.4 | 75% |
| 12 | Five Oak Green Kent | A− | 3 | 100% | 2 | 30% |
| 13 | Hallow Worcestershire | A− | 3.7 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 14 | Wigginton North Yorkshire | A− | 4.1 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 15 | Shotley Gate Suffolk | A− | 1 | 100% | 1.5 | 34% |
| 16 | Grundisburgh Suffolk | B+ | 2.2 | 100% | 2.6 | 3% |
| 17 | Carway Dyfed | B+ | 17 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Stanwell Moor Surrey | B+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Brookwood Surrey | B+ | 8.5 | 59% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Emley West Yorkshire | B+ | 2.6 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 21 | Handcross West Sussex | B | 9.6 | 58% | 1.9 | 87% |
| 22 | Wedmore Somerset | B | 4.7 | 60% | 3.1 | 1% |
| 23 | Trevor Clwyd | B | 2 | 60% | 3.5 | 55% |
| 24 | Kelloe County Durham | B | 5.6 | 42% | 6 | 0% |
| 25 | Woolmer Green Hertfordshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Tye Green Essex | B | 2 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 27 | Bentley Hampshire | B | 1.3 | 100% | 2.1 | 22% |
| 28 | Calvert Buckinghamshire | B | 3.3 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Abertysswg Gwent | B | 2.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 30 | Little Hallingbury Essex | B− | 1 | 100% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Brigstock Northamptonshire | B− | 8.2 | 84% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 32 | Warkworth Northumberland | B− | 1.8 | 76% | 1.3 | 9% |
| 33 | Bishop Sutton Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 64% | 2.5 | 36% |
| 34 | Orsett Essex | B− | 4.4 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 35 | Ashton Keynes Wiltshire | C+ | 1.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Pilning Gloucestershire | C+ | 2 | 54% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Shortlanesend Cornwall | C+ | 1 | 100% | 1.7 | 2% |
| 38 | Thorner West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Benenden Kent | C | 2 | 57% | 1.7 | 83% |
| 40 | Barlaston Staffordshire | C | 2.7 | 80% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 41 | Brailsford Derbyshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Slip End Bedfordshire | C | 1.9 | 22% | 2.3 | 28% |
| 43 | Hurley Warwickshire | C | 2.8 | 75% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Stewkley Buckinghamshire | C | 4.2 | 74% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 45 | Easebourne West Sussex | C | 0.4 | 0% | 2.9 | 100% |
| 46 | Blunham Bedfordshire | C | 2.2 | 77% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 47 | Salhouse Norfolk | C− | 1.9 | 71% | 1 | 17% |
| 48 | Blofield Heath Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 43% | 0.9 | 17% |
| 49 | Penperlleni Gwent | C− | 0.6 | 80% | 1.7 | 17% |
| 50 | Newton Flotman Norfolk | C− | 2.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 51 | Thorrington Essex | C− | 1.2 | 65% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Perham Down Wiltshire | D | 0.8 | 42% | 2.2 | 17% |
| 53 | Ranskill Nottinghamshire | D | 0.4 | 100% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Meon Vale Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 50% | 1.4 | 19% |
| 55 | Stillington County Durham | D | 1.4 | 77% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 56 | Byram North Yorkshire | D | 2.1 | 19% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Barford Warwickshire | D | 2.1 | 58% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Friday Bridge Cambridgeshire | D− | 1 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Easton Norfolk | D− | 1 | 0% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 60 | Langham Rutland | D− | 0.3 | 23% | 1.3 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Meon Vale’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 Meon Vale
The biggest is Swithins Wood Play Area, 0.0 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
5 in 10 Meon Vale 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 (50%)Further (51%)
Meon Vale50%
Villages its size81%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 7 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 202 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Meon Vale
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
At the edge south-east2,041 km²since 196619% of the land within 5 km
Official site19% of the land within 5 km of Meon Vale is National Park or National Landscape, more than 77% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Meon Vale is on the E2 hiking trail Birmingham
16 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Meon Vale and the kilometre around it, 1.4 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
Heart of England Way8.9 km
E2 hiking trail Birmingham7.6 km
Monarch's Way6.7 km
Centenary Way1.5 km
European walking route E2 west, UK, South West England1.2 km
The E2 hiking trail Birmingham, a national route, passes Meon Vale. 3 regional routes pass through, including the Heart of England Way, Monarch's 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 Meon Vale: 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) | 50 | 39 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 48 | 60 | 60 | 57 |
February is the driest month (39 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 60 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Meon Vale →
Things to do
7 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) · 0.8 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 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.
Lower QuintonMickletonWelford-on-AvonHoneybourneChipping CampdenBretfortonMeon Vale
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meon Vale | D | 0.4 | 50% | 19% |
| Lower Quinton 0.8 mi | C− | 2.0 | 49% | 18% |
| Mickleton 1.8 mi | C+ | 2.2 | 52% | 45% |
| Welford-on-Avon 3.4 mi | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 0% |
| Honeybourne 3.4 mi | B | 2.9 | 80% | 14% |
| Chipping Campden 4.7 mi | A− | 2.1 | 100% | 74% |
| Bretforton 5.0 mi | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 9% |
Chipping Campden, 4.7 miles away, grades A−, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Lower Quinton, Mickleton and Honeybourne have at least twice Meon Vale’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Meon Vale
What is the biggest park in Meon Vale?
Swithins Wood Play Area, 0.0 ha (0 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 Meon Vale near a National Park?
It covers 2,041 km² and was designated in 1966.
What are the best walks near Meon Vale?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Heart of England Way, E2 hiking trail Birmingham and Monarch's Way.
How many people in Meon Vale live near a park?
50% 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 Meon Vale?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Meon Vale good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.4 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 15% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 3% (0.4 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 Meon Vale’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Meon Vale’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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