New Arley’s biggest
Hill Top Play Park
Play space · 340 m outside town
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.5 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Richard Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in New Arley · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in New Arley lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Footpaths add up to 8 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.1 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in New Arley add up to 2.4 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. New Arley grades C+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
2.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
8 km
1.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is New Arley?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Few mapped footpaths1.1 km of path per km²; the typical UK town has 3.0.
New Arley’s strongest suit is parks close to every home. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Outdoors grade
New Arley grades C+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is New Arley, 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 36% of UK towns35th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space2.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
58out of
100
100
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
89out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · None within 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths1.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
8out 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
New Arley is 35th 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.
Outdoors score: the share of UK towns each one beats
Footpath, km per km²
New Arley1.1
Villages its size2.0
Warwickshire towns2.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
New Arley2.4
Villages its size2.1
Warwickshire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
New Arley100%
Villages its size78%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, New Arley stands out most for homes near a park: none of the other 59 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 51 of the 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 | Pen-clawdd West Glamorgan | A | 4 | 100% | 0.5 | 42% |
| 6 | Hutton Somerset | A | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 22% |
| 7 | Lynemouth Northumberland | A− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 8 | Hemyock Devon | A− | 3.2 | 100% | 1.3 | 82% |
| 9 | Bean Kent | A− | 17 | 72% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 10 | Clayhanger West Midlands | A− | 17.4 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 11 | Harrold Bedfordshire | A− | 19.1 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Bathampton Somerset | A− | 1 | 85% | 5.5 | 62% |
| 13 | Hampton Magna Warwickshire | A− | 6.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 14 | Starcross Devon | B+ | 1.9 | 100% | 0.9 | 1% |
| 15 | Aldbourne Wiltshire | B+ | 3.2 | 84% | 1.8 | 100% |
| 16 | Kingsdown Kent | B+ | 1.1 | 67% | 3.4 | 12% |
| 17 | Great Kingshill Buckinghamshire | B | 2.7 | 55% | 2.9 | 84% |
| 18 | Abridge Essex | B | 3 | 100% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 19 | Ardingly West Sussex | B | 1.7 | 53% | 4.1 | 83% |
| 20 | Silkstone South Yorkshire | B | 1 | 100% | 5.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Edgworth Lancashire | B | 3.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Normandy Surrey | B− | 3.2 | 23% | 3.1 | 26% |
| 23 | Streethouse West Yorkshire | B− | 2.2 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Eynsford Kent | B− | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 46% |
| 25 | Woodsetts South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 26 | Allhallows Kent | B− | 3.2 | 76% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Onley Northamptonshire | B− | 2.3 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 28 | West Horndon Essex | C+ | 2.2 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Pilling Lancashire | C+ | 4.2 | 46% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Seahouses and North Sunderland Northumberland | C+ | 1.6 | 17% | 1.7 | 21% |
| 31 | Chipperfield Hertfordshire | C+ | 2.4 | 37% | 2.8 | 17% |
| 32 | Bartestree Herefordshire | C+ | 2.1 | 81% | 1.9 | 10% |
| 33 | Rocester Staffordshire | C+ | 15.2 | 58% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Templecombe Somerset | C+ | 2 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 35 | New Arley Warwickshire | C+ | 2.4 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 36 | High Littleton Somerset | C+ | 1 | 58% | 4.9 | 1% |
| 37 | Potterspury Northamptonshire | C | 1.4 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 38 | Acton Suffolk | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Stonesfield Oxfordshire | C | 1.9 | 60% | 1.8 | 38% |
| 40 | Earith Cambridgeshire | C | 1.2 | 78% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Wylam Northumberland | C− | 1.1 | 74% | 3.8 | 0% |
| 42 | Thorney Cambridgeshire | C− | 3.4 | 74% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Lower Quinton Warwickshire | C− | 2 | 49% | 1.3 | 18% |
| 44 | Modbury Devon | C− | 1.7 | 39% | 1.2 | 41% |
| 45 | Creunant West Glamorgan | C− | 1.7 | 79% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Pensilva Cornwall | C− | 1.6 | 60% | 1.3 | 15% |
| 47 | Whitehill County Durham | C− | 0.3 | 0% | 7.7 | 0% |
| 48 | Sywell and Overstone Northamptonshire | D | 3.1 | 62% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Upper Arncott Oxfordshire | D | 3.1 | 59% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Thurcaston Leicestershire | D | 1.1 | 33% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 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 | Soughton Clwyd | D | 0.4 | 67% | 1.3 | 3% |
| 55 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1 | 85% | 0.7 | 0% |
| 56 | Woodborough Nottinghamshire | D− | 1 | 45% | 2 | 0% |
| 57 | Ulceby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.2 | 72% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 58 | Scarcroft West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 15% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 59 | Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire | D− | 0.4 | 48% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 60 | Church Fenton North Yorkshire | D− | 0.3 | 50% | 0.7 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is New Arley’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 New Arley
The biggest is Hill Top Play Park, 0.1 ha (0 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close New Arley’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).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
New Arley100%
Villages its size78%
Warwickshire towns88%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
6 waymarked walks pass through or near New Arley
8 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in New Arley and the kilometre around it, 1.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
RegionalLocal
North Arden Heritage Trail6.5 km
NAHT Parish Walk Fillongley4.6 km
ACW Circular Walk 173.4 km
ACW Circular Walk 17A (short-cut to C17)2.3 km
ACW Circular Walk 17X (eXtra to Tippers Hill)1.1 km
Centenary Way0.7 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the North Arden Heritage Trail 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 New Arley: 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 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 70 | 71 | 68 |
March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in New Arley →
Things to do
2 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
New Arley is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the village.
library4.3 mi from New Arley’s edge
DirectionsGood to know
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
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 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.
AnsleyHartshillKeresley NewlandsBermudaNuneatonBedworthNew Arley
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Hartshill, 3.2 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Hartshill has at least twice New Arley’s green space per resident. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in New Arley
What is the biggest park in New Arley?
Hill Top Play Park, 0.1 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 New Arley near a National Park?
No National Park or National Landscape is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of New Arley.
What are the best walks near New Arley?
6 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the North Arden Heritage Trail, NAHT Parish Walk Fillongley and ACW Circular Walk 17.
What is the nearest beach to New Arley?
library, 4.3 mi from the edge of the village. New Arley itself is inland.
How many people in New Arley 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 New Arley?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is New Arley good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.1 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 8% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 58% (2.4 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 New Arley’s overall grade.
Sources
Where New Arley’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.