Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park · Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0Parks and playing fields in Streetly add up to 7.5 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 58% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Footpaths add up to 45 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 2.0 for every square kilometre. Streetly grades C for the outdoors: #28 of 35 in West Midlands. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Streetly’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by its historic parks. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Streetly, 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 15,800 to 17,800 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Against towns its size, Streetly stands out most for park space per resident: only 3 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 55 of the others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 2 | Cirencester Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.3 | 95% | 4.1 | 48% |
| 3 | Dorking Surrey | A | 4.4 | 75% | 7 | 57% |
| 4 | Clitheroe Lancashire | A | 3 | 98% | 3.1 | 59% |
| 5 | Hadfield Derbyshire | A | 2.4 | 91% | 4.5 | 36% |
| 6 | Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and Wear | A | 9.6 | 98% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 7 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 3.9 | 35% |
| 8 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | A | 5.8 | 97% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 9 | Bedlington Northumberland | A | 5.1 | 94% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 10 | Clifton Greater Manchester | A | 10 | 92% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Bredbury and Woodley Greater Manchester | A | 4.8 | 94% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 12 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 13 | Euxton Lancashire | A− | 3.7 | 98% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 14 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 15 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 16 | Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire | B+ | 5.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 18 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 19 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 20 | Swanley Kent | B+ | 1.8 | 78% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 21 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Liversedge West Yorkshire | B+ | 2 | 98% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 23 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 24 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 25 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 26 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 27 | Amersham Buckinghamshire | B | 1.8 | 62% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 28 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 29 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 30 | Cobham Surrey | B | 3.1 | 49% | 4 | 1% |
| 31 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 32 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 33 | Bangor Gwynedd | B | 0.9 | 79% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 34 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 35 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 36 | Bramhall Greater Manchester | B− | 4.7 | 71% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 37 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | B− | 1.7 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 38 | Biddulph Staffordshire | B− | 3.3 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Baildon West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 71% | 7.5 | 0% |
| 40 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 41 | Ramsbottom Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 42 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 43 | Royston Hertfordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 83% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Bodmin Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 46 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 47 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 48 | Bourne Lincolnshire | C | 1.3 | 70% | 4.6 | 0% |
| 49 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 50 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 51 | Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan | C | 1.5 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 52 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Stone Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 55 | North Hykeham Lincolnshire | C− | 2.4 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 57 | Louth Lincolnshire | C− | 0.6 | 76% | 1.3 | 47% |
| 58 | Oswestry Shropshire | C− | 1.3 | 88% | 2 | 0% |
| 59 | Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 60% | 1.6 | 3% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Streetly’s built-up area.
The biggest is Sutton Park, 872 ha (2,155 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
The two biggest, Sutton Park and King George's Field, are 99% of the named green space and carry 79 km of path between them.
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 7,000 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 12 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,399 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.
45 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Streetly and the kilometre around it, 2.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
The regional route here is the Beacon Way.
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 Streetly’s named parks.
872 ha. A registered historic park (Grade II). 1 listed structure stands inside it or at its edge, including Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park (a scheduled monument).
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) | 8.1 | 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 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 53 | 53 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 62 | 69 | 59 | 83 | 76 | 79 |
March is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 83 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Streetly →
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.
Streetly 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.
Up high. Streetly Hill, at 174 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Streetly.
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Plus 1 nature reserve more.
Plus 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streetly | C | 7.5 | 58% | 0% |
| Pheasey 1.8 mi | D− | 0.9 | 40% | 0% |
| Aldridge 2.4 mi | C+ | 3.0 | 83% | 0% |
| Royal Sutton Coldfield 2.7 mi | B− | 6.1 | 64% | 0% |
| Stonnall 3.7 mi | C+ | 11.5 | 82% | 0% |
| Rushall and Shelfield 3.8 mi | B | 4.3 | 88% | 0% |
| Walsall 3.9 mi | C+ | 2.5 | 75% | 0% |
Rushall and Shelfield, 3.8 miles away, grades B, the best next door: 88% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Sutton Park, 872 ha (2,155 acres), with 77.8 km of path. King George's Field (11 ha) is second. 4 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
The nearest protected landscape is the Cannock Chase National Landscape, 6.4 mi north of the town’s edge. It covers 69 km² and was designated in 1958.
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Beacon Way, Sutton Park Archeology Walk 3: Banners Gate and Sutton Park Archeology Walk 1: Streetly Gate. Sutton Park alone has 77.8 km of path.
library, 17 mi from the edge of the town. Streetly itself is inland.
58% 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 September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Sutton Park (Grade II) is on Historic England’s register of parks and gardens.
Paths are thinner than most towns: 2.0 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 30% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 93% (7.5 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 Streetly’s overall grade.
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