Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Linda Spashett Storye_book · CC BY 3.0The Nidderdale National Landscape begins 2.4 mi from the town’s edge. No park or playing field is mapped within a 5-minute walk of homes in Bramhope. Parks and playing fields in Bramhope add up to 1.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. Bramhope grades C− for the outdoors: #85 of 91 in West Yorkshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Bramhope’s strongest suit is the Nidderdale National Landscape close by. 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 Bramhope, 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 3,400 to 3,700 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Bramhope falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 57 of the 59 others do better.
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tutshill and Sedbury Gloucestershire | A+ | 2.5 | 87% | 4.5 | 32% |
| 2 | Marsden West Yorkshire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 6.5 | 33% |
| 3 | Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Gloucestershire | A | 2 | 100% | 4.6 | 51% |
| 4 | Lingfield Surrey | A | 3.5 | 100% | 2.8 | 16% |
| 5 | Bishopston West Glamorgan | A | 3 | 47% | 3.1 | 41% |
| 6 | Kingsbury Warwickshire | A− | 17.2 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 7 | Shenley Hertfordshire | A− | 6.1 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 8 | Taff's Well Mid Glamorgan | A− | 2.3 | 100% | 6.2 | 0% |
| 9 | Grassmoor Derbyshire | A− | 6.8 | 85% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 10 | Church Stretton Shropshire | A− | 2.2 | 68% | 4.7 | 92% |
| 11 | Keresley Newlands Warwickshire | B+ | 4.4 | 89% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel Staffordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 86% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 13 | Watchet Somerset | B+ | 1.3 | 86% | 2 | 18% |
| 14 | Chartham Kent | B | 2.3 | 67% | 3.3 | 44% |
| 15 | Roade Northamptonshire | B | 2.6 | 100% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 16 | Martham Norfolk | B | 1.7 | 74% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 17 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | B | 1 | 48% | 2.9 | 38% |
| 18 | Sturminster Newton Dorset | B | 1.4 | 85% | 3.6 | 5% |
| 19 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | B− | 2.5 | 64% | 2.3 | 66% |
| 20 | Belton Norfolk | B− | 1.5 | 77% | 1.5 | 48% |
| 21 | Theydon Bois Essex | B− | 2.4 | 70% | 5.1 | 0% |
| 22 | Burtonwood Cheshire | B− | 3.3 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 23 | Lower Nazeing Essex | B− | 23.8 | 58% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 24 | Worlingham Suffolk | B− | 1.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 24% |
| 25 | Pulborough West Sussex | B− | 1.4 | 77% | 2.7 | 50% |
| 26 | Bembridge Isle of Wight | B− | 1.5 | 50% | 2.3 | 7% |
| 27 | Penllergaer West Glamorgan | B− | 21 | 83% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Langport Somerset | B− | 2.3 | 94% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 29 | Oakworth West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 84% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Fradley Staffordshire | C+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 31 | Tutbury Staffordshire | C+ | 2.5 | 90% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 32 | Great Lumley County Durham | C+ | 1.4 | 88% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 33 | Woodstock Oxfordshire | C+ | 1 | 80% | 3 | 11% |
| 34 | Boreham Essex | C+ | 1.1 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Hatfield Peverel Essex | C | 2 | 84% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 36 | Bransgore Hampshire | C | 1.9 | 71% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 37 | Cosby Leicestershire | C | 1.6 | 93% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 38 | Cowbridge South Glamorgan | C | 1.2 | 86% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | C | 2.9 | 82% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 40 | Haltwhistle Northumberland | C | 1.5 | 59% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 41 | Glemsford Suffolk | C− | 1.1 | 84% | 3 | 0% |
| 42 | Goff's Oak Hertfordshire | C− | 2.4 | 41% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Bramhope West Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 0% | 2.7 | 2% |
| 44 | Hawkhurst Kent | C− | 1.1 | 60% | 1.4 | 100% |
| 45 | Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Mid Glamorgan | C− | 2.3 | 63% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Pwllheli Gwynedd | C− | 0.1 | 23% | 1.3 | 2% |
| 47 | West Parley Dorset | C− | 1.6 | 20% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 48 | Bloxham Oxfordshire | C− | 2.6 | 71% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 49 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 0.2 | 89% | 2 | 0% |
| 50 | Hoveton and Wroxham Norfolk | D | 1.4 | 65% | 0.8 | 18% |
| 51 | Spilsby Lincolnshire | D | 0 | 0% | 2.2 | 23% |
| 52 | Lanchester County Durham | D | 1.4 | 70% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 53 | St Columb Major Cornwall | D | 1 | 89% | 1 | 0% |
| 54 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | D | 0.8 | 44% | 3 | 0% |
| 55 | Willaston (Cheshire East) Cheshire | D | 1 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Bilton East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.3 | 66% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 57 | Upwell and Outwell Norfolk | D− | 1.8 | 43% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 58 | Wollaston Northamptonshire | D− | 1.2 | 11% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 59 | Copmanthorpe North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 38% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 60 | Barlby North Yorkshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.8 | 0% |
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bramhope’s built-up area.
The biggest is Golden Acre Park, 44 ha (109 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
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 3,600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 8 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 449 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.
2% of the land within 5 km of Bramhope is National Park or National Landscape, more than 64% of UK towns. Yorkshire Dales National Park covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954.
33 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bramhope and the kilometre around it, 2.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
Close to home, the Leeds Country Way has 7 km of local walk within 2 km of the town. 2 regional routes pass through, including the Dales Way Link and Ebor Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 59 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 70 | 65 | 72 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 |
April is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 81 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Bramhope →
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.
Bramhope 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.
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Plus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
Otley, 3.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: 93% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. Otley has at least twice Bramhope’s green space per resident.
Golden Acre Park, 44 ha (109 acres), with 5 km of path, just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Yes. Yorkshire Dales National Park begins 9.8 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 2,185 km² and has been a National Park since 1954. The nearest protected landscape of any kind is the Nidderdale National Landscape, 2.4 mi away.
4 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Dales Way Link, Ebor Way and Leeds Country Way. Golden Acre Park alone has 5 km of path.
Pebble Beach, 19 mi from the edge of the town, then York Beach (22 mi). Bramhope itself is inland.
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%.
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
About average for paths: 2.7 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 50% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 39% (1.8 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 Bramhope’s overall grade.
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