Bromham’s biggest
Millennium Field
Playing field
3.1 ha (8 acres)0.2 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Bromham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0A+Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Bromham · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Bromham lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Bromham add up to 5.8 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The North Wessex Downs National Landscape begins 0.9 mi from the village’s edge. 30 km of footpaths run through the village and the kilometre around it, 3.3 for every square kilometre. Bromham grades A+ for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.8 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
30 km
3.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
13%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Bromham?
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.Room to roam5.8 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 89% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe North Wessex Downs National Landscape starts 0.9 mi east.
Bromham’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by plenty of park space.
Outdoors grade
Bromham grades A+ for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Bromham, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
A+
Better than 96% of UK towns5th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space5.8 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
90out 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 Landscape13%of the land within 5 km
73out of
100
100
Footpaths3.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
67out 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
Bromham is 5th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,000 to 1,100 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
Bromham3.3
Villages its size2.4
Wiltshire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Bromham5.8
Villages its size2.4
Wiltshire towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Bromham100%
Villages its size78%
Wiltshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Bromham stands out most for park space per resident: only 8 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giggleswick North Yorkshire | A+ | 14.2 | 100% | 4.1 | 75% |
| 2 | Lympne Kent | A+ | 4 | 100% | 2.7 | 34% |
| 3 | Uplyme Devon | A+ | 2.4 | 100% | 3 | 61% |
| 4 | Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire | A+ | 11 | 100% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 5 | Bromham Wiltshire | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 3.3 | 13% |
| 6 | Blagdon Somerset | A | 3.3 | 100% | 2.9 | 62% |
| 7 | Colney Heath Hertfordshire | A | 8.7 | 100% | 7.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Alston Cumbria | A | 5.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 100% |
| 9 | Newnham Gloucestershire | A | 4.2 | 100% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 10 | Heather Leicestershire | A | 16.9 | 100% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 11 | Blockley Gloucestershire | A | 2.9 | 100% | 2.5 | 86% |
| 12 | Silverdale Lancashire | A | 2.3 | 46% | 3.9 | 76% |
| 13 | North Curry Somerset | A | 6.2 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 14 | Furness Vale Derbyshire | A− | 2 | 78% | 5 | 36% |
| 15 | Old Langho Lancashire | A− | 7.6 | 73% | 2.9 | 20% |
| 16 | Chedgrave Norfolk | A− | 3 | 100% | 1.7 | 26% |
| 17 | Plumpton Green East Sussex | A− | 4.6 | 54% | 3.6 | 37% |
| 18 | Cwmgwrach West Glamorgan | B+ | 3.2 | 100% | 1.7 | 6% |
| 19 | Calver Derbyshire | B+ | 2.2 | 44% | 4.8 | 99% |
| 20 | Groombridge East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 77% | 2.8 | 92% |
| 21 | Crowlas Cornwall | B+ | 3.3 | 73% | 1.1 | 23% |
| 22 | Blackfordby Leicestershire | B+ | 3.5 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 23 | Five Ash Down East Sussex | B+ | 2.8 | 0% | 4.1 | 43% |
| 24 | Avening Gloucestershire | B | 0.9 | 100% | 2.3 | 97% |
| 25 | Flamstead Hertfordshire | B | 2.1 | 82% | 2.7 | 33% |
| 26 | Fishtoft Lincolnshire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 27 | Nanpean Cornwall | B | 4.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 28 | Sharnford Leicestershire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.9 | 0% |
| 29 | Tackley Oxfordshire | B− | 1.9 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Twyning Gloucestershire | B− | 1 | 100% | 2.5 | 10% |
| 31 | Ettington Warwickshire | B− | 3.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 32 | South Wingfield Derbyshire | B− | 5.4 | 75% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 33 | Coopersale Essex | B− | 1.1 | 100% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 34 | Carleton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | C+ | 0.4 | 100% | 2.3 | 10% |
| 35 | Chillington Devon | C+ | 0.6 | 78% | 1.3 | 55% |
| 36 | Milford Derbyshire | C+ | 1.4 | 100% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 37 | Draycott Somerset | C+ | 2.1 | 68% | 2.1 | 46% |
| 38 | Sutterton Lincolnshire | C+ | 2.8 | 100% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 39 | Upper Basildon Berkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 0% | 2 | 97% |
| 40 | Weston Staffordshire | C+ | 1.3 | 100% | 1 | 4% |
| 41 | Simister Greater Manchester | C | 16.6 | 0% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 42 | Hilton Cambridgeshire | C | 6.8 | 70% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 43 | Huby (Hambleton) North Yorkshire | C | 2.4 | 75% | 1.5 | 2% |
| 44 | Kimbolton Cambridgeshire | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 45 | Pattishall and Astcote Northamptonshire | C− | 2.9 | 39% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 46 | Stebbing Essex | C− | 2.4 | 70% | 2 | 0% |
| 47 | North Leverton with Habblesthorpe Nottinghamshire | C− | 0.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 48 | Tolleshunt Knights Essex | C− | 3.4 | 41% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 49 | Gorefield Cambridgeshire | D | 2.9 | 67% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 50 | Snitterfield Warwickshire | D | 2.4 | 63% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 51 | Crundale Dyfed | D | 1.5 | 57% | 0.5 | 5% |
| 52 | Napton on the Hill Warwickshire | D | 0.4 | 69% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 53 | Aberporth Dyfed | D | 0.6 | 38% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 54 | Wisbech St Mary Cambridgeshire | D | 1.8 | 69% | 0.2 | 0% |
| 55 | Horsham St Faith Norfolk | D | 0.9 | 52% | 1.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Hockliffe Bedfordshire | D− | 1.2 | 49% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 57 | South Hykeham Lincolnshire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 58 | Pencader Dyfed | D− | 1.2 | 30% | 0.1 | 0% |
| 59 | Netheravon Wiltshire | D− | 0.4 | 0% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Leeming Bar North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 0% | 0.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Bromham’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 Bromham
The biggest is Millennium Field, 3.1 ha (8 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Bromham Football Club
Playing field
2.3 ha (6 acres)
3 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Bromham
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
How close Bromham’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%)
Bromham100%
Villages its size78%
Wiltshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 3 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 355 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The North Wessex Downs National Landscape is 0.9 mi away
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
North Wessex Downs
0.9 mi east1,731 km²since 197213% of the land within 5 km
Official site13% of the land within 5 km of Bromham is National Park or National Landscape, more than 73% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Bromham
30 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Bromham and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Bromham; its footpaths are on the map above.
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 Bromham: 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 84 | 57 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 60 | 88 | 91 | 87 |
March is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 91 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 52 nights a year. The climate in Bromham →
Things to do
3 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
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 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.
Derry Hill and StudleyMelkshamDevizesBowerhillCalneBerryfieldBromham
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromham | A+ | 5.8 | 100% | 13% |
| Derry Hill and Studley 3.5 mi | C+ | 1.2 | 100% | 1% |
| Melksham 3.6 mi | C+ | 2.2 | 87% | 0% |
| Devizes 3.7 mi | A− | 1.8 | 91% | 38% |
| Bowerhill 3.7 mi | A− | 7.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Calne 4.2 mi | B− | 1.3 | 88% | 33% |
| Berryfield 4.5 mi | D− | 0.4 | 53% | 0% |
Bromham grades higher for the outdoors than every neighbour in the table.
Questions about the outdoors in Bromham
What is the biggest park in Bromham?
Millennium Field, 3.1 ha (8 acres). Bromham Football Club (2.3 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Bromham near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, 0.9 mi east of the village’s edge. It covers 1,731 km² and was designated in 1972.
How many people in Bromham 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 Bromham?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Bromham good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 67% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 90% (5.8 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 Bromham’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Bromham’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.