Westbury’s biggest
Leigh Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.4 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.9 mi south-westfrom the centre
Black Horse Lane
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Westbury · parks, paths & countryside
Almost everyone in Westbury lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 97% of residents. The Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape begins 2.7 mi from the town’s edge. 73 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.3 for every square kilometre. Westbury grades B for the outdoors: #17 of 30 in Wiltshire. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
97%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
73 km
3.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
1%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Westbury?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
A park on every doorstep97% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Countryside both waysCranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs starts 2.7 mi south-west, Cotswolds 4.4 mi north-west.Less park per person1.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Westbury’s strongest suit is parks close to every home, followed by two protected landscapes close by. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Westbury grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Westbury, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 61% of UK towns#17 of 30 in Wiltshire · 28th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
25out of
100
100
A park within a walk97%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
77out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape1%of the land within 5 km
63out of
100
100
Footpaths3.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
66out 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.
Towns its size
Westbury is 28th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 15,400 to 17,400 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
Westbury3.3
Towns its size3.3
Wiltshire towns3.0
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Westbury1.4
Towns its size2.4
Wiltshire towns2.0
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Westbury97%
Towns its size84%
Wiltshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
Against towns its size, Westbury stands out most for homes near a park: only 6 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 51 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prestatyn Clwyd | A+ | 3.3 | 92% | 2.9 | 14% |
| 2 | Conwy Clwyd | A+ | 2.9 | 82% | 3.6 | 13% |
| 3 | Swanscombe Kent | A+ | 3.3 | 90% | 8.5 | 0% |
| 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 | Bredbury and Woodley Greater Manchester | A | 4.8 | 94% | 4.8 | 0% |
| 11 | Lewes East Sussex | A | 1.9 | 83% | 4.6 | 75% |
| 12 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | A− | 8.6 | 87% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 13 | Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan | A− | 3.5 | 82% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 14 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | A− | 5.3 | 96% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 15 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | B+ | 7.3 | 76% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 16 | South Woodham Ferrers Essex | B+ | 7.8 | 93% | 3 | 0% |
| 17 | Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire | B+ | 5.5 | 85% | 3.6 | 0% |
| 18 | Peacehaven East Sussex | B+ | 1.1 | 51% | 3.6 | 44% |
| 19 | Weybridge Surrey | B+ | 3.9 | 80% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | B+ | 2.1 | 79% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 21 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.4 | 92% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 22 | Swanley Kent | B+ | 1.8 | 78% | 4.2 | 20% |
| 23 | Whickham Tyne and Wear | B+ | 3.9 | 77% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 24 | Swinton South Yorkshire | B+ | 3 | 97% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 25 | Tyldesley Greater Manchester | B | 2.3 | 97% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 26 | Brackley Northamptonshire | B | 2.7 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 27 | Haydock Merseyside | B | 6.8 | 86% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Westbury Wiltshire | B | 1.4 | 97% | 3.3 | 1% |
| 29 | Amersham Buckinghamshire | B | 1.8 | 62% | 3.7 | 64% |
| 30 | Patchway Gloucestershire | B | 2.5 | 80% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 31 | Haslingden Lancashire | B | 1.8 | 89% | 5.5 | 0% |
| 32 | Wimborne Minster Dorset | B | 2.7 | 51% | 3.6 | 17% |
| 33 | Penrith Cumbria | B | 1.6 | 91% | 2.9 | 9% |
| 34 | Bangor Gwynedd | B | 0.9 | 79% | 2.7 | 11% |
| 35 | Wymondham Norfolk | B | 2.8 | 97% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Minster (Swale) Kent | B | 2.5 | 89% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 37 | Bramhall Greater Manchester | B− | 4.7 | 71% | 3.4 | 0% |
| 38 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | B− | 1.7 | 95% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 39 | Hoyland South Yorkshire | B− | 2.7 | 67% | 4.4 | 0% |
| 40 | Knaresborough North Yorkshire | B− | 2.3 | 87% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Baildon West Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 71% | 7.5 | 0% |
| 42 | Mexborough South Yorkshire | B− | 2 | 97% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 43 | Heysham Lancashire | B− | 1.4 | 83% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 44 | Ramsbottom Greater Manchester | C+ | 2.1 | 74% | 4.1 | 0% |
| 45 | South Normanton and Pinxton Derbyshire | C+ | 1.7 | 90% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Elland West Yorkshire | C+ | 2 | 69% | 4.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Aldridge West Midlands | C+ | 3 | 83% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 48 | Bodmin Cornwall | C+ | 1.1 | 87% | 2.4 | 3% |
| 49 | Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Kent | C | 1.2 | 54% | 3.3 | 21% |
| 50 | Streetly West Midlands | C | 7.5 | 58% | 2 | 0% |
| 51 | Ripon North Yorkshire | C | 1 | 75% | 2.4 | 17% |
| 52 | Nailsea Somerset | C | 1.1 | 65% | 5.4 | 0% |
| 53 | Alsager Cheshire | C | 1.2 | 82% | 3.2 | 0% |
| 54 | Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan | C | 1.5 | 85% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Maltby South Yorkshire | C− | 1.8 | 78% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 56 | Hale Greater Manchester | C− | 2.4 | 50% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Stone Staffordshire | C− | 1.5 | 86% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 58 | North Hykeham Lincolnshire | C− | 2.4 | 60% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Saffron Walden Essex | C− | 1.1 | 63% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 60 | Carmarthen Dyfed | D | 1.6 | 76% | 1.6 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Westbury’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 Westbury
The biggest is Leigh Park, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
All 10 named parks by size: 3 ha (9 acres)
Parks & gardens 3.1 haPlay spaces 0.3 ha
The two biggest, Leigh Park and Grassacres Park, are 74% of the named green space. 10 of the 10 are under 2 ha: small gardens, play spaces and pitches.
Grassacres Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha (3 acres)0.4 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Westbury
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Old School Green
Park or garden
0.4 ha (1 acres)
0.8 mi south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Soisy-Sur-Seine Gardens
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Westbury
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Victoria Gardens
Park or garden
0.1 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Westbury
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Kendrick Close Play Area
Play space
0.2 ha (0 acres)
Centralin the middle of Westbury
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Becks Mill Play Area
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.7 mi south-westfrom the centre
Playground
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Mill Brook Play Area
Play space
0.1 ha (0 acres)
0.8 mi north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Leigh ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsGrassacres ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsOld School GreenPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSoisy-Sur-Seine GardensPark or garden · 0.1 ha
DirectionsVictoria GardensPark or garden · 0.1 ha
DirectionsKendrick Close Play AreaPlay space · 0.2 ha
DirectionsBecks Mill Play AreaPlay space · 0.1 ha
DirectionsMill Brook Play AreaPlay space · 0.1 ha
DirectionsSpinnaker Play ParkPlay space · 0.0 ha
DirectionsSpinnaker Teen AreaPlay space · 0.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsClose to home
How close Westbury’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 (97%)Further (3%)
Westbury97%
Towns its size84%
Wiltshire towns86%
All UK towns83%
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 26 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 631 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs and Cotswolds both start about 4 miles from Westbury
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
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
2.7 mi south-west986 km²since 1983
Official siteFootpaths & waymarked walks
3 waymarked walks pass through or near Westbury
73 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Westbury and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
RegionalLocal
Wessex Ridgeway6.0 km
Imber Range Perimeter Path4.4 km
White Horse Trail1.0 km
2 regional routes pass through, including the Wessex Ridgeway and White Horse Trail.
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 Westbury: May to September
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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 85 | 67 | 59 | 62 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 72 | 68 | 97 | 101 | 98 |
May is the driest month (58 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 101 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Westbury →
Things to do
2 viewpoints and 26 playgrounds
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.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Westbury White Horse Viewing Point0.3 mi from town
DirectionsWhite Horse1.1 mi from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 2
Upton Cow Down199 m (653 ft) · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsWestbury Hill230 m (755 ft) · 1.2 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 26
Becks Mill Play Areain town
DirectionsBridge Court Play Areain town
DirectionsCampion Close Play Areain town
DirectionsChestnut Play Areain town
DirectionsHawkeridge Park Play Areain town
DirectionsJungle Jack's Soft Play Centrein town
DirectionsKendrick Close Play Areain town
DirectionsKingfisher Road Play Areain town
DirectionsPlus 18 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Long River Farm Camping0.3 mi from town
DirectionsBrokerswood Holiday Park0.7 mi from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
West Wilts Youth Sailing Accociationin town
DirectionsPlus 1 slipway 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.
Dilton MarshNorth BradleyBrattonSouthwickWarminsterTrowbridgeWestbury
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury | B | 1.4 | 97% | 1% |
| Dilton Marsh 1.7 mi | B− | 2.1 | 67% | 4% |
| North Bradley 2.5 mi | A | 3.4 | 100% | 0% |
| Bratton 2.8 mi | C− | 1.9 | 25% | 0% |
| Southwick 3.1 mi | A+ | 22.2 | 100% | 1% |
| Warminster 4.0 mi | B+ | 1.7 | 86% | 44% |
| Trowbridge 4.2 mi | A− | 2.3 | 91% | 3% |
Southwick, 3.1 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. North Bradley and Southwick have at least twice Westbury’s green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Westbury
What is the biggest park in Westbury?
Leigh Park, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Grassacres Park (1.1 ha) is second. 10 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Westbury near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape, 2.7 mi south-west of the town’s edge. It covers 986 km² and was designated in 1983.
What are the best walks near Westbury?
3 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the Wessex Ridgeway, Imber Range Perimeter Path and White Horse Trail.
How many people in Westbury live near a park?
97% 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 Westbury?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Westbury good for walking?
For paths, yes: 3.3 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 66% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 25% (1.4 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 Westbury’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Westbury’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.