Rushwick’s biggest
Rushwich Village Green
Playing field
1.5 ha (4 acres)0.2 km of path
2 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Rushwick
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors Grade
Outdoors in Rushwick · parks, paths & countryside
Rushwick has more park space per resident than nearly 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Rushwick add up to 5.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. The Malvern Hills National Landscape begins 3.6 mi from the village’s edge. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 71% of residents. Rushwick grades B− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
5.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
71%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
23 km
2.8 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Malvern Hills starts 3.6 mi out, past the 5 km
Character
What kind of outdoors village is Rushwick?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Room to roam5.0 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 87% of UK towns.Countryside close byThe Malvern Hills National Landscape starts 3.6 mi west.
Rushwick’s strongest suit is plenty of park space, followed by the Malvern Hills National Landscape close by.
Outdoors grade
Rushwick grades B− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Rushwick, 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 47% of UK towns27th of 60 UK villages its size
Public green space5.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
87out of
100
100
A park within a walk71%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
33out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape0%of the land within 5 km · Malvern Hills begins just past 5 km
31out of
100
100
Footpaths2.8 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
55out 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
Rushwick is 27th of 60 UK villages its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 1,100 to 1,300 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
Rushwick2.8
Villages its size2.0
Worcestershire towns2.8
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Rushwick5.0
Villages its size2.6
Worcestershire towns2.3
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Rushwick71%
Villages its size74%
Worcestershire towns80%
All UK towns83%
Against villages its size, Rushwick stands out most for park space per resident: only 12 of the other 59 have more.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porlock Somerset | A+ | 2.9 | 75% | 5.2 | 71% |
| 2 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 13% |
| 3 | Sundridge Kent | A+ | 9.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 73% |
| 4 | Shamley Green Surrey | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3 | 69% |
| 5 | Dawlish Warren Devon | A | 21.1 | 73% | 2.9 | 1% |
| 6 | Niton Isle of Wight | A | 2.6 | 76% | 3.1 | 37% |
| 7 | Donisthorpe Leicestershire | A | 38.4 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 8 | Egloshayle Cornwall | A | 7.3 | 100% | 2.6 | 12% |
| 9 | Bures Suffolk | A | 5.4 | 100% | 2.5 | 14% |
| 10 | Ruardean Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 29% |
| 11 | Great Bedwyn Wiltshire | A | 3 | 76% | 3.7 | 100% |
| 12 | Lower Halstow Kent | A− | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 13 | Low Bradley North Yorkshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 6.2 | 2% |
| 14 | Foulridge Lancashire | A− | 9.4 | 23% | 5.4 | 4% |
| 15 | Hurst Green East Sussex | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.1 | 100% |
| 16 | Oxspring South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 77% | 4 | 1% |
| 17 | Stallingborough Lincolnshire | B+ | 2.3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | King's Somborne Hampshire | B+ | 5.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 19 | St Bees Cumbria | B | 8.5 | 78% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 20 | Clyst St Mary Devon | B | 5.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 21 | Bodedern Gwynedd | B | 1.2 | 100% | 0 | 16% |
| 22 | Woodchurch Kent | B | 2.3 | 78% | 2.8 | 12% |
| 23 | Moresby Parks Cumbria | B− | 1.2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| 24 | Stradbroke Suffolk | B− | 3 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 25 | Trawden Lancashire | B− | 4 | 0% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 26 | Welford Northamptonshire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 27 | Rushwick Worcestershire | B− | 5 | 71% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 28 | Datchworth Hertfordshire | C+ | 10.8 | 76% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Lyne Surrey | C+ | 4 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 30 | Coldeast Devon | C+ | 1.6 | 47% | 3.6 | 30% |
| 31 | Haswell County Durham | C+ | 3.2 | 100% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 32 | Chesterton Oxfordshire | C+ | 1.8 | 100% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 33 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 34 | Stalmine Lancashire | C | 3.1 | 67% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 35 | Rearsby Leicestershire | C | 1.5 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 36 | Barrington Cambridgeshire | C | 3.6 | 69% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Croughton Northamptonshire | C | 3.6 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Hill Brow and Rake Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 97% |
| 39 | Wolverley Worcestershire | C− | 7.2 | 23% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 40 | Methley West Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Abbotskerswell Devon | C− | 4.2 | 49% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 42 | Sproatley East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 8.6 | 47% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 43 | Kirby-le-Soken Essex | C− | 0.7 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 44 | Parson Drove Cambridgeshire | D | 3.5 | 60% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 45 | Shardlow Derbyshire | D | 1.5 | 73% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 46 | Kingswood Warwickshire | D | 1.7 | 42% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 47 | Coup Green Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 48 | Horton and Broadway Somerset | D | 0.5 | 45% | 1.9 | 14% |
| 49 | Puddletown Dorset | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2.1 | 15% |
| 50 | Llanybydder Dyfed | D | 2.2 | 60% | 0.3 | 0% |
| 51 | Beckingham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.6 | 28% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 52 | Stoke Ferry Norfolk | D | 1.1 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 53 | Ifold West Sussex | D | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 54 | Bretforton Worcestershire | D− | 0.2 | 0% | 1.4 | 9% |
| 55 | Standlake Oxfordshire | D− | 1.7 | 42% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 56 | Rillington North Yorkshire | D− | 1 | 75% | 0.6 | 0% |
| 57 | Wrawby Lincolnshire | D− | 1.8 | 26% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Darrington West Yorkshire | D− | 0.5 | 72% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 59 | Blackwell Worcestershire | D− | 0.7 | 29% | 2 | 0% |
| 60 | Fiskerton Lincolnshire | D− | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Rushwick’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 Rushwick
The biggest is Rushwich Village Green, 1.5 ha (4 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
7 in 10 Rushwick residents live within a 5-minute walk of 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 (71%)Further (29%)
Rushwick71%
Villages its size74%
Worcestershire towns80%
All UK towns83%
About 300 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 13 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 92 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
The Malvern Hills National Landscape is 3.6 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
Protected landscape begins just outside the 5 km ring the Outdoors Grade measures, so Rushwick scores 0% on it even though the Malvern Hills National Landscape is 3.6 mi away.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
9 waymarked walks pass through or near Rushwick
23 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Rushwick and the kilometre around it, 2.8 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
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)4.6 km
Wild About Worcester Way2.3 km
Three Choirs Way (Stanford Bishop to Worcester)2.0 km
Monarch's Way2.0 km
A Walk in Elgar Country, The Firs1.5 km
Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol1.0 km
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to Worcester0.7 km
Three Choirs Way (Worcester to Malvern)0.6 km
Three Choirs Way (Worcester to Gloucester)0.6 km
7 regional routes pass through, including the Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester), Three Choirs Way (Stanford Bishop to Worcester), Monarch's Way and Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol.
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 Rushwick: 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 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 57 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 75 | 70 | 67 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 75 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Rushwick →
Things to do
13 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
Nature reserves 4
Laugherne Brook Local Nature Reserve (Area 2, Greenacres Road)1.3 ha · 0.3 mi from town
DirectionsLaugherne Brook Local Nature Reserve (Area 3, Greenacres Road North)1.9 ha · 0.5 mi from town
DirectionsLaugherne Brook Local Nature Reserve (Area 4, Coles Meadow)4.9 ha · 0.7 mi from town
DirectionsChapter Meadows12 ha · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Cripplegate Park Play Area1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 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.
Collett's GreenLower BroadheathWorcesterHallowNorton (Norton Juxta Kempsey)KempseyRushwick
ABCDOutdoors Grade
| Town | Outdoors | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Near a park | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushwick | B− | 5.0 | 71% | 0% |
| Collett's Green 1.8 mi | A | 3.5 | 100% | 0% |
| Lower Broadheath 2.0 mi | A− | 6.0 | 100% | 0% |
| Worcester 2.2 mi | C | 1.5 | 77% | 0% |
| Hallow 3.1 mi | A− | 3.7 | 100% | 0% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) 3.3 mi | C+ | 0.9 | 100% | 0% |
| Kempsey 3.5 mi | D | 0.9 | 40% | 0% |
Collett's Green, 1.8 miles away, grades A, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Rushwick
What is the biggest park in Rushwick?
Rushwich Village Green, 1.5 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the village or within 400 m of it.
Is Rushwick near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Malvern Hills National Landscape, 3.6 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 107 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Rushwick?
9 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester), Wild About Worcester Way and Three Choirs Way (Stanford Bishop to Worcester).
How many people in Rushwick live near a park?
71% 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 Rushwick?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Rushwick good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.8 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 55% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 87% (5.0 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 Rushwick’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Rushwick’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.