Oak House, The Court House and the Old School House · Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Wolverley has more park space per resident than 9 in 10 UK towns
Parks and playing fields in Wolverley add up to 7.2 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1. 23% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Footpaths add up to 18 km in the village and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. Wolverley grades C− for the outdoors. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
What kind of outdoors village is Wolverley?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wolverley’s strongest suit is plenty of park space. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Wolverley grades C− for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Wolverley, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
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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.
Wolverley is 42nd 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.
Against villages its size, Wolverley stands out most for park space per resident: only 6 of the other 59 have more. It falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 52 of the others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastington Gloucestershire | A+ | 4.2 | 100% | 3.7 | 22% |
| 2 | Holmbridge West Yorkshire | A+ | 2.5 | 100% | 4.2 | 45% |
| 3 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | A+ | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 13% |
| 4 | Shamley Green Surrey | A | 2.9 | 100% | 3 | 69% |
| 5 | Niton Isle of Wight | A | 2.6 | 76% | 3.1 | 37% |
| 6 | Donisthorpe Leicestershire | A | 38.4 | 100% | 4.3 | 0% |
| 7 | Hoddlesden Lancashire | A | 11.4 | 100% | 4.5 | 0% |
| 8 | Rotherfield East Sussex | A | 5.6 | 100% | 1.7 | 91% |
| 9 | Ruardean Gloucestershire | A | 4.5 | 100% | 2.2 | 29% |
| 10 | Great Bedwyn Wiltshire | A | 3 | 76% | 3.7 | 100% |
| 11 | Lower Halstow Kent | A− | 1.5 | 100% | 2.5 | 4% |
| 12 | Nutley East Sussex | A− | 2.2 | 75% | 4.5 | 80% |
| 13 | Low Bradley North Yorkshire | A− | 1.2 | 100% | 6.2 | 2% |
| 14 | Herstmonceux East Sussex | A− | 3.4 | 100% | 1.5 | 36% |
| 15 | Foulridge Lancashire | A− | 9.4 | 23% | 5.4 | 4% |
| 16 | Oxspring South Yorkshire | B+ | 2.7 | 77% | 4 | 1% |
| 17 | Toll Bar South Yorkshire | B+ | 10.9 | 100% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | King's Somborne Hampshire | B+ | 5.2 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 19 | Canewdon Essex | B | 2.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 20 | Keinton Mandeville Somerset | B | 3.8 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 21 | Clyst St Mary Devon | B | 5.8 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 22 | Alconbury Weald Cambridgeshire | B | 5 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 23 | Bodedern Gwynedd | B | 1.2 | 100% | 0 | 16% |
| 24 | Portreath Cornwall | B | 1.1 | 78% | 2.3 | 8% |
| 25 | Woodchurch Kent | B | 2.3 | 78% | 2.8 | 12% |
| 26 | Corse Gloucestershire | B | 2.3 | 100% | 1.4 | 1% |
| 27 | Clarborough Nottinghamshire | B | 4 | 100% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 28 | Trawden Lancashire | B− | 4 | 0% | 6.1 | 0% |
| 29 | Welford Northamptonshire | B− | 3.5 | 100% | 1.4 | 0% |
| 30 | Rushwick Worcestershire | B− | 5 | 71% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 31 | Lyne Surrey | C+ | 4 | 71% | 3 | 0% |
| 32 | Crondall Hampshire | C+ | 3.6 | 73% | 1.8 | 1% |
| 33 | Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire | C+ | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
| 34 | Clehonger Herefordshire | C+ | 0.6 | 100% | 3.3 | 0% |
| 35 | Lavenham Suffolk | C | 4.2 | 59% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 36 | Medomsley County Durham | C | 1.6 | 100% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 37 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | C | 0.8 | 100% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 38 | Stalmine Lancashire | C | 3.1 | 67% | 0.8 | 0% |
| 39 | Clifton upon Dunsmore Warwickshire | C | 2.2 | 79% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 40 | Croughton Northamptonshire | C | 3.6 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 41 | Hill Brow and Rake Hampshire | C− | 0 | 0% | 2.9 | 97% |
| 42 | Wolverley Worcestershire | C− | 7.2 | 23% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 43 | Crays Hill Essex | C− | 10.6 | 0% | 1.7 | 0% |
| 44 | Methley West Yorkshire | C− | 0.2 | 100% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 45 | Sproatley East Riding of Yorkshire | C− | 8.6 | 47% | 0.5 | 0% |
| 46 | Kirby-le-Soken Essex | C− | 0.7 | 0% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 47 | Parson Drove Cambridgeshire | D | 3.5 | 60% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 48 | Kingswood Warwickshire | D | 1.7 | 42% | 2.7 | 0% |
| 49 | Coup Green Lancashire | D | 0.6 | 70% | 2.8 | 0% |
| 50 | Horton and Broadway Somerset | D | 0.5 | 45% | 1.9 | 14% |
| 51 | Puddletown Dorset | D | 0.2 | 0% | 2.1 | 15% |
| 52 | Beckingham Nottinghamshire | D | 2.6 | 28% | 0.9 | 0% |
| 53 | Stoke Ferry Norfolk | D | 1.1 | 73% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Ifold West Sussex | D | 0 | 0% | 1.9 | 5% |
| 55 | Walesby Nottinghamshire | D− | 1.1 | 50% | 1.9 | 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% |
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Wolverley’s built-up area.
2 in 10 Wolverley 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).
About 900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 11 playgrounds are mapped in and around the village, about one for every 110 residents.
The Shropshire Hills National Landscape is 11 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.
5 waymarked walks pass through or near Wolverley
18 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Wolverley and the kilometre around it, 1.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the village.
The regional route here is the North Worcestershire Path.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
The best walking months in Wolverley: 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 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 59 | 63 | 56 | 71 | 71 | 69 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 22 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 71 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Wolverley →
11 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 2
Playgrounds 11
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
The outdoors in nearby towns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverley | C− | 7.2 | 23% | 0% |
| Cookley 1.6 mi | D | 2.3 | 52% | 0% |
| Kidderminster 1.9 mi | D | 1.2 | 72% | 0% |
| Kinver 3.1 mi | C | 3.1 | 60% | 0% |
| Bewdley 3.3 mi | C+ | 1.7 | 88% | 0% |
| Blakedown 3.6 mi | D | 0.8 | 79% | 0% |
| Stourport-on-Severn 4.9 mi | B | 3.1 | 79% | 0% |
Stourport-on-Severn, 4.9 miles away, grades B, the best next door: 79% of its residents live within 400 m of a park. None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Wolverley
Is Wolverley near a National Park?
The nearest protected landscape is the Shropshire Hills National Landscape, 11 mi west of the village’s edge. It covers 808 km² and was designated in 1959.
What are the best walks near Wolverley?
5 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the village, including the North Worcestershire Path, Blakeshall Trail, Kinver Edge and Centenary Trail, Kinver Edge.
How many people in Wolverley live near a park?
23% 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 Wolverley?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Wolverley good for walking?
Paths are thinner than most towns: 1.9 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 28% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 93% (7.2 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 Wolverley’s overall grade.
Where Wolverley’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.
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