How many parks and green spaces are in Caerphilly? 70 public parks
Caerphilly has 70 public parks among 618 green space sites. Green space covers 3.8% of the area: about 60 m² per resident, or 8.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 79% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 60 m²
- More green space than
- 79% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 8.4
Public green space from OS Open Greenspace; golf courses are listed but not counted. Per resident uses Census 2021 population. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. How we calculate this
All house prices in CaerphillyWhat are the largest parks in Caerphilly?
Parc Penallta is the largest public park in Caerphilly, at 123 hectares. 19 of the 70 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parc Penallta (Penallta Country Park) | 123 hectares |
| Parc Gwledig Cwm Sirhywi (Sirhowy Valley Country Park) | 109 hectares |
| Parc Coetir Bargod | 95.8 hectares |
| Parc Cwm Darran | 79.7 hectares |
| Caerphilly Common | 59 hectares |
| Pen-y-fan Pond Country Park | 27.7 hectares |
| Bargoed Park | 18.4 hectares |
| Parc Glan yr Afon (Riverside Park) | 15.5 hectares |
| War Memorial Park | 9.9 hectares |
| Islwyn Park | 5.1 hectares |
| Caetwmpyn Park | 2 hectares |
| Penllwyn Manor Park | 1.8 hectares |
| Tredegar Grounds | 1.3 hectares |
| Dafydd Williams Park | 1.1 hectares |
| Ann Mac Harris Park | 5,618 m² |
| Memorial Park | 3,298 m² |
| St Pauls Memorial Gardens | 2,910 m² |
| Glanynant Gardens | 1,697 m² |
| Gilfach Garden of Peace | 140 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Caerphilly?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Caerphilly: 619 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 619 hectares · 70 sites |
| Playing fields | 204 hectares · 93 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 118 hectares · 69 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 75 hectares · 114 sites |
| Cemeteries | 46.3 hectares · 26 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 22.4 hectares · 56 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.9 hectares · 140 sites |
| Bowling greens | 6.3 hectares · 23 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.5 hectares · 21 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 177 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Caerphilly have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Caerphilly has 60 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 47 m² across Cymru / Wales. More green space per resident than 79% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| CaerphillyThis area | 60 m² per resident |
| Cymru / Wales | 47 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 60 m² for every resident adds up to 8.4 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest fifth of areas in England and Wales. The bands split every area we cover into fifths by green space per resident, from Very Low to Very High.
Which parts of Caerphilly have the most green space?
Darran Valley has the most green space per resident of the 26 areas of Caerphilly, at about 355 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Darran ValleyVery High | 355 m² per resident |
| YnysdduVery High | 278 m² per resident |
| BargoedVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| PengamVery High | 99 m² per resident |
| CrosskeysVery High | 99 m² per resident |
| GelligaerVery High | 88 m² per resident |
| CrumlinVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| NelsonHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| AbercarnHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| Bedwas, Trethomas and MachenHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| Risca WestHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| PontllanfraithHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| New TredegarHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| BlackwoodTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| NewbridgeTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| RhymneyTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| ArgoedTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Aber ValleyTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| PenmaenTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| VanTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Risca EastLow | 23 m² per resident |
| MaesycwmmerLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Penyrheol Trecenydd & EnerglynLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Llanbradach and PwllypantLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Cefn FforestLow | 16 m² per resident |
| RudryVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Caerphilly?
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 6 October 2026 at 21:07 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Caerphilly dataset covers 9,126 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.