How many parks and green spaces are in Rhymney? 6 public parks

Rhymney has 6 public parks among 45 green space sites. Green space covers 1.3% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
32 m²
More green space than
53% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.5

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

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What are the largest parks in Rhymney?

War Memorial Park is the largest public park in Rhymney, at 9.9 hectares. 2 of the 6 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Rhymney
ParkSize
War Memorial Park9.9 hectares
Ann Mac Harris Park5,618 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Rhymney?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Rhymney: 14.8 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Rhymney by type
TypeArea
Playing fields14.8 hectares · 6 sites
Public parks and gardens11.7 hectares · 6 sites
Cemeteries3.9 hectares · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces3.2 hectares · 7 sites
Other sports facilities2 hectares · 9 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.7 hectares · 4 sites
Play spaces6,666 m² · 8 sites
Tennis courts2,560 m² · 2 sites
Bowling greens2,492 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted33 hectares · 1 site

Does Rhymney have a lot of green space?

About average. Rhymney has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 60 m² across Caerphilly. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Rhymney compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
RhymneyThis area32 m² per resident
Caerphilly60 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.5 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Typical means the middle 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.

What else do people ask about Rhymney?

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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 7 October 2026 at 02:05 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Rhymney dataset covers 493 postcodes.

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