Colwyn Bay has 4 public parks among 31 green space sites. Green space covers 4.6% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
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 Colwyn BayQueen's Gardens is the largest public park in Colwyn Bay, at 5,950 m². 1 of the 4 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Queen's Gardens | 5,950 m² |
Playing fields cover the most ground in Colwyn Bay: 21.9 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 21.9 hectares · 3 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 14.2 hectares · 4 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 9.6 hectares · 4 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 1.9 hectares · 6 sites |
| Play spaces | 8,267 m² · 9 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 6,280 m² · 2 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6,104 m² · 1 site |
| Bowling greens | 4,890 m² · 2 sites |
About average. Colwyn Bay has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 37 m² across Conwy. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Colwyn BayThis area | 35 m² per resident |
| Conwy | 37 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 35 m² for every resident adds up to 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.
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Colwyn Bay.
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 02:02 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Colwyn Bay dataset covers 606 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.