How many parks and green spaces are in Colwyn Bay? 4 public parks

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.

Green space per resident
35 m²
More green space than
58% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
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 Colwyn Bay?

Queen's Gardens is the largest public park in Colwyn Bay, at 5,950 m². 1 of the 4 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Colwyn Bay
ParkSize
Queen's Gardens5,950 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Colwyn Bay?

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.

Green space in Colwyn Bay by type
TypeArea
Playing fields21.9 hectares · 3 sites
Other sports facilities14.2 hectares · 4 sites
Public parks and gardens9.6 hectares · 4 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.9 hectares · 6 sites
Play spaces8,267 m² · 9 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces6,280 m² · 2 sites
Tennis courts6,104 m² · 1 site
Bowling greens4,890 m² · 2 sites

Does Colwyn Bay have a lot of green space?

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.

Green space per resident in Colwyn Bay compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Colwyn BayThis area35 m² per resident
Conwy37 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 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.

What else do people ask about Colwyn Bay?

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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 02:02 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Colwyn Bay dataset covers 606 postcodes.

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