How many parks and green spaces are in Flintshire? 52 public parks
Flintshire has 52 public parks among 560 green space sites. Green space covers 1.3% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 40 m²
- More green space than
- 64% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.6
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 FlintshireWhat are the largest parks in Flintshire?
Parc Gwepra is the largest public park in Flintshire, at 60.8 hectares. 14 of the 52 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parc Gwepra (Wepre Park) | 60.8 hectares |
| Waun-y-llyn Country Park | 29.8 hectares |
| Etna Country Park | 11 hectares |
| Taliesin Nature Reserve | 7.5 hectares |
| The Gathering Grounds Wood | 3.9 hectares |
| Y Ddol Uchaf | 3.8 hectares |
| Fron Park | 2.2 hectares |
| Bailey Hill | 2.1 hectares |
| Dyffryn Llwyni (Llwyni Valley) | 1.9 hectares |
| Golftyn Park | 1.4 hectares |
| The Big Park | 8,751 m² |
| Festival Gardens | 4,763 m² |
| Bryn-y-Baal | 3,985 m² |
| Parc Alun | 942 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Flintshire?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Flintshire: 331 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 331 hectares · 52 sites |
| Playing fields | 137 hectares · 85 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 68.1 hectares · 54 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 32.6 hectares · 64 sites |
| Cemeteries | 30.2 hectares · 27 sites |
| Play spaces | 29.8 hectares · 207 sites |
| Bowling greens | 6.8 hectares · 32 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 5.3 hectares · 16 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.5 hectares · 11 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 364 hectares · 12 sites |
Does Flintshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Flintshire has 40 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 64% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| FlintshireThis area | 40 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. 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.6 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 Flintshire have the most green space?
Nannerch has the most green space per resident of the 34 areas of Flintshire, at about 2,742 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 |
|---|---|
| NannerchVery High | 2,742 m² per resident |
| LlanfynyddVery High | 192 m² per resident |
| GwernymynyddVery High | 104 m² per resident |
| Connah's QuayHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| NercwysHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| HawardenHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| WhitfordHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| QueensferryHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| YsceifiogHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| CilcainHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Leeswood and PontblyddynHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| HopeHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| ShottonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| SealandTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| BrynfordTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| HalkynTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| MoldTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| MostynTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Northop HallTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| BuckleyTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Gwernaffield and PantymwynTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| SaltneyLow | 20 m² per resident |
| BagilltLow | 19 m² per resident |
| HolywellLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Trelawnyd and GwaenysgorLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Broughton and BrettonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| TreuddynLow | 16 m² per resident |
| FlintVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| LlanasaVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| ArgoedVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| CaerwysVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| NorthopVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| PenyfforddVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Higher KinnertonVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Flintshire?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Flintshire.
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- How many properties are being sold in Flintshire?
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- What price range do most homes sell for in Flintshire?
- What is the most expensive (and cheapest) area of Flintshire?
- How do Flintshire house prices compare with another area?
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 21:01 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Flintshire dataset covers 5,437 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.