How many parks and green spaces are in Welshpool? 5 public parks

Welshpool has 5 public parks among 25 green space sites. Green space covers 0.6% of the area: about 37 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
37 m²
More green space than
60% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.1

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 Welshpool?

Borfa Green is the largest public park in Welshpool, at 1,409 m². 2 of the 5 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Welshpool
ParkSize
Borfa Green1,409 m²
Buttington Wharf914 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Welshpool?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Welshpool: 9.6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Welshpool by type
TypeArea
Playing fields9.6 hectares · 2 sites
Other sports facilities5.3 hectares · 3 sites
Public parks and gardens4.7 hectares · 5 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds2.5 hectares · 4 sites
Bowling greens1.3 hectares · 2 sites
Cemeteries1.3 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces5,464 m² · 8 sites
Golf coursesNot counted864 m² · 0 sites

Does Welshpool have a lot of green space?

About average. Welshpool has 37 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 50 m² across Powys. More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Welshpool compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
WelshpoolThis area37 m² per resident
Powys50 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 37 m² for every resident adds up to 5.1 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 Welshpool?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Welshpool.

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 02:00 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Welshpool dataset covers 471 postcodes.

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