How many parks and green spaces are in Cardiff? 115 public parks
Cardiff has 115 public parks among 559 green space sites. Green space covers 7.7% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 32 m²
- More green space than
- 52% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.4
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 CardiffWhat are the largest parks in Cardiff?
Parc Cefn Onn is the largest public park in Cardiff, at 54.5 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 48 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parc Cefn Onn | 54.5 hectares |
| Forest Farm Country Park | 54.3 hectares |
| Bute Park | 44.8 hectares |
| Roath Park | 38.1 hectares |
| Pontcanna Fields | 34.8 hectares |
| Fishpond Wood | 25.3 hectares |
| Hailey Park | 22.7 hectares |
| Tremorfa Park | 16.9 hectares |
| Fairwater Park | 13.5 hectares |
| Parc Hamadryad (Hamadryad Park) | 13.1 hectares |
| Howardian Local Nature Reserve | 12.6 hectares |
| Sophia Gardens | 9 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 7.7 hectares |
| Sevenoaks Park | 5.2 hectares |
| Thompson's Park | 5.1 hectares |
| Parc Tredelerch | 4.6 hectares |
| Moorland Park | 3.8 hectares |
| Hill Snook Park | 3.8 hectares |
| Whitchurch Common | 2.6 hectares |
| Alexandra Garden | 2.3 hectares |
| Waterloo Gardens | 2.2 hectares |
| Parc y Gamlas (Canal Park) | 2.1 hectares |
| Demonstration Gardens | 1.9 hectares |
| Rumney Hill Gardens | 1.7 hectares |
| Roath Mill Gardens | 1.5 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Cardiff?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Cardiff: 557 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 557 hectares · 115 sites |
| Playing fields | 326 hectares · 61 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 165 hectares · 89 sites |
| Cemeteries | 85.7 hectares · 14 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 77.9 hectares · 31 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 17.8 hectares · 59 sites |
| Play spaces | 11 hectares · 131 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6.5 hectares · 32 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.7 hectares · 19 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 245 hectares · 8 sites |
Does Cardiff have a lot of green space?
About average. Cardiff has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 35 m² across South Glamorgan. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| CardiffThis area | 32 m² per resident |
| South Glamorgan | 35 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.4 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.
Which parts of Cardiff have the most green space?
Castle has the most green space per resident of the 36 areas of Cardiff, at about 191 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 |
|---|---|
| CastleVery High | 191 m² per resident |
| LisvaneVery High | 187 m² per resident |
| PontcannaVery High | 137 m² per resident |
| CyncoedHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| WhitchurchHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| LlanrumneyHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| St. FagansHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| TremorfaHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| HeathHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Llandaff NorthHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| CaerauHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| RhiwbinaHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ThornhillHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| TongwynlaisHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| RumneyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Old St. MellonsTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| PenylanTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| ElyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| CantonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| LlanishenTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| GrangetownTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| PentyrchLow | 22 m² per resident |
| PontprennauLow | 21 m² per resident |
| FairwaterLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Radyr and MorganstownLow | 20 m² per resident |
| ButetownLow | 19 m² per resident |
| GabalfaVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| CathaysVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| PentwynVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| TrowbridgeVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| SplottVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| LlanedeyrnVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| LlandaffVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| RoathVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| AdamsdownVery Low | 2 m² per resident |
| RiversideVery Low | 1 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Cardiff?
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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 Cardiff dataset covers 18,007 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.