How many parks and green spaces are in Grangetown? 8 public parks

Grangetown has 8 public parks among 27 green space sites. Green space covers 10.0% of the area: about 27 m² per resident, or 3.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
27 m²
Less green space than
57% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.7

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 Grangetown?

Sevenoaks Park is the largest public park in Grangetown, at 5.2 hectares. 3 of the 8 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Grangetown
ParkSize
Sevenoaks Park5.2 hectares
Grange Gardens1.2 hectares
Pentre Gardens2,058 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Grangetown?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Grangetown: 27.1 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Grangetown by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens27.1 hectares · 8 sites
Playing fields11.6 hectares · 2 sites
Other sports facilities10.8 hectares · 11 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces6.3 hectares · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds2,411 m² · 1 site
Play spaces1,360 m² · 3 sites
Bowling greens574 m² · 1 site

Does Grangetown have a lot of green space?

About average. Grangetown has 27 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 32 m² across Cardiff. Less green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Grangetown compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
GrangetownThis area27 m² per resident
Cardiff32 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 27 m² for every resident adds up to 3.7 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.

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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 03:28 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Grangetown dataset covers 1,843 postcodes.

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