How many parks and green spaces are in Old St. Mellons? 2 public parks
Old St. Mellons has 2 public parks among 15 green space sites. Green space covers 4.2% 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 Old St. MellonsWhat are the largest parks in Old St. Mellons?
Beech Tree Park is the largest public park in Old St. Mellons, at 8,977 m². 1 of the 2 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Beech Tree Park | 8,977 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Old St. Mellons?
Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Old St. Mellons: 10.1 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Other sports facilities | 10.1 hectares · 2 sites |
| Playing fields | 1.9 hectares · 2 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 1.7 hectares · 2 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 1.1 hectares · 3 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1,206 m² · 1 site |
| Cemeteries | 1,145 m² · 2 sites |
| Play spaces | 502 m² · 2 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 125 m² · 0 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 9.4 hectares · 1 site |
Does Old St. Mellons have a lot of green space?
About average. Old St. Mellons has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 32 m² across Cardiff. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Old St. MellonsThis area | 32 m² per resident |
| Cardiff | 32 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.
What else do people ask about Old St. Mellons?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Old St. Mellons.
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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 Old St. Mellons dataset covers 134 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.