How many parks and green spaces are in Vale of Glamorgan? 65 public parks
Vale of Glamorgan has 65 public parks among 466 green space sites. Green space covers 1.8% of the area: about 46 m² per resident, or 6.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 46 m²
- More green space than
- 70% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.4
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 Vale of GlamorganWhat are the largest parks in Vale of Glamorgan?
Parc Gwledig Porthceri is the largest public park in Vale of Glamorgan, at 123 hectares. 24 of the 65 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parc Gwledig Porthceri (Porthkerry Country Park) | 123 hectares |
| Cosmeston Lakes Country Park | 110 hectares |
| Dyffryn Gardens | 24.3 hectares |
| Dinas Powis Common | 9.7 hectares |
| Romilly Park | 7.5 hectares |
| Cold Knap Gardens | 5.6 hectares |
| Alexandra Park | 2.9 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 2.6 hectares |
| Man Agored Cyhoeddus Dyfan Road (Dyfan Road Public Open Space) | 2.4 hectares |
| Windsor Gardens | 1.9 hectares |
| Seaview Park | 1.8 hectares |
| Parc Dingle Park | 1.7 hectares |
| Y Cymin | 1.7 hectares |
| Gladstone Gardens | 1.5 hectares |
| Parade Gardens | 1.4 hectares |
| Mill Lay Common | 1.2 hectares |
| Milburn Park | 6,953 m² |
| Belle Vue Gardens | 6,864 m² |
| Central Park | 6,687 m² |
| The Green | 4,899 m² |
| Cadoxton Conservation Area | 4,555 m² |
| Coronation Gardens | 4,035 m² |
| Cowbridge Physic Gardens | 1,714 m² |
| Victoria Gardens | 1,416 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Vale of Glamorgan?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Vale of Glamorgan: 344 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 344 hectares · 65 sites |
| Playing fields | 110 hectares · 40 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 87.2 hectares · 37 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 23.7 hectares · 30 sites |
| Cemeteries | 19.1 hectares · 13 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 17.9 hectares · 66 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.3 hectares · 166 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5 hectares · 22 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.9 hectares · 15 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 565 hectares · 12 sites |
Does Vale of Glamorgan have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Vale of Glamorgan has 46 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 70% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Vale of GlamorganThis area | 46 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. 46 m² for every resident adds up to 6.4 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 Vale of Glamorgan have the most green space?
Pendoylan has the most green space per resident of the 27 areas of Vale of Glamorgan, at about 290 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 |
|---|---|
| PendoylanVery High | 290 m² per resident |
| St. Nicholas and BonvilstonVery High | 157 m² per resident |
| Sully and LavernockVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| EwennyVery High | 91 m² per resident |
| St. DonatsVery High | 89 m² per resident |
| WenvoeVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| LlancarfanVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| PenarthVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| Michaelston-le-Pit and LeckwithHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| RhooseHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| BarryHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| WickHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Welsh St. DonatsTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Dinas PowysTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Cowbridge with LlanblethianTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Peterston-super-ElyTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ColwinstonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| PenllynTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| LlandoughLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Llantwit MajorLow | 22 m² per resident |
| LlanganLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Llan-MaesLow | 18 m² per resident |
| St. Bride's MajorLow | 15 m² per resident |
| St. Georges-super-ElyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| St Athan Electoral WardVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| LlanfairVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| LlandowVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
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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 Vale of Glamorgan dataset covers 6,627 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.