How many parks and green spaces are in St Athan Electoral Ward? 0 public parks

St Athan Electoral Ward has 0 public parks among 23 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 13 m² per resident, or 1.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 84% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
13 m²
Less green space than
84% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
1.8

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 kinds of green space are there in St Athan Electoral Ward?

Playing fields cover the most ground in St Athan Electoral Ward: 3.4 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in St Athan Electoral Ward by type
TypeArea
Playing fields3.4 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces7,675 m² · 15 sites
Cemeteries6,949 m² · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds5,415 m² · 4 sites
Golf coursesNot counted23.2 hectares · 1 site

Does St Athan Electoral Ward have a lot of green space?

No, less than most areas. St Athan Electoral Ward has 13 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 46 m² across Vale of Glamorgan. Less green space per resident than 84% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in St Athan Electoral Ward compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
St Athan Electoral WardThis area13 m² per resident
Vale of Glamorgan46 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 13 m² for every resident adds up to 1.8 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Very Low means the bottom 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 St Athan Electoral Ward dataset covers 187 postcodes.

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