How many parks and green spaces are in Wrexham? 58 public parks
Wrexham has 58 public parks among 448 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% of the area: about 55 m² per resident, or 7.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 55 m²
- More green space than
- 77% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 7.8
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
All house prices in WrexhamWhat are the largest parks in Wrexham?
Parc Gwledig Dyfroedd Alun is the largest public park in Wrexham, at 154 hectares. 19 of the 58 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parc Gwledig Dyfroedd Alun (Alyn Waters Country Park) | 154 hectares |
| Erddig Country Park | 84.3 hectares |
| Moss Valley | 55.7 hectares |
| Bonc yr Hafod | 38.3 hectares |
| Acton Park | 19.9 hectares |
| Parc Gwledig Ty Mawr (Ty Mawr Country Park) | 18.7 hectares |
| Minera Lead Mines Country Park | 17.4 hectares |
| Hafod y Bwch Commemorative Woodland | 8.9 hectares |
| Stryt Las Park | 8.3 hectares |
| Bellevue Park | 6.9 hectares |
| Ashfield | 1.5 hectares |
| Maes Owen Glyndŵr (Owen Glyndŵr Field) | 1.5 hectares |
| Memorial Park | 7,663 m² |
| Whitehurst Gardens | 4,511 m² |
| Parc Goffa Morgan Llwyd | 3,518 m² |
| Church Green | 3,492 m² |
| Lodgevale Park | 2,015 m² |
| Gardd Hedd y Crofft (The Croft Peace Garden) | 1,906 m² |
| Smithfield Community Garden | 419 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Wrexham?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Wrexham: 482 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 482 hectares · 58 sites |
| Playing fields | 150 hectares · 69 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 48.6 hectares · 50 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 26.5 hectares · 57 sites |
| Cemeteries | 25.1 hectares · 31 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 14 hectares · 16 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.6 hectares · 120 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.3 hectares · 25 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3.8 hectares · 17 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 133 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Wrexham have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Wrexham has 55 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 47 m² across Cymru / Wales. More green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| WrexhamThis area | 55 m² per resident |
| Cymru / Wales | 47 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 55 m² for every resident adds up to 7.8 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 Wrexham have the most green space?
Marchwiel has the most green space per resident of the 34 areas of Wrexham, at about 295 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 |
|---|---|
| MarchwielVery High | 295 m² per resident |
| LlayVery High | 178 m² per resident |
| EsclushamVery High | 147 m² per resident |
| MineraVery High | 130 m² per resident |
| GwersylltVery High | 112 m² per resident |
| BroughtonVery High | 82 m² per resident |
| OffaVery High | 75 m² per resident |
| SesswickVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| CefnVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| IsycoedHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| BrymboHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| AbenburyHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| RuabonHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ChirkHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Llansantffraid Glyn CeiriogTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| HoltTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| RhosllanerchrugogTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| OvertonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Ceiriog UchaTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Caia ParkTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| RhosdduTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| ActonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Llangollen RuralLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Willington WorthenburyLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Bangor Is-y-coedLow | 20 m² per resident |
| GresfordLow | 20 m² per resident |
| CoedpoethLow | 19 m² per resident |
| PenycaeLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HanmerLow | 17 m² per resident |
| BroningtonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Maelor SouthVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| ErbistockVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| GlyntraianVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| RossettVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Wrexham?
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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 6 October 2026 at 21:00 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Wrexham dataset covers 5,244 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.