How many parks and green spaces are in Central Bedfordshire? 96 public parks
Central Bedfordshire has 96 public parks among 918 green space sites. Green space covers 1.9% of the area: about 47 m² per resident, or 6.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 47 m²
- More green space than
- 71% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.6
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 Central BedfordshireWhat are the largest parks in Central Bedfordshire?
Marston Vale Millennium Country Park is the largest public park in Central Bedfordshire, at 225 hectares. 23 of the 96 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Marston Vale Millennium Country Park | 225 hectares |
| Sundon Hills Country Park | 63.7 hectares |
| Ampthill Park | 62.9 hectares |
| Dunstable Downs | 53.7 hectares |
| Blow's Downs | 42.5 hectares |
| Houghton Hall Park | 19.5 hectares |
| Woodside Park | 15.7 hectares |
| Stockgrove Country Park | 13.9 hectares |
| Tiddenfoot Waterside Park | 13.1 hectares |
| The Green | 10.6 hectares |
| Linmere Park | 6.2 hectares |
| Silsoe Millennium Green | 5.4 hectares |
| The Green | 4.3 hectares |
| Bellcote Meadow | 3.8 hectares |
| Parson's Close | 3.4 hectares |
| Beeston Green | 3.1 hectares |
| Grove House Gardens | 2.7 hectares |
| Henlow Park | 1.5 hectares |
| Caldecote Green | 1.4 hectares |
| The Green | 8,201 m² |
| Franklin Recreation Ground | 8,099 m² |
| Priory Gardens | 6,652 m² |
| Blacksmiths Common | 278 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Central Bedfordshire?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Central Bedfordshire: 765 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 765 hectares · 96 sites |
| Playing fields | 342 hectares · 124 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 97.1 hectares · 77 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 79.7 hectares · 65 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 49.3 hectares · 101 sites |
| Cemeteries | 43.4 hectares · 41 sites |
| Play spaces | 34 hectares · 335 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.8 hectares · 21 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5 hectares · 42 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 839 hectares · 16 sites |
Does Central Bedfordshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Central Bedfordshire has 47 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across Bedfordshire. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Central BedfordshireThis area | 47 m² per resident |
| Bedfordshire | 41 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 47 m² for every resident adds up to 6.6 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 Central Bedfordshire have the most green space?
Sundon has the most green space per resident of the 79 areas of Central Bedfordshire, at about 887 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 |
|---|---|
| SundonVery High | 887 m² per resident |
| SouthillVery High | 698 m² per resident |
| MillbrookVery High | 611 m² per resident |
| TotternhoeVery High | 439 m² per resident |
| ChaltonVery High | 369 m² per resident |
| WhipsnadeVery High | 344 m² per resident |
| Marston MoretaineVery High | 332 m² per resident |
| Great BillingtonVery High | 247 m² per resident |
| StudhamVery High | 240 m² per resident |
| TilsworthVery High | 214 m² per resident |
| SilsoeVery High | 201 m² per resident |
| Milton BryanVery High | 165 m² per resident |
| GravenhurstVery High | 156 m² per resident |
| Heath and ReachVery High | 129 m² per resident |
| TingrithVery High | 124 m² per resident |
| HarlingtonVery High | 108 m² per resident |
| SteppingleyVery High | 106 m² per resident |
| StanbridgeVery High | 98 m² per resident |
| Campton and ChicksandsVery High | 96 m² per resident |
| AmpthillVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| Old WardenVery High | 83 m² per resident |
| WoburnVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| StreatleyVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| EversholtVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| CaddingtonVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| AstwickHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| PotsgroveHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| BattlesdenHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| EvertonHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| WestoningHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| NorthillHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| MauldenHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| HenlowHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| CranfieldHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| LidlingtonHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| Houghton ConquestHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ShillingtonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| EyeworthHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Flitton and GreenfieldHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| HaynesTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| MeppershallTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Eaton BrayTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| EdworthTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| KensworthTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Houghton RegisTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| StotfoldTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Slip EndTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| BlunhamTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Aspley GuiseTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| ChalgraveTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Husborne CrawleyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| FairfieldTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| DuntonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| PottonLow | 25 m² per resident |
| TempsfordLow | 25 m² per resident |
| EggingtonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Hulcote and SalfordLow | 22 m² per resident |
| DunstableLow | 22 m² per resident |
| SandyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| StondonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Barton-le-ClayLow | 21 m² per resident |
| BiggleswadeLow | 21 m² per resident |
| LangfordLow | 18 m² per resident |
| ToddingtonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Leighton-LinsladeLow | 17 m² per resident |
| HockliffeLow | 17 m² per resident |
| ClophillLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Wrestlingworth and Cockayne HatleyLow | 16 m² per resident |
| CliftonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| ArleseyLow | 15 m² per resident |
| SheffordVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| FlitwickVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Aspley HeathVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| SuttonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| RidgmontVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| PulloxhillVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| HydeVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| BrogboroughVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| MoggerhangerVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Central Bedfordshire?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Central Bedfordshire.
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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 03:16 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Central Bedfordshire dataset covers 9,885 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.